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Analysis of Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2003
We analyzed all 2 UFO sighting reports in Surprise, Arizona to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "other" (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- August was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Thursday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 08/28/03 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the evening, between the hours of 16:00 - 19:59 (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Surprise, Arizona from 2003
These Surprise, Arizona UFO reports from 2003 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:
motionless night time-exposure photo of unexplained object I had set up[ my digital camer to take some photos of a thunderhead, hoping to capture some lighting bolts. Camera is a Kodak DC-90, and I uas using the next to highest quality setting. The camera was on a sturdy tripod, and I was taking some short-duration time-exposures.
I saw nothing while taking the photos. When I later downloaded the photos to my computer and looked them over, one of them had a very strange object slightly above the main cloud. I am surprised that the object looks to be motionless during this time exposure, and I am also puzzled over the shape and 'lights' on it.
I'm wondering if you could take a look at the photo, and provide some explanation for it?.
Full Report Text:
Flash of light out of which two objects diverged This event is almost the same as the one I reported a year earlier, except that instead of two flashes, there was only one, and the objects in question did not move relative to the backdrop of stars; or if they did move, my primitive discernment could not perceive the motion. A yellow vertical flash appeared in the SW sky at approximately 11:40 PM; and since this was the harbinger last year to the same highly atypical event, I fixed my view on this part of the sky. At exactly 11:45 PM, two objects appeared in this dark space of sky about eight fingers wide at arms length from each other--one slightly higher than the other from my vantage point.
These two reprised the same 'communication' as the last occurrence in that the lower flared twice and dimmed, then the other flared once and dimmed. This activity went on for about five minutes, then desisted. Inasmuch as I have harbored an affinity for skywatching, I am quite familiar with the wild twinkling of stars like Sirius, but this was not a persistent twinkle; it seemed like an attentive statement/question and sensible response.
After the 'flared conveyance', the two objects remained in a comparitvely dimmed state for another minute after which they disappeared. Does the earth move fast enough to obscure the view of two lighted objects if they are six finger widths rotated horizontally at arms length from the horizon? Also, let me add parenthetically that the horizon in this part of the sky is uncontaminated with ambient light. Approximately fifteen minutes later, I saw the same incident in the WNW sky--same object position relative to the horizon and each other, with the same type of 'flared conveyance'.
After about one minute they too disappeared. I went out the following night to investigate if what I had seen were stars; but owing to the sky's overcast melingering, I went out last night when the sky conferred clarity upon me. That same space was bereft of anything visible, to me at least.
This dark space where the two objects had been two nights prior plyed my vacuous mind with questions for which, obviously, I possessed viciously inadequate answers. More, even if the two objects were indeed stars whose presence was precluded by some atmospheric variant the last night, why do these illumined objects only appear to the initiating flash? I am not concluding causation, just an observed corrrelation.
Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2003 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Circle | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2003 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| August | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| May | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2003 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Monday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2003 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 08/28/03 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| 05/19/03 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2003 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 |
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