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Madison, Alabama UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 38 UFO sighting reports in Madison, Alabama to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (9 reports, 23.68% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 13.16% of total).
- Friday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (9 reports, 23.68% of total).
- 2014 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (6 reports, 15.79% of total).
- 07/29/13 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 5.26% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (25 reports, 65.79% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Madison, Alabama
These Madison, 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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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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Flashing blue red white light pattern of diamond. Hovering low. Very slow.
No significant distance in 2 min observing. Vanished Before sunrise I saw what I thought at first sight ro be a plane. It did not move like a plane.
Its lights flashed unlike a plane. No sound. Then I thought maybe it was a drone.
I have seen drones. Didnt look like that either. This was way bigger and a different shape.
If I could use the light pattern as a guide for the shape, it would remsemble a diamond or a rhombus. It seemed to hover over the southwest horizon heading north. Then as I looked on with confusion, I did notice it was moving but very very slowly.
So much so that it didnt make any significant distance for the 2 minutes I was looking at it. Then, I cannot explain, it just vanished. I thought I had mistaken.
So I searched the sky north and south and any other possible location. There was nothing to be seen. It VANISHED.
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Ball of light in an upward arc trajectory Ball of light in northern sky. Not sure of distance from my location but it was obviously larger (closer) than the light from a star, meteor, or satellite. Confirmed on web that ISS was not flying over my location.
Did not have FAA beacons like a plane would have. After noticing the light ball, object moved toward the east in an arc (upward) trajectory for a few seconds and disappeared. No visible trail, just the ball of light moving.
Light was too large for a drone and was much faster than something like a Chinese lantern. Just an eyeball judgement of altitude maybe a few thousand feet above ground level and about 2-3 miles north of my location. There were a few small engine aircraft in the area and object was distinctly different.
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I was driving northbound on County Line Rd. towards Hwy 72 heading home. At first I noticed the lights and thought it was from a water tower or something similar such as an antenna.
As I got closer passing the Publix shopping center, the lights began to move in such a way that indicated the lights were rotating. I then turned into the parking lot close to the Redstone FCU and immediately turned around to try to catch it on camera. The craft was triangle in shape based on the 3 white lights on the corners.
There was also a red light, which appeared to be on the bottom. It sped off and I could not catch up to it.
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Quiet Triangular overall shape with 4 dark amber lights (possible windows) On the eveing of 12/25/2019 while at work (nurse) in Madison Alabama, I stepped outside the facility to call my wife at approx 7:40 pm, and noticed when I stepped outside, what at appeared to be a large aircraft (ascending up) from approx 500+ feet over tree tops and Hwy 72, to the side of the facility where I was located. Initially there were 2 large amber lights (possibly windows), these 2 points of light were approx 500+ feet apart, followed by a second amber light(again possible window) following at approx 750+ feet, then followed by another (4th amber light, trailing at another 800 to 1000 feet. When I first seen it, I told my wife on the phone immediately, "let me call you back"! I began trying to flip on the camera on the cell phone and it unfortunately was showing me on the camera, instead of the outward photo image, I finally got the phone camera to work, so that I could video the image before me… This object was massively large, moved effortlessl! y and slowly, was dead quiet, made 0 sounds, again had ONLY of 4(overall) dark amber lights (window appearance).
The object was traveling in a North heading, then turned to it's left, heading then NW, towards the city of Athens, which at this time, is my beginning video of the 2 lights moving away from the camera. As the camera pans down, you'll see a single amber light moving from left to right slowly.This is the fourth amber light mentioned initially and trails off, continuing in a northern direction projectory.
As I am quite familiar with the "Phoenix Lights Incident" of 1997, and it's details, I truly believe my sighting was a Triangle, with very much the same details, much like that one and knew IT, when I SAW it, and I know my mouth fell open. This was a humbling experience and an amazing craft! Folks, hate to tell you this.WE"RE NOT ALONE!.
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Rectangular very bright and big green object seen over Madison, Alabama On the night of June 15, 2019, I went to my backyard and walk to the middle and something like a very far, distant noise made me to turn my head to the sky, completely over my head. As I was looking, I realize it was a very bright and intense green light coming from an big object or whatever it was. I looked at intervals during 1 or 2 minutes, and then suddenly, I understood that something was not right, because it was big, kind of square and it didn’t move.
So I continued looking, went inside, came back, and it was still there, just over me. I went inside again and thought that I should take a picture, but I didn’t want to leave it alone and loose it maybe. So I came back again to the backyard and it was still there, not moving.
I could feel some kind of energy. This time I went inside and grabbed my iPhone, and I focused over my head looking directly to the “object”. In the instant I took the picture the “big object” moved in a fraction of second to the right and just disappeared.
I am a retired Biologist and Full Professor of Cellular biology graduated in Venezuela. I lived 13 years in Atlanta, GA and 3 years in Alabama.
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Bright Sphere (dot) slowly moving due east. Bright white sphere (dot) slowly moving due east. Too bright to be a satellite.
If on same path its still in Bama. was 5 min ago. Not a meteor.
