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Analysis of Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2013
We analyzed all 10 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" (3 reports, 30.00% of total).
- October was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 30.00% of total).
- Saturday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 05/11/13 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 10.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (5 reports, 50.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Chandler, Arizona from 2013
These Chandler, Arizona UFO reports from 2013 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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THERE WERE 3 RED FIERY SHAPES IN THE SKY. THE 3 RED THINGS WERE FLYING IN THE FORM OF A TRIANGLE.
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Slow-moving orange light crossing overhead, then slowly burning out. Orange fuzzy light coming from East looked like aircraft landing light but orange. Crossed overhead at several thousand feet and started to dim and shrink in size until it burned out completely.
No discernible sound from object. Flight observed for about 90 seconds. Less than one minute later three military aircraft passed overhead at low altitude circling the area.
Observer is licensed pilot and airframe mechanic.
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Craft moved from West to East across South Chandler sky. I was driving home from the grocery store at 9 pm on 24 Oct 2013, and turned southbound on Coronado Street. I looked up towards the southern sky and saw a craft.
The craft was almost saucer-shaped and had 2 to 3 dozen lights on it (in circular patterns starting from the middle outwards). The lights were different colors (which is what caught my eye in the first place). They were red, yellow, and blue; mostly yellow, though.
The craft was of a grey color (it did not match the black of the evening sky). I stopped the car because I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. While parked, I watched as the craft moved West to East.
It was rather slow, but in total, I only saw it for twenty or thirty seconds. I could not take pictures, as it was too dim to show up on my phone camera.
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Object looked like it was on fire My wife and I were going to the store and I saw a light that appeared to be an object on fire in the sky slowly moving from west to east. There was no noise. We got out of the car to watch it and it continued at the same pace due east.
After it passed over the car thru a tree the direction changed to north-east for about a minute and then it faded out and disappeared. It had the same exact coloring as a bonfire but it moved like a slow helicopter but with no noise. I was about the same altitude as most light planes but moved much slower.
We live close to an airport and it was not like any other planes.
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6 or 7 orange flickering orbs in a line formation over Chandler and Gilbert AZ on 10/5/13. I was driving home from work in Gilbert, AZ, approximately 7:40 PM, turned left onto Alma School Road (heading south) from Guadalupe Road. After driving for about 10-15 seconds, a light in the sky to my left caught my eye.
It was travelling in the same direction as my truck, but much faster. It immediately appeared to be something unusual as it was an orange flickering orb, flying at about the speed of a small plane, and probably a little lower. I was trying to get a better look, while not causing an accident, and finally had to pull into a small parking lot as I was now sure that this was not a plane or helicopter.
After stopping, I got out of my truck and noticed there was another one behind the first. I watched them going by for a few seconds before getting out my cell phone and taking a video. Just as I started the video, the second one turned 90 degrees and headed east (it can be seen in the video doing this).
There was no sound whatsoever emanating from them. Only road noise is heard in the video. Looking to my left (North), I suddenly noticed that there was another one, then immediately after, three more behind the first three, in a straight line formation, all heading south except the one that broke off to the East.
The line appeared to stretch almost to the horizon. As the line progressed south, another one headed east from the same spot that the first did. I am not sure, but I think it was the 4th in line.
Seeing how far the line went, I kept wondering how many more would show up. Because I was trying to watch and describe what I was seeing on the video at the same time, I lost count. The total was 6 or 7.
Also, it was impossible to see any real shape to them because I couldn't see any defined edges. It was almost as though it was "approximately round", with the edges constantly fluxuating. Because they were orange, and flickering, I thought that they could be Chinese Lanterns, however they were travelling at a fairly high rate of speed, and when I got home I immediately checked the current wind speed on the Internet, which happened to be zero.
I took a screen shot of this, however it doesn’t show the date. I still have the video which is 2:42 and 291 MB, MP4 format.
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4 flare like lights in the eastern sky. In the eastern sky. 4 flare or fireball type objects floating.
The flare like lights would burn out and then egnite again. Theses flare-lights began to drift downward. Appeared to be in line.
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I saw these lights as I was driving from the 101 South onto the 202 East San Tan Freeway. I saw the lights first in front of me as I was pointed south on the on ramp. I continued to see them to my right when headed east, but had to look away to stay attentive to the road, then I dropped to low.
I exited the freeway to go back to the location, but saw nothing. I would estimate they were at a 45 degree angle up from my vantage point. I have driven on this ramp 5 nights a week for the last 3 years and 3 months and have never observed any lights in this particular position.
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Orange flame like balls floating across the sky, and some "taking off." Orange flame like balls floating across the sky going higher and farther away heading north from loop 202 and cooper area. At first there was about 7, and as some got nearer to each other, some seemed to dissapear.
I looked around some trees that were blocking my view and could see them "taking off" from below the tree line rapidly in 1 second intervals at a 45 degree in the direction of the other ones. "Chinese latern" hoaxes?.
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Triangle amber yellow lights over Chandler Arizona I wanted it to be a airplane or airplanes in air traffic but it was 3 bright amber lights and they would stay stationary and then move all together in a triangle formation other planes and air traffic were all around so you could really tell the difference on the motion and the lighting of the aircraft. I was 30 minutes out on the freeway going home from my friends house wich was a 30 minute drive away in maricopa, I spotted them because of how bright they were , as we got closer to my house we got closer to where the lights were wich was in chandler, by chandler and frye rd. so we get closer up and then you could see that it just stayed and floated in one position or another all in the form of a triangle.
moving and shifting from one position to another, it was also at lower altitude then some planes in the sky at the time , I would say the lights were 3 or 4 miles from me at chandler and frye rd. but saw them more then 30 minutes away from my house.
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Swift moving, round shaped, white light in southern Chandler, AZ, sky around 3:15 AM. It was approximately 3:15 AM and I was heading out my backdoor that faces to the south sky to take our puppy to the restroom. As I walked out onto our back patio I saw a light shoot across the sky heading south.
At first glance I thought I had just seen a shooting star until the light returned and swiftly moved from the west to the east before disappearing. The early morning was overcast so I saw nothing except a round light in the sky. I was hesitant that this could be a "spotlight" but there were no other lights in the sky and the movement seemed too quick before disappearing completely.
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2013 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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Fireball | 3 reported sightings | 30.00% of all reports |
Triangle | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Other | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2013 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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October | 3 reported sightings | 30.00% of all reports |
November | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
September | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
April | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
July | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2013 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 | 5 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Thursday | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Sunday | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2013 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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05/11/13 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
07/14/13 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
02/20/13 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
10/24/13 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
04/21/13 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2013 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 | 5 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 3 reported sightings | 30.00% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
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