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)
Hueytown · AL, USA
Four witnesses in Hueytown, Alabama reported an almond-colored disk-shaped object in June 1968 and described seeing figures inside it, during a sighting lasting about ten minutes.
Gardendale · AL, USA
A witness in Gardendale, Alabama reported a daylight sighting of a disk-shaped object in north-central Alabama in June 1968, lasting approximately five to six seconds.
Birmingham · AL, USA
Witnesses in Birmingham, Alabama, reported an oval-shaped object in the sky during a five-minute sighting in October 1967.
Cordova · AL, USA
Witnesses in Cordova, Alabama, reported a very large disk-shaped object motionless in midair at low altitude in daylight, close enough to see seams in its surface, during a sighting in June 1967.
Decatur · AL, USA
Strange light shivered across sky, stopped overhead, tried to land, stopped, and then took off out of sight in 2 seconds.
New Market · AL, USA
Witnesses near New Market, Alabama, reported disk-shaped objects flying in a V-formation over northern Alabama during a one-minute sighting in the summer of 1967.
Pell City · AL, USA
Witnesses in Pell City, Alabama, reported a disk-shaped object with strobe lighting observed at close range, low altitude and low speed during a three-minute sighting in October 1966.
Mentone · AL, USA
Near Mentone, Alabama in May 1966, a witness reported two egg-shaped objects skirting a ridge top while keeping an equal distance from each other, moving fast for about ten seconds.
Montgomery · AL, USA
((HOAX??)3 a.m. 1960's? montgomery ala. disc shape several hours field on fire AFB there --small like child top of tall burning tree
Gadsden · AL, USA
A witness in Gadsden, Alabama reported a blue, spherical object that drifted close enough to reach, then backed away and departed quickly when approached again, lasting 45 seconds, May 1965.
Florence · AL, USA
A witness in Florence, Alabama reported a saucer-shaped object following a valley toward a hydroelectric plant on the Tennessee River, in a sighting lasting about one minute, August 1964.
Montgomery · AL, USA
In 1962, a witness in Montgomery, Alabama, described an object down in a field near a burning tree, with what they said appeared to be a figure exiting it.
Huntsville · AL, USA
In 1961, a witness in Huntsville, Alabama, reported a triangular craft that hovered silently overhead with no visible lights, for about three to four minutes.
Florala ? · AL, USA
In 1958, a witness near Florala, Alabama, close to the Alabama-Florida border, reported a disk-shaped object in the sky, though few other details were recorded.
Bradford · AL, USA
A witness in Bradford, Alabama reported a sparkling white, yellow-orange, and black sphere that paused about 20 feet overhead, for about 20 seconds in August 1956.
Elmore · AL, USA
Me and my cousins where playing near morter creek, near elmore ,out in woods.A disk shaped sphere came out of sky and it was hover
Vicksburg · AL, USA
Looked like a large meteorite ablaze
Vicksburg · AL, USA
The object moved in an erratic motion.
Birmingham · AL, USA
I was suddenly aware of most of the sky being filled with a white light. No sound. It moved away quickly (one to three seconds) with no
Tarrant City · AL, USA
A witness in Tarrant City, Alabama reported a glowing, large, orange, circular object in the sky, observed for more than 10 minutes in August 1949.
Marion · AL, USA
A witness in Marion, Alabama reported orb-shaped objects during a debriefing account from 1949, observed for under one minute.
Waterloo · AL, USA
Four high school students in Waterloo, Alabama reported a bright, ground-level, slow-moving fireball, observed for about five minutes in the late 1930s.
Alabama · AL, USA
I saw multiple diamond shaped objects whilst on the interstate through Alabama. Was driving alone and the dashcam mysteriously turned o
Rainbow City · AL, USA
ALONG ABOUT EVENING () ME (MALE) AND MY STEP-DAUGHTER WERE ON OUR WAY HOME BACK FROM MY MOTHER'S HOUSE.ON A ROAD NAMED BROWNS RD, W
Town Creek · AL, USA
Voids in space - energy beam