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)
Fairview · TN, USA
Triangular UFO rising from Nashville and heading south at amazing speed.
Knoxville · TN, USA
Strange orange lights over Knoxville, TN
Signal Mountain · TN, USA
~9:30 PM on 04JL11, my pregnant girlfriend and I saw a UFO while watching fireworks in the valley.For some reason I
Portland · TN, USA
Addition to Orange/Red Orb July 4th 2011
Portland · TN, USA
Orange/Red Orb July 4th 2011
Memphis · TN, USA
We saw 6 separate objects flying different directions with and without airplanes and in different flight paths than the planes!
White House · TN, USA
Yellow and red oval orb flying horizontally over us in the city of White House, Tennessee.
Memphis · TN, USA
More Objects Over Memphis
Memphis · TN, USA
Objects over Memphis, 8pm mostly every night! ((NUFORC Note: Student report. One of several from the same source. PD))
Knoxville · TN, USA
One spherical fireball which quickly died out leaving a dark, spinning mass that drifted southwest as it descended
Memphis · TN, USA
More Memphis UFOs-- confirmed by investigator as U/I. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. One of several from the same source. PD))
Memphis · TN, USA
10 Unknown objects over Memphis. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. One of several from the same source. PD))
Memphis · TN, USA
10 Unknown objects over Memphis ((NUFORC Note: Student report. One of several from the same source. PD))
Nashville/Brentwood · TN, USA
Round fiery object moving across the sky at the same speed a plane travels.
Franklin/Brentwood · TN, USA
30-50 red/orange fireballs seen over Brentwood and Coolsprings
Brentwood · TN, USA
10-30 orange fireballs over Brentwood, TN.
Carthage · TN, USA
Yellow ball of light appears then fades away over Carthage, Tennessee
Signal Mountain · TN, USA
Fast moving super bright illuminated sphere that slowed and changed direction
Manchester · TN, USA
Green light trailing behind car on unlit highway
Memphis · TN, USA
Red-colored, cigar-shaped craft seen flying over Memphis, Tennessee.
Spring City · TN, USA
Bright red, orange near Watts Bar in Spring City, TN
Oneida · TN, USA
Circle bright what light 3 minutes.
Elizabethton · TN, USA
12- 15 orange colored lights moving across the sky,in elizabethton, tn, numerous unrelated witnessess
Hermitage · TN, USA
Object with lights flying my direction in a "casual" manner and vanishes.
Thompsons Station · TN, USA
There were two sightings of a quiet bright orange circular UFO that flew overhead at two different times.