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)
Elizabethtown · KY, USA
I saw one object with two lights that shot out a flame.
Paducah · KY, USA
Saucer Craft with much light and no sound. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Louisville · KY, USA
Siting over Loiville, Ky
Flemingsburg · KY, USA
orb, floating lighted. ((NUFORC Note: Object close to camera, illuminated by flash. Not a UFO. PD))
Gosport · KY, USA
I saw a triangle shaped object with multi colored lights that made no noise and landed in the woods
Lexington · KY, USA
Three blinking dots in the shape of a triangle...similar to the one sighted in pasco terxas on March 14
Hazard · KY, USA
red and blue diamond pattern of lights over Hazard Kentucky
Morehead · KY, USA
Strange flashing lights in the sky in South East Kentucky. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Sirius?? PD))
Louisville · KY, USA
Bright white light, dissapearing and reappearing in different locations in the night sky, eventually dissapearing, fading away.
Danville · KY, USA
My wife and I noticed a strange flashing green light in the distance. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect object may have been Sirius. PD))
Lancaster · KY, USA
Triangular shaped craft that seemed to mirror the night sky.
Versailles · KY, USA
((HOAX)) It seems that these objects must have created alot of radiation to dry the grass.
Huntington · KY, USA
Hovering, teetering and no sound
Owensboro · KY, USA
Bright light passing over slowly overhead to the south then dissapears slightly north.
Independence · KY, USA
Two red lights that changed colors and began swirling around over tree tops
Carrollton · KY, USA
2 Lights In Northern Kentucky Sky
Wooten · KY, USA
Triangular, four white lights. There was one flashing red light in the middle with a red flashing light
Leslie County · KY, USA
two triangular aircraft with almost no sound and lights on the bottom
Hazard · KY, USA
two triangle shapes with white lights and one red flashing light. they flew at low speeds and altitudes with almost no noise
Louisville · KY, USA
this is a ball of round lights forming a large circle, changed shaped to a disc then back to a round circle, saw this at 6:30 am still
Louisville · KY, USA
Saw a craft by the moon that had many lights and changed shape in the morning sky. ((NUFORC Note: Celestial body?? PD))
Bowling Green · KY, USA
Bright white lights over southern KY.
Louisville · KY, USA
Louisville, Ky. 6 am. Two lights moving across the sky from horizon to horizon in about 2 min.. ((NUFORC Note: ISS & Shuttle. PD))
Browder · KY, USA
Objects hovering then darting in the east sky from center of Browder, KY. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius, which is in E sky?? PD))
Walton · KY, USA
Busy night in the sky above northern KY