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Analysis of West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2012
We analyzed all 2 UFO sighting reports in West Bloomfield, Michigan to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "sphere" (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- September was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Saturday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 09/29/12 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the evening, between the hours of 16:00 - 19:59 (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
UFO Reports in West Bloomfield, Michigan from 2012
These West Bloomfield, 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:
Orange glowing sphere seen over West Bloomfield, Mi. On Saturday, September 29th, 2012, my wife and I went to her parents’ house in West Bloomfield, Michigan to work on replacing their rotted front steps. After working all day, and nearing sunset, it was discovered that we were lacking a few supplies so my wife volunteered to run to the local big box store while my father-in-law and I stayed back to keep working.
My wife pulled out of the driveway sometime between 7:00 to 7:30 PM EST. The day was a perfect autumn day: crisp temperatures, beautiful sunny skies with large fluffy clouds and as the evening progressed the clouds appeared ominously dark in contrast to the gorgeous sunset. It was still light enough to see, but the sun was definitely starting to set.
I happened to step back from working for a second to stretch my back and as I looked up above my head there was a large circular object. The object appeared to be a bright orange sphere that looked almost like it was on fire. It pulsated slightly and appeared to have energy waves around it.
At times there were even hints of yellowish-orange around the edges, and it almost seemed to faintly change shape. At this point my Father-in-law was working with me. My Mother-in-law and Brother-in-law had just come out of the house to see the progress on the steps.
Upon spotting the object I immediately alerted everyone. They turned to see the object and the same question seemed to echo between us all, "What the hell is that?" The "Burning" sphere was like a glowing orange ember from a bonfire, intensely bright and beautiful. It seemed to be flying high in the sky, but then strangely it passed under the clouds which seemed to be somewhere around Cessna altitude range (5000 to 9000 ft.
). The object also appeared to be traveling fairly fast (about as fast as a military jet), and made absolutely no sound what-so-ever. My Brother-in-law made some comment that it was probably just one of those floating Chinese lanterns that had finally caught on fire, but as I said to him, "There wasn’t a visible fire, it was just glowing an intense orange color, and Chinese lanterns don’t fly that fast!" I watched the object for about 10 minutes until it appeared to disappear.
We all talked about the sighting later trying to come up with what it possibly could be and agreed that Whatever it was, it was definitely glowing like an ember, it was not just a reflection from the sun; and it was moving very fast and without a sound.
Full Report Text:
Point of light travelling faster than any aircraft I've observed I have been a star gazer my whole life. I would sleep in a chaise lounger, unafraid, in the hopes of seeing a 'falling star' (meteor showers) or the Northern Lights. While I am convinced we are not alone, in all my 60 years I have never had an encounter of the minutest kind~! On the 18TH of May this year I stepped outside in the evening air.
Not expecting anything I removed my glasses for a spell to rest my eyes in the dark. I live between two airports so I am well acquainted with the aircraft coming and going. Pontiac Airport has smaller aircraft such Lear jets and private planes whilst Detroit has larger passenger commercial planes.
I am also familiar with seeing satellites and the have seen the space station on occasion. I watched mechanically as an incoming small aircraft approached above Pontiac Airport when a speck of light caught my attention. It was so high my first thought was, 'It's a satellite.
' I put my glasses back on to have a better look and as I watched I realized it was moving faster and faster unlike any satellite I've ever seen. It was not a meteor; of that I am sure, having seen thousands of them my whole life. There were no telltale flashing aircraft lights nor was there any sound.
It just moved swiftly straight across the entire visible sky. I realize this is not enormously interesting in that it wasn't closer to Earth with more detail to report. But I was shaking and know it was like nothing I've ever seen before, and I would be interested to find out by the mathematics of speed based on approximate altitude, distance and time; perhaps that would be an indication of whether it was of this world or extraterrestrial.
(Unfortunately, I'm no mathematician.).
West Bloomfield, 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 |
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Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
West Bloomfield, 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 |
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September | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
West Bloomfield, 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 |
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Saturday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
West Bloomfield, 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 |
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09/29/12 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
05/18/12 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
West Bloomfield, 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 |
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Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in West Bloomfield, Michigan
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2023 | 1 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2023 |
2021 | 1 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2021 |
2015 | 1 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2015 |
2012 | 2 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2012 |
2011 | 2 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2011 |
2010 | 1 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2010 |
2008 | 3 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2008 |
2003 | 1 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 2003 |
1998 | 1 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 1998 |
1979 | 1 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 1979 |
1978 | 1 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 1978 |
1972 | 1 UFO Reports | West Bloomfield, Michigan UFO Sightings in 1972 |
All Michigan Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2012
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Michigan in 2012. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Michigan in 2012.