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)
Ft. Campbell · KY, USA
Object spotted over Ft Campbell, Ky.
Beautiful Home Community of Monroe County · KY, USA
A large white light, moving from north to east.
Fort Cambell (25 or 30 mi. nw) · KY, USA
a series of four lights one below the other . the color of orange(like a light in a parking lot)
Louisville · KY, USA
No aircraft could have made these types movement through the air without stalling out of control and crashing to the ground.
Taylorsville · KY, USA
I observed approx. 5 small blinking lights clustered together, after about 5 min. they turned off or fazed out. These could not be see
Harrodsburg · KY, USA
Iron-gridwork, lightless, silent UFO seen over central Kentucky.
Crestwood · KY, USA
A big disk with red and green lights on the rim was coming closer to the ground, it's body was the color of the sky.
Millerstown · KY, USA
I observed a large triangle shaped object hovering above treetops on a clear night for about 5 minutes or more.
Louisville · KY, USA
White Object Constantly Changes then Vanishes Instantly.
Lexington · KY, USA
I saw a triangular aircraft moving slowly and noislessly East to West.
Crestwood · KY, USA
i was only 3. the craft was round.a green glowing light on the side. it was close to the ground so i could see the abduction portal on
Louisville (directly over metropolitan area) · KY, USA
I was riding parallel to downtown Louisville on the Indiana side of the Ohio river. Was In "Floyds knobs" in New Albany, Ind....looking
Olive Hill · KY, USA
Saw what I thought was a star, until it moved then disappeared.
Maysville · KY, USA
Golf tournament. "Scramble" Ball hit off tee. Looked up observed object.Other wittnesses said,do you see that.YES!Object disapeared.
Louisville · KY, USA
glow over louisville kentucky
Louisville · KY, USA
A hovering ball of orange light that came back twice
Cromwell · KY, USA
Saw large craft flying silently with several lights on it. Some blinking. About the size of a couple school buses.
Stamping Ground · KY, USA
Giant black triangle hovers over me and my car while parked on Union Ridge in northern Franklin Co. Kentucky...
Ft. Wright · KY, USA
String of lights snaked around the moon during a lunar eclipse.
Louisville · KY, USA
Helicopter beng chase by ufo.
Covington · KY, USA
object trails three through city, seen by alot, video taped
Lagrange · KY, USA
While walking through Lagrange golf course, bright lights were seen over trees.
Greendale · KY, USA
A transparent ufo with lighted windows, flying low and slow just above power lines.
Hawesville · KY, USA
Strange orange light/craft hovering noiselessly overhead.
Lexington · KY, USA
Young man in state of excitement calls to report a "big ball of light" had circled him as he walked along RR tracks. Missing time(?).