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Mississippi UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 760 UFO sighting reports in Mississippi to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (130 reports, 17.11% of total).
- October is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (86 reports, 11.32% of total).
- Friday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (123 reports, 16.18% of total).
- 12/17/15 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (3 reports, 0.39% of total).
- 2012 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (45 reports, 5.92% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (317 reports, 41.71% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Mississippi
These Mississippi UFO reports are presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary. You can click the 'Report' link to view the original report along with any photos that may have been submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC).
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Bright orbs or spheres were seen in perfect line formation passing from west to east at approx 1000 feet in plain view. I was looking into our new telescope when my wife said what is that? I turned around and saw a dozen orbs or spheres approx. 20 feet in diameter and very bright in perfect formation traveling from west to east at approx.
150 mph. and 1000 feet from the ground. The craft appeared less than a mile from our view point.
A small airplane was seen traveling at a greater height heading south westerly and may have also seen them. the lights continued across the sky to the east and then dimmed and vanished completely within plain view. My son came outside and we then observed about 6 other bright lights very high in the sky two of them in close formation as they would sometimes become very bright then vanish entirely.
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Yellow to dark red undulating elongated hexagonal shaped craft. I saw some sort of craft that changed from shades of yellow to dark red that pulsed and undulated, almost like a flame would on a candle. It started from the tree row 200 ft from the house and slowly rose about another 75 feet before gradually moving in a diagonal upward manner until disappearing into the night sky.
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Long silver reflective cylinder moving south Observed a silver reflective cylinder moving slowly south about 1500 ft. Was driving so not able to hear it if it was making a sound.
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I walked out back, looked up, saw an object moving across the sky in an orbital pattern. I pulled out my phone and took video At 8:12pm on June 26 2023 I walked out side to my back yard and saw an object moving across the sky in an orbital pattern. I noticed that this object appeared to be lower than the ISS when it passes over which led me to grab my phone and record video.
The object moves across the sky and eventually moves beyond my sight. I have I video of the event. I’m only reporting this because I checked the position of the ISS and it could not have been the ISS I also check into starling satellites and it appears to be different than those.
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Large extremely bright light traveling Northeast On Jun 25th at approx. 12:38am I observed an extremely bright light in the sky traveling extremely fast. It was heading Northeast.
I caught a glimpse of it for a couple of seconds and knew immediately it was not a familiar object. It seemed to be flying rather low in the sky and was brighter and faster than anything I had ever seen. It resembled a shooting start with a tail following behind it which could have been from the sheer speed of which it was moving.
It was clearly not a plane, nor was it the reflections of headlights in my windshield. It was a UFO.
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Silent brightly lit triangle object I was drinking coffee on my deck at approx 4:30 am when I saw a triangular shaped craft slowly approaching from the east. Memphis airport is 12 miles east of my home so I’m used to seeing jets every morning. However this object had colored lights above and brightly lit white light covering the entire bottom.
It made no noise at all. It was traveling directly over head at approximately 300 feet. It was very low.
It took approximately 3 minutes from sighting to be out of my view. It did not stop and hover but kept going in a north east direction slowly. It was not huge triangle but about the size of a Cessna 10 seater.
There was no sound at all.
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Brighter than stars light that would move left and right while dropping behind treeline after few hours Really bright light almost every night the last couple of months. This light will move from what appears to be left to right, and every 3-5 minutes appears to fall a bit. Then will stop and dance again from left to right untill it finally disappears behind the tree line.
It looks as if it may be changing colors, and so much bigger and brighter than all other stars. Looks nothing like satellites mentioned. Moves to erratically.
In the past, you would see 2 of them. But it is now only 1. Does anyone know what this is that I am seeing?.
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Driving south on hwy 43 almost drove under it the thing was only about 30 ft above the tree tops The thing had 3 round lights that are hard to describe an a rectangle light in the middle it was a light on the inside like some one tig welding aluminum the thing had seams on it the surface was not smooth it was gray dull coler it went slow the end of its wings were rounded we drove by it went up the road turned around came back by it turned around again came back we had plenty of time to look at it no noise at all it gave off a weird feeling like electrified the air I got a little video it was strange how the lights were they did not light up the trees but yet they were bright.
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Large dimly lit V shape line of dots moving swiftly across the sky On our nightly walk we were looking at the sky because it was a very clear night. We were able to see the stars quiet well. At around 8:30pm I noticed a very dimly lit line of dots in the shape of a V, much like you would see a flock of geese flying.
One side was longer than the other. It was moving quite fast, much faster than any aircraft and much larger. It silently flew to towards the North and appeared to be at a high altitude.
I've never seen anything move like that in the sky before. I checked to see if Starlink would be passing by, but it was not scheduled anywhere near that time.
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2 star-like objects close together not moving but there was too much cloud cover to see other stars 2 star-like objects very close together not moving but there was too much cloud cover to see other stars. Slightly blinking, disappeared after watching for about an hour. Saw planes near lights.
Seemed stationary in nature but they disappeared after we tracked them for about an hour. NUFORC Note: Jupiter and Venus.
