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Analysis of Fort Lauderdale, Florida UFO Sightings in 2013
We analyzed all 11 UFO sighting reports in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "circle" (3 reports, 27.27% of total).
- October was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 18.18% of total).
- Sunday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 27.27% of total).
- 06/23/13 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 9.09% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (8 reports, 72.73% of total).
UFO Reports in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 2013
These Fort Lauderdale, Florida UFO reports from 2013 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).
Full Report Text:
strange reddish sphere w/bright yellow lights in center moving slowly, then hovering, then moving west again I walked outside to the parking lot at approximately 9:00 pm on 12/31/2013. I live in a small apartment complex near Fort Lauderdale beach. I was leaning against my car, thinking about my son, when I looked up into the sky and saw a strange, bright red ball coming from the east ocean side.
It was a large, bright red circle and in the middle it had a very bright yellowish light. It was heading west, moving swiftly. As the object moved, the red area that encircled the middle was almost a translucent red, like an aura but well defined.
As I stared at it, the object started to slow down and hover over me, for about 2-3 seconds. Then it moved down slowly, and “floated” in the sky for about 10-15 seconds, then very slowly started to move upwards, then it stopped again for about 2 seconds, and then it began it’s slow westward trajectory. The object moved over my apartment complex, stopped, then it faded.
The night was breezy w/clear skies. The event lasted for ab! out 3-4 minutes. My mom was with me and said to me, as we both stared at the circle, “Oh my, how beautiful.
” I have never experienced, or seen, anything like this before.
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Very slow object Driving east bound on 17th street causeway near Broward General Medical Center in the SE sky a very slow moving object was traveling straight up with a large plum behind. Once I dropped off my friend to work (25 sec) I stopped in the Wells Farge parking lot across from the hospital to get a better look. The whole plume of smoke was gone and there was just a very small puff of white smoke where the object was located.
I took aprox 6 photographs of the puff of smoke. I looked at them via Photoshop and the puff of smoke was discolored yellow and orange.
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4 orange circle above me. I was walking from the bus stop and took a side street on SE 15th St. I heard very low pitch hum very smooth I barely heard it.
I looked up and saw 4 yellow orange shape crafts with slight glow. One next to each other. going at what seem a very low speed.
The furthest on the right was moving around almost as if playing around left, forward and back. there was also a plain in the horizon, but this UFO were right above me. I kept looking for suddenly they move away or disappeared.
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Hovering object lit with red and white lights, no engine sounds, no directional movement. oval aircraft, hovering almost directly above my neighborhood. No engine noise, flashing raspberry and white colored lights.
I left and returned an hour later. The same aircraft is still hovering but further away, over the atlantic. It still was not moving in any particular direction, just hovering.
Not lit like any other aircraft i've ever seen. It appears is could be actually spinning. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a "twinkling" star, we suspect.
PD)).
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Equal in size to 2/3rds of a football field. Bright orange/melon single lighting covering entire craft. Moved from ocean beach area 1500 feet above surface in North/Northeasterly direction at speed of around 60 MPH.
Color ended above my head and became a circular craft with faint lights around the entire base. My wife and I saw another one almost exactly 1 year ago 1000 feet above the surface which was triangular. Neither craft emitted any sound whatsoever and both were directly above our heads.
I am a 66-year old attorney in Ft. Lauderdale.
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Orange "fireball" colored light no noise moving W to E South of FLL Looking south from Ft Lauderdale in the direction of FLL I noticed the light because of the dark orange "fire" looking color. After focusing on on it, I can describe that it looked like the upper part of it was more white in color and was shaped like a triangle or jib sail and was a darker "fire" looking color towards the center. At first it appeared to be moving North but as it got closer, it seems, it was moving pretty much due east.
The object light was pulsating in a random pattern like a fire would do. As it moved west it resembled what a rocket looks like traveling away from. The speed seemed to be no more than what a typical airliner travels.
There was no trail and never any noise that I could hear. I have no way to tell the distance from my vantage. I can say that I could never get a defined shape as it was a bit fuzzy looking.
I did take two photos though.
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Flickering amber light and constant noise My husband and I saw flickering amber lights and heard a monotonous constant noise, sounding like an electric motorbike travelling South to North right over our property in Fort Lauderdale around 330 am on Wednesday, July 18. Does someone know what that could have been?.
