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)
Maryville · TN, USA
Bright white dot hovers in sky, quickly drops down, then shoots up and disappears leaving a copper streak
Coopertown · TN, USA
Sighting over my house.
Hendersonville · TN, USA
Unknown Object Around Powerlines
Shelbyville (Flat Creek area) · TN, USA
light moved across sky flashed twice and bathed landscape in sustained bright white light. No sound/wind
Knoxville · TN, USA
Large white object in sky moving much faster than jet observed in eastern sky.
Westmoreland · TN, USA
Two witnesses see lights and a large buildin-like object
Knoxville · TN, USA
Five white lights int he sky, like stars or planets, move around one another and then move quickly over the tree line and out of sight.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
Real life Star Wars
Maryville · TN, USA
A bright light moving away and disappeared
Chattanooga · TN, USA
Green light with sparks as it entered the atmosphere. ((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor?? PD))
Spring Hill · TN, USA
Bright white light in the sky. Spring Hill TN. Sometimes changes shapes & Blinking colors Red Green & Yellow.
Corryton · TN, USA
triangular object appearing at low level in the outskirts of Knoxville, TN
Spring Hill · TN, USA
5 lights moving at a high speed with no apparent order but naked to the eye
Elizabethton · TN, USA
object which separated on a tower type structure with orange and yellow lights
Clarksville · TN, USA
Clarksville, Tn UFO sighting.
Knoxville · TN, USA
Egg shaped Bright Light in the sky , it appeared to glow bright white but the photos taken only showed it to be red and turned to blue
Chattanooga · TN, USA
Triangular UFO witnessed at Army Ammunition Plant
Hampton · TN, USA
spotted ufo while on HWY 19-e north between Hampton & Elizabethton TN
Vanleer · TN, USA
((HOAX)) Bright light in atmosphere miles away.
Memphis · TN, USA
Traveling red lights that had the ability to rapidly change flight direction were seen on Jackson Ave in Memphis TN
Lafayette · TN, USA
Three UFO's appear out of thin air for 15 minutes then vanish.
Nashville · TN, USA
Large silent object that landed and seemed to hover and make fast turns!!
TN · USA
I saw a dome shaped ufo then it took off in a blink of an eye
Jackson · TN, USA
very fast, silent cylinder seen with swirling red lights on its ends.
Cleveland · TN, USA
Red oval object appeared in the sky on 3 occasions for about five seconds apiece, disappearing each time.