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)
Memphis (Frayser) · TN, USA
A beach ball white orb at tree tops level traveling south at 5mph.
Maryville · TN, USA
Unusual Aircraft near the Secret City
Laffolette · TN, USA
My cousin and I were watching boxing on television at his home when his pet German Shepard was outside' and started barking like crazy.
Etowah · TN, USA
I was looking at Star Mountain when these 3 objects appearred. As I watched them, they seemed to change shape. Then as I watched for a
Speedwell · TN, USA
Metallic oval craft with no sound.
Maryville · TN, USA
Silver, cigar shaped object north of downtown Maryville, TN in or around 1991
McKenzie · TN, USA
I saw a saucer shaped obiect with blue, red, green flashing lights on the way home from college.
Signal Mountain · TN, USA
Hovering disk object lights up the woods
Newport · TN, USA
"My friend and I seen this pure white ball of light in the sky on the way to his friends house."
Tellicoplains · TN, USA
no lights or sound very close to me about 100 feet from the ground
Knoxville · TN, USA
Star shaped craft flys right over my head slowly at 60 feet, on Easter 1990.
Maryville · TN, USA
dark boomerang shaped object with lights evenly spased all the way around the inside and outside edges
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
Round silver object hovering over I-24 and then vanishes.
Mosheim · TN, USA
Red Oval object in the mountains of Tennessee
Oak Ridge (over classified Y12 facility) · TN, USA
Huge Saucer with lights seen, over Oak Ridge, hovered, lights changed, and suddingly disappeared .
Knoxville · TN, USA
triangular shape hovered over our heads
Sparta · TN, USA
very fast in a straight line like no airplane I ever saw.
Kingsport · TN, USA
Flying saucer with multi-colored lights near Kingsport, TN.
Memphis · TN, USA
On sequential nights during the month of January, 1988, I witnessed from 2-4 bright amber lights hovering or slowly moving in the weste
Knoxville · TN, USA
300 ft Flying wing followed by fighters, later observed by glowing ball.
Dyersburg · TN, USA
UFO sighting - the only one who remebers is the one who didn't see it - circular bright hovering craft just above the house
Knoxville · TN, USA
Object traveld along side my car for a mile a close range.
Fayettville · TN, USA
a friend and i were riding home one night,and comeing through a patch of woods on each side of the road ,i glanced out the passenger si
Memphis · TN, USA
Three lights in a triangular formation.
Knoxville · TN, USA
Saw one large ship during the day around noon hovering over the trees, it look like Battlestar Galactica but it was grayish with multic