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)
Huntsville · AL, USA
Large ball of light!
Gadsden · AL, USA
Bright light seen in western sky , appeared to be over area of Henry Neely lake. My husband and I watched it just stay in one spot in t
Madison · AL, USA
Rectangular very bright and big green object seen over Madison, Alabama
Clay · AL, USA
Went outside to take a smoke looked up saw about 5 or 6 fireballs circling it was me and my step brother they looked as if they were al
Delta · AL, USA
Camping at Cheaha Mountain S.P. to view a meteor shower & we noticed a cloud-like figure that looked pyramid shape.((anonymous report))
Clanton · AL, USA
Late in the day right before dark I was sitting in my firepit on the lake and I noticed this object come across the sky. I will submit
Gulf Shores · AL, USA
Falling red light turning into a triangle then shooting south towards the Gulf Of Mexico, then 3 more red balls streaking in same direc
Decatur · AL, USA
We saw 3 lights in a triangle shape. They were pulsing and at one point they seem to stack on top of each other. Changed color.
Hazel green · AL, USA
seen a rip in the night sky.it looks like a bright star city and it was open like a zipper. ((NUFORC Note: SpaceLink satellites. PD))
Cullman · AL, USA
Long moving line with 4 trailing dots.. Moving NE fast. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))((anonymous source))
Grants · AL, USA
Formation of lights grows larger and passes above car. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites? PD))
Huntsville · AL, USA
Pulsating ball of white light. ((anonymous report))
Dauphin Island · AL, USA
Several shadows flying along the shore in Dauphin Island, AL.
Orange Beach · AL, USA
My wife and I were standing on the balcony of our condo watching what appeared to be 2 red orbs disappear and reappear multiple times i
Mobile · AL, USA
Teardrop craft seen and viewed taking off, leaving bizarre noise in its wake.
Jacksonville · AL, USA
Star formation moving across sky.
Birmingham · AL, USA
Long Cigar Shape Objects
Gulf Shores · AL, USA
A friend and myself were sitting on the deck of our rental house on the evening of March 30th, 2019. Skies were clear at time of incide
Birmingham · AL, USA
14 objects with bright red/orange lights. ((NUFORC Note: Husban is former FBI Special Agent. PD))
Rainbow City · AL, USA
phone glitching,flew away in a flash.
Rainbow · AL, USA
((HOAX??)) Phone glitching, 3 ufos with bright lights. ((anonymous report))
McKenzie · AL, USA
Triangular UFO sighting southbound I-10 (Butler County, AL)
Mobile · AL, USA
Hi,my name is Clint and was outside with a neighbor smoking some cigarettes sneezed a couple of times. ((anonymous report))
Orange Beach · AL, USA
Flaming Fireball The Size of a Building Over Island
Cullman · AL, USA
It had no flashing lights One continual yellowish light like an airplane It moved side to side Fast moving when side to side Slower whe