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West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 21 UFO sighting reports in West Haven, Connecticut to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "fireball" (4 reports, 19.05% of total).
- July is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (8 reports, 38.10% of total).
- Sunday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 19.05% of total).
- 2022 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 9.52% of total).
- 11/03/13 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 4.76% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (12 reports, 57.14% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in West Haven, Connecticut
These West Haven, 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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Orange balls Orange ball shaped objects going at a slow speed. First 2 with one disappearing. A few minutes later 6 appeared suddenly and traveled slowly dimming and diminishing a few at a time.
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One large bright light was shooting out what seemed to be other ships There was one stationary light positioned behind my house from what I saw spit out about 4-5 lights within the matter of about minute of each other that moved across the sky at a slow pace an disappear behind the clouds. Didn’t show any flashing lights like the plane I show In one of the videos. This is over water right near a airport in new haven county.
At the end of the video I capture the larger bright light between houses. Last video I moved locations out to the front of my house. It shows the bright object move horizontally upwards with lights reflecting off the clouds very far in the distance.
All these videos were shot In the matter of 4 minutes. no way that many planes were moving by the airport. I checked flight tracker No flights were due over tweed but that 1 i filmed.
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Dr luis and i saw bright light Stationary for about five minutes All of a sudden it shoots straight up into the sky if you blink you m Big round fireball was right outside the window Dr. Luis and I were arguing if it was Venus or tower I grab my phone to focus on it and I could see that it was a round fiery object with blue light plasma around it but when I took the lens off it just looks like an amber color I went to take a picture of it and it shut up Into the sky If you blinked you missed it when I looked at the picture it showed an object totally different from the light shooting up in the sky it looked more like a TicTac.
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Bright enormous light shooting across sky with no sound. Large, bright white flash so white and bright and huge that it lit up the sky and reflected on the leaves of nearby tree. Flash had a tail and lasted for about a second and a half that instantly disappeared.
No sound heard at all.
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Two witnesses were walking to the beach near the fair that West Haven has going on this weekend, near Altschuler Beach. As they approached the Ferris Wheel and the bright lights of the Fair, they saw first 3, then 4, and 5, and a total of 7 amber lights above the Fair, in a rectangular formation, high enough in the sky that one witness said to the other, “do you think these are drones”? The other witness said that they appeared too high in the sky to be drones. They shifted the rectangular formation and moved but there was no pattern to their movement.
They were quite bright. At first, the thought occurred that these were some aerial part of the Fair. But the lights could fade and disappear within seconds, leaving only 3, and then finally 1 and that one disappeared.
The lights also seemed to go far higher very quickly. Witness 1 wondered why no one at the Fair seemed to be looking up. Witness 2 asked someone at the Fair about these lights and that person reported to Witness 2 that he saw them, and didn’t know what they were.
They were completely gone for about 10 minutes and all of them came back in a similar linear/rectagonal form and then moved and then each one disappeared, except one of them. Witness 1 had to urinate and was searching for a portapotty, but first saw a row of about 4 truck cabs that were parked at the Fair and was thinking of urinating there, but looked up and sure enough there was 1 amber light moving slowly towards the trucks high up. Witness 1 decided it was not the best idea to urinate there and before he/she found a portapotty, the light completely disappeared.
The motion was not like any type motion that Witness 1 ever saw before. Witness 2 was not very impressed at the sighting. “Even if this were aliens, so what,” she/he said.
Witness 1 was very impressed at the sighting but both witnesses are rather concerned that there was no one they felt they could make this report to. That is the entirety of the report. By 22:00 H there seemed no chance these objects would! return.
Both witnesses walked home. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Strange light high in the sky over the water several times a week. I live at one of the highest points in West Haven so I have a clear view of the coast for many miles. For several months I have noticed a strange light high in the sky (at least once or twice a week and sometimes more often) that seems to be over the water.
It’s a very bright flickering light that looks diamond shaped sometimes and triangular in shape other times. I’m not sure what town it’s actually over but I assume it might be New Haven but could be as far away as Branford or even Guilford. I usually see it between 2am and 4am and it’s usually out there for at least 1 hour before disappearing.
It’s always high in the sky and does not move for that particular night, however every night that I see it, it’s not always in the same location that it was the prior night when seen. For the past 2 nights there were 2 of these lights out there not far from each other. I’m really not sure what these lights are but there is something out there and just wanted to report it.
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fireballs in the sky We saw two fire balls side by side, then two minutes two more fire balls side by side and then 2 minutes later a single fire ball then another and another. A total of seven. They were not that high and there was silence no sound of engines.
They all traveled the same exact route and then disappeared.
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Multiple orange balls of light seen hovering southwest of the West Haven, CT beach near Long Island, NY between approximately Northport Bay and Port Jefferson Harbor. There were around six or seven lights in the sky that remained in the same area for the two hours we (four males, early-mid twenties) observed them, from around 21:00 to 23:00 on 17 July 2014. The lights kept fading in and out, as they rearranged themselves into different triangular patterns in the sky.
