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North Carolina UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 2 UFO sighting reports in North Carolina from 1969 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "sphere" (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- July is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sunday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 07/27/69 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
North Carolina UFO Sighting Reports in 1969
This is a sampling of 20 North Carolina UFO reports from 1969, 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:
A FLYING OBJECT BURNED TOP OF TREES IN ROCKY MOUNT, NC. 1969 I WAS ALMOST 10 YEARS OLD. I WAS STANDING IN FRONT OF GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE ON BERVERLY ROAD.
MY BROTHER AND TWO BOYS ACROSS STREET WERE PLAYING. I SAW WHAT LOOKED LIKE A POSSIBLE FIRE ON OTHER STREET. THERE WAS A BRIGHT RED GLOW IN SKY.
I CALLED MY BROTHER AND FRIENDS OVER. I SAID LOOK A FIRE. THEY CAME OVER AND REMARKED HOW CLOSE THE FIRE SEEMED TO BE.
I SAID LOOKS LIKE IT IS GETTING CLOSER. AS I WATCHED,I STARTED TO SEE SOMETHING IN SKY MOVING. IT WAS A HUGE RED BALL JUST ABOVE THE TREES.
AS IT GOT CLOSER I COULD SEE THAT THE BOTTOM WAS TOUCHING THE TOP OF THE TALLEST PINE TREES. IT EVEN KNOCKED SOME OF THE UPPER LIMBS OUT OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S TREES. BEFORE THIS EVENING ALL THE TREES WERE BRIGHT GREEN EVEN IN THE TOPS ON OUR BLOCK.
THE HOMES ON AVERAGE, WERE 1500 SQ.FT. RANCH STYLE HOMES.
FRONT YARD WAS ABOUT 60-70 FT. WIDE AND 50FT. FROM HOUSE TO STREET.
OTHER YARDS AND HOMES WERE OF EQUAL SIZE. THE OBJECT HAD AN OVER ALL WIDTH OF 3 TO 4 HOMES AND YARDS. I SAID OUT LOUD, THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE.
AND LOOKED AT MY BROTHER. I SAW HIM AND FRIENDS LYING ON GROUND OUT COLD. I COULD FEEL EXTREME HEAT COMING FROM OBJECT.
IT MOVED ACROSS STREET OVER OUR HOUSE. I LIVED WITH GRAND MOTHER. AND ON OVER HOMES BEHIND OURS.
I WOULD SAY IT MOVED AT ABOUT 1 TO 2 MILES AN HOUR. AFTER IT WAS GONE, I WOKE THE OTHER BOYS UP. AND ASKED THEM WHY THEY WENT TO SLEEP.
THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REMEMBER ANYTHING EXCEPT RED GLOW IN SKY. I TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED, THEY JUST LAUGHED. I THOUHT EVERYONE ELSE WOULD TOO, SO I DID NOT TELL ANY ONE ELSE.
MY GRANDMOTHER DID ASK WHY WE HAD SUNBURNS. BECAUSE, SHE DID NOT NOTICE THEM AT DINNER. WE DID NOT ANSWER HER.
THE NEXT DAY I SAW THE TOPS OF ALL THE TREES THAT WERE NEAR THE OBJECT. WERE VERY BROWN AND SCORCHED LOOKING. I EVEN FOUND LIMBS & PINE CONES IN YARD.
THAT HAD BEEN BURNED BLACK AND CHARRED LOOKING. EVER SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN VERY RESTLESS, AND HAVE HAD TROUBLE SLEEPING. I KNOW I AM NOT STUPID, BECAUSE I HAVE SERVED WITH THE CIA AND NAVAL INTELLIGENCE SINCE THEN.
I ALSO SCORED 125 ON MY MILITARY ENTRANCE EXAM (ASVAB TEST). INCIDENT OCCURED 2145 07/27/69. ROCKY MOUNT,NC.
((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD)).
Full Report Text:
A large object with multicolored light all over it was seen outside my bedroom window when I was about 4 years old. This happened in 1969 or 1970. I'm not sure because this was over 50 years ago and I was toddler when I saw it.
I remember looking out my bedroom window and seeing a long torpedo cigar shaped object. It was bigger than my house and gray or silver in color with multi colored lights all over it. I remember getting my crayons and drawing a picture of it.
It scared the heck out of me, so much so I was afraid to tell anyone about it. Not even my parents. I remember looking at for what seemed like forever.
I honestly don't know if anyone else saw it. My brothers or my sister may have seen it, but I don't know if they did or not. I believe my father may have seen it, but I don't know because we never talked about it.
I was actually afraid to talk to anyone about at the time. I'm sorry if all the details are a bit scarce but remember this was over 50 years ago and I was a child when this incident happened.
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 1969 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 1969 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| July | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| June | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 1969 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 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 1969 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 07/27/69 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| 06/10/69 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
North Carolina UFO Sightings From 1969 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 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
All North Carolina Cities with reported UFO sightings in 1969
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in North Carolina, in 1969
| City | Number of Reports | View Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Mount | 1 UFO Reports | Rocky Mount UFO Sightings in 1969 |
| Greensboro | 1 UFO Reports | Greensboro UFO Sightings in 1969 |
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in North Carolina
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in North Carolina.