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)
Lebanon · TN, USA
Bright flashing red, blue, green, and yellow lights from hovering craft near Lebanon TN
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Triangular shape white light with red and green lights on tips having a haze on the sides. lasted over 2 hours
Jackson · TN, USA
Two fire balls in Jackson, TN
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
6 red sphere shaped UFOs formed a pair of triangles in the sky and vanished.
Mt. Juliet · TN, USA
Bright white light moving slowly across sky with NO flashing lights.
Knoxville · TN, USA
Two bright lights in the sky moving in coordinated efforts, my boyfriend and I witnessed the same event.
Hendersonville · TN, USA
Reddish disc moving steadily accross the sky, Hendersonville, TN.
Ashland City · TN, USA
Bright blue beam of light from the sky.
Hendersonville · TN, USA
BRIGHT ORANGE GLOWING ROUND OBJECT PULSATING IN SKY MOVING ALONG THEN STOOD STATIONARY
Hampton · TN, USA
Glowing orange ball flying above commercial jet at great alltitude,that doubled in size then moved so fast it seemed to vanish.
Gallatin · TN, USA
Triangle shaped objecting flying away from us very slowly. Strange blinking patterns and three points of triangle too far apart to be
Johnson City · TN, USA
Huge long ufo moving very slow.
Hohenwald · TN, USA
Erratically moving yellow/orange light moving erratically slowly from west to east.disapeared into distance south of centervolle tn
Franklin · TN, USA
Around 23:30 on 8/10/12 saw orange lights flying on horizon at north to northwest ,the lights stopped moving then a cluster appeared of
Brentwood · TN, USA
Silver, silent cigar flew extremely slow for 2 minutes.
Cleveland · TN, USA
Round White Star Sized Light Slowly Moving After Being a Fixed Object. Slowly Vanished.
Arlington · TN, USA
Reddish object descended within a shadowy spinning circular silouhette
Memphis · TN, USA
Bright star-like dot - western sky - that moved silently at an angle towards the north before vanishing into the clear night sky...
Knoxville · TN, USA
Craft gleaming in sunrise.
Morristown · TN, USA
5th UFO Sighting around my 50th Birthday.
MCewen · TN, USA
Balls of Bright Lights
Antioch · TN, USA
On the night of August 29, 2012 at 2100 hours, I was driving south on Blue hole road in Antioch, Tennessee. I was with my son at the
Knoxville · TN, USA
Bright light moving very quickly across night sky. No noise but seemed relatively close.
Spring Hill · TN, USA
Object captured in photos
Lawrenceburg · TN, USA
Tear drop shaped silent craft with dull lights realized it had been seen and cloaked to avoid further view.