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Analysis of Grand Rapids, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2012
We analyzed all 6 UFO sighting reports in Grand Rapids, Michigan to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (2 reports, 33.33% of total).
- September was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Friday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 33.33% of total).
- 08/23/12 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 16.67% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (6 reports, 100.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Grand Rapids, Michigan from 2012
These Grand Rapids, 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).
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Orange lights in staggered formation over grand rapids michigan. staggered red orange orbs numbering 12-15 in formation. no sound, they would rotate and swap positions but maintain direction of travel until they collected in a misty cloud that was spreading towards the city.
My brothers and i all took pictures with cell phones but not good images. same with video.
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Bright star shape move and drop suddenly down from the sky, lost visibility because of trees. Driving down Lake Michigan Drive and saw what looked like a very large bright star drop down suddenly, lost visibility after it dropped.
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Four Orange Spheres Appered Like Fire in the Sky I walked outside on the way to the grocery store and looked up as I was heading towards my car. I saw four flying object that looked liked fire all moving quickly across the sky with no sound or noise that you would expect from a plane. They were heading from West to East at the same speed and after several minutes they appeared to get smaller as if gaining altitude and then they disappeared one at a time.
The first two disappeared withing 5 seconds of one another and then about 30 seconds later the third vanished followed by the fourth only 10 seconds after that.
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not sure what i seen but it wasnt man made 1 I walked out side at 10pm to let my dogs out and i noticed a white light in the sky as brite as a star moving and i told my girl friend it looks like that star is moving, she said it was the clouds so me and her was stilll iooking and watching this light as it looked like it was hovering for a second then fly across the sky and disappear . it was not a plane it didnt have the blinking lights like a helicopter . i repeat it looked like a giant star in the sky but lower then the rest of stars !.
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Grand Rapids, Michigan 11:15 pm July 27. 2012 think I saw some ufo's or something. North of east Leonard & 96 area.
maybe 20 - 30 lighted objects. traveling in a south word direction.traveling close to each other.
I took video but it didn't turn out well. They were scattered together like a swarm of bees. There were 5 others traveling in equal distances apart maybe a mile or so apart.
These were trailing the swarm of lights… ((NUFORC Note: We spoke via telephone with this witness, and he seemed to us to be unusually serious-minded. We suspect that he is a highly reliable witness. PD)).
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2 sets of 8-10 yellow/orange orbs in triangle shape appeared in south and headed west is this for real? while taking my dog out i saw a v formation come out of the southern sky and head west towards orion's constellation. the v was pointed towards the west and was a perfect gathering of about 8-10 orbs unblinking, unmoving, slowly crossing the sky and disappear. i thought my eyes were playing tricks on me when in the south again another set just appeared and did the same thing.
as the second set moved i ran back up to my apt to grab my girlfriend came back and they were gone. i have never seen anything like this before. does this happen to alot of people?.
Grand Rapids, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Light | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| Other | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| Formation | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| Triangle | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
Grand Rapids, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| September | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| November | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| August | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| April | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| July | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
Grand Rapids, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Saturday | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
Grand Rapids, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 08/23/12 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| 09/28/12 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| 09/29/12 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| 07/27/12 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| 11/03/12 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
Grand Rapids, 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 | 6 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
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