Last updated on May 1, 2024

Indiana UFO Sightings in 1986

This page aggregates and analyzes all UFO sighting reports made in Indiana during 1986.

How many Indiana UFO sightings were there in 1986?

  • There were 4 officially reported UFO sightings in Indiana in 1986.
  • In 1986, Indiana ranked #17 on the list of states with the most UFO sightings for that year.
  • Adjusted for population size, Indiana ranks #29 in the list of states with the most reported UFO sightings in 1986, with an average of 0.07 reports per 100,000 residents.

Indiana Cities with the most UFO Sightings in 1986

Rank City Number of Reports
1 Gary, IN 2 UFO Reports
2 Decatur, IN 1 UFO Reports
3 Georgetown, IN 1 UFO Reports

Indiana UFO Sightings Analysis

We analyzed all 4 UFO sighting reports in Indiana from 1986 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:

Indiana UFO Sighting Reports in 1986

This is a sampling of 20 Indiana UFO reports from 1986, 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).

Georgetown, IN

Full Report Text:

Strange Object Out of Nowhere This happened when I was 13. On Thursday night I would take the garbage out. Some nights I would just stand around afterwards for a few minutes and look at the stars.

This night I was standing in my driveway when suddenly a craft appeared out of nowhere. It was no more than 125 feet from me. It hovered between 75-100 feet and lit up the ground beneath it very brightly.

I was so scared I ran over to my neighbors and hid under a tree. The craft made a humming noise as it just hovered. I could feel this energy in the air from it.

After about a minute or so the lights dimmed drastically and the craft slowly moved away. It flew directly over my house and I got a great look at it. It was round, with a concave bottom.

There were several lights underneath. It was about 40 feet tall, with a line at the halfway point. The top back of the craft was flat, and had three small lights, red, blue, and green.

It made barely any noise as it moved away. I saw no doors, windows! , propulsion system, or obvious landing gear on the craft. I believe it was a medium shade of brown but at night it was hard to tell.

The craft moved in a southeast direction as it left.

08/21/86 10:15 AM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: 2 minutes

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Decatur, IN

Full Report Text:

white lighted ball shape ufo hovering slowly above tree tops, no sound I was in bed at the time and heard my brother yelling and was excited about something. I got out of bed and thats when he said there were strange lights in the sky. He said he looked out of the kitchen window and saw some triangle shaped object with 2 red lights ascending up towards it.

So we got the binoculars and went outside. There was a farmers field behind our backyard with a bunch of trees on the other side of the field. Thats were we saw this pure white ball of light(roughly the size of two cars stacked on each other) which was moving slowly just above the tree tops.

I tried looking at it through my binoculars but I couldnt keep my hands steady enough to make out any detail. We lost sight of it went behind a bunch of trees. That was all we saw that night.

I dont remember what time of year it was but my guess is late summer. I do vividly remember looking at the clock and seeing 11:55 pm after we came back inside. Also I remember there was a big full moon which lighted the sky a bit.

((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).

08/15/86 11:55 PM

UFO Shape: sphere

Lasted: 30 seconds

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Gary, IN

Full Report Text:

A lime green light throughout the whole house and the air stone surged with power throwing water 2 feet in the air. ATTN: Peter Davenport On or about 16 years ago, during the summer, my husband and I had returned home at 11 p.m.

(maybe even a little later). We noticed that our home lit up in this lime green light (like fllod lights were on in the house), in our living room we had a fish tank, and the air stone surged in power and was throwing the water as high as 2 ft. out of the tank.

Then when the light stopped the air stone went back to normal. We had thought the high lines might have been struck, but when we asked the electric company, they said no. I asked different people, line men, supervisors, etc.

and they all said it had nothing to do with the lines. This happened outside Gary Indiana in a single dwelling, inside was my husband and I, my 30 year old daughter who was taking care of a 2 1/2 year old boy, and my 16 year old daughter. My 30 year old daughter can confirm this.

Please keep this confidential, like we talked about (name). Add to your records only! I feel this should be noted that this happened, so if someone else this has happened to knows that they are not alone. ((NUFORC Note: Time and date are approximate.

We have assigned an arbitrary date in June 1986. PD)).

06/15/86 11:30 PM

UFO Shape: unknown

Lasted: 1 or2 minutes

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Gary, IN

Full Report Text:

I Saw An Alien Face To Face TRUE DARN STORY. In 1986 in Gary ,Indiana i had left my wife and moved in with a buddy at work ,he had the groung floor , i had the basement which was fixed up like an apartment -kitchen-bathroom-bedroom-private entrance- etcetera. After being there a few weeks i began to feel as though i was being wacthed but i kinda shrugged it off.

This would accure every few days i'd catch a glimps of something moving in the corner of my eye and look and nothing would be there.(oh well , i must be tripping) i'd say to myself. Now i must describe my room for your benefit of later events.

it was pretty big 27ft by 40ft and i had a king sized water bed with a headboard with shelves in it about 4ft high(you know the one, everyones got it) full with padded rails and all. in the headboard on a shelf was a gold three cylinder bank ,one cycinder for quarters ,one for dimes and one for nickels ,welded together but each cylinder was at different level and the bank stood about a foot tall (example)>>__ ___ __ Well.you get the idea.

anyway .one night i was sleeping and all of a sudden i just woke up.(i was lying on my left side close to the right side of the bed) AND WHEN I WOKE SUDDENLY ,STANDING IN MY VIEW WAS A 3ft TALL CREATURE !!! It's apearance was smooth it's color was white(I MEAN TRUE WHITE!)there was no hair anywhere , it had BIG BLACK BUG EYES !, NO MOUTH(no slit-nothing), A HUMP WHERE A NOSE SHOULD BE ,NO EARS ,it was just standing there at the side of my bed "LOOKING AT THAT DARN BANK" as if it had never seen anything like it (i guess it hadn't) I SAID OUT LOUD "WHAT THE .

