UFO Sightings in Kentucky
1,586 UFO sightings reported in Kentucky since 1943, peaking in 2013 (98 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,586
- Span
- 1943–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (98 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1943–2022 · peak 2013 (98 reports)
Top cities in Kentucky
Louisville
1950–2021 · peak 2020 (17 reports)
Lexington
1966–2021 · peak 2014 (10 reports)
Bowling Green
1982–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Richmond
1995–2022 · peak 2011 (6 reports)
Owensboro
1943–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Florence
1999–2018 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Paducah
1993–2020 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Morehead
1968–2020 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
Elizabethtown
1995–2018 · peak 1995 (3 reports)
Ashland
1958–2020 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Frankfort
2007–2021 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Winchester
1967–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Hopkinsville
1956–2022 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Franklin
1974–2022 · peak 2021 (8 reports)
Bardstown
1974–2021 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
Nicholasville
1999–2020 · peak 1999 (4 reports)
Murray
2003–2016 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Hazard
1970–2011 · peak 1986 (2 reports)
Pikeville
1950–2019 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Scottsville
1965–2013 · peak 1965 (2 reports)
Buckner · KY, USA
Silent orange orb sighting.
Columbia · KY, USA
I witnessed a white circular odject from a long distance away had a foggy illumination following it. Did not look like anything ive see
London · KY, USA
My boyfriend and I saw this bright light at first we thought it was a star than all of a sudden just disappeared. We pulled over and wa
Eddyville · KY, USA
What looked like a meteor[ite] stopped in mid-air and grew in size/brightness, then changed and moved away in reverse.
Franklin · KY, USA
MADAR Node 54
Louisville · KY, USA
I was sleeping (large window opened) And was disturbed for about 4 min with a long series of swooshing sounds. I finally get up and lo
Louisville · KY, USA
As the sun was setting, I was gazing at the horizon marveling at the beautiful sunset, when I noticed some bright almost glowing circul
Louisville · KY, USA
Saw 3 orange lights in huge slender triangle shape. The triangle was pointing up towards the stars. It was stationary. We were driving
Louisville · KY, USA
No structure just a silent ball of light.
Louisville · KY, USA
Black silent circular object with no lights over Louisville KY
Louisville · KY, USA
Man It Was So Crazy, 3 Very Dark Black Flying UFO'S We Saw, But We At First Thought They Were Bats, But Thought There Were One Then It
Ricetown · KY, USA
Blinking lights in forest and in yard.
Fort Wright · KY, USA
Lights in sky looking like a string of 15 lights going down. ((Starlink satellites?))
Science Hill · KY, USA
A line of about 15 dots like stars in a perfect line by the moon in a pattern like . ... . .. ... E ((Starlink satellites?))
London · KY, USA
Small lights moving vertically.
Winchester · KY, USA
I looked up at the moon because it ws so beautiful tonight. Right above my ((Starlink satellites?))
Walton · KY, USA
At least 12 obj objects in a formation. Straight line unequal distances apart. ((Starlink satellites?))
Louisville · KY, USA
Numerous lights moving in a single file seen in the nighttime sky. ((Starlink satellites?))
Covington · KY, USA
2 spheres about a foot apart colliding together and back apart.
Georgetown · KY, USA
3 small saucers follow 2 meters overhead in triangle formation
Mount Olivet · KY, USA
Orange circular objects glowing very brightly for 4-5 seconds then fading out . ((anonymous))
Lawrenceburg · KY, USA
((NUFORC Note: No data provided by witness. PD))
Greenup · KY, USA
11 star looking lights in a straight line evenly separated going across the night sky. (("Starlink" satellites??))((anonymous))
Paris · KY, USA
15 to 20 white lights in line from South East to North West equally spaced apart moving fast. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Grayson · KY, USA
In Grayson Kentucky I just seen about 27 ufos they were all flying in a strait line. (("Starlink" satellites??))