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Alabama UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 1,367 UFO sighting reports in Alabama to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (280 reports, 20.48% of total).
- July is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (156 reports, 11.41% of total).
- Wednesday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (230 reports, 16.83% of total).
- 11/28/06 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (10 reports, 0.73% of total).
- 2014 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (130 reports, 9.51% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (606 reports, 44.33% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Alabama
These Alabama 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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Multiple lights, moving in erratic behavior, then flying south in uniform. I saw some bright light that I thought was a shooting star from the west. I noticed it curved, much like a boomerang, only to vanish into thin air.
This "bright light" would repeat this multiple times. After a few minutes, there were two bright lights that followed each other in a dancing fashion. These bright lights moved extremely quick, considering they were at about the height of an airplane.
They made very quick, and sharp movements in the blink of an eye, only to disappear. After about 20 minutes, 7 bright lights left in uniform fashion (like the air force) heading south. The weather was foggy during the encounter, but quickly cleared up after the group of lights were seen leaving.
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It came out of nowhere went to the east maybe 3000ft in the air then disappeared We were outside looking at the stars there was still a little bit of dusk left to the southwest of us with a few clouds but clear sky right above us with lots of stars. Then all of a sudden these orbs appear out of nowhere going faster then anything I have ever seen in my life in a formation to the north east for about 2 minutes max then it disappeared. Once they were gone all of sudden these weird clouds appeared over us with a trail following the exact spot the orbs were.
Then after I took pictures of the sky u can see the trail they left and the clouds that appeared out of nowhere. All of the dogs in the neighborhood started barking. In one picture u can see this object that looks like cylinder shape.
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Fast, low flying white cloud with object inside turned into triangle craft then shot off. A strange white cloud moving low and fast was spotted over ocean. It looked like a white school bus shaped object inside a cloud.
It all moved as one. I grabbed my phone as it changed shape into a swirling pattern. Then the front became a reflective triangular object.
The triangle shot off in the blink of an eye, leaving the cloud part behind. The cloud stopped moving, turned grayish, and slowly disappeared.
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I thought it was a bright orange star I noticed it was moving very fast and then started recording the quality of the video sucks but you can see the orange blob and how fast it’s moving. I would really like to know if it was some airplane or a UFO. Also it’s very hard to see in the video but it crossed in front of an obvious airplane and that’s how I could tell the orange bright orb wasn’t like that of an airplane.
The airplane had flashing red and blue and white lights, the UFO looked as if was on fire.
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Blue bean of light, green and blue flashing orbs descending from blue light beam in distance night sky as sky was foggy and hazzy, then it fades out completely. Then shortly after where me and my friend was standing looking up as it went away, in the tree line above us a yellowish ord comes flying out of the trees at us. It stopped for a short pause, I saw the lights from street lamps reflecting a yellowesh color.
then zipped away in a flash. No sound.
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Object was bright white, flying horizontally moving faster than any aircraft I seen, (I was a Navy pilot) Object was bright white, shaped like a stubby football, flying horizontally moving faster than any prop aircraft I've seen, (I was a Navy pilot) I would estimate the size of it to be a slight bit larger than a private aircraft. There were no contrails or other exhaust indications. I was indoor and heard no sound.
Never saw anything like it before except on TV. Most aircraft I've seen seem to be flying "slowly" in nearby skies; not this object. It seem to be moving at least twice the speed of prop aircraft in this area.
I would estimate it's altitude to be between 1 -2 thousand feet. There is a small private airport about 5 miles to my north. P.
S. It follows the Good Year blimp that flew a similar path a few days before. I have a video of that.
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It was like a hopscotch drawing but with lights at the center. It didn't last long. I got a paranoid feeling that I wasn't alone, so I went outside.
I heard this unnatural thrumming noise that was slowly getting quieter. I didn't think too much of it; it was probably a helicopter. As I looked northwest though, I saw a string of lights appear in an alternating pattern of one, then two, then one again.
It was like stars actings as hopscotch squares. They disappeared after a few seconds, row by row. I didn't know what to make of it.
I then watched two stars move very quickly to a different location, but they stayed in the same position. Like two points in a diagonal slash. \ I'll share a quick drawing.
My neighbor's dog just wouldn't stop barking until it stopped too.
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Looked into the sky over the bay and these lights were appearing and moving west to east. I looked west over Mobile Bay at 9:36PM and saw 22 lights floating and moving west to east. I initially thought it was Starlink however, the lights were not organized in the same manner in a straight line.
