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Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 14 UFO sighting reports in Richmond, Indiana to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "circle" (5 reports, 35.71% of total).
- July is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 21.43% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 35.71% of total).
- 2019 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 14.29% of total).
- 02/18/14 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 7.14% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (7 reports, 50.00% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Richmond, Indiana
These Richmond, 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).
Full Report Text:
Bright white light round craft moving extremely fast in high altitude west to South. Crossed visual view left to right in 3 minutes Round bright white light entered field of view from West moving east disappearing in front of eyes into a dark looking hole. Were doing fireworks and noticed light moving very fast.
High altitude!.
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Luckily got a few shots of, what reminds me of the "Phoenix" type lights. In Indiana? I live in Atlas Apartments at 401 N 10th St and N E St, in Richmond Indiana. I had gone outside for a late night cigarette.
Another tenant was crossing the street, and he stopped, at the sidewalk for a few seconds, and he yelled at me to "come and see this! I think they're UFOs!" I ran over, and my first thought was, that looks like the Phoenix lights formation. I'm positive that there were five, but, you can see two more, to the left, and a building blocks out, what I'm betting, was three more, to make two formations. Sorry for the two shakey pictures, and I was in such amazement, I didn't think to video the sighting.
We couldn't see any movement and there was no sound. They aren't glares, but they are about the same color as the street lamps, and they did not change colors. I believe that this lasted about ten minutes.
maybe a bit less. From the left side up and then down the right side, they disappeared, one at a time, and both formations were in exact synch with each other. That is all.
I was going through old pics on my phone, and I saw these, realizing that I'd forgotten to do this. Feel free to contact me, if you'd like. What I wrote, above, is word for word, what I would say, in a conversation.
If possible, I would love to know if you rule this as a UFO sighting, or something else. Preferably via email, but a phone call is fine. Thank you for your time! .
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Took place near fairgrounds. I was outside at work and happened to look up at the sky. I saw a white light that was way too low to be a plane or street light.
It moved very quickly from left to right in a fast diagonal movement. The light disappeared after it moved.
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Bright round or oval dots moving in straight line over Wayne county indiana , 2 flights one after the other. I first saw a falling star. I thought I might see some more so I looked up for a few more seconds.
I thought I was seeing one but then noticed one following it, followed by another and so on, New they couldn't be falling stars. They seemed to be traveling at regular intervals in a straight line. Bright, a few brighter or somewhat larger than others, seemed to be very high possibly Going through some high clouds at times and moving very fast.
I was considering not reporting this but I believe I have witnessed something rare. P.S, The falling star was moving east to north; the objects were moving west to east.
Hope some one else saw them. ((NUFORC Note: String of Space Link satellites. PD)).
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An airplane just went past a made a line of smoke. I see 2 ufo fly out of that line of smoke with a glowing light around them .
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Orangey spheres over the north end of glenn miller park in Richmond, Indiana. I was laying in bed and saw an unusual flashing light in the north. I got up and saw 3 or 4 folowing it.
The color was a orange. As the event went on more and more came over a hill in the northwest section of glenn miller park; traveling east but remaining north. I went outside with my roommate; there was no sound.
the shape was round and some of them had a red glow. The event seemed timed and somewhat in formation. Never had seen anything like it.
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Red fireball object seen over east central Indiana. Red fireball appeared coming the northeast. No sound.
The light didn’t blink, but pulsated. It made a slow turn to the north and proceeded northerly until out of sight, approximately two minutes. Maintained the red fireball appearance the entire time.
Observer: 59 year-old woman; Software instructor.
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multiple red round objects grouped in a v shaped form appeared moving across the sky then dissapeared into nowhere I live in Richmond, IN 47374. I witnessed something last night i am unable to comprehend. On the night of June 22, 2013 at approximatly 10:30 pm i noticed a group of 5 to 7 red round shaped objects in a staggered v shape followed by 2 more of the same isolated objects.
I apologize for not counting exactly how many there were but i assure you it was 5 or 7 in the first group. I was somewhat taken back by what i was witnessing. They appeared at the south horizon just above a tree line.
They traveled at what seemed to be a slow rate of speed northeast toward an almost full moon. They then began to dissapear individually about fifteen seconds after they appeared to me. These objects did not move in an abrupt fashion or shift in any way but in a linear motion.
This account took place as i was sitting om my girlfriends front porch patio. I'm an avid star gazer so naturally i was staring at the sky while my girlfriend went inside to grab her sons overnight bag for him. His grandfather was sitting in his truck in the driveway facing north bound.
I noticed the objects and stood up to get a better look at the event and in awe just pointed at the sky, speechless! As the group shaped in the v pattern began to dissapear Missy, my girlfriend walked out of the front door onto the patio. She noticed me pointing at the sky and cuaght sight of the two objects that followed. They then began to fade into the night sky.
At first i thought that they had dissapeared behind cloud cover but after further investigation i realized the sky was very clear with no visible clouds. Im not sure what i witnessed but i can tell you that ive never seen anything like it before in my life. After discussing the event with Missy i decided to notify someone of the event.
I tried to figure out a logical explanation for what i had seen but was unable to. I wanted so badly to find out if others had seen the same thing so when i woke up the following morning after a restless night of sleeping i immeditely looked in the paper and browsed the internet for other sightings. I then chose to call the National UFO sighting hotline.
