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Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 20 UFO sighting reports in Portage, Indiana to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "triangle" (2 reports, 10.00% of total).
- July is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 20.00% of total).
- Sunday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 25.00% of total).
- 2022 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (5 reports, 25.00% of total).
- 07/04/14 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 10.00% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (11 reports, 55.00% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Portage, Indiana
These Portage, Indiana 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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Rounnd white light moving SW to NE. Stopped, hovered, jogged back turned pink and then turned red and shot straight up My boyfriend, ((name deleted)) and I were standing outside in our driveway at 8:45 PM on 9/15/21. It was dark.
The sky was fairly clear with passing clouds. I could see the stars and moon.I Saw a white light, moving SW to NE slowly 2-3 miles away from my standing position and at an altitude of approximately 10-11,000.
It was big as my thumb nail with my arm extended and the object was at a 60 degree angle from my standing position. There was a jet coming from E to W at approximately same altitude. I thought they were going to collide.
The white object stopped and hovered, as if to miss the jet. The object made no sound. The object changed direction by jogging back slightly and turning a pink color.
The object then moved forward toward our position and became a brilliant red, well defined circle. It emitted a red beam down toward ground and then shot straight up in the sky and out of sight. Total sighting time 2-3 minutes.
I searched flights and Atlas air flight QF 7550 from JFK to ORD (Boeing 747-87U(f) was at 12,805 feet altitude at a speed of 397 MPH at 20:45 per flight radar.It's REG: N854GT According to Weather Underground it was 64 degrees F, Dew point 55 degrees F,73% Humidity, Wind Calm N 0 MPH,0"precipitation, Conditions listed as fair. Nautical twilight was 8:01 PM local or 20:01 UTC.
Astronomical twilight was 8:35 PM local or 20:35 UTC. Barometric pressure was 29.45 We did not get a photo or video.
We had no missing time and there was no damage or effect to any radio, TV, Engines, Lights, Clocks, or animals. We had no physical sensations. This definitely was NOT a cloud! Note: Lake Michigan is one street behind my home.
Approximately 10 minutes later there was a loud roaring sound. I saw a white light behind the trees going very fast from East to West along Lake Michigan shoreline. My boyfriend thought the light looked like a green color.
I've been close to an active runway before which was landing jets and this was much louder and more of a roaring sound.
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the object had 3 yellow lights on 3 corners.3 Blue light and in the middle red light.It hovered above tree line and moved in zip zag motion and made no noise.
Its moved quickly and disappeared in sky. total time 5 minutes.
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My dad had called me, he said to look to the southwest of me. He was sitting outside on his patio and this V shaped object appeared out of nowhere. I began watching.
I took video and pictures. It was easier to distinguish the shape with the naked eye as my equipment is not the best. I continued to watch the object for around 25 minutes.
I came inside to swap batteries and when I returned, the object was gone. I forgot to mention, there was not a star in the sky.
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It was a black figure almost like a "V" it had at least 60 lights it came down low I got a good look then took off in a blink of an eye.
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Reddish ball flying in the sky. Me and my kids were outside in the back yard when we noticed a bright reddish ball flying thru the sky. It was traveling slow but lost sight of it when it went below to tree line.
Seemed close but I'm sure it was far away. Not sure what it was but i have never seen anything like that before.
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At least 16 red orbs were moving in an angular pattern eventually dispersing. The pattern would change periodically. Large display of lights in an angular pattern switching position periodically.
Red in color and orb shaped. The crafts then dispersed into different directions after about 20 minutes. At least 16 orbs were seen over a residential area.
Could be latterns, but it's highly unlikely. People in a parking lot were also visually witnessing the orbs also. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
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Red orbs seen over Portage, Indiana. I was watching the Fireworks display at the Willow creek Middle School in Portage, Indiana, when a red orb came from the East and "floated" over the fireworks and then quickly disappeared. I then noticed another coming from the East and finally told someone near me.
While I was watching the Eastern sky for more red orbs that person told me about another coming from the Northwest. After noticing this orb for about one minute until it phased out I looked to the South and noticed three more coming from the Southwest. I watched these for a minute when I noticed a fourth emerging from a building all of which were in a straight formation line one behind another.
I watched these four for about three minutes until they too phased out when nearing the area of the School. I watched the fireworks for about three minutes when I noticed four more coming from the East each one of them trailing the other by about one minute but still visible when looking over the building from our vantage point. At this point the Fireworks display was over and we were preparing to leave when I noticed two more coming from the East.
This time there was one above the other. On the way home we were traveling on 94 just before reaching the WalMart in Michigan City we noticed another red orb traveling Northwest at 10:08 p.m.
Each of the red orbs mentioned were just above treetop level and in most cases the viewing time was three or more minutes. If there was sound from the orbs it was drowned out by the fireworks.
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16 red orbs flying in formation at a high altitude changing patterns many times throughout the duration of time. I noticed around 16 red orbs flying in formation in the northeast. These craft were forming angular patterns and zig-zagging around the sky at a slower speed changing formation several times.