Full Report Text:
Red orange lights spaced minutes apart moving E to W at aircraft speeds total of 7 lights over 10 minutes Orange red lights moving east to west below clouds similar to flares but moving too fast to be flares and at to high altitude then fading and going out over western glades.
Full Report Text:
Multiple events, red/orange lights in S. Forida. Multiple events in past 6 mos.
Identical conditions in regards to low cloud ceiling. First event, early 2013. Time approximately 19:30 Looking south towards Miami two orange lights slowly moving east to west.
Altitude approximately 250 feet. Distance approximately 1/2 mile. Continued in a western path for five minutes until lights disappeared into low cloud ceiling.
Witnesses 3. Second event, June 09 2013 (If I remember correctly). Time approximately 21:20 Once again, looking south towards Miami 15-20 lights moving west to east.
Altitude approximately 500-700 Ft. Distance approximately 1 1/2 - 2 miles. Although objects were not uniform (IE: triangle), they did not deviate from their own close proximity.
If these objects were indeed chinese lanterns then someone had connected them with some sort of string, rope, or cordage, thus allowing a somewhat uniform appearance and movement. As an ex service member I can ensure these objects were not flares, as these object maintained their altitude for approximately 10 minutes before disappearing into the low cloud ceiling. Witnesses 2 Third event, April ? 2013.
Looking north from same location. Time approximately 1630. Conditions partly cloudy.
A white/light anomaly appeared (other witnesses claim seeing two side by side before I had come outside). Very very strange. Although anomaly appeared close, and conditions of full daylight, I could not gauge distance or altitude.
Certainly not low level clouds reflecting sunlight. Still try to rationalize this event in my mind, but I cannot. When reflecting on this event it almost seemed like a dimensional anomaly.
I honestly have no way of explaining this event rationally. Witnesses 4 I did not take down exact time, wind, or cloud ceiling conditions because, frankly, I never thought I would be filing a report on them. After hearing a report on Coast to Coast on 25 June 2013 of many events, I figured I should at least make a report on these events.
This is coming from someone who has never witnessed any event prior to 2013, so to have 3 events in less than 6 mos is very odd.
Full Report Text:
some kind of craft 20 miles above FLL airport Hovering then moving west and then moving at high rate of speed NE was in front of my house around 8:30 when i look up and saw a bright light that at first thought was a star . but it started moving slow to the west . then it stop .
i grab my camera to see if i cold grab some video . i live next to the FLL airport so i see all kind of planes and i know what satellites look like in the night sky. this thing was about 20 miles up night the sky .
and was moving west at first then was hovering over FLL then started moving NE faster and faster . till i could not see it any more . ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) add my link to report i wold like to add this you tube link to my report , thank you http://youtu.
be/h6kP_NeksXI ((END ADDENDUM)) ((NUFORC Note: We spoke with this witness, and he sounded to us to be quite sober-mined. He described himself as being former military. We have corrected the sighting time above.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
RED formation of lights appear about 10 up and then down northerly flow fort lauderdale we were looking out the balcony and noticed a weird formation (maybe 10) lights mostly reddish came up and then down then up again. Totally freaked.went to get camera but the lights didnt show up? wish someone else saw this or had an explaination.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
Fort Lauderdale, Florida UFO Sightings From 2013 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 | 3 reported sightings | 27.27% of all reports |
Light | 2 reported sightings | 18.18% of all reports |
Unknown | 2 reported sightings | 18.18% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida UFO Sightings From 2013 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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October | 2 reported sightings | 18.18% of all reports |
July | 2 reported sightings | 18.18% of all reports |
June | 2 reported sightings | 18.18% of all reports |
December | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
August | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
September | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
January | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
April | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida UFO Sightings From 2013 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 | 3 reported sightings | 27.27% of all reports |
Tuesday | 3 reported sightings | 27.27% of all reports |
Wednesday | 2 reported sightings | 18.18% of all reports |
Monday | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida UFO Sightings From 2013 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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06/23/13 | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
10/09/13 | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
01/06/13 | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
07/18/13 | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
04/05/13 | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
Fort Lauderdale, Florida UFO Sightings From 2013 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 | 8 reported sightings | 72.73% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 2 reported sightings | 18.18% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 9.09% of all reports |
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