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)
Lexington · TN, USA
On June 29,2008 at approx. 8pm ,my 4 and 6 yr old girls asked what was an object in the sky was, if it was a shooting star? I told them
Goodlettsville · TN, USA
Brief appearance of a very bright light at dusk and sudden disappearance as the object shot to the right.
Memphis · TN, USA
UFO filmed; huge flash of light over Memphis, TN
Rickman · TN, USA
IT WAS A BRIGHT OBJECT IN THE SKY
Ashland City · TN, USA
Bright light hovering above tree line
Pleasant Shade · TN, USA
Solid blue orb hovering in bushes & trees observing.Saw it after viewing photo of General Lee car the next day
Euless · TN, USA
Looking south in the morning a dark gray craft hovered about 150 yards away its was cigar shaped
Jackson · TN, USA
New Sighting in Jackson, Tennessee
Smyrna · TN, USA
I saw a stationary bright round light, in the bright midday sun for a few minutes (a jet passed between us) eventually it moved on east
Nashville · TN, USA
this thing was really there
Oak Ridge · TN, USA
Lighting Formation over Clinch River in Oak Ridge, TN
Franklin/Brentwood · TN, USA
circular object appeared to be followed by Black military helicopters
Townsend/Maryville · TN, USA
UFO Shot Down over Smokey Mountains
Memphis · TN, USA
after an MLK rally 4/4/08 in Memphis, TN, I found multiple white orbs in formation in one picture I snapped
Hendersonville · TN, USA
Ring with long arms and crown viewed in sumner county TN
Dandridge · TN, USA
Light moving over Sevierville
Morristown · TN, USA
Triangle shape hovering in mid air
Soddy Daisy · TN, USA
Its lights were red, blue, and green.
Chattanooga · TN, USA
U.F.O.s over Tennessee
Chattanooga · TN, USA
My daughter was in the backseat of our vechicle recording on her cell phone, when her and my son said they saw a shooting star. When w
Tullahoma · TN, USA
UFO hovering over lake.
Henning · TN, USA
2 triangler shaped objects with multiple color lights traveled across the sky side by side and then vanished
Bartlett/Memphis · TN, USA
Three bright green fluorescent orbs streak parallel across tree line...
Memphis · TN, USA
Large green fireball with sparks trailing behind
Memphis · TN, USA
This was observed happening in our friendly skies (lighted objects hovering in the sky with helicopters flying that way @ ~2300 hrs).