Last updated on May 1, 2024

Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1989

This page aggregates and analyzes all UFO sighting reports made in Mississippi during 1989.

How many Mississippi UFO sightings were there in 1989?

  • There were 6 officially reported UFO sightings in Mississippi in 1989.
  • In 1989, Mississippi ranked #15 on the list of states with the most UFO sightings for that year.
  • Adjusted for population size, Mississippi ranks #11 in the list of states with the most reported UFO sightings in 1989, with an average of 0.24 reports per 100,000 residents.

Mississippi Cities with the most UFO Sightings in 1989

Rank City Number of Reports
1 Tupelo, MS 3 UFO Reports
2 Quitman, MS 1 UFO Reports
3 Vancleave, MS 1 UFO Reports
4 West Point, MS 1 UFO Reports

Mississippi UFO Sightings Analysis

We analyzed all 6 UFO sighting reports in Mississippi from 1989 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:

Mississippi UFO Sighting Reports in 1989

This is a sampling of 20 Mississippi UFO reports from 1989, 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).

Vancleave, MS

Full Report Text:

Triangle lights hover over pond I was working at the boarding stable where I keep my horse. It was dark out and the horses where wanting to come in to eat. It was getting late.

The horses were moving around alot and the ducks were making alot of noise. The other person there went to the one pasture gate and I went to the other gate to start bringing them in. The pasture gate I went to has a pond.

Out of nowhere there appears a huge triangle of lights. Only three lights but super bright. But I could still look at the lights without squinting my eyes.

There wasn't any noise at all from the object. I noticed all the horses stopped moving and the ducks stopped making noise as well. It just hovered over the pond.

Its lights lit up the pond and the area around it. I couldn't take my eyes off of it. Then it just zipped out of sight, like someone turned off the light switch.

Gone and still no noise. I looked over to the other gate and ask the other person if she saw that and she said yes. We never! mentioned to each other again.

The next day there were reports of the same thing in the county north of Vancleave. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).

12/01/89 7:00 PM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 1 minute

Report

Tupelo, MS

Full Report Text:

Cruise type missle seen in civilian airspace I was waxing my pick-up in the afternoon when I heard a slight whistling sound. Just as I looked up, I observed a long cylindrical missle-type device at approx. 600 feet.

It was traveling from WNW to ESE, in a line with Columbus Air Force Base. I came in the house and drew a picture of what I had seen. It had no discernable markings and had small stabilizers near the tail.

In 1991-92 during the Gulf War, I saw a Cruise Missle that looked exactly like the device I saw. I then dawned on me that a guided military device had no business in civilian airspace.

08/10/89 2:00 PM

UFO Shape: cylinder

Lasted: 4 sec

Report

Tupelo, MS

Full Report Text:

The object was a football shaped object with no lines it had a pulsating green haze and a trail of green light. It happened back when I was in high school. There were four of us ridding in my car down the Natchez Trace Parkway just in front of the Visitors Center.

It was just getting dark out and on the tree line 75 yards ahead of us a football shaped object with no lines sort of like a teardrop but with two points. It had a green pulsating glow and a green trail of haze. It came from the east side of the tree line to the west tree line.

The object was moving to slow to be a plane and we were close enought to tell the it had solid mass and the shape of a football. The size was about the size of a standard passenger car. We turned our car around and went home.

I never saw the object again. ((NUFORC Note: One of three submitted by same source. Date is approximate.

PD)).

07/01/89 9:00 PM

UFO Shape: disk

Lasted: 10 seconds

Report

West Point, MS

Full Report Text:

I believe I had physical contact with three extraterrestrial beings. I also believe that some sort of procedure was performed on me. It was 31 years ago.

I was 13 years old at the time. The only other person present in the home was my mother. I do not remember the exact date or time, except that it happened in the middle of the night.

I was sleeping in my bedroom and was awakened by the presence of three beings standing around my bed. There was one on either side of me and one at the end of my bed near my feet. They were tall with unusually large heads.

I was unable to move or speak. I felt paralyzed and also terrified. My knees were up and my legs were being held apart by the two beings who were on either side of me, while the third inserted an object inside me.

I never heard them say anything but it was as if the one at the end of my bed told me, "we're almost done". The next thing I remember is waking up in my bed very early the next morning feeling horrified. I felt terribly violated and traumatized.

I didn't know exactly what happened to me but I KNEW something had happened and that they had been in my bedroom. I remember looking around the room and nothing had been disturbed nor was anything out of place. I felt very strange for weeks after.

Even years later something as normal and routine as going to the gynecologist was traumatic for me because it brought back the memory and the violation of it. I have never told anyone about this experience, not even my mother. I knew something extraordinarily strange and perhaps unbelievable had happened to me.

I have been afraid to speak of it my entire life.

06/01/89 12:00 AM

UFO Shape: unknown

Lasted: Unknown

Report

Quitman, MS

Full Report Text:

Circular craft outlined with white lights left perfect ring of fire behind The object appeared in a field across from our house. The center of the craft was dark and blended in with the night. The craft was outlined with white lights.