I stop to film the event. It was extremely surreal, as I have never seen anything like it before.
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Only saw the craft for maybe two seconds, and then, as soon as I saw it almost instantly disappeared, but I was able to get full detail It was shaped like a cigar. It had two small fins on it one on each side and was maybe 1000 feet up in the air. It was a very dark brown color and look to be maybe as long as two buses possibly and also seemed like a very skinny craft.
It wasn’t very wide. I made a sketch real fast of it on my hand. As soon as I saw it, I will attach it.
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UFO Talladega National Forrest Sighted object appeared to be puff of smoke but with binoculars looked like 2 aircraft. Were visible for 2 minutes then appeared to travel SW and higher altitude.
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40-50,000 ft heading 255-265 degrees for 4 minutes then sharp left turn to about 160 degrees Saw large rectangle object leaving large con trail faster than airlines up about 40,000-50,000 ft heading 255-265 degrees and north of Madison Alabama. Watched it for about 4 minutes, then made sharp turn to about 160 degrees, accelerated and was out of sight in about a minute. Clear skies and no wind at that altitude since the con trail was not drifting to the side.
There was no sound and no lights. It was very shiny. I am an Aerospace and Mechanical Engineer, pilot, test pilot and bush pilot.
40 plus years developing state of the art aircraft, engines and propellers. My work has been tested by NASA senior engineers and FAA engineers.
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Object with lights in the sky. It was amazing. I just took my dog out.
Its daylight out so I found it kinda weird when I looked up and seen it. The lights was so bright. And it just sit there for a bit then started to move direction like up and down before it vanished from site.
This may sound weird but it made me feel something I can't quite explain and I was like in a trance for a minute or so. Its the most wonderful thing I've ever seen.
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It looked like a fire in the sky at first. It was a fast moving craft that looked like a fire in the sky but then all the lights went off on it and it was just a black craft flying in the sky. After watching it for a few seconds after the lights went out on it , the craft just kinda faded away and could not be found again.
I did get video of it before all the lights went out but it is very shaky and hard to make out.
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String of blue lights. Perfectly spaced. All connected by light blue light.
Three separate sighting within 20 minutes. We watched two high-flying crafts trek the entirety of the night sky at incredible speeds. High and fast.
These were orange/yellow in color. They both exited view. We then looked up and the 15-20 blue lights connected by a single blue light uncloaked and headed east.
It moved slowly and had no sound. It was approximately 100 ft above us. We both tried taking pics and videos but it did not register.
Our videos were blank, black. Her pictures did not even register. It was as if we didn't use our phones.
We sat for approximately 15 minutes when we noticed 6 orange orbs stack on each (2 rows, 3 columns). This was interactive. I felt as if I were being struck with multiple strings of energy.
The other witness was about 5 feet from me when this was occurring. She reported being able to feel me touching her. It felt as I was being pulled towards these lights, although I had no issue resisting.
The lights began the appearance of approaching us. That's when I decided to pursue the lights on foot. I made the solo trek south, along the coast line towards the orange lights.
As I got closer, I heard an electric sound coming towards me and then I was hit with what I can describe as a electrical pulse directly into my chest. It did not hurt. I kneeled down and thought it was a warning to leave.
but I did not. That's when the orange lights switched to one red light that spawned approximately 6 smaller red lights that floated around the original red light. I was at the end of the peninsula when this occurred.
I have 20/20 vision and know what I saw. I am also a registered nurse and know what's real and what is not. I went back the following night to debunk the orange and red lights, but could not.
There is also an accidental picture taken the prior evening of a 4 light object above the house. These are saved on personal thumb drives.
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4 spinning red lights and 1 green light on each They seemed to be chasing each other in a circular motion. There was 5 small crafts that appeared. This continued on for at least 35-40 minutes.
The bottom of each craft had 4 red and white lights in what seemed to be rotating. They each had what appeared to be a green light going out the top. It was quite spectacular to watch.
It appeared as if they were playing a game of chase with each other. I wish I had recorded the event but it was so amusing to watch that I just couldn't pull myself away from watching them.
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Really weird So it's weird I'm walking my dogs out for a bit, something was really on my consciousness to take my phone out and get a video of the sky, there was a rocket or missle of some type being shot in the sky & outta no where this object appears very small, no noise in the sky like a regular aircraft no lights on the craft so I then knew it wasn't a regular aircraft.
