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)
Waddy · KY, USA
Super Fast Pin Point of Light Traverses Sky near Waddy, Kentucky
Mayfield · KY, USA
Citizens had been reporting UFOs to police at Mayfield, Kentucky, 85 miles to the SW!((NUFORC Note: Report by Mr. Francis Ridge. PD))
Hazard · KY, USA
Missing time and possible abduction while camping in Daniel Boone National Forest
Hebron · KY, USA
Strange very bright lights moving faster that aircraft from west to east.
Valley Station · KY, USA
Bright lighted craft hovering telelphone pole level in Valley Station Kentucky. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Scott County · KY, USA
I WAS DRIVING ALONE ON US 25 WHEN I NOTICED A RING OF LIGHT HOVERING ABOVE AN EMPTY FIELD (NO CROPS CURRENTLY BEING CULTIVATED). THE BE
Louisville · KY, USA
Three lights moving in the sky.Two white,one red. The size of a small aircraft light. Form a triangle and then shoot off backwards.
Fort Knox · KY, USA
white spheres on military base no sound moved very slow
Ft. Knox · KY, USA
5 white glowing balls
Louisville · KY, USA
Sighted at the intersection of Preston Hwy. and Gilmore Lane on the saturday before Halloween around 10:30 to 11:00pm. Large dome-shape
County · KY, USA
A 50 yardlong cluster of flashing red ,green,blue,yellow lights,roadside I75,then 1,000 ft above r w.
Williamsburg · KY, USA
Father and I saw lg round object, looked like a setting sun in the East over a mountain. Lit up whole side of mountain. Just appeared
Greenup · KY, USA
2 brilliant lights a few seconds apart, unbelievable speed no trail stopped like hitting a wall and made a 90 degree turn to the south
Scottsville · KY, USA
Red Oval Light In Woods
Covington · KY, USA
((HOAX??)) suucer type ship with 4 lights uner it and symbols moving aroud the body.
Covington · KY, USA
The object was brightly lit throughout the entirety of its body. It moved very slowly from the south of the area I lived in. I could ta
Wurtland · KY, USA
Head lights in the sky during the daylight?
Hadley · KY, USA
1976 20:00 Hadley Ky oval 1-2 minutes silent nearby shape moving north to south
Winchester · KY, USA
I witnessed a disk-shaped craft, with colored lights, move very slowly towards the northwest, in Clark County, Kentucky.
Louisville · KY, USA
bright orange ,very high in space,going from south to the north--going a a fast speed!
Allen · KY, USA
seen while searching for family members during trick or treat on 31rst of october. heard weird sound, saw streams from rear of craft.va
Midway/Marion · KY, USA
this was a big square building that shined like new tin a light came around it then it went away no sound no flash nothing
Morehead · KY, USA
This changed the way I look at things forever and no one can tell me that I didn't see what I saw. NO ONE
Smithland · KY, USA
I noticed 5 amber light in the shape of a triangle moving from east to west.
Lexington · KY, USA
laser lights in kentucky