Gretna, LA

Louisiana · St. Charles Parish · New Orleans-Metairie Metro

Gretna is a small city in Louisiana with a population of 17,468. Residents earn $46,045 per year, which is 39% below the national average.

2.7 /5.0

C+ Fair

17,468 Population 4,324/sq mi density

$46,045 Median Income $29,250 per capita

$242,600 Home Value $237,862 Zillow

$1,017 Median Rent 51.0% income on rent

70°F Avg Temperature 317 sunny days/yr

671 Violent Crime/100K 4,044 property/100K

C+

Overall

2.7 / 5.0

Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education

C+

Economy

2.9 / 5.0

$46,045 median income, 4.0% unemployment

B+

Affordability

3.7 / 5.0

$242,600 home value, $1,017/mo rent

Safety

1.0 / 5.0

671 violent crimes/100K (77% above avg)

Education

3.1 / 5.0

26.0% bachelor's degree or higher

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UFO Sightings Near Gretna, LA

51 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Gretna, LA.

Name	Year	Description
New orleans, LA	2014	Very clear night. On back porch looking at stars which is rare for New Orleans.
New orleans, LA	2013	Appeard from out of nowhere.
New orleans, LA	2013	((HOAX??)) Organized objects some jets some idk over NOLA.
New orleans, LA	2013	15 orange glowing objects&#44 triangle inside a circle&#44 silently moving over New Orleans.
New orleans, LA	2013	Three dull orange spheres flying silently in succession.
New orleans, LA	2013	It was so strange. I was outside waiting for my boyfriend to come outside. I was looking up at the sky and all of a sudden I saw a seri
Gretna, LA	2012	Silver sphere.
New orleans, LA	2012	Two very high altitude craft bright white color&#44 glowing or reflecting sunlight.
New orleans, LA	2012	Large Triangle UFO Over French Quarter New Orleans Hovers&#44 Then Vanishes Into Sky With Picture
New orleans, LA	2012	With a couple of hours in the New East Area i saw two different flaring objects in the sky moving at a extremly fast speed then vanish.
New orleans, LA	2011	I think these two almost matching UFO photos add much more credibility to both.
New orleans, LA	2011	Weird light shoots horizontally across sky around interstate I-10 headed east five minutes past Michoud exit before Irish bayou
Algiers, LA	2010	Bronzed color &#44 boomerang shape craft with an invisibility mode
New orleans, LA	2009	Photographing a party on the rooftop of a hotel in New Orleans and captured these objects in seven of my photos.
Gretna, LA	2008	Orange/reddish light moving at an incredible speed through the night sky.
New orleans, LA	2008	I saw what I saw
New orleans, LA	2008	thing s were stolen by an unknown identity
New orleans, LA	2008	5-6 floating lights over new orleans
Gretna, LA	2007	Small red lights in an arc formed over Belle Chase&#44 Louisiana.
New orleans, LA	2005	cylinderical ufo streaks low over New Orleans on weather tv broadcast
New orleans, LA	2005	This thing looked like a stare and then something elses cant say just what elese just something strange
New orleans, LA	2005	I saw several high speed sphere shaped objects with purposeful erratic turning ability &#44 with night vision goggles
New orleans, LA	2004	Star-like object meandering in sky
New orleans, LA	2004	Pulses of light
New orleans, LA	2004	They were flying in a tight fomation like fighter jets do&#44 but they were no fighter jets.
New orleans, LA	2004	it was like it was made of mercury and molded to the most arodynamic shape posible. it flew very fast and was only seen because a refle
New orleans, LA	2004	Satellite in sky over New Orleans?
New orleans, LA	2004	Yellowish/orange star like light
New orleans, LA	2003	Silver sphere with wings appeared&#44 disappeared&#44 reappeared&#44 did 90 degree turn&#44 then disappeared.
New orleans, LA	2002	Time: around 19:30pm Location: New Orleans&#44LA (near Mississippi River).When I was getting home and getting off the car&#44 I saw a si
New orleans, LA	2002	south to north movement&#44 possiblt light reflected from the sun&#44 it appeared to be rotating like on an axis.
New orleans, LA	2002	I saw a small white sphere cross the sky in a straight line
New orleans, LA	2001	Small mettalic spheres "chasing" each other
New orleans, LA	2001	Black Cylinder object seen in the French quarter of New Orleans
New orleans, LA	1999	ufo streaked across the sky&#44 like to know what we saw.
New orleans, LA	1999	((HOAX??))Really weird to see an object flow across the sky slowly but then take off from one end of the sky to the other in seconds.
New orleans, LA	1999	Light streaked across sky ... power failure/brownout followed.
New orleans, LA	1999	Black cylinders over French Quarter
New orleans, LA	1997	Are you interested in unexplained noises?
Gretna, LA	1996	Red strobbing object&#44 approx. the size of a basketball.
New orleans, LA	1996	While a conversation with a friend a large mirror like objesct came out of the south west sky traveling at a moderate rate of speed. Th
New orleans, LA	1996	The above report was mine and I just wanted you to know my name for your files.
New orleans, LA	1990	I was flying a Pan American A-300B4 (Airbus) from New York to Mexico City. Our route took us directly over Biloxi&#44 Mississippi and the
New orleans, LA	1986	two lights circling each other in the night time sky then shooting away from each other in new orleans louisiana.
New orleans, LA	1983	My story is short but True . This sighting occurred while fishing in the Mississippi river &#44 in the spring of 1983 &#44 probably April.
New orleans, LA	1974	Two Saucer Shape U.F.O.&#39s over New Orleans East.
New orleans, LA	1974	Hugh blinking red light over New Orleans East.
New orleans, LA	1973	My husband and I stopped early one morning on a highway to look at a bright object&#44 the object was a large round silver thing.
New orleans, LA	1971	One thousand saucers observed telescopically crossing the sun over a ninety minute period.
New orleans, LA	1965	Spec of light in sky changes course around another spec of light.
New orleans, LA	1953	20+ ovals flying over New Orleans

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