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Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005

This page aggregates and analyzes all UFO sighting reports made in Surprise, Arizona during 2005.

How many UFO sightings were there in Surprise, Arizona in 2005?

  • There were 9 officially reported UFO sightings in Surprise in 2005.
  • Surprise ranks #5 on the list of cities with the most reported UFO sightings in Arizona in 2005.

Arizona cities with the most UFO sightings in 2005

Rank City Number of Reports
1 Phoenix, AZ 46 UFO Reports
2 Tucson, AZ 16 UFO Reports
3 Mesa, AZ 14 UFO Reports
4 Scottsdale, AZ 13 UFO Reports
5 Surprise, AZ 9 UFO Reports

Analysis of Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005

We analyzed all 9 UFO sighting reports in Surprise, Arizona to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:

UFO Reports in Surprise, Arizona from 2005

These Surprise, Arizona UFO reports from 2005 are presented as they were submitted other than paragraph breaks added for easier readability where necessary.

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Surprise, AZ

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seen circular objeccts with red,white and blue lights while camping west of the white tank mounatins saturday night 11/05/05. We observed three (3) circular craft with rotating lights that were red,white,blue. (no kidding) that ran vertical then switched to horizonal this went on for at least a half an hour.

we observed these crafts moving horizonal for some distance then they would go straight down and stay there for several minutes then back up to a completely different location in the cloudless night sky. These were no flares! Flares don't asend and move horizonal.They float down and leave a smoke trail.

I couldn't deterime a distance for these lights. It could of been several miles away but close enough you could see the lights alternating with the naked eye.when you used binoculars they were really clear and evident that they were circular crafts.

Some seem to be bigger or closer than the others. These were not military aircraft from luke air base! we could clearly see those jets and their strobe lights flying around in the night sky. On other occasions I believe we saw flares from Gila Bend gunner range to the south of us.

These like some of the others we have saw defy explanation. I havent got pictures or film YET but I deterimed too.

11/05/05 10:00 PM

UFO Shape: circle

Lasted: 1/2hr

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Surprise, AZ

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Immense Light Near Phoenix Northwest Valley I was driving home and noticed a large white/off white ball of light toward the Goodyear/Avondale area. My first thought was that it was an aircraft because that would be looking toward the Luke AFB vicinity. But then I noticed plane lights close by to this object and the size difference was immense.

If the plane lights were dime size, this thing was quarter size. Then while I watched the object hover a source of light shot up from it. At this point it looked like a shooting star with a tail, but it wasn't moving or falling.

I lost site of it while driving past buildings and did not see it again.

10/29/05 7:00 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 1min

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Surprise, AZ

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ON 10/29/04 AT APROX 18:30 PM MYSELF AND 2 OTHER EYEWITNESSES WERE DRIVING BACK HOME FROM A LOCAL GROCERY STORE AS I LOOKED UP AT THE NIGHT SKY AND SAW WHAT SEEMED TO BE AT THE TIME A FALLING STAR AS IT JUST ZOOMED THROUGH THE AIR I WAITED FOR IT'S LIGHT TO DISAPPEAR INTO THIN AIR BUT IT DIDN'T. THE LIGHT DID NOT FADE NOR DID IT'S HORIZONTAL LINE STAY STRAIGHT. IT STARTED TWIRLING AND GOING ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS IN THE SKY, I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS FIREWORKS BUT IT COULDN'T OF BEEN BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ONLY BRIGHT THICK LIGHT IN SKY.

IT ALSO CROSSED MY MIND THAT MAYBE IT WAS A JET DOING REGULAR FLIGHT TRAINING SINCE WE LIVE CLOSE TO AN AIRBASE, BUT THAT LIGHT NEVER COULD HAVE BEEN FROM A JET NOR THE THICKNESS OF THE LIGHT. THAT LIGHT WENT WAS MOVING AT AN EXTREMLY QUICK SPEED AND MANUVERED IN A WAY THAT NO JET OR PILOT WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTROL, THEN THE LIGHT WOULD DISAPPEAR FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS AND RETURN. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT GOT LOST IN THE CLOUDS BUT THEN REMEMBERED THAT THE SKY WAS SO CLEAR THAT THERE WERE NO CLOUDS THAT NIGHT SO HOW COULD THAT LIGHT DISAPPEAR AND THEN POP BACK UP AGAIN.

