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)
Destrehan · LA, USA
Walking home from football practice one evening I was looking up at the clouds and saw a cloud and out of the cloud flew a black circul
Interstate 10 · LA, USA
At night I saw a large pulsating light at low altitiude, at first stationary, and then flying away at enormous speed.
Darlington · LA, USA
Blade sound passes overhead while photographing wildlife at night.
Azucena · LA, USA
Huge ship, with colored lights placed in this diamond-shaped pattern on its underside, one light protruding from the center
Buras · LA, USA
Disk shaped silent craft with 7 lights passed directly overhead of 3 witnesses, appeared high and huge.
Houma · LA, USA
walking home i saw a gray saucer in the sky!!!!!!
Kenner · LA, USA
Gigantic circular object hovering, and then with progressive speed moved away and disappeared. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Iowa · LA, USA
A bright light came through the ceiling and paralyzed me and my friend.
Harrisonburg · LA, USA
Woman repts. witnessing dramatic disturbance in local reservoir caused by large "falling" object. Other witnesses in LA, NC (?).
New Orleans · LA, USA
two lights circling each other in the night time sky then shooting away from each other in new orleans louisiana.
Lafayette · LA, USA
A sighting of four bright objects seen performing unusual maneuvers with no apparent change in speed.
Big Cane (Plaucheville area) · LA, USA
A bright light traveling east to west followed by a green waving light, followed by a smaller white light. The objects were close toge
Belle Chasse · LA, USA
ON OR ABOUT THE DATE INDICATED. MY SON, WIFE AND MYSELF WITNESSED A LARGE HEXAGON SHAPED OBJECT IN THE NIGHT SKY. COULD NOT TELL THE EX
Lacombe · LA, USA
On a sailing trip across Lake Ponchartrain we spotted the craft having above land
Dequincy · LA, USA
Children from small town school see object over town over twenty years ago. It doesn't end there.
Ferriday · LA, USA
My girl friend and I were leaving Ferriday La. about 10:00Pm. one night and just as we got even with the rest area about 3 miles out of
Holmwood · LA, USA
Lake Charles native got a close up view of a large hovering disk on the hwy between Lake Charles and Bell City.
Stonewall · LA, USA
Objects over northern DeSoto Parish, Louisiana 1983
New Orleans · LA, USA
My story is short but True . This sighting occurred while fishing in the Mississippi river , in the spring of 1983 , probably April.
Marksville · LA, USA
I can Only Belive That This Was A Loading Of A UFO Into A Mother Ship.
Slidell · LA, USA
Shape shifting, color changing UFO
Pineville · LA, USA
This happened sometime in the early 80s as i was still in High School.I had taken our dog out,and had decided to sit on the porch for a
Haughton · LA, USA
my sister and i saw a silver disk @ 90 ft long with a red vert stabilizer fly silently over our house tree top high, no sound & slow!
Ruston · LA, USA
SMALL OVAL SHAPE, IT APEARED TO WHITE FLAMES THAT COMING FROM THE BOTTOM. THERE APPEARED TO BE SOMEONE IN THE CRAFT THAT WAS LOOKING
Kenner · LA, USA
Round Craft over Hwy in Louisiana,viewed from 2 blocks away.