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)
Radcliffe · TN, USA
3 HUGE ultra bright lights over road. Broke into 5. Disappeared instantly at an angle down. No sound. Ft Knox boundary.
Gray · TN, USA
TRIANGLULAR SHAPED OBJECT OBSERVED APPROX 60 FEET ABOVE GROUND. SEVERAL LIGHTS AROUND PERIMITER, MANY COLORS. APPEARED TO HOVER. SOU
Bolivar · TN, USA
A number of objects moving in sky with red and white lights in specific formations
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Large spherical object seen in Murfreesboro TN.
Smithville · TN, USA
6 miles north of smithville on hwy 56 - just beyond the tree line were 2 round beams of light just hovering for over 5 minutes then the
Nashville (on I-24 ,60 mi. southeast of) · TN, USA
FIREBALL GOING WEST TO EAST WITH A LONG FIREY TAIL. iI WATCHED THIS OBJECT FOR A MINUTE AND A HALF AS I WAS DRIVING WEST BOUND ON I-24
Jamestown · TN, USA
A very slow moving, white with a greenish tint streak of light moving in a northern direction.
Cookeville · TN, USA
At a stop light, caught my eye moving west to east north of cookeville. It was huge. It was moving in a downward slant. I watch it unti
Jamestown · TN, USA
Husband saw a greenish/white streak that seemed to be motionless
Sumner county · TN, USA
Summary will include the UFO i saw while sitting in a car. I believe this not to have anything to do with a meteir shower because if th
Gallatin · TN, USA
Green fireball - west to east flight - low on northern horizon - appeared to be color of burning copper - unable to gauge speed (no dis
Smithville · TN, USA
2 lights were seen just above the tree lines about a mile away from my home. i watched these lights for several minutes then they shot
Franklin · TN, USA
I was on my balconay look at the sky when i saw a orang comtrail comming towards my direction, i also noticed an other trail going sout
Rickman · TN, USA
THIER WHERE VERY BRIGHT AT FIRST WHEN ME AND MY WIFE SEEN THEM WE THOUGHT THAT THEY WHERE STARS. BUT TO OUR AMAZEMENT THEY SEEMED TO FL
Nashville · TN, USA
I saw a light flash like a plane out in my back yard but it didn't flash again so it caught my attention. Then it flashed again (white)
Newbern · TN, USA
amber colored light,moves slowly, occasionally disappears in plain view
Chattanooga · TN, USA
I witnessed 3 low-flying, triangular-shaped, black crafts traveling to the north, northwest on Saturday 16, 1999.
Signal Mountain · TN, USA
saw bright orange light making qiuck movements,followed us for approximitly five miles, intersepted car causing electrical failure in c
Maryville/Sevierville · TN, USA
I heard area coyotes and dogs howling very loudly and when I went out side I saw a cylindar shaped object with lights in a repeated cir
Ripley · TN, USA
Saw large rectangular object apparently cloaking itself in Tn. in 1990
Knoxville · TN, USA
Unusual lights in sky moving and fading out.
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Two objects seen possiably leaving moon's surface or flying around Moon....
Nashville · TN, USA
I had walked out back and looked up at the sky and a golden light was moving slowly across the sky. There were no flashing lights so I
Sevierville · TN, USA
very distant, small, appeared to be like an airplane from a distance, but was not moving, had alternating flashing red, blue, and green
Gallatin · TN, USA
I was driving in a new subdivision when I saw an object flying slowly in the sky. The color and shape of the object was unlike any airc