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Alabama UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 2 UFO sighting reports in Alabama from 1979 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "rectangle" (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- September is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Monday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 09/17/79 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the evening, between the hours of 16:00 - 19:59 (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
Alabama UFO Sighting Reports in 1979
This is a sampling of 20 Alabama UFO reports from 1979, 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).
Full Report Text:
Rectangular object motionless in the sky over the Gulf of Mexico for 4 to 5 mintues which shot off straight up and was gone in less than a second. This information came from my ex-husband one night when we were sharing quirky things from our teenage years. He said that one night about a week after Hurricane Frederick hit Mobile, Alabama, he saw a bizarre-looking object hanging motionless in the southern sky just before the sun went down.
He had gone outside to feed his dog and the object caught his eye because it was so bright, it seemed to be lit from within. It had a row of lights horizontally across the center of every color which were alternately blinking ("chasing" was the word he used). He said he stood stock still for 4 to 5 minutes watching it and it neither got larger nor smaller nor moved at all.
He said it suddenly turned, made a kind of funny loop in the air, and shot off straight up faster than any man-made object could possibly have moved and was gone in less than a second toward the zenith. He said that just as he lost sight of it, he heard jet air crafts and saw two (what he thought must have been Air Force) jets flying toward the spot where the rectangular object had been hovering. Further observations: my ex said the rectangular object really looked like a flying mobile home made of silver with a string of Christmas lights wrapped around it.
He said he was looking due South at it which he said would have situated it in the Gulf of Mexico. He estimated that it was about 10 miles away and he said he felt all weird and creepy when he realized how big it must have been for him to see it so clearly from so far away. He said it was about the size of his entire thumb from tip to hand at arm's length (he has a big thumb--he's 6'9"!).
My ex is a man of little imagination and less verbal ability and so his story struck me with it's clarity and I was stunned by his recitation of the facts. His discomfiture was obvious and we had been married for 5 years without him ever mentioning it. In September, 1979, when this occurred, he was seventeen years old.
He's a licensed electrician now. I found this site while researching Whitley Strieber whom I had seen on a Fox News hour-long special on UFO's and, after deliberation, decided to report my ex's experience.
Full Report Text:
Walked outside during lightening storm and a bright green light, the size of a large cigar appeared and disappeared several times.
Alabama UFO Sightings From 1979 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Alabama UFO Sightings From 1979 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| September | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| June | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Alabama UFO Sightings From 1979 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Alabama UFO Sightings From 1979 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 09/17/79 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| 06/14/79 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Alabama UFO Sightings From 1979 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
All Alabama Cities with reported UFO sightings in 1979
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Alabama, in 1979
| City | Number of Reports | View Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile | 1 UFO Reports | Mobile UFO Sightings in 1979 |
| Wagarville | 1 UFO Reports | Wagarville UFO Sightings in 1979 |
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Alabama
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Alabama.