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Miami Beach, Florida UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 37 UFO sighting reports in Miami Beach, Florida to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "circle" (6 reports, 16.22% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 13.51% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (10 reports, 27.03% of total).
- 2017 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (3 reports, 8.11% of total).
- 11/23/18 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 5.41% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (18 reports, 48.65% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Miami Beach, Florida
These Miami Beach, Florida 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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One green light in the sky. Stood still. Then moved north at an incredible speed.
Steady light. No plane. No satellite.
No sound.
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I was walking south on the beach from 69th and turned around to see the half moon shaped craft going faster than anything I ever ssmaw Yes so the half moon shaped craftn was not from our armed forces It was going so fast with so much fire and smoke as you seenin the images I was in shock It moved to the left and the carft was still shooting fire amd smoke and it was going so fast I swear it was not ofnthis world Also there were small round craft that shot away they were all bright yellow lights.
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1craft was definitely triangle, the other was just a bright light. 09.11.
2022- While unwinding on a patio around sunset as I usually do with my neighbor Michael W White, first UFO out of 2(second is the most important so please, read on), I noticed a bright object that wasn’t blinking and it immediately caught my eye. It was heading west from my perspective(10th street and euclid, Miami Beach- looking SOUTH) and I immediately pointed that object to my neighbor we stood up to observe more intently and in that moment what looked like coming from south TRIANGLE spacecraft appeared, my hurt sunk and I grabbed my neighbor by the back and yelled do you see he said - yes!! It was maybe maximum 5 seconds of the, as it defied gravity, it looked like a short TIMELAPSE and the triangle spacecraft dissapeared or rather became invisible, I dont know. This Triangle spacecraft I never seen before, only in documentaries, unlike the bright white object that I have definitely seen before was still moving towards west, then changed the course and started heading up through atmosphere into the space and disappeared.
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Grey, shiny, spinning tetrahedron inside hazy sphere Object spotted over Biscayne Bay on Oct 24, 2020. Observed through binoculars while shooting video with phone. Object was a dark grey, shiny, spinning tetrahedron with flat sides.
Our best guess is that it was about 25' on each side. There appeared to be a short (3') rod-like protrusion at each corner. A hazy sphere seemed to encircle the object, intersecting all 4 protrusions.
The object was tumbling as if on several axes, making it look very much NOT like a lost kite or balloon. (There was no "heavy" end" of this object.) Roughly two full rotations every 3 seconds.
The wind (at ground level) was blowing to the East. This object was moving North at well over 100mph. At one point the object seemed to pass right through the MIA airport takeoff path, which at that moment crossed (high) over our home address here in Miami Beach.
I uploaded the video to my youtube account for safekeeping. We may be able to find the original file if you need it. https://youtube.
com/shorts/91UmqFs2k4k Not much more to report here but you are welcome to call or email me if you wish. I am quite interested to hear if this object is similar to anything previously reported.
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High altitude fast moving delta shaped flames My friend and I were on our patio in Miami Beach about 10 PM and I looked up and saw a strange object moving across the sky. It looked like flames were coming off the sides of a fast moving object making a delta shape. It was moving fast and on a consistent path across the sky.
It seemed to be high altitude and fairly bright. I am an airline pilot so have a lot of experience lookin at objects in the sky and have seem nothing like this before.
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I observed red flashing lights sometimes alternating to greenish and yellow color. Above my porch on Indian Creek Drive and 41st Street Miami Beach Florida November 23rd, 11:05 p.m.
For the first few minutes of my observation it was in a fixed position not even moving. After 5 or 6 minutes I took out my phone video as I was filming it started moving very very slowly towards the northern direction as I was facing south. Suddenly it just sped away like a blink of an eye towards the northern Direction which I couldn't see it anymore since I have an overhead porch.
It definitely was not an airplane or a helicopter because it was soundless, in addition it did not fit the lighting configuration of an aircraft or helicopter, which I'm very familiar with, since I fly planes myself. Again it was just a bunch of red flashing beacons and sometimes alternating to greenish yellow color. I took some video footage but just for the last few seconds before it disappeared as my hand was not steady so it seems like it was moving but it was just actually moving very very slowly towards the end of this phenomena before it just vanished towards the North direction.
