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)
Watson · LA, USA
Cigar shaped,simi-transparent object,faint white light on either end,silently moving over Watson,La.
Sulphur · LA, USA
Round reddish orange in color
Haughton · LA, USA
Lights over Haughton/Bossiers Southwest and Northwest skys.
St. Amant · LA, USA
Upside down orange triangle
Des Allemands · LA, USA
Circular moving object over des allemands, la
Thibodaux · LA, USA
Upside down triangle 9 lights 1 very bright light in the middle I heard kind of a moaning sound that made it grab my attention
Ponchatoula · LA, USA
Driving on hwy 22 towards ponchatoula from madisonville, when approximately 7-9 lights began sporadically flashing almost in the shape
Gonzales · LA, USA
12-15 red lights were flying high in the sky following the same path and then vanished .
New Iberia · LA, USA
Big red fire ball.
Destrahan · LA, USA
Multiple flashing lights randomly flashing, in an upside down triangle formation. As high as commercial airplains. Before i stoped watc
Kaplan · LA, USA
Kids witness a UFO before school
Bogalusa · LA, USA
Observed a flying light with on sound
Saint Amant · LA, USA
Orange sphere seen by three people in South Louisiana.
Shreveport · LA, USA
1st at 6:13 a.m., Shreveport, LA. 2nd 6:15 a.m., 3rd sighting, 6:19 a.m. Slow moving, no noise, oval, we think, red & white lights
Gulf of Mexico · LA, USA
Orange balls of light in strange formations appear then diappear several times over The Gulf of Mexico.
Simsboro · LA, USA
Multicolored lights seen in Eastern sky in North Louisiana. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Sirius, we would guess. PD))
Natchitoches · LA, USA
Triangular aircraft with 3 lights slowly moving over Old Hwy 6 (now Hwy 3132) close to Interstate 49 Natchitoches LA,71457 in a wooded
Pumpkin Center · LA, USA
Red-Orange Silent Bright Light near Hammond La
Arabi/Chalmette · LA, USA
Triangle shaped aircraft with a light at each point, different colors, hovering about 100-200 feet above the ground.
Zachary · LA, USA
4 low hovering changing lights in the sky
Brusly · LA, USA
Orange, out of the ordinary shape object in the sky, lasting a few minutes and looks like nothing I have ever seen before!
Denham Springs · LA, USA
perfectly round orange craft hovering a few moved quickly across the sky no sound traveled passed other craft closer than cars on the r
Haughton · LA, USA
Orange sphere trailing high flying jet
Keithville · LA, USA
Low flying, very slow, very quite, triangular shaped aircraft with two large white lights & one small white light
Slidell · LA, USA
Red lighted solid object.