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)
Jackson · MS, USA
Lights in the sky east of Mississippi, can be seen from Jackson. A small light came down in the neighbors' front yard.
Lena · MS, USA
We were watching the Lena fireworks from a nearby field from a parked truck.... we saw a small red glowing cylinder moving fairly quick
Biloxi · MS, USA
We were sitting on the beach and we saw a red flashing light. I thought it was a plane and then my boyfriend pointed out that you could
Lucedale · MS, USA
Was setting on my porch last night with my daughter and wife when we heard a very loud aircraft sound to the north and then silent. T
Flowood · MS, USA
Small yellow light, intermittent light, then dark,light,then dark, then bright flash,then dark,light, dark then light,then bright flash
Mize · MS, USA
A very clear yellow light about two feet in diameter in center of about an eight foot object was landed in the SW corner of our field a
McComb · MS, USA
Lights, bright white, about street light in elevation.
Philadelphia · MS, USA
Wife and I were on Hwy 15 North 5-7 mi. outside of Philadelphia, MS, when we noticed a hovering group of 5-7 fireballs.
Lucedale · MS, USA
4-7 Triangular objects with lights observed hovering over South Mississippi May 2016
Starkville · MS, USA
I live around a lot of air traffic usually has the same pattern notice it out of the corner of my eye as a star.
Ocean Springs · MS, USA
Around 7 orange lites, 3 of which were flying in a rectangular formation.
Biloxi · MS, USA
Bright red lights moving slowly, that hovered shortly, no noise, then went straight up and disappeared a minute later.
Columbia · MS, USA
Aunt, sister, and I was traveling home when we notice a colorful flying object in the sky on the opposite side of the hwy..
Madison · MS, USA
Sphere with red and green lights hovering over Ross Barnett Reservoir in Madison, MS. ((NUFORC Note: Sirius?? PD))
Hattiesburg · MS, USA
I saw what appeared to be a blue orb or disc shaped UFO streak across the sky, at around 2 am in the morning.
Madison · MS, USA
Red, spherical lights moving slowly in the sky.
Madison · MS, USA
TWO DISC SHAPED UFO'S CHANGING FROM RED TO GREEN IN MADISON, MS.
Pope · MS, USA
Two white lights together in western sky north Ms, 12/17/15
Philadelphia · MS, USA
Craft seen with lights on top and bottom.
Waveland · MS, USA
Metallic oval-shaped UFO vibrating above house with light emitting from bottom two blocks off the Gulf Coast
Utica · MS, USA
From the window of my second floor apartment my daughter (12) began shouting for me to look at these lights in the sky. She thought it
Sherman · MS, USA
Faint white glow, hung in the air over Highway 9 just past Endville Road. 2-3 seconds after observation, it moved to the west fairly qu
Forest · MS, USA
Red orange in the sky.
Lumberton · MS, USA
Extremely bright brilliant white oval hoovering in the E sky outside of Lumberton, MS, near Carnes area. ((NUFORC Note: Venus? PD))
Biloxi · MS, USA
I noticed a bright light; much brighter than a star hovering in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD))