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UFO sightings in Alabama

There are 49 civilian UFO sighting reports from Alabama in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1966 to 2013. The busiest year was 2011, with 8 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were sphere (13), orb (12) and triangle (6).

Most reports come from Birmingham (5), Mobile (3) and Pell City (3), out of 36 places in the state with at least one report.

By place

UFO sightings by city in Alabama

Places with at least three reports. 33 other places in Alabama have one or two.

The reports

Recent sighting reports from Alabama

All 49 reports, newest first.

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  1. 23 Oct 2013 · 02:00Parrish AlabamaOrb· 3 min

    Star like light moves across the sky for 1-3mins

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  2. 17 Oct 2012 · 03:20BirminghamOrb· 15 min

    Blue and red light, other object(s)

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  3. 13 Oct 2012 · 06:30Cedar BluffSphere· 4 min

    Bright star like ufo.

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  4. 10 Oct 2012 · 20:00MoundvilleAmorphous· 4 min

    Orange fiery lighting objects changing locations.

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  5. 26 Oct 2011 · 20:15HamiltonOrb· 3 min

    Single bright orange light, slow moving, solid flight path, no loss of altitude noticeable, no sound

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  6. 26 Oct 2011 · 20:10HamiltonDiamond· 5 min

    Orange Diamond shaped object

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  7. 21 Oct 2011 · 19:30ArdmoreOrb· 15 min

    Saw a light that appeared to be a star, but was moving very erraticaly before shooting off directly north.

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  8. 21 Oct 2011 · 19:00PelhamSphere· 12 min

    Objects of light, with a tail falling from the sky, then stopping mid-fall and moving independently around the area unlike an aircraft.

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  9. 20 Oct 2011 · 21:15Orange BeachSphere· 4 min

    Set of three lights floating over the Gulf of Mexico

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  10. 15 Oct 2011 · 19:00ToneySphere· 30 min

    Several orb like thing 5 white 1 red

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  11. 14 Oct 2011 · 20:35EufaulaOrb· 25 s

    A large extremely bright silent white light moved on straight track from due south horizon to north and changed to a red dot then disap

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  12. 13 Oct 2011 · 20:38GurleyDiamond· 8 min

    Super bright star shaped light, desending straight down in slow desent as seen from Gurley, Al

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  13. 16 Oct 2010 · 15:00CullmanSphere· 10 min

    Silver spheres that were above us, then disappeared and several minutes later a military jet was flying over the same space.

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  14. 14 Oct 2010 · 18:30FoleyCigar· 30 s

    Triangular/Cyinder object with 2 headlights like a car in the sky sitting completely still and had no sound

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  15. 12 Oct 2010 · 19:13DaphneBoomerang· 45 s

    Chevron shape lights moving slowly, Daphne AL

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  16. 15 Oct 2009 · 23:00DothanOrb· 20 min

    blinking lights

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  17. 15 Oct 2009 · 18:00OzarkOther· 30 s

    A large "chef's hat" shaped object in sky over US231 South.

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  18. 18 Oct 2008 · 01:00GardendaleSphere· 20 min

    The object was sphere shaped and changed colors. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "twinkling" star. PD))

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  19. 1 Oct 2008 · 21:00WellingtonOrb· 2 min

    a light over the mountain

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  20. 1 Oct 2008 · 11:00Pell CityCigar· 5 min

    Very high, cigar shaped UFO moving at incredible speeds.

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  21. 11 Oct 2007 · 20:30Gulf ShoresDisc· 30 min

    Brightly lighted Object appeared total of 6-8 times in different locations in night sky over ocean for few seconds and disappeared

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  22. 20 Oct 2006 · 11:30BirminghamSphere· 2 min

    ((HOAX??)) metallic sphere tailing fighter jet

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  23. 1 Oct 2006 · 21:00SandrockOther· 10 min

    SEVERAL OBJECTS VERY HIGH IN THE SKY AT NIGHT, GLOWING RED, AND JOINING IN PATTERNS.

