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)
Kingsport · TN, USA
Flashing lights moving across sky in northern direction.
Bristol · TN, USA
Boomerang shape in daylight
Knoxville · TN, USA
unbelievable
Milan · TN, USA
A large dull light the color of the sun when it sets with a brite red flashing light that rotated around it. The object hovered for one
Lebanon · TN, USA
Two triangular shaped craft hovering over power lines.
Sparta · TN, USA
Message: beauty of the flesh creates power this is aliens addiction and our mystery, why we are alone.
Cumberland · TN, USA
No lights, no noise just floating through the sky. We wouldn't have seen it if it weren't for all the clouds that were out that night,
Strawberry Plains · TN, USA
3 stationary objects 2 looked like stars 1 looked like planet all moved within 10 minutes of me watching.
Memphis · TN, USA
It was a glowing, dull yellow/green, silent, three dimensional horizontal triangle. with verticle cylinders on the end.
Shelbyville · TN, USA
My friend had been saying for the last week that he had seen the object in the sky, but ofcourse knowone believed him. Until last night
Nashville · TN, USA
Star-like ovoid with revolving object seen before dark, separates, approached by two triangular objects; disappears.
LaVergne · TN, USA
ENORMOUS SIZE CRAFT OBSERVED DISSAPPEARING BEHIND THE MOON !!
Old Hickory · TN, USA
round light
Oak Ridge · TN, USA
Dark sphere hanging in the sky just before sunset.
Nashville · TN, USA
unusual overhead occurence while on family walk.
Sevierville · TN, USA
We saw eight triangle shaped ships and felt wind off the first four but heard nothing.
Clinton · TN, USA
The green light moved across the sky very rapidly. Was very bright.
Lynnville · TN, USA
fast, bright, white burn of light, unbeliveable 90 degree turns
Primm Springs · TN, USA
Myself and two witnesses observed a light, not a meteor, moving at low altitude across the sky; its duration was no more than three sec
Roellen-Dyersburg area · TN, USA
red and green lights that were convex shaped couldn't make out the shape of it ,it was small enough to be beside a house and over trees
Old Hickory · TN, USA
It was a black, diamond/kite shaped craft.
Nashville · TN, USA
Nashville, TN near airport
Franklin · TN, USA
Wavey object in the sky
Nashville (near) · TN, USA
I was driving home from Missouri to Florida..near Nashville, TN at 2:32 in the morning, I saw a large circular craft in the sky. At fir
Pegram · TN, USA
Pulsating or rotating stationary lights high in the night sky