UFO Sightings in Kentucky
1,586 UFO sightings reported in Kentucky since 1943, peaking in 2013 (98 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,586
- Span
- 1943–2022
- Peak year
- 2013 (98 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1943–2022 · peak 2013 (98 reports)
Top cities in Kentucky
Louisville
1950–2021 · peak 2020 (17 reports)
Lexington
1966–2021 · peak 2014 (10 reports)
Bowling Green
1982–2022 · peak 2013 (6 reports)
Richmond
1995–2022 · peak 2011 (6 reports)
Owensboro
1943–2020 · peak 2014 (4 reports)
Florence
1999–2018 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Paducah
1993–2020 · peak 2008 (3 reports)
Morehead
1968–2020 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
Elizabethtown
1995–2018 · peak 1995 (3 reports)
Ashland
1958–2020 · peak 2011 (3 reports)
Frankfort
2007–2021 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Winchester
1967–2022 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Hopkinsville
1956–2022 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Franklin
1974–2022 · peak 2021 (8 reports)
Bardstown
1974–2021 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
Nicholasville
1999–2020 · peak 1999 (4 reports)
Murray
2003–2016 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Hazard
1970–2011 · peak 1986 (2 reports)
Pikeville
1950–2019 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Scottsville
1965–2013 · peak 1965 (2 reports)
Mount Sterling · KY, USA
ng lights changing patterns underboy's rol 71th her boy's following all in the same direction 7th one following not 71the her boy's
Independence · KY, USA
Saw 3 red orbs in a triangular formation in the sky.
Mt. Washington · KY, USA
9 objects in a formation 1 object of to side bright white lite on all of them.then faded away.
Liberty · KY, USA
UFO flying inside a chem-trail.
Wallingford · KY, USA
I seen 3 red lights in the sky for 30 minutes. ((anonymous source))
Warsaw · KY, USA
Dancing white lights.
Winchester · KY, USA
Pair of V-shaped lights flying fairly fast.
Jeffersonville · KY, USA
Encountered a long craft, with green and red lights, that was low flying.
Louisville · KY, USA
5 Triangular objects with bright orange lights of over St. Matthews, KY. One stopped as if facing me for 10 seconds.
Central City · KY, USA
Silver cigar shaped craft flying very high and very fast through the entire length of our visual horizon.
Cynthiana · KY, USA
shiny metallic diamond shaped stationary object high in the sky for approx. 20 minutes daytime
Louisville · KY, USA
Me and girlfriend were out on the deck and this large triangle shaped craft flew right over the top of us flying below the clouds.
Louisville · KY, USA
Me and my brother was outside last Friday early morning we saw a blue sphere light orb the same size a carrier, it was gliding while pu
Louisa · KY, USA
Circle shaped white light moved fast (no streaks of light/no sound) then disappeared.
Lexington · KY, USA
Two extremely large red lights on a diagonal blinking simultaneously and moving very slowly for about 10 minutes. No sound.
Slade · KY, USA
Satellite-like object zig zags then disappears.
Aurora · KY, USA
Noticed in the N sky to be a star brighter than the other 2 closet to it. Viewed it through binoculars. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Dry Ridge · KY, USA
Aircraft flying very low. Could not see the shape of it at night. It had wing tip lights red/green two center "headlights". I
Mount Sterling · KY, USA
On June 22, 2015, I was sitting on my back deck watching the sky and directly over my head I saw an oval shaped light traveling from So
Greenup · KY, USA
One chevron shaped craft moving slowly. Constant glow of light... A second one appears. ((NUFORC Note: Spent rocket? PD))
Mount Sterling · KY, USA
Me and my wife were outside at 2:00pm and saw 2 ships. Lager ship was about 2 miles long
Madisonville · KY, USA
Two orange stationary lights in the sky fade then reappear. ((NUFORC Note: Venus and Jupiter?? PD))
Glencoe · KY, USA
Oblong objects that meet together Glencoe, KY. 2 hours
Cropper · KY, USA
Lights in rural areas near Cropper, KY
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
Square lava-colored craft.