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Analysis of Ann Arbor, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2012
We analyzed all 4 UFO sighting reports in Ann Arbor, Michigan to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "fireball" (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- February was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- Sunday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 75.00% of total).
- 11/18/12 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (3 reports, 75.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Ann Arbor, Michigan from 2012
These Ann Arbor, Michigan UFO reports from 2012 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:
Red fireball shaped object that formed shapes and vanished. Many red fireball shaped objects floating up from ground, formed shapes then vanished. Very intriguing and concerning as well! ):.
Full Report Text:
12 orange lights in a v formation ann arbor 7/212 My husband was driving home from work when he spotted 12 cigar shaped ufos with orange lights flying in a v formation. They disappeared one by one. Many other drivers pulled over and got out of their vehicles to observe.
((NUFORC Note: We presume an evening sighting, and have amended the date above. We would welcome other reports. PD)).
Full Report Text:
Numerous fast moving, large red lights in Northern sky at night In the northern sky for about an hour, we saw countless red fireballs, though only a maximum of 3 appeared at a time, cross the sky. They moved extremely fast, so that excludes the possibility that they may have been Chinese lanterns. There were three other eyewitnesses other than myself.
Full Report Text:
Rectangular Craft seen over Ann Arbor, Mi. I am an amateur astronomer and since last night (2/26/12) was the first clear night since buying a new binocular; I decided to go outside and star test them. I was on the back deck looking west.
Because of trees, I can look straight overhead, a little bit to the west, and a little bit to the east. Jupiter and the Moon were westward as was Venus closer to the horizon. To the SSW high in the sky was M45 the Pleiades open cluster.
At one point, I would estimate that it was about 7:18 or 19PM; I was sweeping the sky just west of the zenith, when I caught sight of an airliner - probably a Boeing 747 or maybe an Airbus A380 because it had 4 engines on the wing cruise climbing almost directly in a western direction (more later). I could see a lot of detail including the wing tip lights, strobe light on the belly - it was lit up very well. As I was tracking this airliner heading west; a silent, brownish, rectangular (about 5 or 6 times wide as it was long - flying wingish but with no appearent taper to the ‘wings’) craft flew underneath this airliner going about 15 degrees more northward but still on a westerly course.
It crossed the airliner's course in a shallow X. It is hard to judge its speed - a lot depends upon its actual altitude - but its appearent speed seemed a lot faster. I tracked this new craft for maybe another second or so, then it disappeared behind some trees.
On the Enroute L-28 chart, there is a marked airway that goes directly over where I live simply marked 281 between Detroit Wayne County VOR and HARWL intersection which confirms that the airliner was below 18,000 feet, and this UFO was somewhere below him. Another clue was the fact that this airliner was perfectly in focus, but this UFO was a little out of focus. It was a light brown in color, rectangular shaped (no taper!), no exhaust seen (it was very clear on the airliner), no lights, silent, flying a straight course, going really fast (left the airliner like it was standing still).
This is a purely visual report by just me. But, I thought I’d report it anyway. Just in case somebody else seen it, or maybe somebody else on that airliner made a report of it.
Ann Arbor, Michigan UFO Sightings From 2012 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Cylinder | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
| Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Ann Arbor, Michigan UFO Sightings From 2012 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| February | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
| June | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
| November | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
| July | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Ann Arbor, Michigan UFO Sightings From 2012 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 | 3 reported sightings | 75.00% of all reports |
| Friday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Ann Arbor, Michigan UFO Sightings From 2012 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11/18/12 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
| 07/29/12 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
| 02/26/12 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
| 06/08/12 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Ann Arbor, Michigan UFO Sightings From 2012 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 | 3 reported sightings | 75.00% of all reports |
| Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
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