State Report
UFO Sightings in Alabama
2,118 sightings on record from 1939 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
2,118
Share of US total
0.99%
Peak year
2014
176 reports
Top shape
Light
408 reports
Years active
84
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-14 | Smiths Station | other | 3 mins | Two fireballs next to each other seeming to not be separated |
| 2023-11-24 | Dothan | rectangle | 5 seconds | Blue rectangle appear, above the trees, about 30' high, above us, and then shoots off to the West. |
| 2023-11-09 | Gulf Shores | circle | Around 20 seconds | Very slow fading orange circle that didn't appear to move. |
| 2023-10-16 | Epes (near) | unknown | 20 seconds | At or about 7:52 while traveling northeast on the interstate; I noticed bright shining thing probably 2-3 miles in the... |
| 2023-10-08 | Guntersville | orb | 30 seconds | Reflective Orb |
| 2023-09-29 | gadsden | fireball | 2 minutes | basketball size fire ball flying over head |
| 2023-09-17 | Hueytown | cylinder | unsure 4 hours I know | Initially noticed something hovering then I started paying attention and watched the next night when the sky was full of... |
| 2023-09-12 | Gulf Shores | orb | approximately 1-2 minutes | Two separate nights, orange orbs blink on and stay static in the sky for seconds before blinking out |
| 2023-09-08 | Russellville | light | 18 to 26 minutes | Multiple lights, moving in erratic behavior, then flying south in uniform. |
| 2023-09-02 | Moody | orb | 2 mins for the lights | It came out of nowhere went to the east maybe 3000ft in the air then disappeared |
| 2023-08-30 | Orange Beach | changing | About 1 minute | Fast, low flying white cloud with object inside turned into triangle craft then shot off. |
| 2023-08-26 | Albertville | fireball | Kept on truckin | I thought it was a bright orange star |
| 2023-08-19 | Centerpoint | light | 10 minutes | Blue bean of light, green and blue flashing orbs descending from blue light beam in distance night sky as sky was foggy... |
| 2023-08-17 | Guntersiville | other | 15 seconds | Object was bright white, flying horizontally moving faster than any aircraft I seen, (I was a Navy pilot) |
| 2023-08-16 | Robertsdale | formation | Around 20 seconds | It was like a hopscotch drawing but with lights at the center. |
| 2023-08-16 | Fairhope | star | — | Looked into the sky over the bay and these lights were appearing and moving west to east. |
| 2023-08-16 | Jasper | cigar | 2 seconds | Only saw the craft for maybe two seconds, and then, as soon as I saw it almost instantly disappeared, but I was able to... |
| 2023-08-06 | Munford | cross | 3 minutes | UFO Talladega National Forrest |
| 2023-08-06 | Madison | rectangle | 5 minutes | 40-50,000 ft heading 255-265 degrees for 4 minutes then sharp left turn to about 160 degrees |
| 2023-07-31 | Attalla | light | Anout 10 mins or so | Object with lights in the sky. |