I TOLD THE 2 OTHER OCCUPANTS IN THE CAR TO LOOK AT THE FALLING STAR AND LOOKED AT IT BUT ONCE IT STARTED MOVING IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND AT AN EXTREMLEY FAST SPEED THEY ALSO NEW RIGHT AWAY THAT IT WAS NO STAR, NOR NO PLANE. ONCE WE GOT TO OUR PLACE OF DESTINATION APPROX 5 MIN WE JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR TRIED TO LOOK FOR THE SPEEDY LIGHT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE IT FOR ABOUT ANOTHER 30 SECONDS AND IT DISAPEARED AGAIN BUT THIS TIME FOR GOOD. I NEVER BELIEVED IN UFO'S BUT IT ISN'T UNTIL YOU SEE IT YOURSELF, THAT ONE BELIEVES.

10/29/05 6:30 PM

UFO Shape: fireball

Lasted: 7 MIN

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Surprise, AZ

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More lights west of Phoenix. This is the third night we have drove behind the white tank mountains and observed these orangish lights south of us toward Interstate 10. These lights at times stay in the exact same place for over 7 minutes.

sometimes there are 4 or 5 lights lined up in a straight row. I have looked at them thru my 700mm telescope and can see NO smoke trials. I dont believe these are flares.

The local news are reporting these are flares down at the Gila bend gunnery range south of our location. Last night we saw these same orangish lights north of our position toward Wickenburg,Az. There are no gunnery ranges in that direction nor militay bases of any kind.

At one time we saw two fighters fly around the white tank mountains west of us and headed north from us. We were watching them with binoculars when we observed this orange flash that appeared right behind them.this was not their counter measures from the air craft.

I dont have any answers but something strange is happening out here west of Phx.

10/25/05 7:30 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 11/2hr

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Surprise, AZ

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West Valley Lights again!! We were driving on Grand Ave. towards Sun City Grand and once again saw the lights over the West Valley. There were 2 huge glowing balls over the mountains over off of Interstate 10.

The Tolleson and Avondale area. Just like a few weeks ago, all of these sightings are at the same time, and there are NO military aircraft in the area!.

10/24/05 7:16 PM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: 2 minutes

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Surprise, AZ

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followed 6 lights in a circle shape My brother, myself and my two nephews were traveling back to Surprise from Wickenburg on Hwy 60 headed east. When the white tank mountains came into view, we observed three (3) lights (white) that looked like they were on top on the north side of the mountains. We watched them for at least thirty minutes dimming on and off.

There were no strob lights or the normal plane lights one would see. When we arrived at my house we observed a large bright white light to the southwest of the white tank mountains. This one was either much closer or much bigger than the other three that we had been watching.

My neighbors came out and started observing the big light with us. About that time my wife and daughter,husband and two kids came home. My daughter went and got my high powered binoculars and spotting scope.

With these we could see is a bigger brighter light. It seemed to have a red glow around it at times. My brother deceided to drive down sun vally parkway west to give chase to it as it was moving off to the west.

By now an hour had passed. As he got north of the white tank mountains they could still see they smaller lights above the mountains still stationary. But now the biggest light was center of the mounatins some three or four hundred feet above the mounatin top headed west.

Sun Valley parkway turns at some point and heads due south, as they were now headed. They started gaining on the object and could see 6 lights in a circle. They followed it and watched it head toward the Palo Verde nuclear power plant.

They watch it for another 45 minutes before it finally fadded away. I believe all air craft are required by law to have (strob lights) these had none. They were diffently not flares, nor choppers.

This is the second time in a year I have seen these lights over or behind or on top of these mountains.whats weird is we watched jets from Luke Air base flying all around but seemed to be oblivious to these lights. I will be watching this site to see if others report anything? ((ADDENDUM FROM SOURCE)) Peter Thanks for taking the time out and speaking to me about this incident.

I would like to add I am a Vietnam Combat veteran and have seen every type of flare. I have shot off hundred's of hand held flare's myself while in Vietnam. I know what a flare looks like and how it reacts to wind and other climates.

