UFO Sightings in Tennessee
2,139 UFO sightings reported in Tennessee since 1942, peaking in 2014 (150 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,139
- Span
- 1942–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (150 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1942–2022 · peak 2014 (150 reports)
Top cities in Tennessee
Nashville
1953–2021 · peak 2013 (18 reports)
Knoxville
1949–2021 · peak 2012 (16 reports)
Memphis
1956–2021 · peak 2008 (11 reports)
Clarksville
1995–2022 · peak 2019 (15 reports)
Murfreesboro
1974–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Chattanooga
1972–2022 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Johnson City
1995–2021 · peak 2012 (10 reports)
Franklin
1970–2021 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Kingsport
1960–2022 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Jackson
1973–2021 · peak 2008 (5 reports)
Bristol
1961–2018 · peak 2004 (8 reports)
Hendersonville
1995–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Maryville
1967–2021 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Cleveland
1998–2022 · peak 2019 (4 reports)
Morristown
1998–2022 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Spring Hill
1998–2016 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Sevierville
1999–2022 · peak 2017 (3 reports)
Greeneville
1980–2019 · peak 2009 (5 reports)
Brentwood
1995–2020 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Manchester
1999–2021 · peak 2003 (3 reports)
Memphis (over) · TN, USA
I’m a commercial airline pilot.
Eads · TN, USA
MADAR Node 32
Knoxville · TN, USA
One red light moving switly west to east, becoming 3 red lights in a triangle shape after passing our zenith
Eads · TN, USA
MADAR Node 32
Manchester · TN, USA
Objects where flying in two staggered v shaped formations. They approached from the south east heading northwest.
Jonesborough · TN, USA
Orange object in sky.
Lebanan · TN, USA
All-black rectangular object flying very low and slow
Indianapolis (near) · TN, USA
While operating a flight New York to San Francisco near the Ohio/Indiana border, I saw what looked initially like a satellite however i
Jackson · TN, USA
Woke to take my dog for a walk at around 3:15 a.m. I tend to always look up at the nights sky asking to see something and as of this mo
Eads · TN, USA
MADAR Node 32
Memphis · TN, USA
Fast moving UFO sighted
Dandridge · TN, USA
Enormous orange light hovering then disappearing
Eads · TN, USA
MADAR Node 32
Franklin · TN, USA
MADAR Node 33
College Grove · TN, USA
It was hovering and had one green light and one white light.
Eads · TN, USA
MADAR Node 32
Nashville · TN, USA
2 objects near Nashville airport. I was down Murfreesboro Rd going under the runway by airport. When i came out from under it I se
Johnson City · TN, USA
Triangle craft, moving fast in straight line towards horizon.
Eads · TN, USA
MADAR Node 32
Livingston · TN, USA
Diamond/Prism object, spinning on an axis. Lasted 7-9 minutes joined by darker than night mother ship and then another diamond Prism jo
Rutherford County · TN, USA
Observed a bright object next to the moon against a clear blue morning sky. Not a single cloud, jet trail, plane, nothing in the sky. N
Chattanooga · TN, USA
Brilliant Illumination fixed spot in sky, did not move, then dissipated
Clarksville · TN, USA
MADAR Node 138
Clarksville · TN, USA
two orange lights side by side with what can only be described as a orangish red comet tail shooting down from the sky very low
Brighton · TN, USA
The bright orange /yellow lights smoothly and slowly glided across the sky, maintaining a triangular formation. The point of the tria