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Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 10 UFO sighting reports in Waterford, Connecticut to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "unknown" (3 reports, 30.00% of total).
- April is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 20.00% of total).
- Tuesday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 30.00% of total).
- 2018 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 20.00% of total).
- 04/01/75 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 10.00% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (6 reports, 60.00% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Waterford, Connecticut
These Waterford, Connecticut UFO reports 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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Fireball craft far below clouds, just above tree line lasting 1 second When viewing a mostly clear sky and bright moon, a fireball craft darted from left to right above the tree line but far below the clouds. This phenomenon was to the right of the moon. The fireball was orange.
Moments after the sighting a man in his underwear was disoriented and approached the observers from behind. The man said he was a navy seal.
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The left one was bigger and white- the right was was smaller and red. It was NOT airplanes. I was driving and looked up- saw to things in the sky that we’re heading and shooting down.
Almost like an airplane far away but it wasn’t. One was red and one was white. They were biggish and slowly disappeared.
By time I pulled into a plaza to take a video- they were both gone. I do have Live Photos I did in fact take while driving. I was honestly scared they were bombs coming for the local nuclear plant.
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28 orbs appear evenly spaced then disappear just below the major. 28 eight orbs evenly spaced, they appeared next too the star lalula borialuis and disappeared just under US Major. One of the orbs was also red while the others were a whitish blue.
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Three red lights silently floating While driving we saw red lights through the trees. We wanted to see where the lights were coming from so we followed them. Three red lights slowly drifted above the trees and passed over us as we tried to follow it.
I rolled down my window to hear if it made any sound. It was silent. I tried to look beyond the lights to see if the object/s was a plane or drones.
I couldn’t see anything. It was as though they were three separate red lights moving in unison. I checked our car clock to see if we had “lost time” but only a few minutes passed.
The object(s) drifted away from the road and above a Forrest our of sight. I instructed the driver to follow it knowing that if it kept heading in the same direction it would be in an open space above water soon. We sped down the road to catch up with it but never regained sight of it again.
We retraced our path to see if there was anything we could have mistook for a flying object. There was a radio tower but the towers lights couldn’t have crossed the road.
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Two white orbs hovering in the sky above the woods near my house. They were about the same size. Completely silent.
Suddenly just disappeared.
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I saw an orange orb Frozen in place in the sky, until some planes began to head towards it! Okay, so, I was in my room (which is located on the second floor of my house) watching a UFO documentary on YouTube via my PS4, when outside of my window I saw an orange orb just still, not moving. I was watching a UFO documentary because, back in May, I had creepy dreams about being abducted by ufos and kept waking up to my window glowing Green light, and feeling a sense of sleep paralysis. My window would also sometimes containing a bunch of computerized 0s and 1s, so I was doing my own version of "research" haha.
At first I got nervous, and tried to use deduction to figure out whether it was simply a plane, a rocket, a weather balloon, or something unidentified, but then it began to act strange. It stayed still for a good amount of minutes, which I couldn't make sense of, but took the opportunity to take a picture anyways with my phone (my hands shook out of nervousness so it came out looking odd instead of orb shaped). All of a sudden though I saw some blinking planes (I assume they were planes) heading towards it, about two of them at first, and the orange orb started moving DIRECTLY UPWARDS.
Not diagonal, just upwards, which made me think of a rocket for a second. That's when I took my phone again and started recording it, but my hands kept moving and I was breathing hard out of nervousness so that also came out bad. Eventually it passed the planes, went over my house and when I stood outdoors, I noticed it no longer looked orange, but instead, was hard to see and blinking.
Then it went over the trees and vanished, followed by 4 planes. Once it went over my house I took like 7-10 secs to get outside so it could've vanished then and afterwards what I saw blinking was one of the now 4 planes following the same direction, but I don't know what to make of it. The video I took had mysteriously ended up in my email trash bin, but maybe I hit something by accident and caused that bit.
I have further seen this orange orb 2 or 3 more times in July around the same general location each time, and someone else in my room witnessed the last time with me, but I haven't bothered to try and get more pictures. Also I am not saying this orb that keeps coming back is an alien, but it to me is unidentified.
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Red & orange fireball, slow moving, with no sound. One red-orange fireball moving slowly across sky over our house as we watched the super moon. There was no sound.
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Red ball of light traveling west and gaining altitude until lost in clouds. Heading south on route 1 in Waterford, CT, at approximately 21:20, my spouse and I happened to notice an orange object in the sky heading west and gaining altitude. The object was somewhat square and solid orange, as if it were a ball of light or the bottom of a rocket burning fuel through the atmosphere.
The object was several thousand feet up when spotted. I pulled over and got out of our vehicle while I handed my wife my iPhone to record the object. There was no sound that we could hear being omitted from the object and we watched for almost 3 minutes before it disappeared into the clouds.
