UFO sightings in Arkansas
There are 52 civilian UFO sighting reports from Arkansas in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1967 to 2013. The busiest year was 2003, with 11 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (14), sphere (9) and triangle (7).
Most reports come from Little Rock (6), Conway (3) and Bentonville (2), out of 42 places in the state with at least one report.
UFO sightings by city in Arkansas
Places with at least three reports. 40 other places in Arkansas have one or two.
Recent sighting reports from Arkansas
All 52 reports, newest first.
- 27 Oct 2013 · 20:00FayettevilleOrb· 25 min
Blue flash over mount sequoyah with hum.
Show on map - 26 Oct 2013 · 21:00BeaverSphere· 30 s
Orange lights moving slow.start out in straight vertical line.they scatter then disappear in the clouds. They were low and visible and
Show on map - 2 Oct 2013 · 20:00Sherwood/North Little RockOther· 2 h
Crazy UFO sightings.
Show on map - 18 Oct 2012 · 21:00UmpireDisc· 5 min
Very low to the ground, and one craft with three large orange lights.
Show on map - 13 Oct 2012 · 23:00Mountain HomeOrb· 15 min
Very bright red, green, white lights traveling south in an erratic manner directly over Hicks Creek
Show on map - 22 Oct 2011 · 01:50WaldenburgTriangle· 5 min
October 22nd, 2011, 1:50am Waldenburg, AR, on AR-14. Triangular UFO.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2011 · 22:30SpringdaleDisc· 1 min
Big gray mass fly very fast across entire sky.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2011 · 00:00Cabot/LonokeSphere· 1 h
A bright object sighted above our house that moves back and forth slowly and hovers. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star? PD))
Show on map - 27 Oct 2010 · 21:00DecaturOrb· 20 min
object was just a spherical very bright white light with no other blinking lights
Show on map Massive/low/silent black triangle cruises back and forth over downtown Conway
Show on mapGreen lights above West Little Rock. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Show on map- 12 Oct 2007 · 23:00RogersOther· 2 days
((HOAX??)) abduction. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Show on map - 11 Oct 2006 · 09:00LittlerockDisc· 10 min
The first object was shaped like an oval and appeared coming out the southwest traveling in an eastern direction this object appeared t
Show on map - 10 Oct 2006 · 19:00UnsureOrb· 2 s
Extreme sound with trails and orange red blue hues to it. The trails were bright bright white.
Show on map My name is Fritz Hughes, I live in Little Rock AR. On Oct.22nd 2005 at approximately 9:10 pm CDT I was out on our back patio smoking a
Show on map- 13 Oct 2005 · 02:20Siloam SpringsSphere· 3 min
Saw 3 round lights appearing to be surround in fog, 2 following each other, one to the east..heading north, one wen NNE.
Show on map - 11 Oct 2005 · 03:20Siloam SprngsSphere· 3 min
Round light appeared to be surrounded by fog, approaced from south neaded NNE, changed speed, then turned sharply west.
Show on map - 20 Oct 2004 · 21:00Van BurenDisc· 2 min
Large object with three huge orange shaped lights
Show on map - 18 Oct 2004 · 00:00SearcyOrb· 10 min
strange lights were "dancing" in the northe west corner of the sky.
Show on map - 13 Oct 2004 · 24:00White HallTriangle· 5 min
ufo spoted near chemical weapons disposal base .
