UFO Sightings in Tennessee
2,139 UFO sightings reported in Tennessee since 1942, peaking in 2014 (150 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 2,139
- Span
- 1942–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (150 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1942–2022 · peak 2014 (150 reports)
Top cities in Tennessee
Nashville
1953–2021 · peak 2013 (18 reports)
Knoxville
1949–2021 · peak 2012 (16 reports)
Memphis
1956–2021 · peak 2008 (11 reports)
Clarksville
1995–2022 · peak 2019 (15 reports)
Murfreesboro
1974–2020 · peak 2012 (7 reports)
Chattanooga
1972–2022 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Johnson City
1995–2021 · peak 2012 (10 reports)
Franklin
1970–2021 · peak 2013 (5 reports)
Kingsport
1960–2022 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Jackson
1973–2021 · peak 2008 (5 reports)
Bristol
1961–2018 · peak 2004 (8 reports)
Hendersonville
1995–2020 · peak 2012 (4 reports)
Maryville
1967–2021 · peak 2005 (3 reports)
Cleveland
1998–2022 · peak 2019 (4 reports)
Morristown
1998–2022 · peak 2012 (3 reports)
Spring Hill
1998–2016 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Sevierville
1999–2022 · peak 2017 (3 reports)
Greeneville
1980–2019 · peak 2009 (5 reports)
Brentwood
1995–2020 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Manchester
1999–2021 · peak 2003 (3 reports)
Goodlettsville · TN, USA
Large bright light moving slowly to the southwest west
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
weird falling flickering cloud
Signal Mountain · TN, USA
ENORMOUS,Low Flying,SUPER BRIGHT Craft with 4 witnesses
Newport · TN, USA
black triangle newport tn cocke county
Greeneville · TN, USA
The bright moving lights ranged from very low to where you would normally see a helicopter fly. The movements were very fast, back and
Munford · TN, USA
my son was taking picture with his ipad over an old barn we have on our property and when he looked on one of the pictures the image th
Maryville · TN, USA
Green and red lights from a bright object moving. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a sighting of a twinkling star. PD))
Memphis · TN, USA
I know that what me and my daughters witness was not airplanes it was something that we had not seen before.
Piney Flats · TN, USA
Viewed three silver colored spherical objects above high voltage TVA power lines.
Knoxville · TN, USA
West Knoxville Bright Blue Object
Springfield · TN, USA
Very Bright Green Diamond Shape with a Light Green Trail
Memphis · TN, USA
VERY LOW OBJECT w/ LIGHTS, sounded like helicopter, but WAS NOT! ((NUFORC Note: Student report. One of several. PD))
Clarksville · TN, USA
It moved in very odd pattern and then seemed to explode then disappear.
Bartlett · TN, USA
I could see the outline of the ship bend light around its long cigar shap like a big white bus but camo buy reflecting the night sky
Paris Landing · TN, USA
08/12/11 21:45 Paris Landing Tn. 38256 Orange lights over Kentucky Lake 16+ objects spherical
Tazewell · TN, USA
bright white cylinder/cigar shape with a void between two equal halves
Kingsport · TN, USA
Why is The Hubble Telescope flying so low?
Kingsport · TN, USA
Out on 8:05 evening walk, looked up just as shiny object came from tree line overhead, it looked like 2- 55 gal. drums, separated in mi
Lenoir City · TN, USA
Two orange lights moving East to West with no sound. 21:30 August 20th 2011
Manchester · TN, USA
Moving Star moved fast,shot across the sky and came back,hovered and then moved almost like how a snake moves.
Shelbyville · TN, USA
i,and my wife went to a gruduation party for a friend who graduated from collage,and we all were outdoors at our friends home all of us
Elizabethton · TN, USA
UFO over Carter County TN
White House · TN, USA
Large, bright orange flickering light (fire) with surrounding white "canopy" moving rapidly east to west
Lafollette · TN, USA
Low flying triangle.
Nashville · TN, USA
Yellow/Orange/Red Sphere seen in up close, in Middle TN.