UFO Sightings in Mississippi
738 UFO sightings reported in Mississippi since 1949, peaking in 2012 (45 reports); most often described as light.
- Total sightings
- 738
- Span
- 1949–2022
- Peak year
- 2012 (45 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Light
1949–2022 · peak 2012 (45 reports)
Top cities in Mississippi
Gulfport
1966–2022 · peak 2012 (6 reports)
Biloxi
1965–2021 · peak 2017 (3 reports)
Jackson
1970–2020 · peak 2004 (3 reports)
Hattiesburg
1974–2020 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Tupelo
1963–2015 · peak 1989 (3 reports)
Ocean Springs
1973–2020 · peak 2013 (3 reports)
Clinton
1988–2014 · peak 2011 (4 reports)
Brandon
2000–2021 · peak 2013 (2 reports)
Long Beach
1993–2019 · peak 2017 (3 reports)
Starkville
2000–2020 · peak 2005 (2 reports)
Madison
2001–2019 · peak 2015 (3 reports)
Olive Branch
1969–2019 · peak 2014 (2 reports)
Natchez
1975–2019 · peak 1999 (2 reports)
Meridian
1986–2021 · peak 2015 (2 reports)
Laurel
1963–2022 · peak 1963 (2 reports)
Vancleave
1989–2020 · peak 2006 (2 reports)
Vicksburg
1999–2020 · peak 2001 (2 reports)
Pascagoula
1973–2018 · peak 1973 (1 reports)
Batesville
1975–2018 · peak 2012 (2 reports)
Pass Christian
1976–2019 · peak 1976 (1 reports)
Columbia · MS, USA
Small stationary light grew brighter as if nearing Earth for two hours, began moving south slowly over approximately one hour, then spe
Hattiesburg · MS, USA
three lights in triangle shape bright flashing and incredible movement
Jackson · MS, USA
Three bright lights positioned like a jet 's landing lights follow the car in Mississippi.
Carthage · MS, USA
The object did not move in the night sky for over an hour and then it streaked across the sky and was gone!
Jackson · MS, USA
A report from Jackson, MS in May 1974 described an object with three very bright lights that the witness said followed them at close range, lasting 20-30 minutes.
Tula · MS, USA
A report from Tula, MS in March 1974 described a round, disk-shaped object seen in a field across from the witness's home, lasting 30 minutes.
Tupelo · MS, USA
A report from Tupelo, MS in October 1973 described a disk-shaped object briefly seen by a father and daughter, lasting 4 seconds.
Pascagoula · MS, USA
I was stationed at the coastguard base in pascagoula mississippi,when we were talking about the hickson case where in the 1970s two men
Moss Point · MS, USA
A report from Moss Point, MS in September 1973 described a round object glowing like a full moon, appearing white or gray in color, lasting 3 hours overall approx..
Ocean Springs · MS, USA
A report from Ocean Springs, MS in April 1973 described a triangular object with two white lights at the front and several more at the rear, lasting 5 minutes or so.
Tupelo · MS, USA
A schoolteacher near Tupelo, Mississippi reported a large, oval-shaped craft during a three-minute sighting in September 1972.
Gautier · MS, USA
Witnesses in Gautier, Mississippi reported two star-like objects slowly moving through the sky, stopping, starting, making right-angle turns, and shining a light, over about three hours in June 1972.
Bilxoi · MS, USA
It was about 10:00 pm on a warm June night. I was riding my bike near the Ancient Oaks subdivision golf course in North Biloxi. This wa
Jackson · MS, USA
A witness in Jackson, Mississippi reported an encounter in 1971 in which a large-headed figure was perceived at their bedside; no object shape or sighting duration was recorded.
Jackson · MS, USA
The Visitor With The Large Head
Raymond · MS, USA
BEINGS FROM SPACE ARE LIVING HERE ON EARTH.
Pearl · MS, USA
A witness in Pearl, Mississippi, filed a long-delayed report of a close-range sighting of a cigar-shaped object from October 1969, an encounter that lasted fifteen to twenty minutes.
Philadelphia · MS, USA
Moon shaped object in pasture
Olive Branch · MS, USA
A witness in Olive Branch, Mississippi reported a large, round, silent light that moved away at tremendous speed in May 1969, during a five-minute sighting.
Columbus · MS, USA
on the night a buddy and me saw said ufo, it was approx. 5 feet above power lines going only about 5 miles per hour. It had no visible
Mississippi (rural; hitchhiking) · MS, USA
Two witnesses hitchhiking in rural Mississippi reported a circular object in June 1968 followed by an unexplained nine-hour gap in their memory of the encounter.
Bentonia · MS, USA
A witness in Bentonia, Mississippi, reported an intensely bright light that did not illuminate the surrounding ground, then shot rapidly across the sky, during a five-minute sighting in 1967.
Gulfport · MS, USA
15 feet across, Egg shaped, Internally Glowing Very Bright, Briliant, SOLID RED Colored Objects slowly passes over street.
Biloxi · MS, USA
Near Biloxi, Mississippi on October 1, 1965, witnesses reported a cloud-like object that hovered, then moved at sharp right angles, with a pulsating light from within, for 15 minutes.
Laurel · MS, USA
A witness in Laurel, Mississippi reported oval-shaped objects in southeastern Mississippi in October 1963, in a sighting lasting about seven minutes.