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)
Dickson · TN, USA
RECTANGLE MIMICED NIGHT SKY & STARS SEEN DURING YR. OF COMET PASSING NEAR EARTH
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Light Orange Sphere
Sweetwater · TN, USA
3 bright objects pased by and faded away one-by-one
Savannah · TN, USA
light flashing on and off in the sky it got fast then it faster and faster until it disappeared.
Nashville · TN, USA
what i saw was not of this world
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
strange flash of something shiny over Rutherford County, TN.
Bristol · TN, USA
brilliant green object going down S.W. of Bristol
Hampton · TN, USA
it was a triangle it had lights all around it about 15 or 20 lights tney weren't blinking they were like the light you see when you loo
Cosby · TN, USA
the objects made animpossible 90 degree turn.
Lafollette · TN, USA
Very fast green ball low altitude know trail at all
Crestline · TN, USA
Extremely fast light object splits into two after firework show, many witnesses.
Morristown · TN, USA
Saw light in night sky that was glowing a yellowish bright color moving slowly and then disappearing in the atmosphere with orange wave
Franklin · TN, USA
Triangular formation viewed in franklin, tn. Arc shaped flight path, than dissapeared.
Banner · TN, USA
Three of us were standing outside in the dark. We observed how clear the night sky was and could see some constellations. Two moving
Mount Juliet · TN, USA
red light go fast, white light means it stopped and pulse fast red before moving.
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Mysterious Disk seen lying on ditch of Tennessee Highway 840. Seen from an adjecent non-connected road. Then the Disk Vanished.
Bristol · TN, USA
Man reports witnessing a very bright light, below solid overcast, in the southern sky
Antioch · TN, USA
An Orange/Yellow Ball of Light from No where.
Nashville · TN, USA
Slow moving lights in the sky over Nashville.
Memphis · TN, USA
the star at the top and at the bottom right were not stars but planets the other object was bluesh and jetted off quickly.
Reliance · TN, USA
2 bright lights-not planets or stars
Bristol · TN, USA
bright multi colored object moving north over east tenn and southwest Va
Old Hickory · TN, USA
Round flying object. Very fast and quite
Manchester · TN, USA
My wife and I were traveling east on US 55 and were approximately one mile west of Manchester, Tn.. The time was 6:36 PM CST And the we
Kingston Springs · TN, USA
A LOUD NOISE AND BLINDING LIGHT AND THEN A ACTUAL ENCOUNTER.