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)
Folsom · LA, USA
Bluish white light over Folsom LA.
Monroe · LA, USA
Unusually fast and triangular shaped craft with red and green flickering lights underneath
Metairie · LA, USA
Very large, shiny object hovering near the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway near New Orleans
Lafayette · LA, USA
I saw a triangle formation in the sky of eight bright red lights.
Slidell · LA, USA
Bright red, green , white and blue sphere shaped object. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect Sirius or Venus. PD))
Kenner · LA, USA
Three lights travelling in a clockwise pattern behind my home.
Baker · LA, USA
There was a very bright Crescent shape light as wide as a house that faded into a smaller red/orange light.
West Monroe · LA, USA
Whil on the way home My daughter and I saw something
Hackberry · LA, USA
Observatory in the Sky
Alexandria · LA, USA
trail of golden lights in a straight line, lasted for 3-4 minutes in the louisiana sky
Starks · LA, USA
slow looking meteor with a tail
Laplace · LA, USA
“Phoenix lights” over Louisiana, New Years night.
Lafayette · LA, USA
Translucent orb and high speed objects captured on video during air show
Westlake · LA, USA
It was not a STAR!!!
Benton · LA, USA
Bliding Bluish Light...
Denham Springs · LA, USA
This is a real sighting. Been wanting to always see one...no camera on hand.
Napoleonville · LA, USA
a green ball that desentagrated in the sky
Baton Rouge · LA, USA
Solid lighted aircraft flying in a V formation.
Bastrop · LA, USA
UFO flipping very close to a jet
Monroe · LA, USA
5 lights seen by 45 ppl in a feild in monroe.
West Monroe · LA, USA
The first time i saw this object was 3 years ago. i was standing outside and looked up and saw what i thought was a star. then it start
Shreveport · LA, USA
This was a close encounter of a UFO. This was around 11:53 PM and I was 12 and I was helping putting stuff in our U-Haul in our drivewa
Baton Rouge · LA, USA
A V shaped object with 5-6 "lights" running on either side and a solid mass in the middle flying over Baton Rouge on September 6, 2008.
Monroe · LA, USA
I saw a extraterrestrial woman that was a illuminating light blue color in my bedroom and became paralyzed for a unknown amount of time
Baton Rouge · LA, USA
Fire Ball object with comet like tail changing directions and dropping flares over Baton Rouge