CNHI News Service

ASHLAND, Ky. — A state best known for bourbon and race horses is developing a reputation as a “hotbed” for UFO sightings.

Reports have been especially prevalent in eastern Kentucky, according to David MacDonald, state director for the Mutual UFO Network, otherwise known as MUFON.

“That whole neck of the woods, all along the Big Sandy River, is a hot area and so is Bowling Green. Just crazy stuff is going on,” said MacDonald, who is a commercial airline pilot.

While probably 90 to 92 percent of all the sightings are explainable, he said, “That other 10 percent will rock you to the core.”

MacDonald said Kentucky is the state with the first verified case of an aircraft being downed by a UFO, as well as being the place where the phrase “little green men” was originally coined.

Linda Sargent said she was walking her dog late one night recently and something in the sky caught her eye. She said there’s no doubt in her mind it was a UFO.

“It couldn’t have been any kind of aircraft because it couldn’t move like that,” she said.

Geoff Burke, a pilot in Portland, Ore., read the recent story about a UFO sighting in Greenup County. He said pulsating red and green lights, which were mentioned, are normal for airworthy craft flying at night.

“If I reported everything I see in the sky, some good folks in (Kentucky) might conclude an alien invasion was taking place,” he said.

Details for this story were provided by Tim Preston at The Independent in Ashland, Ky.