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Chevron surrounded by a clear bubble around it with a mist swirling and trailing a short distance behind it st I worked as a airport fireman for 30 years at a large airport, know aircraft. Daytime sighting,no noise, traveling north below scattered clouds. No drugs or alcohol.
I know of no aircraft that flies inside a bubble that looks like a Chevron.
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Hovering craft starts fire with laser Saw a craft maybe 150-200 feet up hovering and it looked to be around the size of a golf cart and it was sporadically shining down light that looked like a laser that was a greenish color. Then all of the sudden some of my land on my property caught on fire where the laser was shining so I ran towards the fire to see if I could put it out and luckily it was small enough for me to stomp out and didn’t get out of control yet, after I got the fire out I looked back up for the craft but it was gone.
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3 orbs of light in the sky over downtown Out with friends at Bar Vista at the AC Hotel- downtown Huntsville, AL- took a picture from the bar patio on the 2nd floor. Took the picture toward the west.
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10-15 lights in a straight line headed southeast Around 9:15-9:20 my kids were outside stargazing. I came out to check, at that exact moment I heard them say “what is that?” I looked up and there were about 10 or more star sized lights in a straight line headed maybe southeast. I ran inside to get my wife,came back out and they were still there.
I looked at my wife as she laughed not believing us or looking up, a plane came by from maybe the northwest area and then the “lights” disappeared.
Alabama 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 | 280 reported sightings | 20.48% of all reports |
Circle | 154 reported sightings | 11.27% of all reports |
Triangle | 135 reported sightings | 9.88% of all reports |
Unknown | 91 reported sightings | 6.66% of all reports |
Sphere | 87 reported sightings | 6.36% of all reports |
Other | 85 reported sightings | 6.22% of all reports |
Fireball | 83 reported sightings | 6.07% of all reports |
Disk | 79 reported sightings | 5.78% of all reports |
Oval | 54 reported sightings | 3.95% of all reports |
Formation | 39 reported sightings | 2.85% of all reports |
Cigar | 39 reported sightings | 2.85% of all reports |
Changing | 33 reported sightings | 2.41% of all reports |
Cylinder | 31 reported sightings | 2.27% of all reports |
Rectangle | 28 reported sightings | 2.05% of all reports |
Diamond | 22 reported sightings | 1.61% of all reports |
Flash | 20 reported sightings | 1.46% of all reports |
Chevron | 19 reported sightings | 1.39% of all reports |
Egg | 18 reported sightings | 1.32% of all reports |
Teardrop | 7 reported sightings | 0.51% of all reports |
Cross | 5 reported sightings | 0.37% of all reports |
Orb | 3 reported sightings | 0.22% of all reports |
Cone | 3 reported sightings | 0.22% of all reports |
Star | 2 reported sightings | 0.15% of all reports |
Alabama 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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July | 156 reported sightings | 11.41% of all reports |
October | 148 reported sightings | 10.83% of all reports |
November | 122 reported sightings | 8.92% of all reports |
June | 121 reported sightings | 8.85% of all reports |
December | 108 reported sightings | 7.90% of all reports |
May | 107 reported sightings | 7.83% of all reports |
January | 106 reported sightings | 7.75% of all reports |
August | 100 reported sightings | 7.32% of all reports |
April | 99 reported sightings | 7.24% of all reports |
September | 96 reported sightings | 7.02% of all reports |
February | 93 reported sightings | 6.80% of all reports |
March | 82 reported sightings | 6.00% of all reports |
Alabama 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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Wednesday | 230 reported sightings | 16.83% of all reports |
Thursday | 210 reported sightings | 15.36% of all reports |
Sunday | 190 reported sightings | 13.90% of all reports |
Tuesday | 185 reported sightings | 13.53% of all reports |
Friday | 183 reported sightings | 13.39% of all reports |
Saturday | 174 reported sightings | 12.73% of all reports |
Monday | 166 reported sightings | 12.14% of all reports |
Alabama 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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11/28/06 | 10 reported sightings | 0.73% of all reports |
07/04/14 | 6 reported sightings | 0.44% of all reports |
12/05/99 | 5 reported sightings | 0.37% of all reports |
05/01/14 | 5 reported sightings | 0.37% of all reports |
11/11/15 | 5 reported sightings | 0.37% of all reports |
Alabama 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 | 606 reported sightings | 44.33% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 299 reported sightings | 21.87% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 177 reported sightings | 12.95% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 95 reported sightings | 6.95% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 86 reported sightings | 6.29% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 75 reported sightings | 5.49% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Alabama
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Cities with Reported UFO Sightings in Alabama
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Alabama