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Analysis of Indianapolis, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2014
We analyzed all 9 UFO sighting reports in Indianapolis, Indiana to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "formation" (2 reports, 22.22% of total).
- October was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Friday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 44.44% of total).
- 06/27/14 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 11.11% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (9 reports, 100.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Indianapolis, Indiana from 2014
These Indianapolis, Indiana UFO reports from 2014 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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Red light with white halo around it. Moving up and down back and forth through the night sky just above the tree lines. At 8:00 pm I let my dog outside.
I looked up to the north east sky and seen a red ball of light with a white halo around it. It looked like it was going to Land but then Rose straight back up into the sky very quickly That caught my attention. I told my wife to come quick and look.
We both watched as the object moved back and fourth through the sky. It headed to the ground like it Was going to land, but went straight up into the sky moved left and right very quick and without changing altitude. then it went below the tree line.
We waited for a few minutes and went back into the house.
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Fuzzy orange lights travelling south over Shadeland Ave. From 82nd st and shadeland ave, I watched one slow moving orange fuzzy light moving south in the sky. I thought it was a burning plane at first.
I stopped my car and watched it and then from the north 2 more fuzzy orange lights followed a similar path.
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Four to five synchronized flashes of white light, moving and circling repeatedly On October 17, 2014, at approx. 8:40 pm, I saw mysterious lights in the sky as I was driving in Indianapolis, Indiana on I465 eastbound between Meridian Street and the I69 exit. It was cloudy and cool.
These lights were moving in a synchronized fashion, 4 to 5 lights, coming together and then swooping out, circling around, then coming together again. They would repeat this movement over and over as I traveled eastbound. They were dim flashes at first, white color, getting slightly brighter as I watched.
The speed that they moved was quick, but not fast or frantic. I was watching them ahead of me as I drove. They seemed to be moving slightly ahead of me, but not as fast as I was driving.
I exited I465 at the I69 northbound ramp, and couldn't watch them as close, but I saw them briefly when I turned my head to the left.
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Red light over west indianapolis. Red light or orb slowly moving across Indianapolis sky at 22:00. At first I thought maybe it was a helicopter; however, the light was not consistent with any plane or heli i have ever seen.
There was absolutely no noise at all and I followed it for a few minutes until it disappeared. Moved from north west to south direction. It was gone in a blink of the eye.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Witness reported a flat black square object flying NE at altitude of plane on approach to Indy airport. Object flew directly over his home near intersection of I-65 and Lafayette Rd., traveling NE approximately 20 degrees from true north.
Altitude: in between a high flying hawk and private plane on approach to Indianapolis International airport. Notes: - Not a balloon or bird - held altitude - silent - no lights of any kind. 5 mins.
(NUFORC) http://www.nuforc.org/webreports/110/S110717.
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Three yellow/orange lights over downtown Indy fliying in a slow triangler formation before fading in the semi overcast sky one by one. A coworker and I were taking a break in a second floor conference room in the building we both work 2nd shift on tonight 6/11/14! As we were looking out of one of two very large picture windows in the room facing east directly towards the downtown area of Indy, as we were both looking up at the sky, we were both amazed as we saw three yellow/orange lights, slowly flying right over the downtown area in a triangular formation! As these lights/objects moved slowly in the sky over downtown Indy after several minutes had past, they each began to fade away in the semi over cast sky one at a time which was very strange to us both!.
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5 sets of lights fly into the clouds and turn into or return to 5 large black soundless aircrafts I observed two sets of lights in the sky in an area where commercial aircraft fly near my house to approach the Indianapolis airport for landings. The lights were flying side by side with some distance in between them. They were traveling at a low speed and I thought they were possibly helicopters, however there was no engine noise.
I noticed that there was more distance between the two sets of lights. At that point I noticed that one set of lights was climbing upward. I watched the ascending set of lights climb through a cloud until it vanished from my view.
Then I saw a very large black circular and triangular shaped aircraft emerge from behind the clouds floating very slowly. The craft started descending and changed into a baloon like shape. I saw a total of five sets of lights and all five flew the exact same pattern and did the same thing.
I did not see where they went or landed. I am a 66 year old Air Force Veteran and I have never seen anything like this.
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Large gray stingray shaped object chases fighter plane. I was on the grocery store parking lot placing my groceries in the trunk. I heard a fighter plane type sound approaching us but didn't see anything.
About 3 seconds later I see a fighter plane coming from the west heading northeast. The fighter plane was traveling very low and very slow. If I had to guess I would say 2,000 feet in altitude.
I told my son and my friend "look it's a fighter plane". We watched it for about 8 seconds as it flied by directly above us. Then a large gray object approached the fighter plane from the rear at a very fast speed.
The object had no navigation lights like the fighter jet had. It only had 4 very dim bar lights between the main body and the wings. I thought it was going to crash into the fighter plane.
It slowed down suddenly about 3 plane lengths away behind the fighter plane. It followed the plane for about 5 seconds. Then the object gained speed, made a hard right, and then a hard left, cutting off the fighter plane.
The object could be seen more clearly when it turned because it banked left. Then you could tell that the object was shaped like a stingray without a tail. It was gray and about 12 times larger than the fighter plane.
4 dim bar lights on each side where the wings joined the main body. The wings were not fixed. The wings rippled at opposite rhythm like a stingray.
The object took off heading northwest very fast. The fighter plane gained speed and continued northeast. 2 seconds later another fighter plane coming from the west followed the path as the first plane but traveled at a faster speed.
Full Report Text:
Two objects, one stationary, one sweeping the other West/North West of downtown Indianapolis. Background: 10 years as a Firefighter/paramedic. Currently the manager of Operations for a State wide Private Safety Firm (private Fire/EMS/Safety Services) for institutions and industrial facilities.
Also a private investigator and aquatics homicide investigator. Description: Two objects, one was located in the center and the second swept from the 6'oclock to the 11'oclock positions. The lightest were changing between White, amber,and red.
The lights were BRIGH but we're not strobes, they did not flash, rotate, or fliIcker. They were NOT Aviation NAV lights! The lights "TRANSITIONED" smoothly between colors. This lasted for approx 7min.
This was NOT along any approach path for the surrounding airports. These lights appeared to be at approx 1500 feet. ((NUFORC Note: We spoke via telephone with this witness, and we found him to be exceptionally eloquent and serious-minded.
We suspect he is a very good witness. PD)).
Indianapolis, Indiana UFO Sightings From 2014 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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Formation | 2 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
Changing | 2 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Indianapolis, Indiana UFO Sightings From 2014 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 | 3 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
June | 2 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
September | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
April | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Indianapolis, Indiana UFO Sightings From 2014 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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Friday | 4 reported sightings | 44.44% of all reports |
Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Saturday | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Indianapolis, Indiana UFO Sightings From 2014 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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06/27/14 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
06/11/14 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
05/29/14 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
04/11/14 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
02/23/14 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Indianapolis, Indiana UFO Sightings From 2014 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 | 9 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Indianapolis, Indiana
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All Indiana Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2014
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