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)
Hustonville · KY, USA
red fire ball over Hustonville Kentucky 7/4/08
Ashland · KY, USA
Three orange lights viewed over Kentucky
Kuttawa · KY, USA
fast moving solid bright light, redish color, in KY
Elizabethtown · KY, USA
Large Triangle craft, white lights on all 3 corners, 1 red light and 1 white light on each side if the craft. No Noise. All 4 witnesse
Fern Creek · KY, USA
LOOKING DUE NORTH @ APPROX 19:32 PM I SAW A VERY SMALL SILVER OBECT ABOUT THE SIZE OF A PIN HEAD,ALTITUDE AND SPEED VERY EXTREME!!!!
Fern Creek · KY, USA
19:32 PM 07/14/08 VERY SMALL OBJECT , MOVING VERY RAPIDLY, AT VERY EXTREME ALTITUDE
Richmond · KY, USA
very short but still wierd
Kuttawa · KY, USA
bright light in sky lyon cty KY
Russell Springs · KY, USA
Two Objects fly threw Kentucky looks as Shooting Stars side by side.
Florence · KY, USA
I left my boyfriends house in Hebron KY around 1:15am. I was headed south to my home in Crittenden KY. I noticed a large, bright oran
Mount Sterling · KY, USA
Different colored blinking lights flying strangely in the sky, some staying still for periods of time, and even some following others.
Winchester · KY, USA
Objects in the sky and planes flying around them.
Richmond · KY, USA
Flashing lights seen moving in the sky.
Rineyville · KY, USA
Triangle in shape,spotted at about 10:30,lights were blue,object moved at moderate speed
Mt. Washington · KY, USA
Mysterious light travels slow, emits brilliant blue light which propels it across the sky, then ascends into obscurity.
Pikeville · KY, USA
Four red sequenced blinking lights in a diagonal bar formation sighted in Kentucky.
Owensboro · KY, USA
Light or orb observed during sunrise.
Louisville · KY, USA
orbs out my window came together and flew away
Hardin · KY, USA
I WAS OUT IN MY YARD ON A CLEAR, SUNNY DAY THIS SPRING AND HAPPENED TO LOOK UP AND SAW A SHINY METALLIC CIGAR SHAPED VEHICLE. THE SUN W
Bowling Green · KY, USA
Random flashing lights.Good description.Within 2-3 stories overhead. Saucer with lights and windows.
Paris · KY, USA
Intense silvery white light/orb appearing in front of a large cloud in Paris Ky.
Jamestown · KY, USA
Ufo over lake cumberland.
Walton · KY, USA
Diamond ship with intense lighting spotted by 6 people in a feild.
Louisville · KY, USA
Black silent, fairly slow moving craft slowly passed over downtown Louisville Ky.
Manchester/Burning Springs area · KY, USA
A light anomaly was seen in the southern Appalachian Mountains that would multiply and change colors.