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)
Shelbyville · KY, USA
I was looking at the stars like I usually do at work then all of a sudden I noticed a row of Lights moving I thought maybe the first on
Louisville · KY, USA
I thought it was a star, but there was lights and it kept doing circular loops in the sky.
Lewisport · KY, USA
Triangular-shaped, multi-colored, erratically moving from side to side, up and down. Have video of it and many, many wild pictures I ju
Nicholasville · KY, USA
Triangle craft hovered above local gas station,for approximately 3 minutes then slowly flew off toward Lexington
Winchester · KY, USA
Craft trailing smoke from 2 engines.
Olive Hill · KY, USA
My daughter and I was leaving our home, and looked up and a triangle craft was moving slowly above us. It was triangle with three circl
Glasgow · KY, USA
I saw very bright light flying very low. Then I saw diamond shape with lights looking like it was about to land near a pasture.
Madisonville · KY, USA
I was in my front yard . I saw a red prison shaped sphere flash three times looked like Christmas lights but we don’t have any. It was
Waddy (near) · KY, USA
While travelling east bound on interstate I 64 a white/silver cigar shaped object moved very fast from the south to the north. I vanis
Danville · KY, USA
I was taking out our trash containers to the curb and I just happened to look up a bit and reddish lights caught my attention.At fi
Radcliff · KY, USA
Well, I turned around to go inside the house and this big white light with a flashing white dim haze on the outer part, just fell so fa
Louisville · KY, USA
Luminous streak of light descend then sped off at rapid speed
Morehead · KY, USA
Brilliant spheres outside of Morehead, KY.
Princeton · KY, USA
1 slow moving greenish blue object moving in straight line with no flashing lights. Appeared to be round. Had a large circumfe
Lexington · KY, USA
My wife and I both saw a light in the sky fly by. Very bright and moved faster than any meteor or aircraft either of us had ever seen.
Bardstown · KY, USA
I was standing in the doorway around midnight looking to the northwest sky when out of no where a crescent shaped object with large whi
Camargo · KY, USA
Silver cigar shaped ??
Carrollton · KY, USA
It was a silver cigar shaped object !!!
Louisville · KY, USA
Driving thru Valley Station myself and my daughter seen 3 lights above a tree. The lights were green with small white lights to the sid
Louisville · KY, USA
Metallic egg shaped object vanished in front of our eyes!
Yosemite · KY, USA
I remember looking at the clock and it being either 8 or 10 pm on Oct. 18 2019. I had been up for two days unable to sleep for some rea
Fairdale · KY, USA
This was NOT a balloon floating in the sky!!!
Tilene · KY, USA
Disk with cone, one second, snapped in photo next to a Cessna type plane/
Burkesville · KY, USA
((NUFORC Note: No information provided by the source of the report. PD))
Bowling Green · KY, USA
Shiny tic-tac type ufo spotted in bowling green ky