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)
Bowling Green · KY, USA
Fireball Light Seen
Columbia · KY, USA
Oval, with red and orange pulsating lights.
Adairville · KY, USA
3 craft, triangular shaped with dome top with yellow light, red light on one wing blue light on other. No engine noise.
Bowling Green · KY, USA
cigar shaped that turned into a triangle
Lexington · KY, USA
Triangular craft with bright white lights across the back and flashing red light near front tip
Alexandria · KY, USA
My father and I were leaving on our way to take me to shool. When my father stopped, pulled to the side of the road and pointed to a fo
Russell Springs · KY, USA
A tight formation of three crafts that zipped across the sky but stoped for a minute and then flew off again.
Greenup (rural) · KY, USA
5 to 10 fireball shapes come together, seperate, and then all blint on & off at different times.
Belfry · KY, USA
It was a light blue object that faded out and would reappear in a different location; it was the first night of Rabbit Season when we s
Wax · KY, USA
Deer hunter see's dancing ball of light in Kentucky sky.
Florence · KY, USA
Two objects traveling side by side pass over, as one begins to zig, zag it's path.
Louisville · KY, USA
My encounter with a UFO was very horrifying at the time, but now it I realize how truly amazing the experience was.
Louisville · KY, USA
SEEN NUMEROUS BALLS OF LIGHT HOVERING IN A LARGE AREA
Benton · KY, USA
yellow lights,vary in #,hover than go out. In the Eastern sky.
Ashland · KY, USA
orange object moved up river -altitude 400 ft.
Owensboro · KY, USA
fast moving red light
Radcliff · KY, USA
The lght broke into 3 lights and dove into the earth
Louisville · KY, USA
Flame looking object south of Louisville, KY airport in 2000
Glasgow · KY, USA
A seemingly long object with a dull glow on the front,3 rectangular white lights in a row, then a red light which disappeared rather su
Crofton · KY, USA
Four red balls of light in Northwestern sky in Kentucky
Mammoth Cave National Park · KY, USA
Very high altitude triangular formation of lights moving in a southernly direction.
Waverly · KY, USA
An object that produced yellow/orange and red bursts of light, moved in a zig-zag pattern at near light speed.
Madisonville · KY, USA
UFO with flashing lights investigated by jets August 31 2000
Land Between The Lakes · KY, USA
My wife and I were camping and the sky was very clear that night, unfortunatly she was sleeping and missed it. The triangle shaped obje
Paint Lick · KY, USA
In conclusion, I do not think it was a conventional craft .