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UFO sightings in Kentucky

There are 62 civilian UFO sighting reports from Kentucky in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1943 to 2013. The busiest year was 2011, with 5 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were orb (18), disc (10) and sphere (8).

Most reports come from Louisville (9), Florence (3) and Harrodsburg (3), out of 46 places in the state with at least one report.

By place

UFO sightings by city in Kentucky

Places with at least three reports. 42 other places in Kentucky have one or two.

The reports

Recent sighting reports from Kentucky

All 62 reports, newest first.

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  1. 27 Oct 2013 · 21:00LexingtonTriangle· 1 min

    Amber-colored lights in triangle formation.

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  2. 19 Oct 2013 · 20:03FairdaleOrb· 30 s

    very bright white light heading from north to south

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  3. 11 Oct 2013 · 20:15UnionOrb· 5 min

    amber fireball descending,splits into 3 objects,stops,they hover above ground with erratic movements

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  4. 10 Oct 2013 · 05:00AurburnTriangle· 10 min

    Three bright lights over field.

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  5. 24 Oct 2012 · 21:00Villa HillsOrb· 1 h

    West of Cincinnati UFO sighting.

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  6. 16 Oct 2012 · 16:30BelfryCigar· 1 h

    Very large mirrored object seen in the sky for over an hour

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  7. 12 Oct 2012 · 20:28BellevueOther· 2 min

    Observed a round ball of white light about 1000 ft next to a plane going same speed then disappear.

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  8. 2 Oct 2012 · 22:51ShepherdsvilleOrb· 30 s

    Large star-like orange/red fireball seen hovering, un-moving in Shepherdsville Ky until it faded away

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  9. 25 Oct 2011 · 23:00GreensburgCigar· 30 min

    Strange elliptical lights over ky sky's

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  10. 21 Oct 2011 · 23:45FlorenceOther· 5 min

    I came into contact with these aliens, and they took off as soon as they noticed me.

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  11. 21 Oct 2011 · 22:00RadcliffSphere· 20 min

    circular shaped object with lights around it

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  12. 21 Oct 2011 · 10:00LouisvilleAmorphous· 7 s

    Redish Orange shift changing object in the sky that shot up to the stars and vanished

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  13. 11 Oct 2011 · 23:23HarrodsburgOther· 8 min

    Unknown lights.

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  14. 27 Oct 2010 · 22:30Fort CampbellOrb· 1 min

    There was a bright light in the sky that came and went over the span of a minute.

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  15. 20 Oct 2010 · 15:30HazardOrb· 5 s

    Bright ball of light visible for 5 seconds, slowly faded away

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  16. 23 Oct 2009 · 18:30BereaOrb· 2 min

    Bright, white vanishing light spotted in rural Berea, Kentucky.

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  17. 20 Oct 2009 · 00:20RadcliffOther· 15 min

    4 unidentified flying objects seen by a couple.

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  18. 11 Oct 2009 · 18:00LouisvilleDisc· 2 min

    strange object photographed over Louisville, Kentucky October 11, 2009

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  19. 23 Oct 2008 · 22:00MoreheadSphere· 5 s

    Student sees UFO fly by 11th floor window in dorm.

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  20. 23 Oct 2008 · 19:00RichmondOther· 1 h

    two very bright bluish lights moving very slowly and oddly. ((NUFORC Note: Possible star? Or hoax. PD))

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  21. 19 Oct 2008 · 09:40Mount WashingtonOther· 10 s

    Taking pictures of the moon in the morning, noticed something else in the sky.

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  22. 14 Oct 2008 · 22:05LouisvilleDisc· 2 min

    Fast moving object with flashing red light near Louisville, Kentucky.

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  23. 12 Oct 2008 · 15:10NicholasvilleSphere· 15 min

    White balls of light moving across the sky.

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  24. 21 Oct 2007 · 01:00MaysvilleOrb· 30 days

    strange lights over maysville ky

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  25. 14 Oct 2007 · 20:30BarbourvilleDisc· 5 h

    Very slow moving fromwest to east red,blue,white and green lights. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly Sirius. PD))

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  26. 11 Oct 2007 · 04:40MelbourneDisc· 6 min

    flashing lights spotted near Ohio River

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  27. 26 Oct 2005 · 20:00HillsboroAmorphous· 30 min

    Extremely bright white object floating in sky with light rays radiating in all directions and changing shape several times.

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  28. 19 Oct 2005 · 22:00WhitesburgTriangle· 5 min

    Black triangle with red lights on corners and two brighter "escorts" silently fly overhead in night sky.

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  29. 18 Oct 2005 · 19:30HillsboroSphere· 1 h

    Two orbs seen hovering in sky.

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  30. 18 Oct 2005 · 19:23LouisvilleAmorphous· 12 min

    On October 18, 2005, 7:23 PM (EST) looking from Blankenbaker Lane in Louisville, KY towards the West a vertical light (like an exclamat

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  31. 1 Oct 2005 · 06:30GreenupSphere· 30 s

    This has happened more than once! We saw a orange circle of light moving slowly through the sky, shooting about two inches to the human

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  32. 24 Oct 2004 · 23:20OwingsvilleOrb· 3 s

    At first I thought it to be metiorite but as it entered atmosphire it left a very bright bluegreen glow. ((Meteor??))