These lights were NOT flares. Flares do NOT move horizonally at the rate of speed these traveled when they left the area. I will send you a map and try and get asmuth's for you.

I spoke to the friend in Tonapah, Az, whom I called that also wittness the light but unfortunately he doesnt want to get involved. But I still have his location. If you can send me your fax number I will put together a detailed map and fax it to you in the next few days.

I'am going out tonight with my camera and camcorder in hopes it will come back tonight. My brother who was in the chase vehile will collaborate this story and give us a very good line of site on the map. He wrote down the highway marker as they sat watching these lights.

He also would not mind speaking to whom ever is interested in listening Thanks again. ((name of witness deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM)) ((NUFORC Note: We spoke with the source of this report, and found him to be an exceptionally good witness. PD)).

10/20/05 7:00 PM

UFO Shape: light

Lasted: 2 hrs.

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Surprise, AZ

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The first night of 3 possible nights. The first night we saw 3 bright lights above what would look like Interstate 10 in Arizona. The lights were huge and were spaced out as wide as 3 jumbo jet planes.

We saw them come out of no where and left just as they showed up. No trace, just gone, like a light switch. The second night, in the same place at the same time we saw 4 of the same lights in a perfect diamond shape.

After about 2 minutes the shape formed a perfect square. As soon as I snapped a pic (if you need it contact me, it is small, and if you know what you are looking at, you can make out the square) I looked at the phone (it was on a camera phone) it was gone again in a split second T he final night at the same time, same location I saw one small light for about 3 minutes and it was gone. The first night the media played of as Military flares.

The second night I saw the after burner of the Military planes and that is NOT what we saw those nights. What we saw all 3 nights sat there, made perfect shapes, not like flares or planes, and were huge. Then left.

10/04/05 7:15 PM

UFO Shape: changing

Lasted: 5 minutes

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Surprise, AZ

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Comet like light seen in the western sky near Surprise, Arizona We saw a bright but small light travelling from north to south in the western sky. There was a light orange trail of light behind the object that did a series of switchbacks going towards the south but staying at the same height. In front of this meandering was a birght white light that was slowly moving upwards and leaving a trail of light behind it like a comet.

The trail of light exteneded from the switchbacks upwards. Then the trail of light stopped and the bright light kept moving upwards and it looked like a haze shaped like a cone was behind the light. Then all at once, it disappeared.

The meandering switchbacks of light stayed in the sky for at least 7 minutes after the bright light disappeared. We drove west trying to see where the light was coming from and it looked to me like the trail of light started behing the White Tank Mountains.

09/22/05 7:30 PM

UFO Shape: fireball

Lasted: 3 minutes

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Surprise, AZ

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just a black triangle flying fast and silent. southeast direction. from my front yard.

just flew into a cloud and never returned! i live close to luke air force base but they fly f 16s mainly. if milatary it would have been a slealth but it never came out of the cloud. the cloud wasnt real big or rainy just a puffy cloud .

i also saw a mysterios object in late feb 1994? on the 10 freeway out side of yucipa ca. just a light changing colors never blinking nor flashing just one light changing colours like the rainbow i e blue to green to yellow to orange to red to purple to blue back to green and so on all the way across the horizon east to west thx jim.

06/11/05 3:00 PM

UFO Shape: triangle

Lasted: 25 sec

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Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2005 By Shape

This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.

Shape / Appearance Sightings % Of Total
Light 3 reported sightings 33.33% of all reports
Fireball 2 reported sightings 22.22% of all reports
Other 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports
Circle 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports
Changing 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports
Triangle 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports

Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2005 By Month

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.

Month Sightings % Of Total
October 6 reported sightings 66.67% of all reports
November 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports
June 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports
September 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports

Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2005 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 44.44% of all reports
Tuesday 2 reported sightings 22.22% of all reports
Thursday 2 reported sightings 22.22% of all reports
Monday 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports

Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2005 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
10/29/05 2 reported sightings 22.22% of all reports
10/20/05 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports
10/24/05 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports
10/25/05 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports
11/05/05 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports

Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings From 2005 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 7 reported sightings 77.78% of all reports
Afternoon 12:00 - 15:59 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports
Night 20:00 - 23:59 1 reported sightings 11.11% of all reports

Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Surprise, Arizona

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Surprise, Arizona.

