State Report
UFO Sightings in Mississippi
1,207 sightings on record from 1949 to 2023, drawn from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.
Total sightings
1,207
Share of US total
0.56%
Peak year
2012
80 reports
Top shape
Light
211 reports
Years active
74
Sightings by decade
reports / decadeTop shapes reported
all-timeLatest 20 sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | Shape | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-12 | Greenville | unknown | 5 minutes | Two red blinking lights that moved down. The lights were stationary and definitely not a plane or helicopter. |
| 2023-11-03 | Ocean Springs | circle | 4 minutes | star like objects changing directions |
| 2023-10-13 | Smithdale MS | circle | 3 minutes | Seen in southern sky, it looked like a ball of energy, almost like the moon behind a cloud. The skies were clear. |
| 2023-10-03 | DeKalb | triangle | About 15 seconds | Unexplained flying object that was observed by two witnesses and then vanished. |
| 2023-09-18 | Carthage | light | 10 minutes | Multipe Flashing lights hovering over field. |
| 2023-09-06 | saucier | sphere | 45 seconds a min. | Bright orbs or spheres were seen in perfect line formation passing from west to east at approx 1000 feet in plain view. |
| 2023-08-31 | Ellisville | other | About 4-5 minutes | Yellow to dark red undulating elongated hexagonal shaped craft. |
| 2023-07-05 | Ocean springs | cylinder | 2 minutes | Long silver reflective cylinder moving south |
| 2023-06-26 | Hattiesburg | unknown | 1min 45 seconds | I walked out back, looked up, saw an object moving across the sky in an orbital pattern. I pulled out my phone and took... |
| 2023-06-25 | Gautier | light | 2 seconds | Large extremely bright light traveling Northeast |
| 2023-06-15 | Southaven- Walls | triangle | 3 minutes | Silent brightly lit triangle object |
| 2023-04-16 | Lumberton | light | 2 - 3 hours | Brighter than stars light that would move left and right while dropping behind treeline after few hours |
| 2023-03-15 | Poplarville | triangle | — | Driving south on hwy 43 almost drove under it the thing was only about 30 ft above the tree tops |
| 2023-03-10 | Columbus | formation | 5-6 seconds | Large dimly lit V shape line of dots moving swiftly across the sky |
| 2023-03-01 | Jackson | unknown | 1 hour | 2 star-like objects close together not moving but there was too much cloud cover to see other stars |
| 2023-02-21 | Burnsville | egg | Less than a second 300ele | Screaming object flies under hovering drone at unbelievable speed! |
| 2023-02-06 | Robinsonville | fireball | Maybe 20 seconds | Green with red tail falling fully vertical |
| 2023-02-05 | Madison | orb | 3 seconds | Early morning sighting of orb light object moving away with high acceleration |
| 2023-02-04 | Biloxi | cylinder | Approx 3 min | Traveled from east to west high above the Gulf - about as high as an airplane approaching |
| 2023-01-17 | Madison | triangle | I saw above me on highway | A dark, triangular shaped item moved across the sky - not a drone but I would describe as similar look. |