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  33. 20 Oct 2004 · 01:00HarrodsburgOrb· 30 min

    Star-like lights moving in incredible and unorthodox ways

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  34. 16 Oct 2004 · 23:30PinevilleOther· 1 min

    It was around 11:30 pm and I saw rising up behind the trees a multi colored object. One light was flashing, it happened so fast.

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  35. 2 Oct 2004 · 19:30LouisvilleDisc· 5 min

    My 2 children and I saw 2 oval objects in the sky above the sunset over a busy interstate, I took pictures.

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  36. 20 Oct 2003 · 19:30Ft. CampbellOrb· 1 s

    Goldish fireball with green tail in Kentucky/Tennessee

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  37. 11 Oct 2003 · 07:00Fort KnoxOrb· 3 s

    i saw a large fireball falling to earth in the early morning hours on Oct.11뺓 in Kentucky

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  38. 19 Oct 2001 · 19:50VanceburgOrb· 5 min

    flashing light making sharp irregular turns

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  39. 17 Oct 2001 · 17:00Cadiz-Wallonia AreaOther· 25 min

    While I was working outside on my fence rows, I was burning tree branches in my garden. The wind shifted and I looked up to make sure n

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  40. 20 Oct 2000 · 03:00LouisvilleOrb· 30 min

    SEEN NUMEROUS BALLS OF LIGHT HOVERING IN A LARGE AREA

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  41. 13 Oct 2000 · 18:45LouisvilleTriangle· 10 min

    My encounter with a UFO was very horrifying at the time, but now it I realize how truly amazing the experience was.

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  42. 10 Oct 2000 · 21:30FlorenceOrb· 5 s

    Two objects traveling side by side pass over, as one begins to zig, zag it's path.

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  43. 16 Oct 1999 · 22:00DanvilleOrb· 2 h

    Blue lights, white lights, and red lights. Moving sporadically and toward each other. Then they would hover. One actually flew over

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  44. 13 Oct 1999 · 17:20FlorenceTriangle· 10 min

    I 75 going south. Triangle shape. White light on each corner. Not moving... no sound.

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  45. 11 Oct 1999 · 22:15Parker's LakeDisc· 15 min

    Flashing lights sighted out of my window

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  46. 28 Oct 1998 · 20:00LouisvilleFormation· 1 h

    IT WAS ON RADIO BROACAST ON OCTOBER 29 1998 THAT THERE WAS A MASS SITING OF 3 OBJECTS HOOVERING OVER SHELBYVILLE ROAD IN LOUISVILLE KEN

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  47. 20 Oct 1998 · 00:00Bowling GreenOther· 20 min

    NO SOUND THREE RECTANGULAR LIGHTS FUSSY COLORS OF 3 COLORS IT WENT RIGHT OVER ME AT ABOUT 3 TIMES TREE LEVEL IT WENT OU

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  48. 15 Oct 1997 · 20:15HarrodsburgOther· 45 s

    Iron-gridwork, lightless, silent UFO seen over central Kentucky.

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  49. 15 Oct 1995 · 15:00HawesvilleCigar· 2 min

    Sightings of multiple craft disappearing and reappearing in sky, possible abduction.

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  50. 1 Oct 1995 · 17:00AshlandDisc· 5 min

    Disintegrating object.

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  51. 12 Oct 1994 · 15:00MonticelloBoomerang· 2 min

    Triangular/chevron small object with fixed lights at corner--very fast moving.

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  52. 15 Oct 1993 · 20:00OwensboroSphere· 1 h

    It moved back and forth up and down covering more miles in a split sec than anything man-made i have ever seen.

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  53. 10 Oct 1989 · 21:00KranklinTriangle· 3 min

    Triangle seen in franklin Ky - october 1989

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  54. 1 Oct 1989 · 18:00WinchesterDisc· 5 min

    3 starlike objects land on 1 large orange oval object in full daylight in sight of dozens of witnesses.

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  55. 1 Oct 1981 · 20:00Mt. SterlingDisc· 40 min

    Close up view of UFO after unexplained loss of time. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes

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  56. 10 Oct 1977 · 22:00LouisvilleOrb· 30 s

    HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Pilot Sighting Of Unusual Light.

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  57. 20 Oct 1974 · 21:00OwensboroOrb· 5 s

    it was roughly 13 lights in a triangle shaped formation flying in a zig-zag pattern from north to south. speed was unknown, except they

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  58. 18 Oct 1974 · 01:00HopkinsvilleSphere· 20 min

    Three saucer shaped craft with sequentially flashing multicolored lights followed young couple who experienced lost time

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  59. 10 Oct 1972 · 19:00Harlan CountySphere· 20 min

    On october 10, 1972 myself,my 5yrs.daughterƺ neices and 2 nephews were playing tag in the back yard .When we looked over on the ridge

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  60. 10 Oct 1970 · 19:00ManchesterOther· 3 min

    Slow moving, silent craft accelerated at an unbelievable angle and speed.

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  61. 1 Oct 1950 · 11:00PikevilleDisc· 10 min

    SEVENTY SOME FLYING DISK OBSERVED IN 1950

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  62. 15 Oct 1943 · 11:00OwensboroRectangle· 30 min

    Low-flying silver object seen on a clear day near mid-day.

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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.