They would intensify in brightness, then fade to darkness before reappearing in the same area. One of the lights was much higher and farther west than the group doing formations. This phenomena occurred for over one hour.
At approximately 22:15 a low flying military jet aircraft, with the delta wings clearly visible, flew northbound over the West Haven beach, made a sharp left turn (right over our heads) and traveled westbound toward the lights seen over Long Island, following the CT coastline. A few minutes after the jet had disappeared beyond our line of sight, two red lights appearing to be attached to a single projectile materialized out of the lone light that was higher than the group. At first it appeared to be an air-to-ground missile or a plane crashing into the sea.
The object was traveling extremely quickly downwards and to the left in a straight line at a 45° angle from the lone light. It was traveling at a speed much higher than freefall speed, and in a trajectory that can not be explained by something falling. It disappeared when it reached our visible horizon.
There were no sounds or visuals indicating any explosion or impact. The projectile appeared for only a few seconds. After witnessing the air-to-surface projectile, the orbs of light in the sky began to travel eastbound as a group and the lone light traveled in the opposite direction.
The lights faded, disappeared, and did not reappear. We left the beach at 23:00.
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strange ligtht next to sun must see , smaller object going around light left trail I have a picture that I just send in, comet looking trail seen in pic I took after leaving Work , small round object going around in circles around comet, sun was so bright I put sun clases on I see next to sun that comet looking thing but with sun classes on I could see like a rainbow effect on sky emitted by comet looking So I write to u because I believe it was a ufo ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Three orange orbs flying in a triangular formation. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Pulled over to the beach to watch the water at night. I noticed an object with what seemed to be trailing flames falling pretty quickly in the distance (over the Northern CT coast.) I thought maybe it was a meteor but it didn't seem to be falling at the speed of gravity.
The trailing flames disappeared and it seemed to hover for a while as a red light in the distance. Eventually it disappeared into haze. it never landed or flew away.
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2 sets of orange glowing lights in a triangle shape seen in West Haven CT. traveling west to east! 3 orange lights in a triangle caught my eye & I pointed it out 2 my 2 other friends. We got up & walked to keep it in our sight as it traveled from west to east.
We where all debating on what we where seeing, but all of our guesses didn't fit!It was slow moving & right before it was out of our view another came into view.It followed the same path. As the second one was just moving out of sight 2 airplanes came from the south & followed it east.
Were they following it to see what it was?? We where all blown away & couldn't believe what we know we saw!!.
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Orange lights hovering across night sky three orange lights shaped as triangles hovering across the night sky. they were moving at a constant speed about 3 or 4 mph. I saw about 9 of them all coming from the same direction ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate.
PD)) ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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I saw a light in the sky that could not, in my opinion, have been a plane. I was in my car, driving home from my office. It was twilight, just beginning to grow dark, and I saw what appeared to be a star in the sky.
I remember thinking to myself that it seemed to early to start seeing stars, and that this one was not only early but strangely bright. And then, when I stopped at a stop sign, I realized it was moving. My first thought was I had mistaken a plane for a star, but it occurred to me that most planes blink, or have red lights.
This was an extremely bright, steady white light. It wasn't moving extraordinarily fast, but it was moving pretty fast. I heard no sounds (other than my own car's engine, with the window down on such a hot night) so I grew more and more curious as to what it was.
Then, as my car began moving again, it simply faded away and was gone. It didn't simply blink out, but seemed to fade off as if it was on a dimmer switch. I could see nothing but blue-ish, darkening sky.
No clouds.
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bright green comet or unidentified object that appeared to crash into the Earth Tonight, I was looking out of my window to the Northwest and I saw what first appeared to be a plane crashing. The object was traveling from West to East and was North of West Haven. As I continued to watch the object, it seemed as though it was going way too fast to be a plane crashing.
My second thought was that it was a comet or shooting star. It had a tail similar a shooting star. But I have never seen a shooting star as close to the Earth or appear to crash in the distance like this did.
As the object approached the horizon, The light went from a bright white to a much brighter green flying behind hills in the distance. It appeared to have crashed several miles in the distance. I would say that the size was much bigger than the largest star in the sky and the trail was about as wide as the moon.
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between 6-8 bright orange balls flying in formation, same flight path approx same altitude headed to Long Island On July 4th, 2009 from approximately 10pm and 10:05pm, myself, my wife and my 11 year old son witnessed several orange balls of light in the sky. They were heading in a southeasterly direction silently towards the ocean at about 30 mph. They were a brilliant orange in color and were the size of a quarter at arms length.
There was approximately 1000 feet between each of the orange “balls”. There was a slight altitude difference between one “ball” and the next but the distance separating each ball was the same. They were all generally flying on the same flight path.
