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Paranormal Sightings in Louisiana

7 nightmarks documented

7 paranormal sightings in Louisiana

UFOs/UAPs

Bright object observed over New Orleans during the 1957 wave (1957)

New Orleans, Louisiana·1957

An unknown over New Orleans during the intense 1957 wave — the Crescent City joined the post-Sputnik surge of sightings.

UFOs/UAPs

Bright object observed over Ringgold in rural northwestern Louisiana (1957)

Ringgold, Louisiana·1957

A bright unknown over Louisiana's piney woods — 50 miles from Barksdale's nuclear bombers.

UFOs/UAPs

Bright object observed near Barksdale SAC base at Shreveport, Louisiana (1953)

Shreveport, Louisiana·1953

A bright unknown near Barksdale's nuclear bombers — another SAC base joined the roster of unsolved cases.

UFOs/UAPs

Second unknown tracked over Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana in one month (1952)

Lake Charles Afb, Louisiana·1952

Lake Charles AFB's second unknown in a month — repeat sightings at the same base demanded attention even during the 1952 flood.

UFOs/UAPs

Bright object observed by military personnel at Lake Charles AFB, Louisiana (1952)

Lake Charles Afb, Louisiana·1952

Jet fighter trainees at Lake Charles AFB spotted something their combat training hadn't prepared them to identify.

UFOs/UAPs

Third Blue Book unknown from the Lake Charles, Louisiana area (1952)

Lake Charles, Louisiana·1952

Lake Charles' third unknown in five weeks — no American city produced more unsolved Blue Book cases per capita in 1952.

Ghosts & Hauntings

Myrtles Plantation — America's most haunted home in St. Francisville, Louisiana

Myrtles Plantation, St. Francisville, Louisiana·1871

Enslaved Chloe poisoned her master's family and was hanged — her ghost in a green turban is one of twelve spirits haunting this Louisiana plantation.