Check out YouTube heading UFO Red Ball. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Strange object in the Skies over Miami Beach !! I was sitting on my 5th floor porch facing South Direction on Indian Creek Drive and 41st Street. The time was 11:05 PM Friday Nov 24 (sic. November 23rd), in the evening, when I suddenly observed in the sky somewhat of a round object approximate size of a basketball in relative to the distance hovering over the sky in a fixed position.
For the first 3 minutes of my observation, I was trying to figure out what the heck that was. Myself as a private pilot flying small airplanes, I immediately knew it's not an airplane, since its orientation and the configurations of the colors did not match an airplane’s wing tip colors, and again at times it was stationary, neither was it a chopper because it had absolutely no sound, it was flashing multiple red beacon lights, and at times it introduced some other colors like a greenish yellowish in a shape of a ball. But as I say again predominantly the colors were flashing red lights.
The best way I can describe it, it looked like a round half cut up basketball with the round part facing me. I was fascinated and couriers so I took out my phone camera and started filming. As I was holding my phone against the object of course I did not have a steady hand because at the same time I was also watching it with my eyes.
Now 15 to 20 seconds after starting my filming, it started moving very very slowly like inching away towards the north direction, and suddenly, literally like a lightning strike, it just sped away as fast as a blink of an eye. Again as I say as a pilot I knew it's not an airplane or a helicopter, and then I was definitely convinced that it wasn't a drone either. I couldn't see where it went since I have an overhead roof as I was facing south and the object left in the north direction.
I thought maybe I should report it to the law enforcement or to the FAA, so I called the Miami ARTC but I did not get an answer. I then called the Miami Control Tower and no answer either. I was also trying to get in touch with the Miami Approach or Miami Center, since it was originally hovering over the Miami international airport East departure route, but I could not locate a number for them.
So I called UFO Reporting Agency perhaps they may inform the FAA in that jurisdiction. It was definitely a strange phenomena which I have never actually witnessed before. In total time I probably observed it 3 minutes prior to filming.
I will send you a link of the video footage if I'm successful in doing so through my mobile device. I will leave you my number in the event you want to connect with me for any reason. ((name deleted)) 718 XXX-XXXX please do not publish this number anywhere !! Thank you ((name deleted)).
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Lights In Formation. 6-8 bright lights with moving in formation for about 2-3 minutes; 2 groups moved toward each other and then all 6-8 disappeared rapidly. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
PD)).
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Bright white object moves erratically and at high-speed before disappearing. I was in attendance with fiends at a private function in Miami the evening of December 6. I was aboard the Nobel House, a 50 meter yacht hired for the event celebrating Miami Art Basel.
At approximate 11:00 - 11:30 PM I was on the third deck of the yacht and noted what I thought would be terrific photo of an American flag atop the harbormaster’s office. I raised my phone to take a few photos of the flag. I noticed in my phone a white object in the distance that was moving both quickly and abruptly.
I was puzzled because I could not see the light when looking into the sky directly, but could only evidence it looking through my iPhone. I decided to videotape what to me was stunningly strange event. With the surreal party music from the event behind me, and the object far ahead in the distance I captured approximately 10-15 seconds of the moving object before it shot off into darkness.
Feeling somewhat overwhelmed by the visual experience, I shared my phone with two friends-both accomplished pilots of many years. Both pilots shared my surprise and uncertainty, and had no explanation of the nature of the sighting. The only comment that was additive to the experience was from one friend who said, when observing my video, that the light appeared very far off in the distance.
It certainly seemed that way to me. CNN aired a report tonight speaking to new revelations about a government program researching UFOs. Watching the report, I went back to my video and then, for the first time, went to my still photo of the object.