? " GRABED MY PILLOW(some weapon huh.*) AND TRIED TO HIT IT OVER THE HEAD WITH ALL MY MIGHT , BUT MY HAND AND PILLOW "WENT RIGHT THRU IT" causing me to hit my hand on the bed , almost breaking my wrist!!! Excuss me if i'm shouting , but ," NOW. AT.

THIS . TIME . IT .

NOTICED . I. WAS.

THERE"!!!! IT TURNED IT'S HEAD VERY SLOWLY TO THE LEFT AND DOWN TAKING IT'S GAZE OFF THE GOLD BANK (It was AMAZED at) TO LOOK AT ME - "DEAD AT ME!!!" (now the next part took about 10seconds to acure) IT WAS NOW LOOKING AT ME ,IT SLOWLY TILTED IT'S HEAD TO THE LEFT AS IN CURIOUSITY AND I HEARD IT SAY (IN MY MIND!) """Why are you trying to hurt me?""" AND THEN WITH HEAD STILL TILTED , IT VERY SLOWLY FADED AWAY AND WAS GONE!!!!!!!!!!WHEW! Now mind you at the time i first saw it i was terrorfied ,but when it look at me and talked to me in my mind ,I HAD A VERY STRONG FEELING OF PEACE AND LOVE ,Then once it was gone i was scared again!! I was 26 then , i am 42 now ,and i've never seen it again , at the time i told the girl i was with about it and when she'd spend the night she'd wake me up fighting something in her sleep(this had never happened before).also.after that i couldn't see it anymore but i could feel when it was in the room with me (I COULD SENSE IT IN MY MIND!) I also told my roomate ((name deleted)) about it and asked him if anyone had ever DIED IN THAT HOUSE and he said his brother died there when he was an infant! BUT!! WHAT I SAW WAS "NO DARN BABY"(not a human one anyway) Anyway i moved not more than a month later because it was always that FEELING in that basement!! I've told everyone that would listen about that ever sense "AND" I STILL FEEL IT AROUND TO THIS DAY (and i now live in NORTH CAROLINA!!) What the hell is that about!!???? Please understand this.

what if the point i awoke was when they were putting me back in bed OR what if something was (for lack of a better word) INSTALLED on me and i'm being TRACKED !! OR what if i had NOT PANICED and would have said "HELLO i am ((name of alleged alien deleted)) , welcome" maybe it would have shared something with me , INSTEAD I TRYED TO KILL IT AND IT WENT AWAY!!! WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK??? This freaks me out just tallkin about it.it gives me the creeps!! AND FOR THE FOOL SCEPTICS AND NONBELIEVERS " I SWEAR THIS HAPPENED TO ME ON MY VERY SOUL AND MIND BODY AND SPIRIT IF IT DIDN'T ACURE MAY I DIE TODAY!!" ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).

06/15/86 3:00 AM

UFO Shape: other

Lasted: 30secs

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Indiana UFO Sightings From 1986 By Shape

This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.

Shape / Appearance Sightings % Of Total
Other 2 reported sightings 50.00% of all reports
Unknown 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
Sphere 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports

Indiana UFO Sightings From 1986 By Month

This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.

Month Sightings % Of Total
June 2 reported sightings 50.00% of all reports
August 2 reported sightings 50.00% of all reports

Indiana UFO Sightings From 1986 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
Sunday 2 reported sightings 50.00% of all reports
Friday 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
Thursday 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports

Indiana UFO Sightings From 1986 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
06/15/86 2 reported sightings 50.00% of all reports
08/15/86 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
08/21/86 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports

Indiana UFO Sightings From 1986 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 2 reported sightings 50.00% of all reports
Late night 00:00 - 03:59 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports
Morning 08:00 - 11:59 1 reported sightings 25.00% of all reports

All Indiana Cities with reported UFO sightings in 1986

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Indiana, in 1986

City Number of Reports View Reports
Gary 2 UFO Reports Gary UFO Sightings in 1986
Decatur 1 UFO Reports Decatur UFO Sightings in 1986
Georgetown 1 UFO Reports Georgetown UFO Sightings in 1986

Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Indiana

These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Indiana.

Year Number of Reports View Reports
2024 8 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2024
2023 75 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2023
2022 90 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2022
2021 93 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2021
2020 199 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2020
2019 184 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2019
2018 94 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2018
2017 57 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2017
2016 87 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2016
2015 82 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2015
2014 157 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2014
2013 146 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2013
2012 147 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2012
2011 97 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2011
2010 99 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2010
2009 78 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2009
2008 125 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2008
2007 82 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2007
2006 61 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2006
2005 85 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2005
2004 105 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2004
2003 82 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2003
2002 47 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2002
2001 39 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2001
2000 39 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 2000
1999 53 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1999
1998 31 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1998
1997 21 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1997
1996 10 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1996
1995 16 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1995
1994 10 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1994
1993 11 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1993
1992 1 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1992
1991 6 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1991
1990 8 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1990
1989 3 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1989
1988 3 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1988
1987 5 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1987
1986 4 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1986
1985 3 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1985
1984 3 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1984
1983 8 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1983
1982 3 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1982
1981 2 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1981
1980 5 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1980
1979 7 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1979
1978 8 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1978
1977 18 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1977
1976 6 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1976
1975 11 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1975
1974 11 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1974
1973 16 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1973
1972 5 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1972
1971 5 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1971
1970 7 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1970
1969 3 UFO Reports Indiana UFO Sightings in 1969