How do I report a UFO sighting in Mississippi?

Note the exact time, compass direction, height above the horizon and how the object moved. Check a flight tracker, a satellite pass predictor and a sky app first. Then file a report with the National UFO Reporting Center (nuforc.org) or MUFON (mufon.com), which accept reports from every US state including Mississippi.

UFO sightings · Mississippi

UFO sightings in Mississippi

Mississippi is the home of the 1973 Pascagoula abduction, in which two shipyard workers fishing on the river said they were floated aboard a craft by wrinkled, clawed, robot-like beings. A secretly recorded conversation convinced the sheriff the men were genuinely frightened.

Mississippi case files in the archive

1973PascagoulaPascagoula River, Mississippi, USATwo shipyard workers fishing at night said three wrinkled, clawed beings floated them into an oval craft. A hidden police recording of the men, made when they believed they were alone, is the case's best-known evidence.

Pascagoula Being dossier

Saw something over Mississippi?

Most strange lights have an ordinary cause. Run the identifier: seven questions and the three most likely explanations, from a Starlink train to Venus to a drone, each with how to confirm it.

Note the exact time, the compass direction, the height above the horizon, how long it lasted and how it moved. Check a flight tracker and a satellite app before deciding it is unexplained.

File it. The National UFO Reporting Center and MUFON take reports from every US state, Mississippi included, and their databases are where the per-state counts actually live.

Other states with famous cases

The famous cases above follow the public record; XenoAtlas documents claims and their explanations and takes no position on whether any involved non-human contact. Per-state sighting counts are maintained by NUFORC and MUFON. For the big cases on a map, see the case files.