When I enhance the photo on the screen of my phone, it appears as if it’s a rounded diamond shape, with light emoting around it -similar, say, to a high school science book’s rendition of a neutron, only instead of a circle in the center this looked more diamond-esq. I have no idea if this was a byproduct of my phone’s lense system, but there seems to be no immediate plausible explanation given my phone (a new iPhone 8) operates perfectly, and the experience hasn’t replicated itself. What’s most interesting to me about the whole bit, is that I couldn’t see the light when looking into the sky.
It was only through the lens of my cell phone. I’m a liberal arts major, not a science or math guy-so I have no idea what this was and look forward to any thoughts or observations that you might provide.
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Laying on beach on back looking towards sky. Noticed a small dot similar to the size of a star or satellite. The only issue was it was moving from the ocean to towards the beach.
I figured it was a plane, then noticed its altitude in relation to the overhead planes leaving the airport to that of a satellite. Then I thought to myself satellites move in a straight line. As the object came over the beach it began to make erratic movements like slightly back and forth, left to right and in circles.
Still this looked like a satellite, but it was changing speed and direction like nothing I'd ever seen in the sky. I pointed it out to my friend and she said the same, it looked like a satellite, then when it started moving in circles she said, "what the hell is that?" Again this looked like a satellite or star, but moved more like a drone of some sort. It was way to high to be a drone though, again planes passing were below it.
It seemed somewhere between the stratosphere and mesosphere, very high up. No flashing lights or anything, maybe a weather balloon? My friend and I had seen anything in the sky move the way it did. I went into the water and came back to see if I could find it again with the stars.
Again, spotted it by its movement moving towards the city away from the water, but staying above the beach.
Full Report Text:
We currently are experiencing strange appearances in the sky: one blue light and another red light always almost close to each other appearing for 15-20 seconds maximum and then disappearing. This is occurring almost every night only when cloudy and the shape is irregular and undefinable. Location is in miami beach Florida on South west direction.
We are available for any further info.
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Fire Flies in South Beach At around 11pm I was sitting in my living room. I live in a high-rise in Miami Beach and I have a city view. I was looking through the open sliding glass door, (I was sitting in front of), at the time, when suddenly a bright light appeared from behind a building.
At first, I thought it was fireworks, but I quickly realized that this was not the case. It was seemingly in close proximity and flying at about the same height as my apartment. I am on the 5th floor and these things were in my line of view, looking due west, and were visible for a few seconds.
The only way I can describe them is that it looked like flying fire. They were 5 or 6 feet across, in my estimation, maybe larger. They appeared solid, not translucent.
What I could see was a flat surface which didn't look to have much if any depth. They came from behind buildings that lay in my line of vision and then disappeared from sight the same way, going behind another adjacent building to the north. If I had to guess, I would say that it was about a block or so away! First there was one, then a second appeared, which seemed to split off the other.
They moved in a way that could not have been fireworks, swirling around themselves, or interacting for a moment and then speeding off to the north. As these fiery things moved through the air, the tail of the flames undulated in such a way as resembling a flag in the wind. As it did so, small flames were left behind like a trail, but immediately dissipated.
Gravity and the laws of physics had no effect. There was an absence of smoke and sound, so I rule out fireworks. There was nothing to indicate to me that there was any human involvement and it was unlike anything I've ever imagined.
I was quite shaken after seeing that, somewhat frightened. I don’t know if I can correctly recall the color, but it was bright and looked like fire. I believe it was orange and red but there could have been other colors.
I was so astonished and it all happened so quickly, but I got a very good look at them. They, whatever they were, had no apparent shape, other than the appearance of fire. It could not have been a projection.
The was nothing in the air space where they appeared for them to be projected on to, and they were above the lower 2 and 3 story buildings in the space where I could clearly see them. I ran out to the balcony, but by then there was no sign of them. I occurred to me that someone else must have seen it.
I have lived in this apartment for 5 years and I have gazed in this direction countless times. I have tried to figure out what happened that night, lost sleep over it and have come to the conclusion that either I had a hallucination, or I witnessed something unknown, not to mention extremely bizarre by any standard. Since I am not prone to “seeing things” then I tend to believe the later.
It’s very strange circumstances, because the objects, if I can call them that, appeared in a densely populated area with many tourists and people walking around. South Beach is very active at least until 2AM. Before midnight there are scores of people and heavy traffic in my neighborhood.
