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)
Clingman's Dome (Great Smoky Mountains National Park) · TN, USA
Very fast, bright metallic silver rectangle spotted, was pursued by military-style jets
Nashville · TN, USA
White, cross shaped object with the sun reflecting off a little.
Hartsville · TN, USA
bright light hoovers over tennessee ski....
Cleveland · TN, USA
i was coming home from church ,on a country road iseen a v shaped ufo flying from the right, it flue over me and landed in a feild.it w
Pioneer · TN, USA
sun-sized light after midnight
Murphreesboro · TN, USA
Shiny speck of metal or something.
Ashland City · TN, USA
I saw two huge triangular airships leaving thick contrails.
Jackson · TN, USA
Sitting on my back porch smoking I saw this thing floating across the sky going north to south with no sound.It had 5 large lights that
Jamestown · TN, USA
I've watched the skies for several years and have never seen any lights do what these 3 did.
Jellico · TN, USA
We saw the object over a mountain facing south. The object seemed to fade from bright to dim, several times. The bottom half seemed to
Jackson · TN, USA
Three glowing spheres under dark triangular shape, no sound
Crossville · TN, USA
more pulsing red lights in the night sky
Mountain City · TN, USA
Broad Daylight Flying Saucer
Knoxville · TN, USA
Two metalllic cylinders and an unusual "plane" sighted flying from SW to ENE and ENE to SW in Knoxville.
Old Fort · TN, USA
A yellow color cigar shaped objet moving very fast from NW to SW.
Nolensville · TN, USA
Military helicopter gives chase at unknown aircraft
Portland · TN, USA
circular object turning orange as it sped away very quickly.
Morristown · TN, USA
Huge, triangular craft with six white rectangular lights on the bottom witnessed in EastTennessee
Memphis · TN, USA
UFO over Memphis
Houston County · TN, USA
Two large gold low flying sphere's move slowly, silently, across the horizon.
Franklin · TN, USA
This object was two(2) bright lights, approx. -1 magnitude, travelling northwest to southeast. Lights maintianed equal distant separati
Mt. Juliet · TN, USA
Two cylinder shaped objects moving quickly across the sky making no noise.
Kingston Springs · TN, USA
first sighting - white light / red light disc shaped low flying / near interstate exit second and third sighting - both occurred off
Nashville · TN, USA
while driving on a backroad two passengers saw a sphere hovering in the sky. It dissapeared in a white flash after 30 minutes.
Memphis · TN, USA
another triangle seen in memphis tennessee