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)
Bean Station · TN, USA
Large cigar shaped flying about 800 feet high. Huge square engines on back.
Big Rock · TN, USA
Large white/silver spherical object with smaller black object in close proximity over Fort Campbell, KY.
Clarksville · TN, USA
Very huge mass with black figured markings no outer rim
Normandy · TN, USA
rectangular, reflective object over Southern Middle TN
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Bright object over MTSU campus in Murfreesboro on Oct. 15, 2012.
Piney Flats · TN, USA
Rotating cylinder climbing vertically in sky
Johnson City · TN, USA
Observed tube extend from cylinder shaped object on 10/16/2012 on clear day
Johnson City · TN, USA
Silver, slowly rotating, pole shaped object - broad daylight
Johnson City · TN, USA
Metallic cylindrical object seen hovering over Johnson City, TN.
Burns · TN, USA
Orange “Fireball” Observed, Dickson County, Middle Tennessee
Nashville · TN, USA
Round lights circling for hours-no noise and quite fast-not spot lights!
Nashville · TN, USA
Two lights flying in random patterns over Nashville.
Kingsport · TN, USA
3 red lights in a triangular pattern rising in altitude together followed by 2 more.
Morristown · TN, USA
Object with very colorful lights hovering above the lake. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Capella?? PD))
Wartrace · TN, USA
Floating object with red,yellow,green lights. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Capella?? PD))
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Orange-yellow hovering lights with cylinder above each.
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Orange hovering lights.
Nashville · TN, USA
White light on small lunar lander shaped object.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
I saw a blue teardrop object fall from the sky.
Nashville · TN, USA
WE SAW A GREEN BALL SHAPE FALLING OUT OF THE SKY AT 6:10 AM ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 30TH 2012...IT WAS VERY LARGE BUT WAS GONE IN 5 OR 10 SE
Nashville · TN, USA
Huge bright object the size of a house slowly traveling across sky
Nashville · TN, USA
4 objects not visible to the naked eye, flying around odd vertical "rainbow."
Franklin · TN, USA
Driving home I saw a very bright slow moving object going from east to west - not a plane, I thought it was like a shooting start but i
Piperton/Rossville · TN, USA
6 UFO's spotted in 5 mile radius
Knoxville · TN, USA
5-6 balls of light floating above the Mechanicsville/Middlebrook area, spotted from Alcoa Hwy