State Report
UFO Sightings in Arkansas
1,959 sightings on record from 1950 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
1,959
Share of US total
0.91%
Peak year
2012
109 reports
Top shape
Light
401 reports
Years active
73
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-16 | Cabot | orb | At least 5 minutes | There was no real pattern in the movements other than being in 2’s. |
| 2023-12-10 | Paragould | light | 1 minute | 4 bright lights changing up coordinations |
| 2023-10-30 | Hot Springs | light | 35-45 seconds | I saw a yellow light. It blew a smoke ring as it left the area. |
| 2023-10-20 | Marvell | formation | 1 hour | It was 8 bright lights in the sky |
| 2023-10-13 | Texarkana | orb | Maybe 5 minutes or more | Light orb |
| 2023-10-13 | Eureka Springs | orb | 2-3 minute | Bright light emitted plume before disappearing |
| 2023-10-04 | Searcy | orb | 3 minutes | Methane emmissions could have created the light phenomenon. A homeless man is said to occupy that specific spot. |
| 2023-09-11 | Jonesboro | unknown | Super fast moving object | Seen object like start but closer. And move very fast. Not only once twice 2nd time left orbit with flash then it was... |
| 2023-08-31 | Bentonville | orb | unknown | roommates saw several lights in the sky, "dancing" and "zipping" around |
| 2023-08-29 | Sherwood | circle | 2-3 minutes | UAP follows air plane |
| 2023-08-17 | Emmett | light | 5 min | At first looked as if a cell tower was falling but realized they we all hovering in formation shined light at them... |
| 2023-08-16 | Eldorado | changing | 5-10 seconds | I thought that a airplane wing had fell off |
| 2023-08-02 | Hot Springs | circle | 4 minutes | White plastic bag looking object moving from North to South and then staying in one place a few minutes then... |
| 2023-07-26 | Hot Springs National Park | circle | 8 minutes | 2 separate plastic bag looking objects floating then changing directions |
| 2023-07-16 | Pine Bluff | oval | 1:39 | Fast Moving UFO. |
| 2023-07-15 | Bentonville | circle | 9 minutes | Noticed a circular object in the day time sky, non aircraft. |
| 2023-07-14 | destin | light | 2-4 minutes | 3 lights in the sky, 2 disappeared |
| 2023-07-10 | Pine Bluff | oval | 2:20 | UFO Spotted East. |
| 2023-07-05 | Pine Bluff | oval | 1:20 | UFO Spotted Due N |
| 2023-06-29 | Garfield | light | gone within about 2 minut | Military aircraft? Ours or someone else's? |