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Delaware UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 4 UFO sighting reports in Delaware from 2001 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "circle" (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- July is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Monday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 06/10/01 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the evening, between the hours of 16:00 - 19:59 (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
Delaware UFO Sighting Reports in 2001
This is a sampling of 20 Delaware UFO reports from 2001, 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:
SEEN A WHITE TRAIL VERY FAST ,EGG IN FROUNT , EGG WAS BLUE GOING UP RT 13 IN SMYRNA, DEL HEADED NORTH LOOKED UP SEEN A WHITE TRAIL VERY FAST EGG IN FROUNT EGG WAS BLUE TRAIL WAS WHITE, I AM A PILOT IT WAS NO PLANE COLORER WAS A WHITE BLUISH SORRY BEST I COULD DO WEATHER : SUNNY ABOUT 86 BLUE SKY SOME CLOUDS I LOST IT BEHIND A CLOUD.
Full Report Text:
Shifting formation of amber lights A little bit of background info: This experience happened in about mid-summer of '01, before we moved out of our old house. It was situated on a nice, high hill, with a beautiful view of rural PA and a very dark western sky. I was a hobbyist stargazer growing up in such a nice dark sky, so I have a rudimentary knowledge of sky measurement.
I occasionally liked to look out my window and stargaze for a bit before going to bed. Around 11 pm or so one night, I happened to look out and notice an odd sight: 5 or 6 bright amber lights, ranged widely-spaced line on a rising angle of perhaps 15-20 degrees to the horizon. The lowest, most southern light was perhaps one fingerwidth from the horizon, while the highest northern one was about three fingerwidths.
The lights were all sort of. drifting in their line, upwards and northern slowly in their line. Then, the most northern light suddenly speeded up and faded off into apparent nothingness.
The rest of the lights continued to move along the path, until the second light was in the position of where the first had been. A new light then faded in in the southern end, apparently slowing down from come speed, and took the hindmost position. I watched this, and another shifting, for perhaps five minutes, then went down the hall and knocked on my parents' door.
They called my brother, and all four of us watched this for another five or ten minutes or so out of their large bedroom window. I went and got my pair of binoculars to try and see if there were any other identifying lights on the objects. I could see none, but I noticed either some sort of odd fuzziness or atmospheric distortion, as if they were at least a good few miles away.
My parents got bored and shooed my brother and I out of the room. So I went back to my own room and watched the 'scene' for another few minutes, the objects rotating in their line another two times, until all of the lights sped up and faded out of view from their then-present positions, and not returning. Between the first sighting in '01, and when we moved in spring '03, I've seen the same objects doing various boring things (cruising slowly just over the horizon and fading in and out, speeding up etc, singly and in pairs) four or five times.
I'd grown a bit used to it, but the memory still sends my hackles up, as they say. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).
Full Report Text:
Circular Shadow seen above Wilmington De on 6-10-01 OK I know this sounds stupid, in fact im 24 and could hardly believe it myself. All i will say as yesterday in the Wilmington, DE area i was laying outside my pool. Staring into the sky for no apparent reason other then to look at the clouds that were passing by.
The clouds had covered the sun. I was staring into the sun area as i had sunglasses on. I stared for about 10 minutes up at the clouds not looking for UFOs blah blah.
I live right near Philadelphia airport and have seen many airplanes etc and hear engines all the time. This, this was different, I couldnt believe my eyes. There amongst the clouds was a circular shape.
5 inches in diameter at least 12000 feet in the air. The clouds were high yesterday the ones that we had. There was no airport takeoffs or landings at the time i saw this object.
Is kind of wierd but for about 10 minutes there was no jet engines nothing. In the clouds i could see the circular shadow of an object curving toward the thicker clouds. I started pointing up to the sky, my fiance was next to me as well as about 10-12 other people.
I couldnt say anything i just pointed in awe. The clouds were thicker toward the philly area and that was when it took off into the thicker clouds. No engine noise no nothing.
I know what i saw. Be it a ufo or hi tech govt vehicle is was nothing of this planet in my honest opinion. I dont know what it was but i do know it had perfect symetrical form from where i was laying it was about 5 inches in diameter it had to be at least 10000 feet in the air, as the clouds were super hi yesterday.
And that is my story. Next thing i know i couldnt stop thinking of it all day. I have no photographs i have no video only my words to describe it.
Believe or dont i dont really care. Im writing this cause I saw something yesterday. Something that changed my views of the world and what is out there.
Something is and its not human. I saw it with my own eyes.
Full Report Text:
Very very bright light Noticed a very bright light size of quarter at arms legnth about 100 yards above tree top. Light stationary as I noticed it did not move as I observed it thru branches on a tree. Intensely bright like a powerful floodlight above tee top level for 15 minutes or so.
Light than accellerated in a second or so up mile or so than immediatly returned almost to the same place. I called my wife on my cell phone as I was working at this property then I callerd the Delaware State Police who did arrive as object shot up to where commercial air traffic is, (jet was flying over) united with second similar orb and slowly disappeard. A police report was filed.
((NUFORC Note: We will await further information. Possible advertising light?? Witness elects to remain totally anonymous. PD)) ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Sighting Frankford DE is reported 1-2005 very very bright light.
I reported this and it was 2001, not 2005. I did not report as anonymous, my name is - see below. I still think about that event and it has changed my life.
((END)).
Delaware UFO Sightings From 2001 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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Circle | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Egg | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Delaware UFO Sightings From 2001 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 | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
January | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Delaware UFO Sightings From 2001 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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Monday | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Delaware UFO Sightings From 2001 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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06/10/01 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
07/23/01 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
07/20/01 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
01/22/01 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Delaware UFO Sightings From 2001 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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Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
All Delaware Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2001
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Delaware, in 2001
City | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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Wilmington | 1 UFO Reports | Wilmington UFO Sightings in 2001 |
SMYRNA | 1 UFO Reports | SMYRNA UFO Sightings in 2001 |
Hockessin | 1 UFO Reports | Hockessin UFO Sightings in 2001 |
Frankford | 1 UFO Reports | Frankford UFO Sightings in 2001 |
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Delaware
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Delaware.