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)
Rockwood · TN, USA
I saw lights and thought it was just a plane but they weren't moving . There was about 4 lights on the object. They were all white exce
Clarksville · TN, USA
Pulsing light in the night sky
Clarksville · TN, USA
Orb over home in Clarksville, TN.
unkown · TN, USA
it was huge and slow moving at the cruising altitude of the plane
Cookeville · TN, USA
Close Encounter and Sighting.
Telford · TN, USA
4 Bright Lights, formed Box then dissappeared.
Spring Hill · TN, USA
Flash/Pulse of light shooting through Big Dipper
Nashville · TN, USA
White, flashing object, looked like an airplane, but traveling way too fast.
Maynardville (near) · TN, USA
Orbs appear during severe storm.
Lenior City · TN, USA
UFO spotted over Oak Ridge TN.
Morrison · TN, USA
brilliant bright light first falling down fast then stopped for several minutes
Knoxville · TN, USA
Green and orange lit cylinder flashed across the sky while outside at work.
Townsend · TN, USA
Luminated objects spotted in clear night sky; our friends 20 miles away were called, they verified the sightings from their location.
McMinnville · TN, USA
we saw a lightgreen circlur object crosing the sky. it crosed from south to north and it went down somewhere in van buren.
Quebeck · TN, USA
One Triangle shaped craft being escorted by helicopters
Gray · TN, USA
Then the lower light began to fade out, and after it did the 2nd did as well.
Franklin · TN, USA
They were both boomerang shaped and were doing the exact same thing.
Brentwood · TN, USA
I was at a Waffle House in Brentwood T.N. on the corner of Old Hickory B.L.V.D. and Franklin Pike Circle. Across the street of Franklin
Rutledge · TN, USA
we knew these werent aircraft, nor stars, nor satellites.
Nashville · TN, USA
VIEW GREENISH BLUE LIGHT ABOVE THE THIN CLOUD COVER CIRCLING JUST ABOVE THE THIN CLOUD COVER NEVER GETTING CLOSE WERE THE CLOUD COVER W
Friendsville · TN, USA
Yellow-White fireball viewed over southeast Tennessee - Possible Space Debris?
Oak Ridge · TN, USA
3 Fireballs slowly crossing the night sky in Oak Ridge Tennessee. About 10 seconds long.
Chestnut Hill · TN, USA
Two bright red lights above English Mountain
Maryville · TN, USA
Strange hovering ball of light that floated over Maryville TN on 12/16/2005 at 8 p.m.
Hermitage · TN, USA
OBJECT in the Hermitage, Tennessee Sky