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Petal, Mississippi UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 4 UFO sighting reports in Petal, Mississippi to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "other" (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- October is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Thursday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 1999 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- 10/26/99 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Petal, Mississippi
These Petal, Mississippi 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:
Low slow boomerang shaped craft with bright lights, disappearing and reappearing Driving back roads going home, car in front of me hit their brakes, thought to myself, what are they doing. then I saw it. Boomerang shaped, bright lights, Huge, flying at treetop level.
Changed direction, than disappeared, freaked me out, then I saw it again, right to my left. again slow n treetop level. no flight pattern.
hovered. then it would disappear. 20 minutes this went on, got to my home.
my son came out n saw it. just hovering and then disappeared, we watched it an additional 15 or so minutes, , he got creeped out. we went in house.
new military aircraft? I know what I saw!!!! ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
Full Report Text:
15 lights in sky in petal MS on 12/12/13 Was on my way to hattiesburg was entering red light looked up in sky seen about 15 lights really scary stuff as my mom drove ppl were pulling over watching the lights about 12 min later a plane coming flying underneath and they started to disappear as the plane was approching them ive heard nothing on the news or anything please post here so i know im not the only person to see them ppl were stopping along the road watching them.
Full Report Text:
Reddish to orange explosion way out in space. This was not a craft I saw, but an explosion way, way out in space. It was between 9:00 and 10:00 PM, I was looking at the stars with my husband in our swing as we do often.
This is the 2nd time in my life this has happened, it was as if something was telling me to look at a specific place, deep, deep out in the sky. It was in the southeast direction, I was looking deep in to the sky, focusing deeper & deeper, and I saw an explosion. It couldn't have lasted but between 2 & 3 seconds.
It was a reddish-orange color, exploded outward - similar to that of a huge firework - starting in a center and expanding outward into a flat, round shape, similar to the rings around Saturn. It lit brighter as it went outward, changing from red to orange, then disapated, yet couldn't have last more than 3 seconds. Was it a meteor blasted by someone? Thats all I can guess.
I can't forget it, yet haven't told many people what I witnessed. I had that "calling" one ! other time, I can remember it was in August in the late 1990's. It was a little more south, south-east.
It was an explosion but was different, it left like a smoke ring that lasted 2 to 3 seconds also. Again, I never told many people, and I haven't forgotten it either. I could not tell the distance of either, but believe it was further than the distance of the moon.
It certainly wasn't close. Both times it was like I was being told to look at a precise place at a precise time, looking deep into the sky.
Full Report Text:
Object was seen heading north just east of Petal, Ms at appox 1500ft It was the size of a DC-10.It hovered , and moved slowly to the north over the horizon. At 23:12 on 10/26/99 I went outside for some nite air.
To the South, I notice a very bright series of lights that was approaching from the south, northbound.I first thought it was a large jet coming in to Hattiesburg.Then I realized this was something very different.
I called my two sons outside.Ages 25, and 19.We all were stund as the craft stop for a brief hover, then continued to move north toward Laurel (20miles North) As it passed over our house, there was NO sound at all! It made very small quick action heading changes a few times, no more than a few deg's though as it continued north.
Object had a series of white lights in diamond formation pointing down, with one VERY strong strobe type light to the rear.All lights were white. The whole craft look as if trianglar the size of a DC 10.
No noise was detectable, and moved to slowly to keep a conventinal aircraft airborne Although I've been inactive for a longtime, I do hold a Com. Pilots ticket and can tell you this object was very very strange.
Petal, Mississippi 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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Other | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Triangle | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Petal, Mississippi 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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October | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
July | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
December | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Petal, Mississippi 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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Thursday | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Saturday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Petal, Mississippi 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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10/26/99 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
07/28/12 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
12/12/13 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
10/27/16 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Petal, Mississippi 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 | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Petal, Mississippi
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Petal, Mississippi.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2016 | 1 UFO Reports | Petal, Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2016 |
2013 | 1 UFO Reports | Petal, Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2013 |
2012 | 1 UFO Reports | Petal, Mississippi UFO Sightings in 2012 |
1999 | 1 UFO Reports | Petal, Mississippi UFO Sightings in 1999 |
All Mississippi Cities with UFO Sightings
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Mississippi