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)
Calera (out-skirts) · AL, USA
A report from the outskirts of Calera, AL in June 1973 described a group of witnesses observing a disk-shaped object in the night sky, lasting 10-15 minutes.
Madison · AL, USA
This is a definate government cover-up
Huntsville (Redstone Arsenal) · AL, USA
We were in the U.S. Army at the time and 18 years old.The night before we watched the Skylab as was reported on the radio to do a flyby
Huntsville · AL, USA
I and two other friends in May of 73 when we were in the military watched two C134'S and a jet aircraft force a saucer shaped vehicle t
Fort Payne · AL, USA
It was round with colored lights all around it 50-75 yards in leanth 1972 in Fort Payne, AL. I was very close about 150 yds..
Fort Rucker · AL, USA
A witness at Fort Rucker, Alabama reported a red light that appeared to pass directly through their aircraft cockpit, during a ten-second sighting in February 1973.
Moundville · AL, USA
A witness in Moundville, Alabama reported a low-flying, cigar-shaped object following a heavy snowstorm, during a ninety-second sighting in February 1973.
Muscle Shoals · AL, USA
A witness in Muscle Shoals, Alabama reported a glowing orange, featureless oval object roughly the outline of a car, moving slowly across the sky before vanishing behind clouds, January 1973.
? · AL, USA
ufo over mountians,two men went missing
Monroeville · AL, USA
A witness in Monroeville, Alabama reported a cylindrical object being pursued by a fighter jet in the sky over south Alabama, during a fifteen-second sighting in October 1972.
Auburn · AL, USA
A witness in Auburn, Alabama reported a bright, circular globe that appeared suddenly and frightened nearby animals before vanishing, during a five-minute sighting in August 1972.
Coldwater · AL, USA
seen in 1972 and seen later too
Union Grove · AL, USA
A WWII veteran along with several Army and National Guard members in Union Grove, Alabama reported unidentified objects in formation during a two-hour sighting in June 1972.
Huntsville · AL, USA
A witness in Huntsville, Alabama reported three lights moving at extremely high speed, silently making a 90-degree turn, during a two-minute sighting in January 1972.
Fredonia · AL, USA
my wife and I were travling east of fredonia 'when my wife noticed strange lights crossing alarge pasture. i stopped the car and got o
Cherokee · AL, USA
i was 13 when this event (i am 43 now ). we were returning home from visting friends when i was looking out at the sky. i saw a bright
Talladega · AL, USA
irridescent disc spinning silently below treetop level at approx. 100yds distance. nothing between us and the object to hamper vision.
Slocomb · AL, USA
Five witnesses near Slocomb, Alabama, watched a silent, solid white circular light move slowly just above the treetops in March 1970, for about two minutes.
Telford · AL, USA
They are desperate fighting another factor
Rogersville · AL, USA
On Christmas night 1969 near Rogersville, Alabama, a witness described a laser-like red light tracing straight-line and angular paths across the sky over about ninety to one hundred twenty seconds.
Chambers County (area of Al-Ga line) · AL, USA
A MUFON follow-up investigation documented two hovering circular lights over Chambers County, Alabama, near the Georgia line in July 1969, lasting about five minutes.
North Atlantic Ocean · AL, USA
Over the North Atlantic Ocean in July 1969, a witness described a light making rapid zigzag movements before departing suddenly, in a sighting lasting about three minutes.
Locust Fork · AL, USA
A witness in Locust Fork, Alabama reported a smaller light-like object emerging from behind a mountain and appearing to merge with a larger object in November 1968, during a three-minute sighting.
Thomasville (USAF long range radar facility) · AL, USA
Air intercept between UFO and BOMARC missle test firing from Elgin field in Florida. intercept occured over gulf of mexico in 1968 (cla
Gadsden · AL, USA
It was like nothing I had ever seen before.