((NUFORC Note: ISS was visible from this location at 17:22-17-24 hrs. PD)).
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I looked up in the sky and saw one bright light- then it turned into 3! At first I thought it was a firework, but there was no sound and the lights didn't fall- they just disappeared. Some ppl told me it was probably flares from Redstone, but I think it was something more. This is my first ever sighting! ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
PD)).
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Saw a triangular shaped craft in the madison, alabama area Saw multiple lights moving quickly at low level and thought it was a helicopter. Near the intersection of Slaughter road and Eastview the lights suddenly separated and a large triangular shape appeared. The body was darker but 2 of the 3 points had lights.
It reminded me of images I have seen of stealth planes. I was in traffic and turned right on Eastview and could no longer see the image.
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friend says wow 2 shooting stars, i did not see but i know it wasn't stars friend seen 2 glowing objects fly through the sky he exclaimed it was shooting stars but i think otherwise. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Bright light quickly disappears. Bright lights streak across the sky in downward trajectory, then disappear with no sound. Looked like what a flare looks like when fired, but with out any large illumination.
((NUFORC Note: Possible meteor, we wonder. PD)).
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red orb in night sky quickly disappeared One solid orb of red seen in the night sky. Didn't strobe like a typical aircraft. Appears in the sky for about a minute and then rapidly disappeared over the course of 3to 4 seconds.
Initially headed north stand then turned south very quickly.
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Orange, large, three-object linear formation moving south to north approx. 60 degrees above horizon. Three-object linear formation seen on 6/30/14, approximately 21:50 Central.
Objects appeared approximately 60 degrees above the horizon, moving south to north. Objects appeared perfectly evenly spaced, maybe ten seconds apart. Size: equivalent to a pencil eraser held at arm's length.
Resembled a chase formation seen two years earlier involving the ISS, Russian rocket and ESA ATV resupply vehicle, except these objects were higher in the sky (60+ degrees), larger and brighter. Also, no ISS sightings are scheduled for this region (Huntsville, AL) until 7/12/14. All of these objects were the same color yellow-orange.
Very bright. No tail, no fireball. And no sound whatsoever.
As objects moved north they gained altitude, grew smaller and vanished. Observer is a sober, master's-degreed human factors specialist with 25-plus years in manned space systems design (ISS program).
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Looking west from Madison, AL, (Limestone County) toward Decatur, AL. Approximately 21:30 central time. Cluster of 20 to 30 sphere like lights.
Cluster (staggered) seemed to travel north to north east for at least 1 minute then disappeared. May have been military craft or hot air balloons. not 100% sure.
I have no way of knowing. Very strange. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information.
PD)).
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3 bright orange lights along side a bright white light We were driving down Sullivan Street towards Wall Triana when I suddenly noticed 3 very bright orange lights. They were in a triangle formation. There was another light that was out to the side a short distance from the triangle.
It was bright white and gone almost as fast as we saw it. The white light and one of the orange lights disappeared as quick as if someone turned off a light switch. The second lightt slowly faded away as did the third light about 10 seconds after the second.
My fiance tried to take a picture but his camera wouldnt focus for some reason.which is odd because he has a very nice camera on his phone.
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attached video. Yes Not quality but it shows what was seen. Don't laugh.
Already posted, video link is. http://youtu.be/qRfbShtF0is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRfbShtF0is&feature=youtu.
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UFO sighting, Madison, AL, Friday 4 October 2013 My daughter called me from a separate location from where my wife and I were located and reported lights in the sky. She was with her friend and friends family a few miles north from our location. Our address is Amsterdam Pl, Madison, AL.
Number of witnesses at the other location were around 4. They witnessed approx. 30 lights in the sky.
The location of the UFOs were North to North West of our location. The angle of the objects were moving right to left from the horizon (north to north west in straight movement upward). No erratic movement was witnessed.
The lights were red to orange and in a circular pattern. The lights finally moved, what appeared to be out of the atmosphere. At the same time of the sighting a plane was coming in to land at Huntsville Intl airport, from the North.
The airport is situated to the south of our location. I do have cell phone recording of the event. At first my phone would not allow a recording, which is very strange, as my phone usually always allows the recording selection.
Finally, my phone allowed some coverage to be recorded. ((NUFORC Note: We spoke via telephone with the witness, and he sounded quite credible to us. He is former military, and has considerable experience with flying military aircraft.
We suspect that he is an exceptionally capable witness. PD)).
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UFO sighting in Huntsville/Madison, AL <br><br> Just after finishing dinner on 7-29-2013, I walked out onto the front porch. It was approximately 6:35pm (18:35) CST. I glanced up because I saw movement, and was facing due north.
I saw a commercial airliner, like a 737, that was flying eastward, from near the center of my field of view. I watched it fly for a second, following the vapor trail backwards. When I reached the end of the vapor trail, I noticed an egg-shaped object hovering, just to the left of center, and a little higher than the original flight path of the plane.
