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)
covington · KY, USA
It was a clayish looking metal circle big as a convience store over the car for miles spinning an silent my father was scared
Draffenville/Benton · KY, USA
A witness near Draffenville and Benton, Kentucky reported a red-orange, disk-shaped light at dusk in July 1968, observed for about five minutes.
Scottsville · KY, USA
FOLLOW-UP REPORT FROM REPORT IN 2017.
Louisville · KY, USA
A witness in Louisville, Kentucky reported an unidentified light or object moving in perpendicular and horizontal patterns, repeatedly disappearing and reappearing, during a twenty-minute sighting.
Morehead · KY, USA
Silent and fast, the 6 lights in the mountian skies were not normal to any of the 13 witnesses that night in Morehead, KY.
Scottsville · KY, USA
Witnesses in Scottsville, Kentucky reported a disk-shaped object with lights hovering over a house in April 1968, observed for five to ten minutes before it left the area.
Winchester · KY, USA
We observed the craft approaching the city limits from the SE at a slow pace and as we approached the intersection of Highway 15 and Ma
Corydon · KY, USA
A witness in Corydon, Kentucky, reported a silver disk-shaped object passing from east to west during a sunny afternoon sighting lasting about 30 seconds in September 1967.
Middlesboro · KY, USA
Witnesses in Middlesboro, Kentucky, reported an oval-shaped object with a gray underside that appeared as large as the field they were standing in, during a sighting in August 1967.
Fort Mitchell · KY, USA
Witnesses in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, reported a saucer-shaped object that changed positions, wobbled and stopped, observed for 15 minutes beginning around 9:31 p.m. on August 29, 1967.
Fort Knox · KY, USA
((HOAX??)) Fort Knox , Kentucky, Sighting.
Hickman · KY, USA
Witnesses near Hickman, Kentucky, reported six objects in formation that seemed to disappear and reappear across roughly five miles of sky, maneuvering to avoid a passing airplane, in March 1967.
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
Observed a capsule type craft land, then take off from a field across from a restaurant while noon hour traffic continued.
Lexington · KY, USA
The Day I Realized We Are Not Alone: My First Sighting Of A Space Vehicle
Whitesburg · KY, USA
In Whitesburg, Kentucky on July 15, 1965, witnesses reported strange lights and sounds on the ground along with a cluster of lights in the sky, lasting about 45 minutes.
Scottsville · KY, USA
Blinding Light Hovered And Flew Over Us
Scottsville · KY, USA
Witnesses in Scottsville, Kentucky reported a blinding light hovering overhead on June 1, 1965, visible for about twenty minutes before it moved off.
Samuel-/Bardstown · KY, USA
A witness near Bardstown, Kentucky reported a fireball that slowly descended to a fence row, rolled along the ground, and then rose back into the air, lasting about 15 minutes, August 1964.
Pineville · KY, USA
A witness near Pineville, Kentucky reported a humming noise and a shaking house around 2 a.m. on May 10, 1964, in an event lasting about 15 minutes.
Valley Station · KY, USA
A witness in Valley Station, Kentucky reported a close-range view of an oval or disk-shaped object in the spring of 1964, in a sighting lasting about seven minutes.
Kirksey · KY, USA
A witness in the rural Kirksey, Kentucky area reported a triangular object during daylight hours in June 1963, in a sighting that lasted about one minute.
Burkesville · KY, USA
In 1962, a witness in Burkesville, Kentucky, reported a disk-shaped object flying very low over the small town, close enough to see details, for one to two minutes.
East Bernstadt · KY, USA
In 1960, a five-year-old witness in East Bernstadt, Kentucky, reported a silent disk-shaped object about 30 feet across, an encounter that lasted around 90 seconds.
Allendale · KY, USA
In 1959, a witness in Allendale, Kentucky, reported a light moving very fast across the sky, an event that reportedly lasted about five minutes.
Ashland · KY, USA
In 1958, a witness near Ashland, Kentucky, reported a slow-moving, silent circular object at close range along with unspecified ground effects, lasting about 45 seconds.