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Connecticut UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 65 UFO sighting reports in Connecticut from 2023 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "changing" (7 reports, 10.77% of total).
- July is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (11 reports, 16.92% of total).
- Thursday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (11 reports, 16.92% of total).
- 06/25/23 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 3.08% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (24 reports, 36.92% of total).
Connecticut UFO Sighting Reports in 2023
This is a sampling of 20 Connecticut UFO reports from 2023, 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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Long cigar tubular craft with odd propulsion Seen over Stratford, CT from a friend's car while they were driving southbound and after entering i95 SB.
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Had no sound. All flew into the same direction I was going to the car to get her Glasses when I look up I see 3 triangle shape floating silently but all came from the west to East so took my phone out and Called my wife then I hit record as she was asking me what was that. We called my son and niece and my daughter to look at it.
I know u wasn’t going crazy it was clearly not something normal. I stop recording and more came at this point my wife is freaking out and so much was goi g through my head. Would like to know if the Life Start Helicopter from Hartford Hospital seen them cause the ones that came after where a lot lower than the ones I recorded.
I decided to send this video so that you guys can see. I believe the wife might have more videos and my kids and niece where there as witnesses. Experience of a lifetime.
Always was a believer but never in my wildest dream I would have thought to see one.
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Saw a moving red disk on 11/19/23 at 5:17 est. I saw what I initially thought to be Venus shining brighter and bigger than usual. Then it started moving fast so I took a video.
It was red and spinning rather fast in a zigzag pattern.
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Craft swooped down fast & floated with bright white rotating lights & 2 beams of light darting around & on & off The object seemed to drop straight down from high above the sky. It seemed closer to me at first, but as it slowly moved & rotated,& its lights began to rotate & flash, it became clear the object was massive & just seemed closer. Each large bright white light rotated in various directions.
It had 2 beams of light that darted around downward & turned on & off. After about 20 minutes, it began to lift up farther into the sky & then swooped upward. It then shot straight up into the sky towards the atmosphere & disappeared.
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Very still looked like a shiny weather balloon Saw what we thought was a “low flying plane” but didn’t move, and it was too bright for any stars. Looked like a football with a slightly narrowed bottom. I had my son watch it from the back seat to see if it moved at all but he still says it was still the entire time.
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Metallic spinning object twinkling in the sun. Spinning consistently with what looked like lights as well. An object was crossing the sky in a seeming straight line and consistent slowish speed (a plane flew lower and went much faster).
The sun was reflecting off the object so it was bright but it was spinning so it was twinkling. No sound. A plane flew under nearby it much faster and louder.
I noticed it on the horizon and watched it cross across the sky above me for at least 5 minutes. Took a cell phone video which also seems to show it was spinning. No spoke or trail behind it.
Thought it may be a balloon but appeared higher than the plane and also would have had to be very large to be visible from there. Also it was at a consistent speed and spin, not appearing to be in the wind.
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Saw a fast moving object. While waiting in front of my house with my two kids and wife for school bus to arrive, we saw a fast, shiny, object moving high in the sky. The object had no white streaks, or flashing lights the way a jet does.
It appeared to be moving very fast then it slowed down and then it moved fast again.
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Saw stationary object in the sky potentially over Groton, Ct (navel base) Looked like the size of a star during the night but during the day, but not a light. Roundish or oblong in shape. In 40 years never saw anything like it.
It did not move at all while watching it. looked again a few hours later and it was gone. Potentially over naval base in Groton.
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Unknown lights at backyard We have 2 ring cameras and the one at the back barely gives us warning , suddenly we had a movement, when we checked it 3 lights on the same line came from sky to ground then moved up back, we thought that they were bugs or something then we realized that we could see their lights on the ground and on trees. We might be wrong but what if we are right, if there is any movement on FAA radar that may help you, otherwise sorry for taking your time when you are watching the video.
