UFO sightings in Louisiana
There are 37 civilian UFO sighting reports from Louisiana in the NUFORC data on this site, dated 1964 to 2013. The busiest year was 2007, with 4 reports. The shapes witnesses reported most were disc (10), orb (3) and sphere (3).
Most reports come from Bastrop (2), Baton Rouge (2) and Kenner (2), out of 33 places in the state with at least one report.
Recent sighting reports from Louisiana
All 37 reports, newest first.
- 14 Oct 2013 · 19:30RustonSphere· 15 min
Reddish/orange balls of light over Ruston.
Show on map - 10 Oct 2013 · 19:20KennerSphere· 10 min
2 circle lights moving erratically over Kenner, La.
Show on map - 1 Oct 2013 · 19:15ThibodauxOther· 5 min
Very bright white lights 4 all together moving from southeast to west flying low no noise.
Show on map - 21 Oct 2012 · 03:33LafayetteFormation· 7 min
I am looking for an explanation to why would something so big not built by human intelligence visit...me.
Show on map - 15 Oct 2012 · 19:00CastorOther· 4 s
Rounded in the front, had steady speed, looked flat in shape. Had blue haze around it. Made no noise, but not going fast enough or flyi
Show on map - 13 Oct 2012 · 21:21Baton RougeTriangle· 1 min
There were two triangles, each formed by three balls of fire/light. The balls appeared, dissapeared, reappeared and so on as the two tr
Show on map - 23 Oct 2011 · 19:00New OrleansCigar· 1 s
I think these two almost matching UFO photos add much more credibility to both.
Show on map - 16 Oct 2011 · 20:45SlidellDisc· 1 min
Red lighted solid object.
Show on map - 26 Oct 2010 · 18:30Morgan CityOrb· 2 min
Orange object in sky over Patterson or Morgan City area
Show on map - 22 Oct 2009 · 06:10FranklinDisc· 3 min
clear orb with white lights encircling it, the lights were stationary and were not flashing
Show on map - 20 Oct 2008 · 07:30West MonroeOrb· 2 min
The first time i saw this object was 3 years ago. i was standing outside and looked up and saw what i thought was a star. then it start
Show on map - 20 Oct 2008 · 01:00MonroeFormation· 1 h
5 lights seen by 45 ppl in a feild in monroe.
Show on map - 19 Oct 2008 · 18:00BastropOther· 1 min
UFO flipping very close to a jet
Show on map - 23 Oct 2007 · 20:40Baton RougeDisc· 5 min
Bright white oval of light moving slowly towards ground
Show on map - 21 Oct 2007 · 02:45HoldenDiamond· 30 min
Diamond shape with multiple colored lights spinning around it with no sound, strobe light reflections from the ground.
Show on map - 20 Oct 2007 · 02:45FracisvilleOther· 5 min
((HOAX??)) The object moved around the feild as if it were looking for something....
Show on map - 2 Oct 2007 · 01:30MetairieOther· 30 s
Object over New Orleans streaked out of sight in a flash followed with a sonic boom.
Show on map - 22 Oct 2005 · 19:55Gulf Of MexicoOther· 20 min
Bright white stationary light, hovering for 20+ minutes
Show on map - 19 Oct 2005 · 18:00BastropTriangle· 45 min
UFO followed us for more than 30 minutes in Bastrop, La
Show on map - 15 Oct 2005 · 14:00ThrallOther· 20 min
I shirt-boxed shaped object flew over my house slowly and silently on afternoon in Thrall, Texas.
Show on map - 12 Oct 2005 · 01:15Bossier CityDisc· 30 s
Very loud, noisy craft, intense orange-red color, goes over my house in early a.m.
Show on map - 19 Oct 2002 · 08:45New OrleansOther· 2 min
south to north movement, possiblt light reflected from the sun, it appeared to be rotating like on an axis.
Show on map - 26 Oct 2000 · 21:30LongvilleAmorphous· 5 min
AS WE WATCHED THE RED LIGHT MOVING IT SUDDENLY TURNED TO A FIREBALL, THEN SEPERATED INTO TWO RED LIGHTS THAT FLEW IN 2 DIFFERENT DIRECT
Show on map - 17 Oct 2000 · 19:00NapoleonvilleOther· 5 s
31 y/o insurance agent sees a red light shoot into the sky .
Show on map - 14 Oct 2000 · 18:30GonzalesRectangle· 30 s
Gigantic ufo near Gonzales, LA
Show on map - 23 Oct 1999 · 07:15Florien/HornbeckOther· 1 min
Craft appeared polished aluminum color, nose down attitude, flat bottom, slightly domed on top, hovering, no noise heard, no movement s
Show on map - 23 Oct 1998 · 21:45AlexandriaOrb· 1 min
greenish white fireball ascending across clear night sky fromeast to west following an irregular flight path and chg's in speed.when ob
Show on map - 12 Oct 1997 · 21:51KennerDisc· 21 min
two disk like objects passed over me and my mother objevts seemed to be a couple of thousand feet overhead
Show on map - 26 Oct 1996 · 20:30MarksvilleTriangle· 5 min
Triangluar object moved very slowly over the trees appr. 100 yards from me without a sound, stopped, tipped up and lowered itself into
Show on map - 25 Oct 1996 · 02:00Lake CharlesAmorphous· 10 min
WITNESSED THREE STRANGE OBJECTS PUTTING OUT A VERY WHITE LIGHT THEY WERE ABOUT 45-60 FEET OFF THE GROUND WHEN FIRST SPOTTED ALSO PUT OU
Show on map - 15 Oct 1993 · 21:00Moss BluffDisc· 2 min
F-16s chase Disc object over Calcasieu River between Lake Charles and Moss Bluff
Show on map - 15 Oct 1993 · 15:30SulphurDisc· 10 min
Two large black objects fly over town ... 0nly 4 people observed them .....
Show on map - 22 Oct 1988 · 22:33Interstate 10Disc· 6 min
At night I saw a large pulsating light at low altitiude, at first stationary, and then flying away at enormous speed.
Show on map - 15 Oct 1980 · 19:00Denham SpringsRectangle· 6 min
Flying object observed
Show on map - 24 Oct 1979 · 17:00ArcadiaDisc· 45 s
object moved from one point to another so fast that it looked liked there were two of them
Show on map - 1 Oct 1978 · 20:00LecompteDisc· 5 min
I believe this object was either a test vehicle of some sort or it was not of this world.
Show on map - 20 Oct 1964 · 12:00New IberiaSphere· 5 min
On a clear, cloudless day at 12:00 noon my buddy and I saw this craft at a maximum altitude of 100 to 200 feet.
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Where these reports come from
Reports are from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) public database: what members of the public said they saw, in their own words. Nobody has checked them, and most sightings have ordinary explanations.