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)
Tompkinsville · KY, USA
a white orb in the sky moving in the sky and then dissappearing.
Russellville · KY, USA
Bright light in sky that shifted coarce very slowly, no plane, star, or planet.
Lawrenceburg · KY, USA
I saw a disc going from south to north clear night view from bottom was round.
Louisville · KY, USA
Two silent and very high flying objects moving southeast over Louisville, KY.((NUFORC Note: Space Shuttle w/ ISS?? PD))
Frankfort · KY, USA
It was my first sighting, and it scared me to death.
Frankfort · KY, USA
2nd time in one night, please read this and the end… ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of
Lexington · KY, USA
Distant white luminous object with red and blue flashing lights; stationary for one hour, afterwards moving very slowly.
Louisville · KY, USA
My husband (now deceased) and I were watching tv in separate rooms. His room overlooked the back yard (west) and my room overlooked the
London · KY, USA
Extremely high speed lights in night sky.
Madisonville · KY, USA
ufo outside of madisonville ky. white then red then turned to yellow looks like a sphere with like a ring around it like a regular ufo
Benton · KY, USA
3 white lights in a semi-circular pattern high over Western KY, moving at different speeds from S to N, then E, then N before disappear
Fleming · KY, USA
Lights NE KY Ohio River Area
Cincinnati · KY, USA
In the night sky, a second formation of the big dippper was moving at an exceptional speed south west.
Ewing · KY, USA
Tear-drop shaped lights.
Hanson · KY, USA
exploding ball of light flooded kitchen
Lexington · KY, USA
Huge black triangle heading north low and slow over Lexington, Kentucky
Columbia · KY, USA
Mysterious Hovering Object beside Louie B. Nunn Parkway
Morehead · KY, USA
Metallic Disk Flying Over Morehead
South Shore · KY, USA
UFO's Appear in Clear Night Sky Near City of South Shore in Greenup County Kentucky
Salyersville · KY, USA
clear blue sky, sun already down, my dog was the one who brought our attention to object hovering and flying slowly through sky. It wa
Louisa · KY, USA
As we were out driving around the camp ground at Boone's Landing we observed an object moving in the sky from east to west while a noth
Highland Heights · KY, USA
Fireball vapor ships observing us from the sky
Smithland · KY, USA
It looked like an airplane without wings or tail.
Lancaster · KY, USA
I witnessed the exact same object as the guy from smithland. It was reflecting the sun, but from what I could perceive, it was silvery
Louisville · KY, USA
As we turned the saucer shaped thing disappeared. It blinked out and was gone.