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I saw it, and then a few seconds later it disappeared, and that it reappeared a few seconds later. It appeared high up in the sky and was small like higher than an airplane. It was freight, silver, and either typical UFO shape or a long cylinder, not quite sure, because it appeared for a few seconds, and then it disappeared and then I was like wait a minute without a UFO and then it reappeared again, like as if to answer lol.
And then a few seconds later, it disappeared again. The sky is blue, and no clouds in sight. About 30 to 45 minutes later the emergency alert system went off and I thought the timing was interesting so I figured the military had seen it and it being so close to New York City…? Maybe it set off the alert so I thought I should report what I saw!.
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A bright stationary object that took off about 1K miles per Hr. The sun was behind me about ready to start setting. After playing catch with my dog , we both sat down to rest.
Being, about 4 PM , it was a busy time at our small airport, about a mile north east of us.I started watching the small single engine planes taking off one after the other. While watching, a bright spot just above the tree line caught my eye, I kept watching this bright spot trying to figure out what it could be when it suddenly shot up about a 45 degree angle.
From its startup, it was moving so fast ,( Maybe about a thousand miles per hr.) I quickly lost track of it as it went behind a cumulus cloud.
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We saw it. My husband did say ok my bf. Said he saw 20 of them the week before following each other But I got this one on video.
Honestly I don't what shape it was.
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12 aircraft being led by one I was driving and noticed a group of flying objects high up in the air. There was one lead aircraft and a group of 12 following it but they were fairly still. I was driving so couldn’t take the best pictures but will supply a few.
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2 Flashing orb/cubes caught circling each other, then going to a wider diameter, then separating and going off in opposite directions At 8:15, I noticed two bright lights in the sky circling each other in a tight circle, then into a larger circle. Then the two lights went off in opposite directions of each other (one SW and one NE). I was able to take a pic of them close together, then the second video shows them going away from each other.
The third 44 sec video is of one of the crafts/lights leaving. When you zoom in, the object is flashing multiple colors and seems to be rotating/tumbling. No sounds came from either of the crafts and no vapor trail or any obvious way of propulsion.
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Thought it was shooting star, no sound. Stopped/hung in mid-air. 3 red lights, turned green.
Lights turned white then flew west. A nice night, my husband (former Air Force) and I were on our deck enjoying the night. He looked up and said "Look! A shooting star!" I caught it flying diagonally downwards from the east (about a 30 degree trajectory) and it just stopped.
The "tail" of what we first thought was a shooting star dissipated very quickly before it stopped in mid-air. Just a small dot of light. Then three steady, round red lights poof! went on.
It just hung out there, perfectly still, in mid air for about a minute. Then the lights turned green for a few seconds. The lights went white and it sped off west.
We lost sight of it behind the trees. There was no sound, no chem trails, no light trail. No craft in the sky.
We unfortunately did not get a picture. We weren't quick enough. But I can draw a diagram to figure the distance and size.
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Glowing orb which suddenly vanished. I looked out of my glass deck door and saw a glowing light which looked odd and not like an airplane. It looked orange and white.
I ran to my room to grab my phone and caught it on video for a few and then it disappeared. I also saw aircraft activity near it but this did not resemble an airplane or helicopter. The encounter laster about a minute or so after I saw it but it could've been there longer.
I also have been noticing other glowing strange lights lately plus extra airplane activity and saw another white round glowing light last week but it was moving slowly. My and my girlfriend both saw the one last week but the one tonight I saw alone. This one looked lower to the ground and closer.
I also noticed my outside flood light which hasn't worked in 2 years flicker for about 2 hours a week ago which I found strange.
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Slow moving circle object While walking our dog, I noticed a slow moving white circle object directly above us. Most notable was that the speed and apparent altitude did not seem to match and the object made no sound. It passed by taking a full minute or so to move out oht sight then came around a 2nd time about 2 minutes later.
