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Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 32 UFO sighting reports in Dothan, Alabama to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (6 reports, 18.75% of total).
- November is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 15.63% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (7 reports, 21.88% of total).
- 2022 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (9 reports, 28.13% of total).
- 02/22/14 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 3.13% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (12 reports, 37.50% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Dothan, Alabama
These Dothan, 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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Blue rectangle appear, above the trees, about 30' high, above us, and then shoots off to the West. Three of us saw a very bright robin egg blue rectangle appear, above the trees, about 30' high, above us, and then shoots off toward the West. No noise.
It was seen for about 3 seconds. The light did not seem to illuminate anything.
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It's was cigar 5 bright lights. I walked outside after a misunderstanding with my girlfriend. As soon as I got outside I looked up and Cigar shape with 5 bright lights.
Silent and very close to the ground about 300 yards in the sky. I did not have a cellphone on me to record I believe they showed themselves to me at a pivotal time when I felt disparity from my relationship. The first thing I thought when I saw is how nobody would believe me.
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Bright light near Dothan, Alabama sighted moving southward at extreme speed. About an hour ago, while walking my dog, I looked to the southwest and noticed what I thought was an airplane flying towards Panama City. The object was very bright and moving faster than a commercial flight could, and after 30 seconds, or so, dimmed and disappeared completely.
I am curious if anyone else saw this. ((NUFORC Note: We have corrected the date above. PD)).
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Very bright flashes near big dipper. Like nothing ever seen by us before. UFO was seen near the big dipper.
it would flash very bright about every 15 seconds like a camera flash. It was not an Iridium flare; we see those all the time. Because it was doing a zigzag pattern and then it went straight north.
This is my second report on the exact same object seen last year on June 23, 2016.
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White light mostly, blue and red lights strobing around craft. Craft was itself cloaked. Wiggle/fast sudden stop circle upside down motions.
Went away some distance and tried to disguise as a star.
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Orange round object I saw a Orange round shape in the east and when I saw it it was still, then it began to move toward the north at a steady pace. No sound, no heat. Continued to watch and as it got farther away looked like fire coming from the rear.
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Very bright flashes near big dipper. Like nothing ever seen by us before. UFO was seen near the big dipper.
it would flash very bright about every 15 seconds like a camera flash. It was not an Iridium flare, we see those all the time. Because it was doing a zigzag pattern and then it went straight east.
It was first seen coming from the north.
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Approximately 21:30pm, 06/11/16, unidentified light formation seen moving slowly in night sky over Dothan, Alabama. Tonight, 6/11/16, at approximately 21:30 or so, while sitting outside our apartment building in Dothan, Alabama, my friend and I saw a wide cluster of twinkling lights rise up over the buildings downtown, and move in formation across the sky towards us. Over 50 plus lights of various sizes, or maybe size variance in individual lights created by individual distance from us, created the illusion of different sizes.
They moved very slowly and the whole incident lasted about 5 minutes. The cluster was very similar to a fireworks burst, only it didn't dissipate. There was no sign of smokiness as with fireworks.
Each light was distinct and singular and moving in formation over the buildings and trees and then, still moving very slowly, moved straight up into the dark evening clouds. One of the lights broke formation and traveled downwards very slowly then blinked out. The cluster was still visible among the evening clouds but barely.
Then eventually faded and disappeared altogether. This is real. It did happen.
It was very exciting and scary at the same time! My friend and I really want to know what those lights were and why they were visible over downtown Dothan!.
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Seemed close perhaps over florida por the ocean near there/would appreciate a picture that someone else saw, i live in daleville,al looking in the general direction of florida i saw a bright star shooting to the ground perhaps over the ocean.
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I see this craft a few times a week while outside smoking. Triangle shaped, low flying and no noise at all.
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The lights looked like flying stars in a circular pattern, moving at a high rate of speed. Hard to estimate, but there appeared to be approximately 75 to 100 of them. They were moving in a northeasterly direction.
They made no discernable noise.
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Hovering fireball in Dothan, AL We were driving and noticed a hovering fireball. I thought it may have been an airplane on fire, but it was just a ball shape. My husband and I could both see what looked to be a glow coming from fire or flames.
It didn't emit much light into the surrounding sky, and was well below the cloud line. The sky was clear, and we could tell the object was much closer than other stars, or the altitude at which an airplane would have been flying. The object didn't move forward, backward, or anything.
It just seemed to hover and we drove right under it.
Dothan, 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 | 6 reported sightings | 18.75% of all reports |
Circle | 5 reported sightings | 15.63% of all reports |
Triangle | 2 reported sightings | 6.25% of all reports |
Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 6.25% of all reports |
Diamond | 2 reported sightings | 6.25% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
Other | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
Flash | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
Dothan, 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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November | 5 reported sightings | 15.63% of all reports |
February | 5 reported sightings | 15.63% of all reports |
June | 4 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
September | 4 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
May | 3 reported sightings | 9.38% of all reports |
April | 3 reported sightings | 9.38% of all reports |
March | 2 reported sightings | 6.25% of all reports |
October | 2 reported sightings | 6.25% of all reports |
December | 2 reported sightings | 6.25% of all reports |
July | 2 reported sightings | 6.25% of all reports |
Dothan, 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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Saturday | 7 reported sightings | 21.88% of all reports |
Sunday | 6 reported sightings | 18.75% of all reports |
Monday | 5 reported sightings | 15.63% of all reports |
Wednesday | 4 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Thursday | 4 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Tuesday | 3 reported sightings | 9.38% of all reports |
Friday | 3 reported sightings | 9.38% of all reports |
Dothan, 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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02/22/14 | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
02/25/22 | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
05/25/04 | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
12/14/15 | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
09/19/22 | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
Dothan, 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 | 12 reported sightings | 37.50% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 10 reported sightings | 31.25% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 4 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 3 reported sightings | 9.38% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 2 reported sightings | 6.25% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 3.13% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Dothan, Alabama
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Dothan, Alabama.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2023 | 1 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2023 |
2022 | 9 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2022 |
2017 | 2 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2017 |
2016 | 4 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2016 |
2015 | 3 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2015 |
2014 | 1 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2014 |
2013 | 1 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2013 |
2011 | 1 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2011 |
2009 | 3 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2009 |
2008 | 2 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2008 |
2007 | 2 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2007 |
2004 | 2 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2004 |
2003 | 1 UFO Reports | Dothan, Alabama UFO Sightings in 2003 |
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