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Green with red tail falling fully vertical There was no flashes sounds or impact noise. Two of us just happened to look East (everyone else facing west) and at first I thought it blew up like a firework but it was silent and fell vertically-happened so fast our brains couldn’t register it before it disappeared behind an apartment roof. Everybody thought we were lying! But then I told my friend yesterday and she finished my sentence-two of her Snapchat friends saw the same on the same night, one lives in hernando and the other in Southaven-idk how large it was for them but it WAS HUGE - very close looking to us here.
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Traveled from east to west high above the Gulf - about as high as an airplane approaching Flipping around and the straightened out like a hot dog - sun reflecting off of it with possible Lights as it went to the west.
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A dark, triangular shaped item moved across the sky - not a drone but I would describe as similar look. We were driving home from my son's swim lesson. We finished up at 4:15, so I assume this was at 4:30 ish driving home.
I looked up and saw a dark, triangular shaped object that at first I assumed was a drone. As I looked closer, it was much different/larger/higher up than a drone. I want to say there were lights on each of the "arms" of the triangle but cannot be for sure.
It moved extremely steady for a windy day and was not moving at an extreme speed, not slow either.
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A star pulled my attention to the sky. It quickly became the brightest in the sky. It split info two light moving in opposite direct… Jan 15th at 6:30 pm in the northeast corner of MS.
Walking back out to my vehicle to unload groceries, my attention was pulled upward by what looked like a star that quickly became the brightest thing in the sky. This intense light suddenly split into two lights that were traveling in opposite directions. Not exactly but almost dead east to west.
The light traveling east sped up more than the west traveling light. After a few moments the west traveling light slowed then moved in many different directions then stopped. The east traveling light never changed directions but dimmed until it’s light went out for maybe a second after going dark you could see the objects outline.
It then disappeared leaving the west moving light to seem to move for a bit then stop then move a bit then stop after 15 seconds of random movement it stopped in the sky to appear as another star. I have taken many night photos of the stars from my iPhone. I have never had an issue before but on this occasion my iPhone would not focus at all.
The whole screen went blurry and when I tapped on the object to focus on it acted like it couldn’t find an object to focus on.
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3 chasing and dancing non blinking white lights Was working outside in Belden, open field near airport looking East. As I was attending to equipment I was looking off to the sky as I do from time to time, sometimes I can catch sighting of a shooting star or satellite. While looking off into the distance I see two bright white lights seem to be on approach as if they we heading to the airport in Tupelo, only problem was they were heading East to West.
I thought to myself this could be a plane, but there were no blinking beacons that I could see. The two objects were nearly side by side getting brighter, then they both went vertical in a spiral action eventually converging to one light, and then dissappear heading South. Shortly after seeing this I saw a third light show up just below where the other lights converged, this one heading toward the South and vertical and then fade away, circle back and North, fade back to bright light, fade back to near black seemingly circling where the other lights disappeared.
I dropped what I was doing and ran to my coworker on another piece of equipment and asked him to verify what I was witnessing. As my coworker came around the piece of equipment he too saw this light circle up and around fading in and out (Not blinking) as if it were circling around something in the sky. We both were perplexed by this and decided to ask our supervisor if they have witnessed any anomaly in the distance like this in the past.
Our supervisor mentioned it could be the Boys from Columbus AFB playing around but did mention that it seemed odd and out of the ordinary for them to use landing lights in mid-air to chase one another.
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It looks like 2 sets of legs coming out of the sky, and an aircraft. We had just finished dinner, we were heading home and noticed the sky and moon looked so strange, to the point, we continued to drive towards it. As we drove closer, we realized what we were looking at, was above the moon, it was 2 lights, and what looked like a bright craft.
When you zoom in on the picture, it’s even more confusing because it truly looks like legs. These photos have not been manipulated with. If there’s a way I will need to show that, just let me know.
I did not know this site existed, or I would have sent it in sooner.
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Brightest silver cigar shape, covered & moved slowly, no blinking lights. Video & picture: I saw this extremely bright (reflective) metal cigar shaped object hovering & very slowly moving. It made no noise, had no exhaust trail & had no colored or flashing lights.
Was heading west. Several vehicles were stopped along the 4 lane to observe it.
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A separated line of star like images crossing like satellites one after the other with one turning north At approximately 7:41 minutes pm I saw star sized continuous motion lights crossing the sky that appeared from no where and disappeared without crossing the entire sky. There were 8-10 of these crossing in the same line, dissapearing about the same place, with one of these turning north and then disappearing. Attached is a picture of the exact star cluster where I saw these lines of movement.
The red lines indicate the motion of and dissapearance of most, with the blue line indicating one turning north. These were not jets or satellites.
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BRIGHT light panned like a spotlight in both windows in my bedroom - no sound - no cars - no people. 2nd time this has happened I was the only witness. I did not physically see anything but a BRIGHT light.
I was in my bedroom, wide awake & on my phone. I saw a light coming through the window beside me on my right and the window on the other wall to my left. The light panned like someone was shining a flashlight or driving a car.
