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)
Lexington · KY, USA
Close encounter of the really close kind?
Lexington · KY, USA
Flat, reflective object spotted at high speed along US 60. Enters small cloud, Does not exit.
Eddyville · KY, USA
Objects over Lyon Co., KY. 8/22/2011
Middlesboro · KY, USA
a big brite light in the sky moving south it was a ufo
Lancaster · KY, USA
A huge long craft with bright white lights caught on deer camera.
Lily · KY, USA
Bright non-blinking object that began to dim and eventually disappeared completely. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly the ISS? PD))
Bardstown · KY, USA
Three Fireballs seen over Bardstown
Carrie · KY, USA
orbs of light in the sky
Horse Cave · KY, USA
Reddish orange sphere seen traveling from North to South in sky.
Owensboro · KY, USA
Reddish Orange Orbs, Very Large Moving Slowing Across Owensboro, KY sky
Lake Cumberland (Wolf Creek Dam) · KY, USA
Bright star like objects
Russell Springs · KY, USA
Two WHITE DOTS in a line when bright then dim wile moving north.
Mt. Washington · KY, USA
Orange bright ball of light flew across the sky for over a 1 min. and then stopped and disappeared.
Louisville · KY, USA
At approximately 21:45 me and a friend saw a strange orange ball in the sky making a series of irradic moves. It was hard to say how bi
Louisville · KY, USA
Orange bright ball of light going across the sky
Grand Rives · KY, USA
Round, silent light floating by at dusk.
Elizabethtown · KY, USA
((HOAX??)) Orange circle moving slow across sky Elizabethtown, KY.
Ashland · KY, USA
Reddish orange light in the sky
Richmond · KY, USA
Red Orbs in the sky above Lake Reba in Richmond, KY.
Louisville · KY, USA
Small fireball object in the sky that moved real slow, stopped a few seconds and then was gone.
Middlesboro · KY, USA
softball sized reddish/orange fire ball seen slowly coming towards us, then abrupt U turn and dissappeared
Villa Hills · KY, USA
My mom and i were driving home and i saw a fireball of some sort flying across the sky and then a yellow ring burst around it and anoth
Grand Rivers · KY, USA
My wife and I saw what appeared to be a large orange object lit by a flickering red light eminating from the lower front.
Henderson · KY, USA
SLOW MOVOING ORANGE REFLECTING TYPE LIGHT FLYING NORTH EAST
Louisa · KY, USA
I was shocked to see this huge craft that appeared to be watching and hiding and then gone.