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)
Soddy Daisy · TN, USA
three white lights form a triangle
Smyrna · TN, USA
A bright, large light in the sky near an airplane that was preparing to land. It quickly disappeared.
Elizabethton · TN, USA
Black cylinder craft slowly passes over head. At least the size of football field.
Elizabethton · TN, USA
Black cylinder craft slowly passes over head/at least the size of football field
McKenzie · TN, USA
Silent, red lights flying from horizon to horizon one after the other.
Clarksville · TN, USA
I am not sure exactly what I saw, however, I was driving on Interstate 24 West when I spotted 3 lights in the sky in what appeared to b
Nashville · TN, USA
Thick white line UFO with round light on end seen floating over Nashville, TN. ((NUFORC Note: Contrail?? PD))
Jackson · TN, USA
Daytime sighting above Jackson, TN, of cigar-shaped metallic object flying north over I-40.
Memphis · TN, USA
Black or grey large Boomerang-shaped object flew over mississippi river at night. No lights and completely silent.
Nashville · TN, USA
Dark triangular object over West Nashville; no lights.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
Triangular white/clear light grouping
Livingston · TN, USA
3/23/15 saw triangle shape in western sky with white light shooting from it.
Erwin · TN, USA
i was just about to leave my house to go to school when i noticed a light moving fast across the sky. at first i thought it was a plane
Franklin · TN, USA
Was driving on Vaughn road a little after 10 PM and saw 2 crafts with flashing green neon-ish lights. Crafts were appearing and disappe
Nashville · TN, USA
Metallic shapes circling overhead, then flying off to the northeast.
McMinnville · TN, USA
Red light viewed in sky in Bledsoe County State Forest on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee.
Munford · TN, USA
Triangle object with bright lights hovering in silence.
Maryville · TN, USA
10 bright reddish orange orbs drift in formations from south to north in the night sky.
Friendsville · TN, USA
Saw lots of blue lights
Greenback · TN, USA
Saw lots of colored lights
Kingsport · TN, USA
Object (or light) yellow/orange in color seen silently traveling from west to east in Sullivan County, TN.
Nashville (Columbia) · TN, USA
Two fireballs hovering over I-65 near the exit to the old Saturn Plant outside of columbia TN
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
The light shot up in sky and hovered while green lights were going on around it. Then moved fast left and right. Then it d started fall
Nashville · TN, USA
Sighting Replicated in West Nashville, again.
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Object with green lights pulsing.