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)
Cameron Parish · LA, USA
Jan/Feb. 1967 or 1968, sphere, gold, yellow, orange, solid color, 25 to 50 feet off the ground about 1/2 a football field away from us.
Fort Polk · LA, USA
A military formation at Fort Polk, Louisiana, reported an unidentified object during a sighting lasting five to ten minutes in November 1967.
Slidell · LA, USA
I appreciate this forum to report what I saw. I was a young lad who went outside to feed the dog in the back yard. While walking back t
Monroe · LA, USA
My cousin's husband abd I were night fishing and saw a single light looking like a large star moving across the night sky at a pretty g
Oak Grove · LA, USA
My girlfriend and I were having a romantic evening in the front seat of my car one evening. I looked across a field that lay in front
New Orleans · LA, USA
In New Orleans, Louisiana on July 1, 1965, a witness reported a speck of light in the sky changing course near another point of light, over about 60 seconds.
Metairie · LA, USA
Two circular objects/craft, luminous on their outer perimeters, flying in a staggered formation, sighted above back yard residence.
New Iberia · LA, USA
Two witnesses in New Iberia, Louisiana reported a circular object at an altitude of about 100 to 200 feet under clear midday skies, in a sighting lasting about five minutes in October 1964.
Destrehan · LA, USA
A witness in Destrehan, Louisiana reported three lights in the night sky exhibiting unusual movement, in a sighting lasting about 30 seconds in June 1964.
Minden · LA, USA
In 1962, a witness in Minden, Louisiana, reported a circular, saucer-shaped object clearly seen before it departed silently and almost instantaneously, over a four-minute sighting.
Thibodaux · LA, USA
Historical Sighting I have related this many times, but never committed it to writing until now. I was motivated to write this by the
Jena · LA, USA
A driver near Jena, Louisiana reported sphere-shaped objects to the southeast while driving; multiple other cars stopped to observe, over about 15 minutes in March 1957.
Ringold · LA, USA
As a young boy at church summer camp my friend and I were sitting on the steps of the main dining hall talking. I looked up in the sky
New Orleans · LA, USA
20+ ovals flying over New Orleans
Merryville · LA, USA
A witness in Merryville, Louisiana reported a cigar-shaped object in the sky around 2 p.m. for about five minutes in July 1953.
Barksdale AFB (Shreveport) · LA, USA
In 1952 I was stationed at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport La. about 6 AM this cigar shaped UFO, about 100 yds long, approached about 800
Minden · LA, USA
High altitude sighting in 1947
West Monroe · LA, USA
Arkansas Road West Monroe LA siting as Children Playing close to the street which was very rural at the time. Never heard much about U
unknown · LA, USA
A witness in Louisiana reported a light resembling an airplane at midnight that appeared to corkscrew upward into the atmosphere, observed for 10 to 15 minutes in 1943.
unknown · LA, USA
A witness reported a white light traveling upward into the sky around midnight in Louisiana, observed for 10 to 12 minutes in August 1943.
New Orleans · LA, USA
flying boomerang shaped craft with about 100 translucent warm lit panels on underside.
Shreveport · LA, USA
neighbor ((deleted)l came to get my sister, me amd maid to see ufo overhead is street no higher than a telephone pole. Made humming noi