UFO Sightings in Alabama
1,275 UFO sightings reported in Alabama since 1939, peaking in 2014 (130 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,275
- Span
- 1939–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (130 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1939–2022 · peak 2014 (130 reports)
Top cities in Alabama
Huntsville
1961–2022 · peak 2013 (8 reports)
Birmingham
1951–2022 · peak 2006 (9 reports)
Mobile
1979–2022 · peak 2019 (8 reports)
Melbourne (Australia)
1960–2021 · peak 2007 (4 reports)
Madison
1973–2020 · peak 2007 (5 reports)
Montgomery
1962–2020 · peak 1994 (4 reports)
Dothan
2003–2022 · peak 2022 (7 reports)
Gulf Shores
1997–2022 · peak 2013 (4 reports)
Tuscaloosa
1996–2021 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Florence
1964–2019 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Hoover
2001–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Australia
1987–2014 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Cullman
2000–2019 · peak 2003 (4 reports)
Gadsden
1965–2019 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Anniston
1975–2020 · peak 2017 (4 reports)
Auburn
1972–2017 · peak 2007 (2 reports)
Orange Beach
2002–2019 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Phenix City
2009–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Fort Payne
1973–2022 · peak 2022 (4 reports)
Gardendale
1968–2022 · peak 2008 (2 reports)
Tuskegee · AL, USA
In '78 Yellow Orb moved silently along with my car/50 mph, moved to the front of my car, then zoomed into the stars and became a star.
Interstate 65 (Alabama/Tennessee) · AL, USA
was I dreaming or what
Anniston (Ft. McClellan U.S. Army base) · AL, USA
Approx. six glowing silent objects flying over head at high rate of speed in broad daylight at ft. mcclellan, Alabama july 1977
Interstate 65 (between AL and TN) · AL, USA
Bright Light hovered and followed me.
Birmingham · AL, USA
I HEARD YELLING AT THE APARTMENT BELOW US, SAYING "LOOK !, LOOK !" I WENT TO THE LIVING ROOM WINDOW AND PULLED BACK THE DRAPES AND SAW
Gadsden · AL, USA
Flashing lights and scrambled jets
Elba · AL, USA
We stopped at Dairy Queen had supper. Going to my aunt an uncle three hours away It was dusty dark came to three trundle Bridges shoul
Birmingham · AL, USA
Me and my 6 siblings, my parents and 2 neighbors saw the lights in the sky. It was triangle and or circular but stationary. For a long
Anniston · AL, USA
Blue and round.
Collinsville · AL, USA
It was like something out of star wars
Enterprise · AL, USA
Very low, very slow flying, silent, black trapezoid viewed by 4 family members for about two minutes
Union Grove · AL, USA
Two brothers observe cigar-shaped UFO late at night after work.
Birmingham · AL, USA
CLEAR DAYLIGHT SKY SILVER SAUCER WITH BLINKING LIGHTS OLD SPRINGVILLE RD 1975
Huntsville · AL, USA
Light flying over the area in a scallopped pattern, I walked into the woods for a few minutes that turned out to be a couple of hours.
Verbena · AL, USA
Big Bobbing red light
Oneonta · AL, USA
Big, round , with lights, but no sound, moving slow,
Auburn/Montgomery (between) · AL, USA
A flattened "thread spool" shaped object with alternating white and red lights passing approximately 500 feet above us. 1/2 hour durati
Calera (outskirts of) · AL, USA
A report from the outskirts of Calera, AL in June 1974 described a disk-shaped object seen by a group of young hikers, lasting 10-15 minutes.
Birmingham (Wisteria Dr. · .5 mi down), AL, USA
I vehemently did not believe the sightings of 1974 Spring in Birmingham, seems they appeared purposely so that I would believe, 3 craft
Colbert Heights · AL, USA
Hovering object with circulating yellow and green lights slowly began to move before attaining hyper speed from virtual dead stop
Birmingham (just south of) · AL, USA
A report from just south of Birmingham, AL in October 1973 described a glowing green, disk-shaped object seen flying low over a car, witnessed by a mother and her four children, lasting 10-15 minutes.
Montgomery · AL, USA
A report from Montgomery, AL in October 1973 described lights that appeared from nearby woods and seemed to follow a moving vehicle, lasting 15 minutes.
Alabama (rural) · AL, USA
A report from rural Alabama in July 1973 described an extremely bright light in the sky near a power plant, lasting 1 hour.
Bridgeport · AL, USA
A report from Bridgeport, AL in June 1973 described two objects, one saucer-shaped and one cigar-shaped, at an estimated 3,500 feet moving toward Chattanooga, lasting 30 seconds.
Decatur · AL, USA
mid 1970's UFO over Decatur,Alabama