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)
Chattanooga · TN, USA
Bright light in my window.
Spring Hill · TN, USA
Two orange fireball-type flying craft within 5 minutes of each other.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
Bright orange light moving slowly across the sky.
Clinton · TN, USA
Me and my buds!
Butler · TN, USA
An infrared security camera records a bright orb casting light on the ground.
Nashville · TN, USA
Orange lights in Nashville, TN.
Oak Ridge · TN, USA
Brightly lit chevron.
Chapmansboro · TN, USA
On the morning of 02/13/2014, I woke up to go to the restroom. Afterward, I decided I wanted a cigarette. It was just before daybreak w
Murfeesboro · TN, USA
Daytime object seen!
Franklin · TN, USA
Slow moving flame, 700-1000 feet away.
Collierville · TN, USA
REPORT FROM RETIRED ATP PILOT: Eight to ten orange sphere objects seen in Memphis evening sky, three observers.
Briceville · TN, USA
Small, stealth craft appeared to go down three miles East of Pilot Mountain.
Nashville · TN, USA
Large star-like object seen in afternoon sky then quickly vanished.
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Two lights circling and making random patterns in the sky at dusk and after dark.
Hixson · TN, USA
Triangular object with no lights gliding across the night sky.
Brentwood · TN, USA
Orange flickering, slow moving, circular flying object.
Clarksville · TN, USA
3 Orange spheres in Clarksville, TN sky on New Years after midnight.
East Ridge (Chatanooga) · TN, USA
I saw six, light orange, very bright and large sized round objects, moving from east to west, from East Ridge,Tn. at 1:15AM.
Crossville · TN, USA
The first one I seen, seemed to be a plane at first and I noticed it was traveling downward very quickly with a red stream of light, I
Knoxville · TN, USA
Yellow Orange Light Shot Across Sky.
Clarksville · TN, USA
A camouflage cloaking invisibility technology.
Old Hickory · TN, USA
RED BALL OF LIGHT FOLLOWING AN AIRCRAFT.
Athens · TN, USA
Oval shaped, bright lights, brighter then street lights, disappeared as fast as appeared.
Morristown · TN, USA
About an hour before my fiance had brought me out to see something...I noticed what felt like a small tremor or vibration that went thr
Fayatteville · TN, USA
While driving 18 wheeler saw a bright light that moved "smoothly through the air. No red/green marking lights. Observed obje