I truley hope that others will come forward and tell there stories of the same event if they witnessed this unexplained event. Im willing to testify to what i seen.
Full Report Text:
Caught something out of my peripherals screened like a girl then zoomed off super fast way faster than anything on made on earth Metallic traditional UFO exactly what it looks like in all the movies and all that it had incredible speed it took off in a second faster than anything on earth i was young when i seen this i just not found out i could report it.
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diagonal line flashin bright white lights almost over center of Richmond A 45 degree angle diagonal line in this direction / bottom left to upper right. 4 or 5 BRIGHT flashing lights, almost strobing all were white lights. One always seemed brighter than the others.
seemed to be about 3 or 4 miles away and unknown distance above the ground.
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Object paces commercial jetliner then leaves at great speed I was just starting work when I looked up at the sky.It was a bright clear day.No coud cover and unlimited visability.
I was looking at a commmercial jetliner in flight headed east toward Dayton OH.It`s position was west of my location.The plane was clearly visable including the wingtips and tail.
There wasa a sphere that paced the plane.First on one side and then moving around the back and the to the other side.The object stayed far enough away as to clearly see the air space between it and the plane.
It never was further forward of the plane than the tips of the wings.The object appeared to be no bigger than the diameter of the planes fusilage.I watched it for several minutes while it hovered around the plane.
It took off at great speed to the west.It took no more then a few seconds to be over the horizon and gone from sight.Wright Patterson AFB is a 45 minute drive from here.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).
Full Report Text:
exceedingly odd stationary aircrafts, w/irregular flight patterns & height. 2 witnesses witnessed at Earlham collego 7 objects that moved highly irregluarly, flying sideways, forward & in reverse, w circular light blinking, a red light flashing below, always 2 side by side, theyd vanish for a few seconds & reappear a short distance away. When we left the event it was still ongoing.
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Observed fireball with small tail in slow swirling motion, then observed a series of orange lights in a perfect V formation. Saturday night Sept.4 around 9:20 pm or so, driving north on rt.
35 coming from Eaton, OH heading to I-70 west to continue on to Indianapolis visiting family. My family and I were just coming around the curve were rt35 conects with I70w and I saw an unusual light off to my left (sw). It appeared to be a plane at first but only one yellow/white light and no other colored blinking lights.
I noticed my wife in the passenger seat looking at it also. About the time I was rounding the entrance ramp omto I70w, I noticed it had formed a short tail of fire or sparks. From the direction of the tail (angled upward and to the right) it looked to be falling like a meteor, but much, much slower.
My wife and I were comenting and speculating to each other about what we were seeing, this all while I was merging into busy intersate traffic. I continued to watch and look for a good spot to pull over at the same time. As I continued to observe the object it did not appear to be falling! but instead the short tail slowly changed position around the ball of light, making it look like it was now spinning very slowly.
The trees along the roadside made it hard to see and we lost sight of it several times, but I finally pulled over and grabbed my video camera. As I rolled my window down and started filming, the tail was gone and it just appeared as a ball of light again. Frustrated because I was having trouble focusing on the object, I pulled the camera down and my wife and I observed the object nearing the tree line which seemed to be several miles away.
Just before it reached the tree line the ball disappeared and a large triangle formation of orange lights appeared pointing torward the southwest. We only saw this formation for a few seconds then it dropped beyond our view. Setting there as the trucks rushed by discussing what we just saw, I recall seeing a second triangle fromation in front of the first pointing at the first, almost forming an x.
My wi! fe states she saw a line of lights coming from the front of the V. Re gardless, the V formation was made up of nine lights, four on each side of the center one. All lights appeared to be the same intensity.
We pulled of at the next exit and scanned the skys for an hour with no other sightings, other than what appeared to be a military plane circling the area.
Full Report Text:
coneshape flat bottom slowmoving that's it ok i was about to watch fireworks in a hour and when i was walking in a feild i saw a cone shape thing with a flat bottom it flew west then east then zoom east then disapper no one esle saw it well the thing went in a football shape and disapper.
Richmond, 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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Circle | 5 reported sightings | 35.71% of all reports |
Light | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Triangle | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Cone | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Other | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Richmond, 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 | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
June | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
May | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
September | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
October | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
April | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
March | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Richmond, 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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Saturday | 5 reported sightings | 35.71% of all reports |
Sunday | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
Tuesday | 3 reported sightings | 21.43% of all reports |
Monday | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Richmond, 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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02/18/14 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
07/17/18 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
05/25/19 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
07/28/19 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
06/19/22 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Richmond, 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 | 7 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 4 reported sightings | 28.57% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 2 reported sightings | 14.29% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 7.14% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Richmond, Indiana
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Richmond, Indiana.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2022 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2022 |
2021 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2021 |
2019 | 2 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2019 |
2018 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2018 |
2014 | 2 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2014 |
2013 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2013 |
2010 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2010 |
2007 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2007 |
2003 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2003 |
2000 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 2000 |
1999 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 1999 |
1998 | 1 UFO Reports | Richmond, Indiana UFO Sightings in 1998 |
All Indiana Cities with UFO Sightings
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