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)
Corbin · KY, USA
Huge Suacer or Disc, Cumberland Falls in Corbin Kentucky 1988 or 1989
Louisville · KY, USA
UFO Sighted Thursday June 30, 1988 at about 23:15 N of Elizabethtown and S of Louiseville on I-65 close to State Park
Ft. Campbell · KY, USA
Large UFO sighted moving slowly just north of Ft Campbell Army Airfield by military pilots and ATC.
Somerset · KY, USA
Silance and Very Very Slow and A Rather Large Object
Whitesburg · KY, USA
I saw two large, rectangle objects, moving silently outlined with small lights at 3 and 5 hundred feet in air.
Burnside · KY, USA
cant explain thank about it almost everyday for 23 years
Owensboro · KY, USA
"Baton-shaped" object moving end-over-end in clear afternoon sky.
Hazard · KY, USA
triangle shaped object
Inez · KY, USA
IF USAF HAS IT THEY HAVENT TOLD NO ONE !
Louisville · KY, USA
very loud sound ,round shape object in Louisville,Ky Southend
Smith · KY, USA
Two sets of 3 red lights (arranged like a triangle) apparently belonging to 2 objects. They came close together then flew away in diffe
Louisville · KY, USA
Daylight Cigar shaped UFO sighting, with Witness!
Kentucy Lake area (over) · KY, USA
Flying at extreme alt and speed a shock wave could be seen from the light glow from the serface of the craft and v shape out line of th
Vine Grove · KY, USA
My mother brother and friend were in the back yard looking around at the sky, why, at that point I had no Idea they told me they (broth
Crab Orchard · KY, USA
A ufo hovered in the sky for about 15 minutes. It shot down a blue beam of light.
Tompkinsville · KY, USA
Large L-shaped or triangle object, no lights,passed low overhead, no sound. Structure underneath.
Crestwood · KY, USA
A faint beam of white light that seemed to come from a star or star-like object.
Hazard · KY, USA
triangle shaped object
Golden Pond (near) · KY, USA
On July 4, 1985, my ex-husband and I took our kids to the Land Between the Lakes in Kentucky. I believe it was around 3:00 p.m., and we
Gilbertsville · KY, USA
This picture was taken by my mother, in approx 1984, at Kentucky Lake. I am the bigger child and the other two are my brother and siste
Louisville · KY, USA
It was huge and i dont remembef it leaving
Irvington · KY, USA
No summary available.
Mayfield · KY, USA
a space craft a big as a small car floating over mayfield ky
Bowling Green · KY, USA
SOMETHING AIRBORNE HIT & DAMAGED OUR U-HAUL
Elizabethtown (2-way highway en route to) · KY, USA
While waiting for grandpa to return from gas station, I observed a circular craft with an elongated oval ring, emmitting small lights t