How could I have been the only one to have witnessed it? I was out on my balcony immediately when I saw them, but like I said, they had disappeared by then. I am less than a block from where it seemed to have occurred. I heard no exclamations or commotion.
I also did not see any smoke or hear any explosions such as fire works-I definitely would have heard that. This is such an unbelievable occurrence that I have trouble believing it myself. Nevertheless, I saw a pair of self-illuminating fire like objects flying through the air with what seemed to be some form of intelligence.
I have no idea what it was, but it was unlike anything in from my imagination. It was but for a few seconds, but I will remember it forever. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) Yes, Peter.
After review it was Tuesday, the 25th, not Monday the 24th. My wife and I had gone out to dinner that night and I am certain the sighting occurred after that. It was definitely Tuesday night the 25 and not Monday the 24th.
Thanks, ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM)) ((NUFORC Note: We have amended the date above, in order to reflect a sighting at 23:00 hrs. on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Please see other reports from Florida for the same time and date.
PD)).
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Cigar shaped cloud. While my boyfriend & I were on a trip to Miami he decided to set his Canon 7D to take a Time Lapse video of the sunrise. A week or two later took the camera out to review the video when I noticed an odd cigar shaped cloud effortlessly float by.
I asked him to slow the video down so I could get a closer view of it. When he did I noticed what looked like lights on in the cloud. So I took a couple of screen shots of the frames.
Then I asked him if he could enlarge the picture. When he did there where six different lights on it that appeared to have been changing colors. In the three different screen shots I took the colors appear to be in different positions of the cloud shaped object.
I have the time lapse video & the screen shots I took.
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Green circle rim like with empty center followed wit 3 orange yellow jets. Green circle had ribbed edges, or some kind of pattern. It was not smooth-line edge.
It was rather large and disappeared behind cloud. There were few clouds present. Amazing sight.
We were stunned. No sound. Trajectory reminded that of a shooting star.
Very bright colors. ((NUFORC Note: We spoke via telephone with the witness, who corrected the date. We have amended it above.
PD)).
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object was an orbital light neon green that flew parallel to beach for approx. quarter of mile then disappeared. Fluorescent yellow green about 1000 feet over water zooming parallel to beach then suddenly disappeared in about quarter of a mile.
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i was walking in side my house with my girlfriend when we decided to go outside. so we go,walking as normal when we see this bright like a well a irregular shape moving slow but fast at the same time. i send my girlfriend inside and took my car.
i kept my distance. when it landed in this construction field. of course there was no one but then ,my girlfriend followed me we sat.
and slightly, gently a door opened. it was a triangular shape door. then this well a thing came out wearing a suit or something looked our way.
everywhere, then it bends down touches the soil and blows the soil. it had a type of device in its hand which later picked up and said a strange thing. the craft left but he stayed.
but the most shocking thing was it was like a human when we turned to look at it. It walked away and never looked back.
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Dim star like object freely flying and joining with others I like to go out at night and watch for shooting stars. This night happened to be a good night a recent cold front has came in and the sky's where fairly clear. I sat on my patio and noticed a veeeery high altitude plane flying in the SSE direction of area (it blinked a light every about 15-30 secs and seemed to be in the same spot not moving) I called for my friend to check it out because I haven't seen anything like it before , I pointed it out to him and he also saw the blinking dot high in the sky ( don't know if it was a plane or what it might have been), but it was very unusual .
The next thing I know I start to see a faint star like object moving overhead of me from the direction of that blinking light. The object that was moving was not flashing was not getting brighter or dimmer. I watched this object move from one side of the sky to another side moving in all directions speeding up slowing down and even stopping right overhead of me.
I began to freak out asking my friend if he sees what I see and how the heck is it moving left and right stopping and freely flying across the sky like that I repeatedly said OMG a ufo OMG a ufo wtf wtf. It seemed to move from star to star most times then it joined with 2-3 other dim objects made a boomerang like object flew for a few seconds and just disappeared. I was speechless I don't know what I seen but what ever it was it will be stuck in my mind with me forever.
