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 · TN, USA
2 huge triangle shaped objects, low to the ground moving very slow. we follow them for several miles before they vanish.
Kingsport · TN, USA
flashing red light turned out to be a soundless spinning disc shape
Chattanooga · TN, USA
On apartment deck. Saucer went overhead at 150 feet high. No lights, no sound. Diameter 150-200 feet. Black in color. Saw rivets where
Bluff City · TN, USA
Red Sphere shaped craft sited in the early morning hours in rural East Tennessee.
Bristol · TN, USA
Bright White Light
Knoxville · TN, USA
Two disc shaped objects flying in tandem
Washburn · TN, USA
slow moving chevron or "V" shaped object with strobes and silent
Memphis · TN, USA
Bright white light in rural area of Memphis in 1976 responds to kid's and their sealed beam flashlight.
TN · USA
Bright Light followed me while driving and it seemed like forever
Brownsville · TN, USA
I saw a wheel within a wheel
Memphis · TN, USA
Mothership Sighting over Memphis Tennesee on February 14, 1976
Nashville · TN, USA
1976 bronze triangle seen in nashville, tn
McKenzie · TN, USA
Observed two shiny objects which resembled a child's top flying west to east in the twilight.
Nashville · TN, USA
a large black triangular shaped craft that hovered with small birds circling all around it (maybe a Thunderbird sighting)
Nashville · TN, USA
sudden burst of brilliant yellow light
Nashville · TN, USA
While fishing at Old Hickory lake,I observed one small light moving slowly up the lake. At first, I thought it was a large object that
Tullahoma · TN, USA
Up close and personal to a bright glowing disk while fishing at night
Memphis · TN, USA
Cigar in Memphis 1974.
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
The dish shaped object with 3 portholes visible followed us for approximately 5 miles and then vanished.
Hixson · TN, USA
Oval, brilliant lights, red glow, windows, metallic, no sound; After we lost sight of it and went to find it, it showed itself to us.
Collierville · TN, USA
Group of about 20 sees UFO on clear day for about 5 minutes in 1973 in SW TENN.
Englewood · TN, USA
They talked to me as a child.
Millington · TN, USA
3 Saucer shaped UFO's over Naval Air Station. F-4 Phantom Scrambled.
Jackson · TN, USA
A massive silent object was a small dot in a matter of seconds leaving us watching in total darkness and amazement.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
3 objects in a tri-angle formation also in stationary mode for about 20 to 30 sec. Then dispersed in different directions in less than