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)
Franklin · TN, USA
Falling large blue/green light.
Murpheesboro · TN, USA
I saw 2 ufo fling in the sky 1 looked like it was on fire and falling ufo number 2 look like it came down to help it was like it used s
Mountain City · TN, USA
Any info appreciated please.
Mount Juliet · TN, USA
((HOAX??)) Bright Neon Orange light 20 feet above tree level, oval like sphere vanished appeared to be fare in distance.
Lenoir City · TN, USA
My wife and I were on our way to work. She said what's that. I turned to see a triangular very dark in color, probably black, shaped ob
Memphis · TN, USA
Large green spherical light in the clouds.
Spring Hill · TN, USA
Three orange lights hovering over trees, then slowly follow each other off into clouds; no sounds at all.
Spring Hill · TN, USA
3 hovering orange round objects slowly disappeared into the clouds, no sounds coming from objects. Maybe drones?
Johnson City · TN, USA
Green glow emerges from Buffalo Mountain.
Clarksville · TN, USA
Fireball type aircraft making a show on New Year's Eve in Clarksville, TN.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
Driving S on Browns Ferry Rd., before Browns Ferry Landing, I noticed to my right a plane flying about 2000ft over Raccon Mountain.
Nashville · TN, USA
Sighting replicated two nights in a row in West Nashville.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
Unusual bright flying object.
Atoka · TN, USA
Several sightings in Atoka, TN.
Flintville · TN, USA
Three cigar shapes objects in the sky.
Decatur · TN, USA
Tennessee, Meigs Co., Decatur green ball of light in sky.
Memphis · TN, USA
An extremely bright, white light shot across the sky that moved at a much faster speed than any kind of airplane, then it vanished.
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Disc-shaped object falls vertically from sky then stalls before disappearing.
Clarksville · TN, USA
Triangular red lights.
Bartlett · TN, USA
5 orange glowing balls that traveled the same path of each other.
Knoxville · TN, USA
Orange ball of light disappeared and reappeared in cloudless parts of the sky three times before we lost it.
Memphis · TN, USA
Circular green glow/light in clouds.
Alcoa · TN, USA
Multicolored lights flashing in the eastern sky
Lake City · TN, USA
Bright light in sky.
Knoxville · TN, USA
Green and red light falling downward and then out of sight at a very fast speed.