Show on map - 13 Oct 2004 · 20:00MenaOrb· 1 min
More sightings of Pop/Traveling Stars in Mena, Akansas's night skies
Show on map - 27 Oct 2003 · 20:30Hot Springs VillageTriangle· 30 min
On October 27, 2003 was heading home from seeing friends in Hot Springs Village which is 8 miles Northeast of Hot Springs, AR. The eve
Show on map - 24 Oct 2003 · 02:29Fort SmithOther· 1 h
quivering flashing object high and distant in the Northeast sky ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a "twinkling" star. PD))
Show on map - 23 Oct 2003 · 23:00Hot SpringsOther· 5 min
Glowing clearlike color hovering over Lake Hamilton
Show on map - 22 Oct 2003 · 20:00DoverOther· 5 h
To whom this may concern and please take seriously, We could not contact or find a no. to call.While looking at the northen star on 10/
Show on map - 22 Oct 2003 · 18:24CentertonSphere· 10 s
Saw an object flying higher and faster than anything I've seen before, travelling in a straight line
Show on map - 18 Oct 2003 · 23:20BonoOrb· 5 s
stationary blue/green orb quickly shot off to the South-Southwest
Show on map - 18 Oct 2003 · 03:30MarionOrb· 1 min
White lights race through the sky in clear daylight, fighters in persuit
Show on map about 2:45 am saturday morning, my boss and I were standing outside and talking. we saw a blue flash in the eastern sky that was simila
Show on map- 15 Oct 2003 · 20:00North Little RockAmorphous· 5 min
Huge object spotted over Batesville Pike road in North Little Rock Arkansas
Show on map - 15 Oct 2003 · 18:45SheridanCigar· 10 min
It was a slim cigar shaped silver metal object (like a plane with no wings). It had a orange glow-possible reflection from the sun.
Show on map Circular white object seen over the Arkansas River
Show on map- 26 Oct 2001 · 09:00ClarksvilleCigar· 1 min
Two of us observed a shiny, silent, cylindrical craft at 5000 feet or less on October 26.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2001 · 21:30Petit Jean MountainOrb· 5 min
Star moving at right angles
Show on map - 15 Oct 2001 · 09:15BentonvilleFormation· 5 min
five gold colored reflective or metalic orbs in formation.
Show on map - 23 Oct 2000 · 18:25Mountain HomeOrb· 4 min
Saw intense bright light suspended motionless in mid-air that dimmed to darkness and moved slowly off to the east and out of sight.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2000 · 20:15FayettevilleOther· 2 s
silent dark object in the shape of a cross seen in Fayetteville, AR moving south.
Show on map I saw an object in the sky above Little Rock. It first appeared to be an airplane without any discernable features or a shiny balloon.
Show on map- 20 Oct 1999 · 02:00White River National ForestOrb· 1 h
I am a retired Dept of Defense employee which required that I retained a secret or top secret clearance for over 30 years. I retired in
Show on map Many blue lights. About 60 meters long (base to point). 30 meters high.
Show on mapwe saw a hot blue orb looking object big as a house fall from the sky.
Show on map- 11 Oct 1999 · 21:45Eureka SpringsOrb· 15 min
Bright light due south, traveling east extremely slowly. Bright flash given off from object every 10 seconds, with a dim flash every 3
Show on map - 28 Oct 1998 · 23:10SherwoodOther· 30 min
It was about 100-120 feet away. It was about the size of a mini-van. It was an oblong light. It was not shining, but rather glowing.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1998 · 18:00GlenwoodDisc· 2 s
I am a college student and a mother of a 5 and 2 year old. I had come home from a long day at school and discovered I had to run into t
Show on map - 15 Oct 1994 · 19:00OxleyOrb· 2 s
On the way to my grandfathers house myself and my father witnessed a red fireball hovering in the middle of the old gravel road we were
Show on map - 10 Oct 1994 · 22:00PinebergenOrb· 5 s
Round, bright, low flying object silently speeds West of Arkansas town at 11:30pm, 10/10/94.
Show on map Triangular arrangements of lights appearing to begin to land on freeway, miltary-ish cars mobilze around it
Show on map- 15 Oct 1989 · 19:00BatesvilleDisc· 8 min
It didn't seem harmful, it was like it was observing.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1988 · 00:30Greers FerrySphere· 3 min
Three moon sized objects appeared in the form of lights and lite the intire lake up and I could see a mountain about 10 miles from me,j
Show on map - 19 Oct 1980 · 01:00Bald KnobTriangle· 10 min
ORANGE TRIANGULAR CRAFT,NO NOISE
Show on map - 1 Oct 1970 · 17:30BentonvilleOther· 4 h
Hoseshoe shaped
Show on map - 17 Oct 1967 · 23:00Cherokee VillageSphere· 35 min
Bright light - 12ft Sphere
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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.