The egg-shaped object had an aura, or shadow, or pulse, to or about it. Within a blink of an eye, 2 orbs (circular) appeared just to the right and higher of the egg-shaped object. The egg-shaped object had a grayish or metallic appearance, while the orbs had a brighter white glow.
The egg-shaped object was larger than the commercial airliner. It was larger in diameter, and similar to the difference in size depicted in the picture. The orbs were very similar in scale to the picture, as is the jet.
The main object began to move westward, and had erratic movement. In my excitement, I evaluated everything in a brief second. I did not have a quality video camera, and feared that a cell phone picture would provide poor quality, and little details.
I made a decision to go for binoculars, in hopes of being able to see the object better. I ran for the binoculars, returning and seeing all three objects. The plane was gone by now.
At that instant, the orbs disappeared. I threw the binoculars up to my eyes, and was not able to immediately locate the object. I pulled them down to re-gain a fix on its location again, found it with my naked eyes, and watched it enter into the clouds.
If it appears on any radar, it would be very close to the Alabama Tennessee state line, at about 6:35pm, on Monday, July 29th, 2013. I have attempted to re-create what I saw. The picture should explain the movement, location, and surrounding view point.
The picture is pretty close to what I saw. I tried to provide as much detail as possible.
Full Report Text:
UFO sighting in Huntsville/Madison, AL Just after finishing dinner on 7-29-2013, I walked out onto the front porch. It was approximately 6:35pm (18:35) CST. I glanced up because I saw movement, and was facing due north.
I saw a commercial airliner, like a 737, that was flying eastward, from near the center of my field of view. I watched it fly for a second, following the vapor trail backwards. When I reached the end of the vapor trail, I noticed an egg-shaped object hovering, just to the left of center, and a little higher than the original flight path of the plane.
The egg-shaped object had an aura, or shadow, or pulse, to or about it. Within a blink of an eye, 2 orbs (circular) appeared just to the right and higher of the egg-shaped object. The egg-shaped object had a grayish or metallic appearance, while the orbs had a brighter white glow.
The egg-shaped object was larger than the commercial airliner. It was larger in diameter, and similar to the difference in size depicted in the picture. The orbs were very similar in scale to the picture, as is the jet.
The main object began to move westward, and had erratic movement. In my excitement, I evaluated everything in a brief second. I did not have a quality video camera, and feared that a cell phone picture would provide poor quality, and little details.
I made a decision to go for binoculars, in hopes of being able to see the object better. I ran for the binoculars, returning and seeing all three objects. The plane was gone by now.
At that instant, the orbs disappeared. I threw the binoculars up to my eyes, and was not able to immediately locate the object. I pulled them down to re-gain a fix on its location again, found it with my naked eyes, and watched it enter into the clouds.
If it appears on any radar, it would be very close to the Alabama Tennessee state line, at about 6:35pm, on Monday, July 29th, 2013. I have attempted to re-create what I saw. The picture should explain the movement, location, and surrounding veiw point.
The picture is pretty close to what I saw. I tried to provide as much detail as possible.
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I was laying in my bed, when I looked up at my window and all of a sudden I saw a huge craft flying very fast and very low to the ground. It had three very huge lights on it, it was triangle shaped and it was going west about three hundred miles an hour and I saw it for only a few seconds. But my roommates were on their way home earlier today about seven e o'clock and they called and told me they had seen a triangle shaped object in the sky.
Not thinking only a few hours later I would be seeing the strange object. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
Madison, 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 | 9 reported sightings | 23.68% of all reports |
Triangle | 7 reported sightings | 18.42% of all reports |
Circle | 4 reported sightings | 10.53% of all reports |
Formation | 3 reported sightings | 7.89% of all reports |
Rectangle | 2 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
Unknown | 2 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
Disk | 2 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
Egg | 2 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
Cylinder | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Flash | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Chevron | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Diamond | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Other | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Madison, 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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August | 5 reported sightings | 13.16% of all reports |
July | 5 reported sightings | 13.16% of all reports |
April | 5 reported sightings | 13.16% of all reports |
November | 5 reported sightings | 13.16% of all reports |
December | 4 reported sightings | 10.53% of all reports |
February | 3 reported sightings | 7.89% of all reports |
October | 3 reported sightings | 7.89% of all reports |
January | 3 reported sightings | 7.89% of all reports |
May | 2 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
June | 2 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
March | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Madison, 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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Friday | 9 reported sightings | 23.68% of all reports |
Monday | 8 reported sightings | 21.05% of all reports |
Thursday | 6 reported sightings | 15.79% of all reports |
Saturday | 5 reported sightings | 13.16% of all reports |
Tuesday | 4 reported sightings | 10.53% of all reports |
Wednesday | 3 reported sightings | 7.89% of all reports |
Sunday | 3 reported sightings | 7.89% of all reports |
Madison, 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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07/29/13 | 2 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
12/11/07 | 2 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
10/04/13 | 2 reported sightings | 5.26% of all reports |
04/27/07 | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
01/10/13 | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Madison, 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 | 25 reported sightings | 65.79% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 10 reported sightings | 26.32% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 2.63% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Madison, Alabama
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