I must add that I specifically looked for flashing lights off of potential wings, but there weren't any. Tonight is a relatively clear night and I can identify airplanes in the sky as I type this report.
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Missile-shaped object flies over Nuclear Facility in Waterford CT. ((NUFORC Note: We suspect the witnesses observed the object that was reported by the U. S.
Space Command, Peterson AFB, Colorado Springs, CO, as a re-entering Soviet rocket shell. Our gratitude to this witness for having taking the time and trouble to contact us, and to provide such a thorough report. PD)) On 09/06/2001, at 0550 hours (EDST) myself and several witnesses viewed a "missile-shaped" object just south of Waterford, CT over Long Island Sound.
I am the Armed Response Force Team Leader at Millstone Nuclear in Waterford, CT and several of the witnesses are Armed Response Force Members and/or Licensed Nuclear Reactor Operators. From a distance of approximately one half mile, we witnessed what, at first, appeared to be a rapidly approaching plane heading toward our facility from the direction of Orient Point Long Island, NY. This appeared as a very bright light approximately 300-400 feet above sea level, moving toward us at a high rate of speed.
The object was flying parallel to the ground at this height until it reached a distance approximately 1/4 mile from our shorline. It then began a trajectory at approximately 60-70%, still headed in a North-Easterly direction (toward Providence, RI). At this point, we were able to discern the outline of the object.
It was approximately 35-40' in length and shaped very much like a rocket or missile. It had a four-fin tail end and swept back wings near the front end. The wings extended back and outward from the body, but we could not discern the distance they extended outward.
As the object began to gain altitude, there were red sparks and bluish/white smoke erupting from the rear. Although the flight path maintained a North-East bearing, it was evident that the object was not flying in a straight-line manner once it began its' ascent. The flight path became somewhat erratic as the object continued to gain altitude and proceded northward.
Because of the amount of contrail (which remained visible in the sky for nearly an hour) and the amount of flame being emitted, many of us were convinced the object was going to crash. Many of the witnesses are former Naval Nuclear personnel and most thought the object was a "Polaris-type" missile or some other type of nautically-luanched device. The weather conditions at the time of this incident were clear, mild, and very little wind, The air temperature was approximately 60 degrees Farenheit.
There were no other objects visible in the sky and the sun was just rising above the horizon to our East. we were able to view the object for approximately ane and one-half minutes prior to it becoming indistinct. Because we are a Federally Regulated Nuclear Facility, I made immediate notification to the FAA.
The FAA made inquiries to all the airports on the North East Corridor and none reported any planes down or in trouble at the time of the sighting, however, the FAA had recieved several other phone calls conerning this incident. The FAA called me back about an hour later and suggested I file this report.
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A Summer Date in July 1979 Near Millstome Power Plant One evening during the summer of July 79 while on a date with my future husband we were driving the beach road in our home town. I noticed a round light over the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant. I was watching it while we drove.
I noticed that it appeared to be jumping around in the sky. I asked my then boyfriend to stop the car and look at it too. We parked the car and watched this round light jump all over the sky in a random pattern.
It would then hover and move again. We watched this for awhile and then though it would be fun to watch it from the swings at the beach. We drove to the beach watching it, parked the car and watched it.
Sat on the swings not moving and watched it. At one point we got scared because it moved move over the area we were sitting at and hovered. It was still far enough up in the sky to be round but it was larger at this point.
Then while we were watching it got very bright and zoomed over the ocean at a great speed. The light left a! tail that went away as fast at the light it self did. In a second it was gone.
We both remember this day exactly how it happened. It was the one and only time we every saw anything like this. I finally wanted to share this event after all this time.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).
Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings 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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Unknown | 3 reported sightings | 30.00% of all reports |
Circle | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings 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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April | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
August | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% 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 |
July | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings 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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Tuesday | 3 reported sightings | 30.00% of all reports |
Saturday | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Monday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings 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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04/01/75 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
08/03/14 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
08/29/15 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
06/07/17 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
04/02/18 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings 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 | 6 reported sightings | 60.00% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Waterford, Connecticut
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Waterford, Connecticut.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2023 | 1 UFO Reports | Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2023 |
2022 | 1 UFO Reports | Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2022 |
2020 | 1 UFO Reports | Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2020 |
2018 | 2 UFO Reports | Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2018 |
2017 | 1 UFO Reports | Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2017 |
2015 | 1 UFO Reports | Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2015 |
2014 | 1 UFO Reports | Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2014 |
2001 | 1 UFO Reports | Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2001 |
1975 | 1 UFO Reports | Waterford, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 1975 |
All Connecticut Cities with UFO Sightings
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