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)
Bybee · TN, USA
Triangular Shape w/very bright orange light w/2 smaller lights seen on a rural road going home.
Franklin · TN, USA
Saw a cluster of blinking lights flying NE to SW near in the Cadet Subdivision.
Nashville · TN, USA
Steady Large Triangle of Lights behind clouds. VERY large craft if that is what it was.
Blountville · TN, USA
My son and I were out in the front yard and he said what is that dad, I told him an airplane since we are in a area see planes going to
Nashville · TN, USA
Cluster of White Dots
Nashville · TN, USA
I saw star like object appear and then disappear about 5 times within about a 4-5 minute time bracket.
Great Smokey Mountains National Park · TN, USA
Amorphous reddish orange object seen during the day
Knoxville · TN, USA
Two slow-moving red lights, flashing in unison, in a loose, staggered formation.
Knoxville · TN, USA
Bright stationary lights in Knox County, Tennessee.
Knoxville · TN, USA
huge yellow/orange bright light immobile for 20 seconds, reversed and sped forward behind our house, made absoultly no sound and trave
Morristown · TN, USA
3 triangle shaped lights,moving at a steady speed,north,then changing direction south and speeding away out of sight.
Dyersburg · TN, USA
Multi-colored Lights, NE sky, 60x Telescope ((NUFORC Note: Twinkling star?? PD))
Downtown Nashville · TN, USA
Few cigar shaped UFOs only captured in pictures, not seen with the naked eye.
Knoxville · TN, USA
Bright orb over Knoxville, TN. 9/16/2016.
Powell · TN, USA
Very large ,silent,triangle shaped craft with 1 large bright red light on right wing and smaller pinkish white light on left wing.white
Nashville · TN, USA
I saw a star like object appear as bright as Venus for about 4-5 seconds and gradually disappear.
Oak Ridge · TN, USA
Strange lights in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of the star, Sirius. PD))
Morristown · TN, USA
Hovering ball of light shaped like a trapezoid.
Pigeon Forge · TN, USA
Late on 08/03/2016, I was walking to my car and as I shut the car door I noticed a bright orange/ red ball three to be exact.the
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Green ball bouncing around in front of storm.
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Dark Red Orb Slowly Moving Across Skyline.
Johnson City · TN, USA
Flashing stationary triangles which are not stars
Clinton · TN, USA
Bright lights over Clinton, TN.
Nashville · TN, USA
Bright orange light in the sky, appeared to be two separate lights when zoomed in. Both shaped in straight lines.
Memphis · TN, USA
Diamond shaped objects hoving over highway in and near Memphis