They kept coming one after the other and we estimate between 6 and 8 of the orange “balls”. I was able to snap 2 photos but no video because of a dead battery. After I had called my son and wife outside and they were able to see what I was seeing, I took my son with me in the car to try to get a closer look.
As we were driving we saw the last one heading towards Long Island. I got out of my car and tried to get a photo but it was too late. Before the last one was out of sight, it seemed to get 2 to 3 times brighter and then just shoot off.
These orange balls were first sighted in my backyard in West Haven, CT and we followed them about ½ mile to the West Haven shore before they headed out towards Long Island. I watch the sky almost every night and have never seen anything like this before. My wife was actually a little upset after seeing this.
It was not fireworks or planes or helicopters, I’m absolutely sure. We just want to know what it was.
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Green sphere/ball of light that moved quickly, it appeared quickly and vanished quickly. This event had occurred very quickly, I still get the chills thinking about what I saw. This object was a ball of light.
It was almost like a spot light. I thought it was a spot light for about a hot second then I realized it was not. This ball of light was a heavy light green color.
It was above these tall pine trees behind my neighbors house. This sphere of light moved very quickly. It moved left to right fast then it didn’t move for about 2 seconds then it moved very quickly to the side and was gone.
It was the size of a big beach ball only except it was a ball of light that was dark green and it was bright, but not to bright. I waited and watched for it to happen again but it didn’t. I wish I knew what it was but it happened so quickly and long ago.
Its almost like it didn’t happen because my mind doesn’t want to accept it. It was unreal and fast, but I know what I saw. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate.
PD)).
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the craft sat motionless in the air for about 10 minutes, and then shot off at incredible speed. It was around 2:00 am. My friend and I were talking when my dog started crying.
I figured he wanted to go outside so me and my friend took him for a walk. We brought him over by an abandoned house and he stopped. No matter what I did he wouldn’t budge.
That’s when my friend pointed out an object in the sky. It was northwest of where we were standing. It had three white lights in each corner of the craft.
There was also a red aura emanating from it. I was in the air force and am used to seeing aircrafts, but this is something I had never seen before. I’m even fond of the crafts they are developing today and couldn’t recognize this craft.
It sat in the air, motionless for about 10 minutes from what my friend and I saw, and then shot off at unbelievable speed. I could not believe my eyes, and was scared to talk about it to anybody. My friend and I kept it to ourselves until now.
You are the first to hear this story.
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flying disk i was laying in bed with my blinds up and all of a sudden i was starring at this fast moving object through my window it was just above my trees in the backyard moving at about 5 or 6 mph it was circular and very small. i almost thought it was an electric R.C.
or something but my neighbors were not outside and no one was around outside besides it was to high in the air. it was gray/silver small moved in a shaky fast circular motion and then it was gone vanishing behind the trees. the second i saw this i ran downstairs to tell my family what i just saw.
they probably think i am crazy. i know what i saw and it was creepy ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)) ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
PD)).
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it was like it was waching me and my friends me and like 6 of my friends were playing out side and we saw a UFO and it was like midnite and we saw a disk shaped thing it was like red and yellow it went really slow like it was waching use and then it went up and did a flip and disaperd.
West Haven, 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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Fireball | 4 reported sightings | 19.05% of all reports |
Light | 3 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Triangle | 3 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Sphere | 3 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Circle | 2 reported sightings | 9.52% of all reports |
Disk | 2 reported sightings | 9.52% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
Flash | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
Other | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
West Haven, 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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July | 8 reported sightings | 38.10% of all reports |
January | 3 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
November | 2 reported sightings | 9.52% of all reports |
August | 2 reported sightings | 9.52% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
March | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
September | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
October | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
West Haven, 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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Sunday | 4 reported sightings | 19.05% of all reports |
Tuesday | 3 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Saturday | 3 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Wednesday | 3 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Thursday | 3 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Monday | 2 reported sightings | 9.52% of all reports |
Friday | 2 reported sightings | 9.52% of all reports |
West Haven, 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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11/03/13 | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
02/07/05 | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
08/30/13 | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
03/16/08 | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
09/28/14 | 1 reported sightings | 4.76% of all reports |
West Haven, 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 | 12 reported sightings | 57.14% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 4 reported sightings | 19.05% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 2 reported sightings | 9.52% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 2 reported sightings | 9.52% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in West Haven, Connecticut
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in West Haven, Connecticut.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2023 | 1 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2023 |
2022 | 2 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2022 |
2019 | 1 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2019 |
2018 | 1 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2018 |
2015 | 1 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2015 |
2014 | 2 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2014 |
2013 | 2 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2013 |
2012 | 2 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2012 |
2011 | 1 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2011 |
2010 | 2 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2010 |
2009 | 1 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2009 |
2008 | 2 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2008 |
2006 | 1 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2006 |
2005 | 1 UFO Reports | West Haven, Connecticut UFO Sightings in 2005 |
All Connecticut Cities with UFO Sightings
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