But I did not hear anything or see anything when I looked out my window. This only lasted less than a minute - maybe 15 second, but it was a very steady light. The light was as bright as a photo being taken wirh the flash or the sun's light.
When I saw the light, I will admit I got scared and turned my phone on lock mode to hide my light & as soon as I did that the light in the windows vanished. I will say, the light seemed to shine for 15 seconds to a minute, because it was slow and fast at the same time. I'm so puzzled.
This is the second time this has happened to me and I was the only witness. Same exact experience. No time was missing, but the complexity of trying to figure out how long the light shined is quite puzzling.
It happened quickly and steadily. I saw it happen quickly, but in a different way it lingered for so long in that quick moment.
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saw 1 very brite ufo: appeared to be red laser beams being shot at it from below it, ufo disappeared. 2nd bigger brighter ufo came. was getting ready in my upstairs bathroom and can see out my windows while sitting at my makeup desk.
I saw a very bright metallic object in the sky, which I waved off as being a plane but then saw red lasers (dashes not solid laser) being shot at the ufo. Couldn't believe what was seeing. This first "ufo" disappeared and about 15 seconds later a bigger, brighter, ufo came from the same direction this first one did.
I watched it, blinked, and it was gone. I don't know what to make of it. I still question my sanity when it comes to the red laser looking beams that looked like they were trying to hit the 1st ufo.
I have seen UFOs before in my area, in daylight and at night. This is the first time i have ever been certain that its more than just a plane. Weird.
Scary, and I wish we knew the truth.
Mississippi UFO Sightings By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Light | 130 reported sightings | 17.11% of all reports |
Triangle | 86 reported sightings | 11.32% of all reports |
Circle | 78 reported sightings | 10.26% of all reports |
Disk | 61 reported sightings | 8.03% of all reports |
Fireball | 57 reported sightings | 7.50% of all reports |
Other | 53 reported sightings | 6.97% of all reports |
Sphere | 50 reported sightings | 6.58% of all reports |
Unknown | 48 reported sightings | 6.32% of all reports |
Oval | 36 reported sightings | 4.74% of all reports |
Cylinder | 23 reported sightings | 3.03% of all reports |
Cigar | 21 reported sightings | 2.76% of all reports |
Changing | 18 reported sightings | 2.37% of all reports |
Flash | 16 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
Formation | 16 reported sightings | 2.11% of all reports |
Diamond | 14 reported sightings | 1.84% of all reports |
Egg | 10 reported sightings | 1.32% of all reports |
Rectangle | 9 reported sightings | 1.18% of all reports |
Chevron | 7 reported sightings | 0.92% of all reports |
Teardrop | 5 reported sightings | 0.66% of all reports |
Cross | 3 reported sightings | 0.39% of all reports |
Cone | 2 reported sightings | 0.26% of all reports |
Mississippi UFO Sightings By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
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October | 86 reported sightings | 11.32% of all reports |
November | 80 reported sightings | 10.53% of all reports |
June | 74 reported sightings | 9.74% of all reports |
January | 71 reported sightings | 9.34% of all reports |
September | 64 reported sightings | 8.42% of all reports |
December | 61 reported sightings | 8.03% of all reports |
May | 59 reported sightings | 7.76% of all reports |
July | 59 reported sightings | 7.76% of all reports |
August | 52 reported sightings | 6.84% of all reports |
April | 49 reported sightings | 6.45% of all reports |
March | 45 reported sightings | 5.92% of all reports |
February | 38 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
Mississippi UFO Sightings By Weekday
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the day of the week the sighting occured on.
Weekday | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Friday | 123 reported sightings | 16.18% of all reports |
Thursday | 117 reported sightings | 15.39% of all reports |
Tuesday | 107 reported sightings | 14.08% of all reports |
Wednesday | 106 reported sightings | 13.95% of all reports |
Saturday | 106 reported sightings | 13.95% of all reports |
Monday | 90 reported sightings | 11.84% of all reports |
Sunday | 89 reported sightings | 11.71% of all reports |
Mississippi UFO Sightings By Date (Top 5)
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the date the sighting occured on, limited to the top 5 dates with the most sightings.
Date | Sightings | % Of Total |
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12/17/15 | 3 reported sightings | 0.39% of all reports |
01/11/11 | 3 reported sightings | 0.39% of all reports |
01/22/09 | 3 reported sightings | 0.39% of all reports |
06/01/76 | 3 reported sightings | 0.39% of all reports |
06/08/08 | 2 reported sightings | 0.26% of all reports |
Mississippi UFO Sightings By Time
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the time of day the sighting occured during. We took logical 4 hour windows in order to split the day into early morning, morning, afternoon, evening, night, and late night buckets for this analysis.
Time Of Day | Hours | Sightings | % Of Total |
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Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 317 reported sightings | 41.71% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 173 reported sightings | 22.76% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 105 reported sightings | 13.82% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 71 reported sightings | 9.34% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 43 reported sightings | 5.66% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 29 reported sightings | 3.82% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Mississippi
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Mississippi.
Cities with Reported UFO Sightings in Mississippi
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Mississippi