State Report
UFO Sightings in Kentucky
2,627 sightings on record from 1943 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
2,627
Share of US total
1.22%
Peak year
2013
180 reports
Top shape
Light
483 reports
Years active
80
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-27 | Taylorsville | light | 1-2 minutes | I saw first one, then 4-5 fuzzy lights that moved erratically, disappeared and reappeared several times. |
| 2023-11-01 | Elizabethtown | orb | 15 yrs. | Late at night, was flashed through window |
| 2023-11-01 | Culver Town | formation | A while | My mom walked outside she saw something in the kept looking seen it move and do odd things then I started recording it |
| 2023-10-05 | Liberty | fireball | Around 1 min to a min and | It was raining fire straight toward us it hit 300 yards from our advantage point I located it on Google earth |
| 2023-10-02 | Bowling Green | disk | 10-15 min | Kentucky I65S UFO’s |
| 2023-09-23 | Crittenden | orb | About 30 seconds | On the night of september twenty third, at about nine thirty p m I was taking my dog out and seen brigth white moving... |
| 2023-09-04 | Custer | circle | about an hour | i saw servel lights in sky that was moving like nothing i have ever seen |
| 2023-08-20 | Erlanger | orb | 5 minutes | High Flying orb |
| 2023-08-18 | Coxs Creek | circle | 30 minutes orange lights | Atleast 10 orange lights hovering in sequence with different sounds |
| 2023-08-13 | Monticello | oval | At least 3-5 minutes | Why saw something, that we still can’t explain |
| 2023-07-25 | Louisville | orb | 5-8 minutes | three flashing orangish red lights arranged in a triangle, dancing across the sky and blinking |
| 2023-07-23 | Louisville | light | 3-4 minutes | Unmoving Bright light in southern sky disappears |
| 2023-07-22 | Crab Orchard | cylinder | Less than 10 seconds | Clear skies and something looking like a propane tank flew above in the skies. |
| 2023-07-01 | Warsaw | disk | — | Taking photos of damage after storm notice UFO in picture different locations |
| 2023-06-25 | Bowling Green | circle | 30 seconds | Silver sphere with sun reflecting off of it. Moved slightly left then stayed still then faded from view entirely. |
| 2023-06-12 | Louisville | orb | 5 mins | Several lights in a row |
| 2023-06-08 | Campbellsville | rectangle | 5 mins | This thing was seen hovering over a neighbor's house late one nite by my husband and it vanished in the blink of an eye |
| 2023-06-01 | Lexington | light | 30 seconds | I have verified that iss or China station not visible at time of sighting |
| 2023-05-26 | Nicholasville | light | 3 minutes | It looked like 30 high altitude or satellite lights in lockstep headed toward the east |
| 2023-05-23 | Winchester | unknown | 2 minutes | I was taking pics of the sky because I love anything beautiful. I took a picture of the moon and a bright object below... |