I know my sky well I love spaceweather and I am very informed on space related news and objects . What I saw was noting close to a plane not a satellite not a comet or meteor or helicopter this was a dim star like object moving freely in any direction it wanted to in any speed it wanted to. After the 3 dim objects disappeared I was curious to see if that blinking light (plane or what ever it was ) was still there it was not anymore.
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Strange light moving in the night sky over Miami. I submitted a report a few minute ago. The video was shot due west, not due east.
Sorry. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Very fast object that stops then comes back I was out in my backyard with my 2 dogs at 5:50 am. It was still dark with a few scattered clouds. I was looking at the sky and saw a very bright object moving very fast and very high coming from the west heading north north-east.
I was wondering if it might be a satellite. The object looked very bright white and was too high for me to discern any shape other than a ball of bright white light; it looked similar to Venus on a clear night but much bigger. As the thought was going through my head as to whether it might be a satellite, the object suddenly stopped.
After about 2 seconds, it headed back South (towards my house) very slowly then stopped again. At that point I got very uncomfortable and went back inside the house with the dogs. It was as if this object was making me aware that it definitely was not a satellite.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date is approximate. PD)).
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20 lighted objects orange color vertical shape flying over Miami Beach At 8.30 pm I was on Collins Avenue and 26 Street having a coffee outside a coffee shop. There were around 15 other persons.
3 of them began to shout : look at that!! I even called the manager of the coffee shop to come out. 20 (another person looking at them counted 21)orange color lighted UFO´s began flying slowly and far, from south to North. Since tonight is very cloudy, the objects began disappearing once they reached heavy clouds.
They were all going slow, so we could look at them for a space of maybe 4 minutes? But the last object was going faster than all others. A small plane was going the opposite way (morth to south), and I guessed they were checking those objects. I continued checking from my balcony, and did not see them again yet.
Very, very strange. They were NO planes. My balcony looks at the airport, and I am accustomed to watch planes all the time.
By other hand, comparing the speed of them to the small plane and 1 big plane leaving the Miami Int´l Airport allowed us to compare speed: planes were going faster. (The small one and commercial one), These objects where lighted, dark orange, in the shape of an ¨l¨or thin cigar, vertical shape. If anybody saw them , or have an explanation, pls.
inform. THanks.
Miami Beach, Florida 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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Circle | 6 reported sightings | 16.22% of all reports |
Light | 5 reported sightings | 13.51% of all reports |
Triangle | 4 reported sightings | 10.81% of all reports |
Other | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
Unknown | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
Chevron | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
Fireball | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
Formation | 2 reported sightings | 5.41% of all reports |
Sphere | 2 reported sightings | 5.41% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
Diamond | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
Miami Beach, Florida 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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August | 5 reported sightings | 13.51% of all reports |
April | 5 reported sightings | 13.51% of all reports |
July | 4 reported sightings | 10.81% of all reports |
September | 4 reported sightings | 10.81% of all reports |
November | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
October | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
June | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
February | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
March | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
December | 2 reported sightings | 5.41% of all reports |
January | 2 reported sightings | 5.41% of all reports |
Miami Beach, Florida 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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Saturday | 10 reported sightings | 27.03% of all reports |
Friday | 7 reported sightings | 18.92% of all reports |
Tuesday | 6 reported sightings | 16.22% of all reports |
Sunday | 5 reported sightings | 13.51% of all reports |
Wednesday | 4 reported sightings | 10.81% of all reports |
Monday | 3 reported sightings | 8.11% of all reports |
Thursday | 2 reported sightings | 5.41% of all reports |
Miami Beach, Florida 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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11/23/18 | 2 reported sightings | 5.41% of all reports |
08/27/16 | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
03/14/03 | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
09/30/11 | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
04/25/15 | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
Miami Beach, Florida 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 | 18 reported sightings | 48.65% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 5 reported sightings | 13.51% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 5 reported sightings | 13.51% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 4 reported sightings | 10.81% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 4 reported sightings | 10.81% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 1 reported sightings | 2.70% of all reports |
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