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)
Jackson · TN, USA
Three Orange hovering balls in West TN.
Whitesburg · TN, USA
Numerous red "dots" moving South to North.
Milan · TN, USA
Large elongated diamond formation of 15 silent red circle lights
Smyrna · TN, USA
Multi-colored glowing blimp like object.
Lebanon · TN, USA
We were on our way home on highway 840 when we noticed a large bright object moving slowly being the amazon warehouse. We pulled over t
Clarksville · TN, USA
Orange and Red Fireball Type of lights
Sale Creek · TN, USA
Six brilliant red and orange fireballs moving slowly and disappearing one at a time.
Sewanee · TN, USA
Three amber lights moving up and down at the tree line.
Nashville · TN, USA
Very bright, disk shaped UFO moved very rapidly above Briley Parkway in Nashville.
Austin · TN, USA
Large Rotating Metallic Cylinder Slowly Traverses Sky.
Hendersonville · TN, USA
Pulsating Triangle of Lights
Maryville · TN, USA
Saw a large mass moving sporadically with white and red (inconsistent) blinking lights and a humming sounds in waves.
Lebanon · TN, USA
Cigar Shapped object in clouds at sunset.
Antioch · TN, USA
Black Squarish Object Shifting and moving Slowly
Cottontown · TN, USA
Dome-shaped saucer took 1hr and 30 mins to move across the sky.
Nashville · TN, USA
Moving orange, round lights in the sky... 5 to 6 minues... 35 to 45 objects in random and changing formations. Silent
Spring Hill · TN, USA
5 fire ball sphere lights.
Bristol · TN, USA
TRIANGLE OVER BRISTOL, TN.
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Extreamly bright, large, white light shot from one end of the sky to the other.
Hixson · TN, USA
three lights like stars in the twilight after a fireworks display. The lights were uniform in color and brightness. Strange movement.
Portland · TN, USA
Six orange/red balls of light fly over the tree line and dissappear in the clouds
Franklin · TN, USA
Witnessing while typing. 3 dots of what I would call white/clear/holographic forming a triangle rotating 3-dimensionally are still
Lafayette · TN, USA
A light going threw the sky almost like a shooting star but to slow for that im 34 years old and never seen anything like this.
Townsend · TN, USA
At around 6:20 Est. my wife and I were driving around Cades Cove loop in the GSMNP located in Townsed, TN. I noticed what looked like a
Oakland · TN, USA
Orange / Red Orb in Oakland, TN traveling at constant speed and altitude on 07/14/13 appx. 21:00.