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)
Mountain City · TN, USA
Wife & husband see obj. projecting beam of light down to ground. Illuminated trees. Rose & flew off.
Jackson · TN, USA
Man sees blue-green obj. hover below overcast for 45 sec.. Streaks off, leaving veil of red sparks.
Nashville · TN, USA
Man saw strange light move slowly across sky, stop, then streak off. 10 second sighting.
Johnson City · TN, USA
Founder/director of U.S.UFO Info. & Res. Cntr. calls. Proposes collaboration w/ Nat. UFO Rept. Cntr.
Tallassee · TN, USA
FAA empl. & pilot reports seeing triangular ships w/ bizarre lights. Over mountainous country.
McMinnville · TN, USA
TN Emer. Man. Agency reports UFO-related flash/explosion near McMinnville, TN. 8-page fax from sheriff's office. Fed. agents.
Memphis · TN, USA
Mother, daughter, and friend witness 4-5 objects over school yard. Objects hovered, then streaked off. Silent.
Seymour · TN, USA
A man and his fiancee witnessed gigantic triangle hovering in the night sky. Red & blue belly lights. Good rept.
Lebanon · TN, USA
A woman and daughter witnessed 2 large ships, and a cluster of white ships. Clamshell in shape. TEMA rept..
Trezevant · TN, USA
Triangle UFO changes three lives. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Mountain City · TN, USA
Computer engin. repts. seeing triangular ships over TN almost nightly. Repts. overhearing radio commo. of F-15 firing on UFO.
Goodlettsville · TN, USA
I saw what looked like a large orange fireball hovering, it then shrunk to the size and color of a star.
Cornersville · TN, USA
Bright, round, white light flies over Coleman RD at night. 4 people saw that I know of. It was moving slow.
White Pine · TN, USA
Yellowish/orange sphere seen by 4 police officers in East Tn
Lewisburg · TN, USA
A light split into 5 lights.
Estill Springs · TN, USA
Close encounter with round white light
Panther Creek State Park · close to Morristown, Tennessee, TN, USA
Small, softball size glowing red light moving fast, slow, and sometimes not at all.
Dayton · TN, USA
Green object flies over Dayton, TN. in 1994
Shackle Island community of Hendersonville · TN, USA
Object viewed under magnification observed lights/crafts entering and leaving illuminated object;
Carthage · TN, USA
1 object with green and red lights
Kingsport · TN, USA
Ball of light seen over Holston Army Ammunitions Plant. The UFO was provoked by my friend and I and chased us to my house.
Cumberland · TN, USA
black oval/circular object that did not reflect light spotted over Lake Cumberland - chase helicopter involved
Memphis · TN, USA
Blue-ish fireball speeds past the University of Memphis in winter of 1993-1994.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
A silver orb seemed to hover and move in and out of the upper level of a large cumulus cloud.
Seymour · TN, USA
Stationary Elongated UFO 200ft above vacant field with city lights on bottom