A couple other people had noticed these orbs and were taking to themselves about it. I noticed sometime after driving that the orbs were begging to disperse. They made no apparent sound.
They were also at a high altitude. The patterns seem to have been purposely made. No plausible explaination.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Cluster of reddish-orange diamond shaped lights in a diamond formation twinkle before completely disappearing in North West Indiana I was in my bedroom, which is on the second floor, talking on the phone. I looked out my bedroom window because I noticed something interesting in the sky. In the distance, there was a cluster of reddish-orange glowing objects that seemed to be flying in a diamond shaped formation.
The objects were not exactly round in shape because the light they each emitted formed a halo around each of them making each one appear more diamond shaped than spherical. They were also arranged in a diamond formation. When I got up and walked closer to my window for a better look, the lights began to flash in a "twinkling" or "sparkling" manner before disappearing one by one.
I do not believe the objects were air planes because air planes usually disappear out of sight gradually. However, these objects "twinkled" before disappearing completely into thin air. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
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Red, yellowish fiery orbs flew quickly through the sky. Coming out of the south we viewed a few diamond shaped red edge illuminated objects. Looked also like there was a yellowish fire glow inside the red illumination.
The objects appeared to be moving quickly toward the North over lake Michigan. During the course of approximately 15-20 minutes this occurrence happened about 20 or more times. There was no sound.
Just quick moving illuminated objects. There were no more than two - three in fiew at the same time.
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25 small red/orange spheres slowly moving in all different directions and fading in and out. They kind of faded back and forth from red to orange to white. No particular shape or pattern that I could tell.
They were stretched in a line across the sky and looked identical to some of the video footage I have seen on Youtube in the past year or so. Here, this is exactly the same thing we saw over Portage, Indiana http://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=5_vwPG_ztn8.
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Silent, orange glowing object below the clouds traveling SW to NE. We attended a back yard BBQ and fireworks display at a family members house on July 4th, 2010. The group was sitting against the house on lawn chairs as the fireworks began.
At 9:08pm A person pointed at a light heading from the SW to the NE. We could all plainly see in the distance. It was a steady, orange glow.
There was no noise. It didn't have any blinking aircraft lights (we watched aircraft fly over the area most of the evening). It was below the clouds.
It was moving at a steady speed. From what we could tell it didn't change direction and for what I could tell went with the wind. My wife mentioned that she and some other people saw the same light earlier in the evening in the same approximate path but didn't mention it until the second sighting.
I was videotaping at the time it was sighted the second time and managed to get some video of it. It's not great video as I had to remove a lens from the camera I was using to shoot the fireworks and struggled with the focus as it had been set to manual for the fireworks setup. Some of the video is crisp enough to at least see the object clearly for a few moments at a time.
I'm fairly certain this was probably something terrestrial but it didn't resemble fireworks, aircraft, or balloons i'm familiar with so I figured i'd submit this and see if anyone else saw it as well. The observers ranged in age from 13 to late 40's. Blue collar to white collar workers.
Most reside in Indiana. Several are from the Chicago area.
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unknown blue object that stooped car engine then turn red and disapeared. it happend before we moved to vincennes (family) i saw a weird shape that sort of tumbled a little my dad started the van then it stopped.2 minutes later when the UFO was gone the van started again.
the coler was a blueish white like a star but it was cloudy and you couldn't see a single star.the object then went up and turned red then disapeared.red coler possibly caused by gravitational exit.
it fasinated me and i didnt tell anyone about it. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. Witness elects to remain totally anonymous.
We would like to obtain a report from the father, as well. PD)).
Portage, Indiana 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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Triangle | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Other | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Diamond | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Circle | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Formation | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
Portage, Indiana 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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July | 4 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
April | 3 reported sightings | 15.00% of all reports |
November | 3 reported sightings | 15.00% of all reports |
October | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
February | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
August | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
September | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
March | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
Portage, Indiana 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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Sunday | 5 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Tuesday | 4 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Friday | 4 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Wednesday | 4 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Saturday | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Monday | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
Portage, Indiana 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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07/04/14 | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
04/24/22 | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
07/05/14 | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
05/02/22 | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
02/17/16 | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
Portage, Indiana 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 | 11 reported sightings | 55.00% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 5 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 2 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 1 reported sightings | 5.00% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Portage, Indiana
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Portage, Indiana.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2022 | 5 UFO Reports | Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2022 |
2021 | 3 UFO Reports | Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2021 |
2020 | 1 UFO Reports | Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2020 |
2016 | 2 UFO Reports | Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2016 |
2014 | 4 UFO Reports | Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2014 |
2013 | 1 UFO Reports | Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2013 |
2011 | 2 UFO Reports | Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2011 |
2010 | 1 UFO Reports | Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2010 |
2001 | 1 UFO Reports | Portage, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2001 |
All Indiana Cities with UFO Sightings
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