Table of Contents
Analysis of Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2012
We analyzed all 8 UFO sighting reports in Chandler, Arizona to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "fireball" (2 reports, 25.00% of total).
- August was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 25.00% of total).
- Saturday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 08/30/12 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 12.50% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (6 reports, 75.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Chandler, Arizona from 2012
These Chandler, Arizona UFO reports from 2012 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).
Full Report Text:
Three fireballs flying close to the ground Three UFO’s were observed overhead flying close to the ground. They appeared to be flickering, as if on fire, and were of an orange color and round shape. They started flying in a straight-line pattern and then moved to a triangular shape.
Objects moved much faster than a plane would move. There was no sound present during their flight overhead. The objects were very vibrant and bright.
Observers of the event were an educator, nursing student, financial analyst, hospital chaplain, two retired persons, and a nurse practitioner.
Full Report Text:
8 red-orange lights flying in formation near the 202 in South Chandler, Arizona I was driving south on the 101 in Chandler, Arizona, right where the 101 becomes the 202 Santan Freeway, eastbound. I noticed two round lights (similar to the size of a car’s standard headlight from 100 feet away, viewed at night). These two lights were due south of the highway’s bend.
I then saw that there were 6 more of these lights, all making a constellation-like formation, including these two in the middle (Total of 8 lights). The lights were reddish-orange, with their inner light source, being a type of energy that seemed fluid-like within (molten might fit as a better description). They were moving west at approximately 40mph to 45mph.
The lights were approximately 300 or so feet from the ground and looked fairly close. While I was observing them, they did not drop nor travel any higher than their constant altitude. They appeared to be between the 202 and Germann Rd.
area. I took the off ramp at Alma School Rd. and headed south to Germann Rd.
where I then headed west for two miles, to see where they had gone. All the lights were gone, except for one. The light that was l! eft was now much higher and heading towards the Sierra Estrella Mountains, where it got slowly dim and disappeared over the course of about one minute.
I viewed this dimming from a parking lot off of Price Rd. and near W. Willis Rd.
I should also add that I had noticed a bright white blinking light (at a rate of once a second for the duration of ~10 seconds or so) that was miles away to the North. I saw this earlier, when all the lights were still visible. This white light seemed like an aircraft flashing its lights in the direction of these unknown lights.
This white blinking light seemed to be around the Sky Harbor eastern side flight path, moving west. This would have been about 10 to 12 miles north of my highway position near the bend. I have to assume there is a pilot that saw these and was signaling for some reason.
This aircraft did not change its course south. I believe that aircraft was landing, but for some odd reason was flashing its lights in this direction. I did not see any other planes flashing their lights in this manner.
I am an Electronics Engineer and an avid skywatcher. I have also been known to chase storms on occassion. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
Bright green light, Southeast sky over Chandler,AZ Toward the Southeast sky in Chandler, AZ, I caught a glimpse of a very bright green light ripping across the sky from Northeast to Southeast. In the first second or two it had crossed my field of vision from left to right, and off over the horizon. Following behind were two choppers; the choppers out here fly at angles different than the planes here.
They seemed to be pushing pretty fast directly after the bright green light. The light itself shot off across the horizon and vanished within a few seconds, if that. That's all I saw.
Observer background: Systems Administrator, IT.
Full Report Text:
Witnessed several orange orbs in the southern skies of greater Phoenix area July 7, 2012. I was taking the dog out for the last time last night and happened to look at the southern sky through my eucalyptus trees in my back yard. I saw 7 or eight orange orbs in the distance all moving west to east at an airplane speed.
The sizes were all the same, about the size of a larger venus to a naked eye. They were in some sort of formation and remained in this order. One more came up from the rear to join the others.
I ran back inside and told my very level headed wife to get out here quick, which she did. We both watched them as they all moved east and then eventually flickered out about mid "east/west". I can read online that I'm not alone in seeing these orange ones.
I've never heard of this color of "UFO" before and was surprised to discover it's quite common lately. I know there are "worlds without end" that populate our universe as it's nuttier to believe anything else, especially since the Hubble Telescope let u! s take a peek, however, I believe they are all populated with humans just like us. So I'm thinking these orbs I saw last night are simply man made "somethings".
End of report.
Full Report Text:
Single flashing orb appearing just above the horizon I was standing on my front porch looking east one night sometime between January 2012 and May 2012. I can't remember what time it was, but I know the date was after December 2011, as that's when I got the camcorder used. I noticed a line of horizontal lights close together just above the horizon.
I thought it was aircraft at first. But then a second line of lights rose just above the first line, moved slightly to the left, tilted slightly down to the left, and started shaking up and down. I ran inside to get my camcorder, but it was gone by the time I got outside.
I dismissed it as an optical illusion and forgot about it. On June 5, 2012, just after 11 pm, I was standing on my front porch looking east when I noticed the same thing again. I ran inside to get my camcorder, and that's when I remembered that I had seen this same thing before.
