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)
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
Witnesses in Hopkinsville, Kentucky reported four silent, metallic silver, cigar-shaped objects in the sky for about ten minutes in September 1957.
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
A witness in Hopkinsville, Kentucky reported a gray, circular object with lights around its edge blinking in different colors, seen in June 1956.
Madisonville · KY, USA
traveled 50 miles with no driver after being the light
Louisville · KY, USA
I heard Them!
Pikeville · KY, USA
A witness in Pikeville, Kentucky reported around seventy disk-shaped objects observed over about an hour in October 1950.
Louisville · KY, USA
A witness in Louisville, Kentucky reported an unidentified object in the sky, observed for about one minute in August 1950.
Owensboro · KY, USA
A witness in Owensboro, Kentucky reported a low-flying, silver, rectangular object seen on a clear midday in October 1943, observed for about 30 minutes.
Ricetown · KY, USA
Blinking lights weaving between trees in forest.
Somerset · KY, USA
One object observed at closer ground distance, hoovering above local airport , 2others a distance away
Blackey · KY, USA
cessna pilot gets his 4 snapshots first and hope not to see this thing again///
Louisville · KY, USA
Thought it was a plane at first but it was moving back and forth, left and right. Then it disappeared into thin air. Shortly after a la