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)
Frankfort · KY, USA
10+ silent orange flying objects in strict formation for 5 minutes then disappearing.
Perryville · KY, USA
Pulsing shape shifting small craft that seemed to hold a minor hypnotic trance upon me.
Lexington · KY, USA
White light: Fast and abrupt change of directions.
Florence · KY, USA
Several bright lights stationary in the sky, turned and flew east away from hovering spot, then blinked out.
Louisville · KY, USA
Ufo: Louisville, 4/11/2014.
Jackhorn · KY, USA
Bright oblong object appears to be pursued by jet.
Louisville · KY, USA
Multiple Yellow/Orange Lights near college campus.
Lexington · KY, USA
Streak of light across Mars.
Richmond · KY, USA
We saw a triangular craft with white lights in the sky traveling from Lexington, Kentucky home to Barbourville, Kentucky.
Louisville · KY, USA
6 round orange lights seen with one dropping quickly.
Louisville · KY, USA
Orange triangle shaped objects seen over neighborhood.
Raywick · KY, USA
A round white object in sky that was moving.
Louisville · KY, USA
Balls of fire zig zag down from the sky then disappeared behind a tree after turning blue.
Columia · KY, USA
3 star like objects moving erraticly for several hrs.. ((NUFORC Note: Possible stars?? PD))
West Paducah · KY, USA
Chrome shaped craft in sky.
Frankfort · KY, USA
It appears in the image, but did not notice anything in the sky.
Garrett · KY, USA
An elongated star with mutiple colors and a tail of lights. Blue, then red/orangish tint. ((NUFORC Note: Star or Venus? PD))
Bowling Green · KY, USA
Two star-like objects moved in the same path slowly, then suddenly sped up ALOT with random jittery motions, then faded out of view.
Winchester · KY, USA
Red circular lights over Winchester, KY.
Lawrenceburg · KY, USA
Three yellow objects observed in the night sky.
Newport · KY, USA
I was at my place of work where I have a perfect veiw of Newport and Cincinnat. It was five till six in the morning and I happend to lo
Campbellsville · KY, USA
I don't know if it was UFO's but for 20 minutes a loud trumpet sound could be heard in the sky above campbellsville university. A lot o
Louisville · KY, USA
Three large orange spheres traveling, then turning independently of one another in night sky.
Georgetown · KY, USA
Two orange lights moving due south to due north combining as one then disappearing with no sound.
Falmouth · KY, USA
Large orange ball moves and hovers above house.-January 11, 2014.