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Shapeshifting object with lights that can move My dad was driving on Hartford Road at night to go to a clothing store when I noticed a stationary disk shaped object with white lights placed on the top of the object. I then pulled out my phone and recorded the object staying still in the sky. It then started to move and lost some of its lights shaping a triangle.
I believe it may have shape-shifted from a disk with lights on top into a triangle shape with lights at its three corners. The object then flew behind some trees and I was unable to view it.
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Craft outside above apartments every night for about 3.5 weeks. Craft dropped down and something started to come out of it,I ran inside I’m very concerned as I e been seeing these crafts a lot over the past 3 years.
Please advise and check all areas being reported. I do feel this is becoming a bit of a global I invasive issue. Once I got inside my home I locked all doors but heard voices.
I’m hoping this is not a common theme lately as I’ve looked up the UFO reporting map and there’s usually well over a dozen over the U.S.
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The objects had a dark center, they were orange, they were in groups of two and three but some were singular in traveling while out walking the dog I spotted the first in a progression of objects, There was a baseball game going on in field across from my house and a game was taking place. It seemed as if the objects wanted to fly over but the bright lights caused them to detur to the east, they were lower than airplanes and they made no sound. I called my girlfriend and she came and witnessed it as well.
They were bright orange with a dark center and silent.
Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2023 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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Changing | 7 reported sightings | 10.77% of all reports |
Unknown | 6 reported sightings | 9.23% of all reports |
Light | 6 reported sightings | 9.23% of all reports |
Triangle | 6 reported sightings | 9.23% of all reports |
Orb | 5 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Circle | 5 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Oval | 4 reported sightings | 6.15% of all reports |
Rectangle | 4 reported sightings | 6.15% of all reports |
Other | 4 reported sightings | 6.15% of all reports |
Cigar | 3 reported sightings | 4.62% of all reports |
Disk | 3 reported sightings | 4.62% of all reports |
Formation | 3 reported sightings | 4.62% of all reports |
Cylinder | 2 reported sightings | 3.08% of all reports |
Chevron | 2 reported sightings | 3.08% of all reports |
Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 3.08% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 1.54% of all reports |
Star | 1 reported sightings | 1.54% of all reports |
Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2023 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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July | 11 reported sightings | 16.92% of all reports |
August | 9 reported sightings | 13.85% of all reports |
May | 7 reported sightings | 10.77% of all reports |
October | 6 reported sightings | 9.23% of all reports |
March | 6 reported sightings | 9.23% of all reports |
September | 6 reported sightings | 9.23% of all reports |
January | 5 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
November | 5 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
February | 4 reported sightings | 6.15% of all reports |
June | 3 reported sightings | 4.62% of all reports |
April | 2 reported sightings | 3.08% of all reports |
December | 1 reported sightings | 1.54% of all reports |
Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2023 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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Thursday | 11 reported sightings | 16.92% of all reports |
Friday | 11 reported sightings | 16.92% of all reports |
Saturday | 10 reported sightings | 15.38% of all reports |
Sunday | 10 reported sightings | 15.38% of all reports |
Wednesday | 8 reported sightings | 12.31% of all reports |
Tuesday | 8 reported sightings | 12.31% of all reports |
Monday | 7 reported sightings | 10.77% of all reports |
Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2023 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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06/25/23 | 2 reported sightings | 3.08% of all reports |
03/09/23 | 2 reported sightings | 3.08% of all reports |
07/14/23 | 2 reported sightings | 3.08% of all reports |
07/04/23 | 2 reported sightings | 3.08% of all reports |
09/14/23 | 2 reported sightings | 3.08% of all reports |
Connecticut UFO Sightings From 2023 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 | 24 reported sightings | 36.92% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 22 reported sightings | 33.85% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 7 reported sightings | 10.77% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 5 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 4 reported sightings | 6.15% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 3 reported sightings | 4.62% of all reports |
All Connecticut Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2023
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Connecticut, in 2023
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Connecticut
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Connecticut.