Year Number of Reports View Reports
2024 2 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2024
2023 1 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2023
2022 3 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2022
2021 5 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2021
2020 1 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2020
2019 5 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2019
2018 1 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2018
2017 3 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2017
2016 5 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2016
2015 6 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2015
2014 5 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2014
2013 5 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2013
2012 10 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2012
2011 1 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2011
2010 3 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2010
2009 4 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2009
2008 4 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2008
2007 2 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2007
2006 3 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2006
2005 9 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
2004 1 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2004
2003 2 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2003
2002 3 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2002
2000 4 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2000
1998 1 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 1998

All Arizona Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2005

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Arizona in 2005. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Arizona in 2005.

City Number of Reports View Reports
Phoenix 46 UFO Reports Phoenix, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Tucson 16 UFO Reports Tucson, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Mesa 14 UFO Reports Mesa, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Scottsdale 13 UFO Reports Scottsdale, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Surprise 9 UFO Reports Surprise, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Chandler 7 UFO Reports Chandler, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Sedona 6 UFO Reports Sedona, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Peoria 5 UFO Reports Peoria, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Glendale 4 UFO Reports Glendale, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Lake Havasu City 4 UFO Reports Lake Havasu City, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Gila Bend 4 UFO Reports Gila Bend, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Gilbert 4 UFO Reports Gilbert, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Buckeye 3 UFO Reports Buckeye, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Casa Grande 3 UFO Reports Casa Grande, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Maricopa 3 UFO Reports Maricopa, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Flagstaff 3 UFO Reports Flagstaff, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Gold Canyon 2 UFO Reports Gold Canyon, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Prescott Valley 2 UFO Reports Prescott Valley, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Payson 2 UFO Reports Payson, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Green Valley 2 UFO Reports Green Valley, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Quartzite 2 UFO Reports Quartzite, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Marana 2 UFO Reports Marana, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Litchfield Park 2 UFO Reports Litchfield Park, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Yuma 2 UFO Reports Yuma, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Camp Verde 2 UFO Reports Camp Verde, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Ahwatukee 1 UFO Reports Ahwatukee, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Tempe 1 UFO Reports Tempe, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Sentinel 1 UFO Reports Sentinel, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Cornville 1 UFO Reports Cornville, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Willcox 1 UFO Reports Willcox, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Bullhead City 1 UFO Reports Bullhead City, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Benson 1 UFO Reports Benson, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Prescott 1 UFO Reports Prescott, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Black Canyon City 1 UFO Reports Black Canyon City, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Apache Junction 1 UFO Reports Apache Junction, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Paradise Valley 1 UFO Reports Paradise Valley, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Goodyear 1 UFO Reports Goodyear, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Saint Michaels 1 UFO Reports Saint Michaels, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
San Luis 1 UFO Reports San Luis, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Blyth 1 UFO Reports Blyth, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Quartzsite 1 UFO Reports Quartzsite, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Avondale 1 UFO Reports Avondale, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Huachuca City 1 UFO Reports Huachuca City, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Arizona 1 UFO Reports Arizona, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Welton 1 UFO Reports Welton, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Eloy 1 UFO Reports Eloy, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Dateland 1 UFO Reports Dateland, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Queen Creek 1 UFO Reports Queen Creek, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Lake Mead 1 UFO Reports Lake Mead, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Overgaard 1 UFO Reports Overgaard, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Arizona City 1 UFO Reports Arizona City, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Safford 1 UFO Reports Safford, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Tacna 1 UFO Reports Tacna, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Maricopa County 1 UFO Reports Maricopa County, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Rocking Chair Mtn 1 UFO Reports Rocking Chair Mtn, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Sierra Vista 1 UFO Reports Sierra Vista, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Oro Valley 1 UFO Reports Oro Valley, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Chiricahua National Monument 1 UFO Reports Chiricahua National Monument, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Black Mesa 1 UFO Reports Black Mesa, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Ajo 1 UFO Reports Ajo, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Dragoon 1 UFO Reports Dragoon, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005
Parker 1 UFO Reports Parker, Arizona UFO Sightings in 2005