Table of Contents
Analysis of Ocala, Florida UFO Sightings in 2018
We analyzed all 3 UFO sighting reports in Ocala, Florida to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "circle" (2 reports, 66.67% of total).
- July was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 66.67% of total).
- Tuesday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- 03/28/18 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
UFO Reports in Ocala, Florida from 2018
These Ocala, Florida UFO reports from 2018 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:
Bright orange light turning to white and disappearing quickly My husband and I were driving on the Florida turnpike heading to Orlando for vacation and saw a bright orange ball of light that seemed to be hovering. We just passed the Ocala exit. My husband thought it was a tower lgbt, but it looked to high to be that.
All of a sudden, it seemed to elongate and then turned bright white and disappeared, as if it was headed up into space at the speed of light. Then, it seemed to reappear in the distance as a dot similar to what a star looks like. It was the strangest thing we’ve ever seen.
Full Report Text:
Bright white round light in south Ocala night sky,remained stationary and quickly faded out only to reappear again. While sitting on the back porch looking at the night sky I noticed a very bright white round object In the sky. It wasn’t high enough to be a star or planet.
I intently studied its position in the sky and it remained stationary. After a few minutes, the light quickly became small and disappeared from sight only to appear again about 2 minutes later in the same location. It did that a few mores times and then quickly disappeared for good.
I took pictures and they show a round circular object that had an outside ring with a circular object inside of it. The photo also showed round white orbs in the lower corner which I don’t recall even seeing at the time. ((ADDENDUM FROM WITNESS)) You are right about it being Venus.
I took a picture tonight of Venus in western sky and it had the same ring affect in picture. Thank You for your explanation. ((name deleted)) ((END ADDENDUM)).
Full Report Text:
Looking at sky seen 3 whiteish orange thought was stars in a row pretty low to ground seen one disappear then another then a white flash and last one gone only seen for a few seconds. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
Ocala, Florida UFO Sightings From 2018 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Circle | 2 reported sightings | 66.67% of all reports |
| Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Ocala, Florida UFO Sightings From 2018 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| July | 2 reported sightings | 66.67% of all reports |
| March | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Ocala, Florida UFO Sightings From 2018 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Ocala, Florida UFO Sightings From 2018 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 03/28/18 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| 07/17/18 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| 07/22/18 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Ocala, Florida UFO Sightings From 2018 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Ocala, Florida
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Ocala, Florida.
All Florida Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2018
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Florida in 2018. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Florida in 2018.