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.
UFO sightings by city in Alabama
Places with at least three reports. 33 other places in Alabama have one or two.
Recent sighting reports from Alabama
All 49 reports, newest first.
- 23 Oct 2013 · 02:00Parrish AlabamaOrb· 3 min
Star like light moves across the sky for 1-3mins
Show on map Blue and red light, other object(s)
Show on map- 13 Oct 2012 · 06:30Cedar BluffSphere· 4 min
Bright star like ufo.
Show on map - 10 Oct 2012 · 20:00MoundvilleAmorphous· 4 min
Orange fiery lighting objects changing locations.
Show on map - 26 Oct 2011 · 20:15HamiltonOrb· 3 min
Single bright orange light, slow moving, solid flight path, no loss of altitude noticeable, no sound
Show on map - 26 Oct 2011 · 20:10HamiltonDiamond· 5 min
Orange Diamond shaped object
Show on map - 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.
Show on map - 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.
Show on map - 20 Oct 2011 · 21:15Orange BeachSphere· 4 min
Set of three lights floating over the Gulf of Mexico
Show on map - 15 Oct 2011 · 19:00ToneySphere· 30 min
Several orb like thing 5 white 1 red
Show on map - 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
Show on map - 13 Oct 2011 · 20:38GurleyDiamond· 8 min
Super bright star shaped light, desending straight down in slow desent as seen from Gurley, Al
Show on map - 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.
Show on map - 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
Show on map - 12 Oct 2010 · 19:13DaphneBoomerang· 45 s
Chevron shape lights moving slowly, Daphne AL
Show on map - 15 Oct 2009 · 23:00DothanOrb· 20 min
blinking lights
Show on map - 15 Oct 2009 · 18:00OzarkOther· 30 s
A large "chef's hat" shaped object in sky over US231 South.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2008 · 01:00GardendaleSphere· 20 min
The object was sphere shaped and changed colors. ((NUFORC Note: Possible "twinkling" star. PD))
Show on map - 1 Oct 2008 · 21:00WellingtonOrb· 2 min
a light over the mountain
Show on map Very high, cigar shaped UFO moving at incredible speeds.
Show on map- 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
Show on map ((HOAX??)) metallic sphere tailing fighter jet
Show on map- 1 Oct 2006 · 21:00SandrockOther· 10 min
SEVERAL OBJECTS VERY HIGH IN THE SKY AT NIGHT, GLOWING RED, AND JOINING IN PATTERNS.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2005 · 20:00HeflinSphere· 30 min
Huge ball of light seen on the ground in Talladega National Forest / Sweetwater Lake
Show on map - 13 Oct 2005 · 20:00MillbrookAmorphous· 2 h
((NUFORC Note: Probable twinkling star? PD)) Sky was clear with stars.
Show on map ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Mars. PD)) Massive brilliant white light that just hung in the Southern sky.
Show on map- 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.
Show on map - 2 Oct 2004 · 19:30Orange BeachOrb· 15 min
Observed light at high altitude chane directions in an impossible way.
Show on map First sighting of triangular bright white object moving over Mobile, AL. at night from the south
Show on map- 18 Oct 2003 · 19:00Tuscumbia/CherokeeOther· 10 min
I saw an red glowing arrowhead shaped object hovering in the sky.
Show on map - 17 Oct 2003 · 20:45OppTriangle· 15 min
Triangle Shaped craft between Opp and Andalusia
Show on map fast moving Chevron/ V formation of lights
Show on map- 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.
Show on map - 11 Oct 1999 · 00:15MontgomeryOrb· 3 min
Bright light coming from back yard and a surreal sensation of forboding.
Show on map Commmercial pilot driving East on I-20, notice object out left window, object is small, bright pulsing white, headed toward ground at a
Show on map- 20 Oct 1998 · 22:00HuntsvilleTriangle· 10 min
Unknown Triangular craft near Huntsville
Show on map - 15 Oct 1998 · 21:00EnterpriseTriangle· 15 min
Large black triangular ship seen near Enterprise, Alabama.
Show on map - 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.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1986 · 14:00PinsonSphere· 10 s
Redish orange , traveling slowly and quietly!
Show on map - 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
Show on map - 1 Oct 1980 · 20:00MountainboroOrb· 20 s
Ball of Fire that changed into a cone shape.
Show on map Is there a 4 way stop sign in space for UFO.
Show on map- 20 Oct 1975 · 22:00EnterpriseOther· 2 min
Very low, very slow flying, silent, black trapezoid viewed by 4 family members for about two minutes
Show on map - 15 Oct 1975 · 23:00CollinsvilleTriangle· 15 min
It was like something out of star wars
Show on map - 22 Oct 1974 · 20:00OneontaSphere· 10 s
Big, round , with lights, but no sound, moving slow,
Show on map - 17 Oct 1973 · 23:30MontgomeryOrb· 15 min
Lights appear out of the woods and chase vehicle.
Show on map Glowing Green UFO seen by myself (mom) and my 4 children very low over our car on a Friday night in Alabama in 1973.
Show on mapdescription of a spaceship spotted over Birmingham Alabama in 1967.
Show on mapStrobe Lighted disk shape object observed close, at low speeds, and low altitude in Oct 1966 in Pell City Alabama
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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.