When I got outside and started filming, I was able to capture it, though it had apparently turned into a flashing orb hovering in the same location. It never appeared to move and eventually just faded away. The whole event lasted maybe 2 minutes.
It all happened in the same spot in the sky. It was hovering 1/2 mile south of Ray Road and somewhere east of Alma School Road, though it's hard to tell how far away it was. It was a clear night, the moon was bright and just past full, and was located about 15 degrees to the south and about 5 degrees above the object.
Because I had seen this twice, and in the same part of the sky, I set my camcorder on a tripod, turned it on, and placed it on the porch around 11pm. On June 15, 2012, I captured the object again, and this time from the start. However, it only appears as the orb and does not first exhibit the line of lights as I had seen before.
Near the end of this second video, some lines are noticeable going into the object from the left and right side near the bottom. This has to be something explainable simply because it keeps appearing at the same time and in the same location. Nobody else appears to be reporting it, and if I didn't have videos of it, I wouldn't be either.
((NUFORC Note: Witness states that the date of the sighting, indicated above, is approximate. PD)).
Full Report Text:
Orange orbs/ black amoeba object At dusk ther were 2 orbs of orange amber color moving in unison. They were not next to each other, probably a few hundred feet apart. I was driving so I pulled over to try and see what kind of craft the orbs belong to, but I couldn't tell.
I thought possibly they were helicopters, but there was no noise. Definitely not lights from an airplane. I kept eye contact with them until I pulled into my garage.
When I walked out of the garage,the lights were gone, but I saw an extremely large black amoeba looking object moving low above the houses a few blocks down. I watched it and it just disappeared within a matter of seconds.
Full Report Text:
02-25-2012 - 9pm- I-10 to Tucson from Phx. Strange group of pulsating lights- My boyfriend & were driving to Tucson from Phoenix on Saturday night around 9 pm. Heading south on the I-10 before the first rest stop my boyfriend asked me what were these 3 lights, in the sky, forming a triangle- When I looked over (West)I saw 3 bright, very distinct lights in the sky.
I assumed, at first glance, they were stars. He then said, “those are not stars”, & when I looked again, the lights took off, going south, at a rate of speed I cannot even predict. Faster then anything I have ever seen in the sky-They were gone.
We continued, driving south on the I-10 when we both saw these unusual, lights that were moving very slow, going north. When they were directly over us we could see that each object was 2 lights, (I don’t know if they were 2 different objects flying next to each other or 1 object with 2 lights) they did not blink but most definitely pulsed,they were a very bright, bluish light and they were going slower than any aircraft I have eve! r seen. Two of them flew over, and when we got to the rest stop and got out we noticed the third one, flying north in the same direction as the others, same characteristics, no sound, and then it was gone.
Very strange, (and I saw the Phoenix lights & KNOW they were not flares) I am not alarmist, this was as weird as the Phx. Lights. I don’t know.
Hope someone else saw them or can explain them.
Full Report Text:
I was taking my two children to their mother’s house in Chandler for the weekend. My daughter is 14 my son is 11. It was 10:30 pm and we were traveling east on Elliot rd between Dobson and Alma School.
Just north of Elliot at roughly 400 feet were three circular orange globes. Two were at 400 feet one was another 100 feet or so above the two. I knew immediately it was a technology that officials claim doesn’t exist.
We drove back and forth doing several u-turns while I told the kids, "I told you UFO’s were real." If we went more than a block or so from the spot next to the road where they were hovering they looked like stars. At one point while heading back west on Elliot my daughter said, "Oh dad they are real close to the ground.
OHHH DAD they’re right there, I’m scared." All of the other cars were oblivious and obviously were not seeing the objects. I would have missed them as well except at the exact moment that we were in the spot where they were visible my son asked me, "Is it a new moon tonight?" So at that moment I looked up and made the initial sighting.
On our last pass I had an image of seeing myself from their perspective in my mind and I blurted out, "It’s a father with his two kids." The moment I said that, the globe that was hovering higher floated up at a 90 degree angle, then instantly shot west at a 45 degree angle, then stopped in a position that made it look like a star. We then left for their mothers as my daughter had become frightened.
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2012 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
---|---|---|
Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Circle | 2 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Changing | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Flash | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2012 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
---|---|---|
August | 2 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
October | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
July | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
April | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
January | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2012 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 |
---|---|---|
Saturday | 4 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2012 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 |
---|---|---|
08/30/12 | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
07/07/12 | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
04/28/12 | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
02/25/12 | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
10/28/12 | 1 reported sightings | 12.50% of all reports |
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2012 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 |
---|---|---|---|
Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 6 reported sightings | 75.00% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 2 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Chandler, Arizona
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Chandler, Arizona.
All Arizona Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2012
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Arizona in 2012. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Arizona in 2012.