UFO Sightings in Louisiana
1,047 UFO sightings reported in Louisiana since 1943, peaking in 2014 (111 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 1,047
- Span
- 1943–2022
- Peak year
- 2014 (111 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1943–2022 · peak 2014 (111 reports)
Top cities in Louisiana
New Orleans
1953–2022 · peak 2014 (9 reports)
Baton Rouge
1975–2021 · peak 2015 (8 reports)
Shreveport
1996–2022 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Lake Charles
1977–2019 · peak 2016 (6 reports)
Lafayette
1986–2022 · peak 2014 (7 reports)
Slidell
1967–2021 · peak 2009 (4 reports)
Metairie
1965–2021 · peak 2015 (5 reports)
Kenner
1981–2020 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Mandeville
2003–2021 · peak 2009 (3 reports)
Alexandria
1976–2016 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Denham Springs
1980–2019 · peak 2014 (3 reports)
Monroe
1967–2019 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Thibodaux
1958–2020 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Bossier City
1998–2014 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Houma
1988–2017 · peak 2014 (6 reports)
Covington
2004–2020 · peak 2019 (3 reports)
Natchitoches
1974–2021 · peak 2021 (3 reports)
Gonzales
1990–2017 · peak 1990 (1 reports)
Westlake
2000–2014 · peak 2008 (4 reports)
West Monroe
1945–2020 · peak 2008 (2 reports)
Thibodaux · LA, USA
I was outside in a very remote area and a bright light about as bright as Venus or the International Space Station caught my eye. I wat
Lake Charles · LA, USA
While traveling on I-10, we saw three lights, two white and one red, hovering about the highway.
Many · LA, USA
White cigar shaped object with one pointed end seen in the early afternoon.
Pineville · LA, USA
Silver sphere shimmers into focus for about five seconds before disappearing.
Metairie · LA, USA
My two year old and I were swimming in the pool. It was partly cloudy. We were floating and looking straight up in the sky. I saw what
Lake Charles · LA, USA
I thought at first was a meteor, then realized it had no tail and was not burning.
New Orleans · LA, USA
Cobalt blue light.
Baton Rouge · LA, USA
White lights.
Patterson · LA, USA
Saw a rectangle obj. with fire on each end and smoking moving from SE to NW...appeared to about the size of a bed on a pickup truck.
Shreveport · LA, USA
Fireball sighting approximately NNW from gator drive and youree drive.
Metairie · LA, USA
We were driving across the Causeway and saw bright white oval flashes in the sky to the L of the sun no thunder/lighting, blue skies.
Denham Springs · LA, USA
Unlike anything I've seen in the night sky before.
Shreveport · LA, USA
Flying Triangle craft observed over Shreveport, Louisiana, on night of 27 May 2015.
Kenner · LA, USA
Looking SOUTHEAST towards the moon, I noticed a few stars in the sky. A bright circular object, similar to a star, was stationary in t
Glenmora · LA, USA
Last night, we saw in increments of 2 a vehicles that had one plane that was escorting another.
Glenmora · LA, USA
Multiple unidentified aircrafts sighted in small town.
Lafayette · LA, USA
One night around 8:30 I stepped out on balcony for a quick smoke. After lighting my cigarette I looked and approximately less than a qu
Pineville · LA, USA
Bright white light traveling beside a military transport.
New Orleans · LA, USA
Blue/green streak over NOLA.
Lake Charles · LA, USA
March 23, 2015 I was looking out my back door about 8:20PM and I saw about 10 orange lights in the west southwest sky approximately 3
Ruston · LA, USA
Cigar shaped chiseled front and satellite-looking UFO.
Covington · LA, USA
Disc shaped object with a red light in the middle and a green flashing light on each side. It was about 300 ft above tree line. It was
New Orleans · LA, USA
Bright, red UFO drops a white object which is intercepted by another small, white UFO.
Walker · LA, USA
Black triangular craft, Walker, Louisiana.
Baton Rouge · LA, USA
I was driving home from work and saw something in the sky at first I thought it was a plane and when I got closer the red lights were i