There was no sound at all coming from the craft. This night was particularly dark and calm. Everyone in the house saw the craft and was too afraid to approach it, so we all watched from the window.

A member of the family called the police dept. During the wait for police, the craft remained still and lit (approx. 75 yards away from the house).

The fire dept. showed up as well as the police in around 20 minutes. Both the fire and police dept.

got out of their vehicles and approached the craft but they only got to the fence when the craft disappeared leaving a ring of fire in a perfect circle that remained in a circle and did not spread in or out of the lines. The police and fire dept. gave us no explantion,left without questioning anyone and we heard no reports on the event.

The next day the burnt circle in the field remained. The farmer who owned the land questioned my family about the mysterious circle. We gave him our explanation and he did not believe us.

After it was all over the circle remained as a chilling reminder of that night and for everyone to see that passed by on the road. We have never reported this to anyone other than family or friends for fear of disbelief. The house that we lived in at this time was a very old house, about 100 years old.

Prior to this event, many other mysterious things happened here. Family included; me, 8 years old, My Mother, Father, Grandmother, and Uncle. We were all witnesses.

((NUFORC Note: Date of incident is approximate. PD)).

05/19/89 8:00 PM

UFO Shape: circle

Lasted: 1 hour

Report

Tupelo, MS

Full Report Text:

Very bright egg shaped object and some missing time. In 1989, at the age of 18, I left my house to go to the store. I remember leaving the house but do not remember reaching the store.

I have a hazy memory of stopping at a house along the way and going inside a dark room. The next thing i remember is that i am back in my car almost half way home on a 2 lane road. I have one hand on the steering wheel, and the other hand on the radio.

I was just topping a hill or rise in the road. I looked up from the radio and saw an egg shaped object. It was about 500 feet in front of my car and about 300 feet above the road.

It made no sound and glowed like a very bright lite bulb. It was so bright I could barely see through the lite. It looked like a polished alluminum egg, about half the size of my house, with a very bright glow all the way around it.

I only saw it for about 2 or 3 seconds, before it shot off to the right side of the road right above the trees. It was gone in about 1/2 a second. I have never saw anything move that fast again.

I told my family when i got home but no one realy beleved me. I later went back to where i thought i had stoped at the house with the dark room but could not find it. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate.

PD)).

04/20/89 1:00 PM

UFO Shape: egg

Lasted: not sure exactly

Report

Mississippi UFO Sightings From 1989 By Shape

This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.

Shape / Appearance Sightings % Of Total
Disk 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
Circle 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
Triangle 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
Egg 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
Unknown 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
Cylinder 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports

Mississippi UFO Sightings From 1989 By Month

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.

Month Sightings % Of Total
July 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
June 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
May 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
December 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
August 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
April 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports

Mississippi UFO Sightings From 1989 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
Thursday 3 reported sightings 50.00% of all reports
Friday 2 reported sightings 33.33% of all reports
Saturday 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports

Mississippi UFO Sightings From 1989 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
07/01/89 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
05/19/89 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
12/01/89 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
04/20/89 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
06/01/89 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports

Mississippi UFO Sightings From 1989 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
Night 20:00 - 23:59 2 reported sightings 33.33% of all reports
Afternoon 12:00 - 15:59 2 reported sightings 33.33% of all reports
Evening 16:00 - 19:59 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports
Late night 00:00 - 03:59 1 reported sightings 16.67% of all reports

All Mississippi Cities with reported UFO sightings in 1989

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Mississippi, in 1989

City Number of Reports View Reports
Tupelo 3 UFO Reports Tupelo UFO Sightings in 1989
Quitman 1 UFO Reports Quitman UFO Sightings in 1989
Vancleave 1 UFO Reports Vancleave UFO Sightings in 1989
West Point 1 UFO Reports West Point UFO Sightings in 1989

Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Mississippi

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Mississippi.

Year Number of Reports View Reports
2024 2 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2024
2023 24 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2023
2022 21 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2022
2021 17 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2021
2020 27 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2020
2019 33 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2019
2018 25 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2018
2017 25 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2017
2016 32 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2016
2015 41 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2015
2014 44 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2014
2013 40 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2013
2012 46 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2012
2011 23 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2011
2010 20 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2010
2009 29 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2009
2008 25 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2008
2007 26 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2007
2006 18 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2006
2005 22 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2005
2004 23 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2004
2003 16 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2003
2002 13 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2002
2001 25 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2001
2000 16 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2000
1999 18 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1999
1998 7 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1998
1997 6 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1997
1996 1 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1996
1995 9 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1995
1994 4 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1994
1993 6 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1993
1992 3 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1992
1991 2 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1991
1989 6 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1989
1988 3 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1988
1987 3 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1987
1986 1 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1986
1984 1 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1984
1983 1 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1983
1982 2 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1982
1981 1 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1981
1979 4 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1979
1978 6 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1978
1977 10 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1977
1976 4 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1976
1975 6 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1975
1974 5 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1974
1973 4 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1973
1972 3 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1972
1971 1 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1971
1970 1 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1970
1969 4 UFO Reports Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1969