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  24. 21 Oct 2005 · 20:00HeflinSphere· 30 min

    Huge ball of light seen on the ground in Talladega National Forest / Sweetwater Lake

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  25. 13 Oct 2005 · 20:00MillbrookAmorphous· 2 h

    ((NUFORC Note: Probable twinkling star? PD)) Sky was clear with stars.

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  26. 11 Oct 2005 · 19:45MobileOrb· 30 min

    ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Mars. PD)) Massive brilliant white light that just hung in the Southern sky.

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  27. 2 Oct 2005 · 00:30HeflinSphere· 5 min

    Object with bright red light hovered above my car siletly, and followed me for about five minutes then disappeared.

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  28. 2 Oct 2004 · 19:30Orange BeachOrb· 15 min

    Observed light at high altitude chane directions in an impossible way.

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  29. 24 Oct 2003 · 23:45MobileTriangle· 1 min

    First sighting of triangular bright white object moving over Mobile, AL. at night from the south

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  30. 18 Oct 2003 · 19:00Tuscumbia/CherokeeOther· 10 min

    I saw an red glowing arrowhead shaped object hovering in the sky.

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  31. 17 Oct 2003 · 20:45OppTriangle· 15 min

    Triangle Shaped craft between Opp and Andalusia

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  32. 2 Oct 2003 · 19:30MobileBoomerang· 15 s

    fast moving Chevron/ V formation of lights

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  33. 15 Oct 2000 · 03:00AlabamaSphere· 5 s

    We pulled into the drive way and saw a full moon shaped object over the field behind the house.

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  34. 11 Oct 1999 · 00:15MontgomeryOrb· 3 min

    Bright light coming from back yard and a surreal sensation of forboding.

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  35. 25 Oct 1998 · 24:00Pell CitySphere· 3 s

    Commmercial pilot driving East on I-20, notice object out left window, object is small, bright pulsing white, headed toward ground at a

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  36. 20 Oct 1998 · 22:00HuntsvilleTriangle· 10 min

    Unknown Triangular craft near Huntsville

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  37. 15 Oct 1998 · 21:00EnterpriseTriangle· 15 min

    Large black triangular ship seen near Enterprise, Alabama.

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  38. 22 Oct 1995 · 02:30BessemerOther· 15 min

    Man, wife, 2 children, driving down long hill, see bizarre cluster of lights, "like Christmas tree in the sky." Multiple witnesses.

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  39. 15 Oct 1986 · 14:00PinsonSphere· 10 s

    Redish orange , traveling slowly and quietly!

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  40. 15 Oct 1980 · 03:00GuntersvilleTriangle· 10 s

    The date and time is not exact. I was the shift supervisor at a chemical plant located on the banks of the Tennessee River. Mountains

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  41. 1 Oct 1980 · 20:00MountainboroOrb· 20 s

    Ball of Fire that changed into a cone shape.

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  42. 18 Oct 1978 · 23:30BirminghamDisc· 1 h

    Is there a 4 way stop sign in space for UFO.

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  43. 20 Oct 1975 · 22:00EnterpriseOther· 2 min

    Very low, very slow flying, silent, black trapezoid viewed by 4 family members for about two minutes

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  44. 15 Oct 1975 · 23:00CollinsvilleTriangle· 15 min

    It was like something out of star wars

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  45. 22 Oct 1974 · 20:00OneontaSphere· 10 s

    Big, round , with lights, but no sound, moving slow,

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  46. 17 Oct 1973 · 23:30MontgomeryOrb· 15 min

    Lights appear out of the woods and chase vehicle.

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  47. 12 Oct 1973 · 19:00BirminghamDisc· 15 min

    Glowing Green UFO seen by myself (mom) and my 4 children very low over our car on a Friday night in Alabama in 1973.

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  48. 15 Oct 1967 · 18:00BirminghamDisc· 5 min

    description of a spaceship spotted over Birmingham Alabama in 1967.

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  49. 10 Oct 1966 · 20:00Pell CityDisc· 3 min

    Strobe Lighted disk shape object observed close, at low speeds, and low altitude in Oct 1966 in Pell City Alabama

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About this data

Where these reports come from

Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.