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Fayetteville, North Carolina UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 85 UFO sighting reports in Fayetteville, North Carolina to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (19 reports, 22.35% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (12 reports, 14.12% of total).
- Tuesday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (15 reports, 17.65% of total).
- 2016 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (10 reports, 11.76% of total).
- 08/06/13 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 2.35% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (45 reports, 52.94% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Fayetteville, North Carolina
These Fayetteville, North Carolina 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).
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Large acre plus-sized triangular craft traveling approx 32000 feet. Large triangular craft traveling west to East at approx 32000 feet. Seen from above in airliner traveling north-south at 36000 ft.
Three white lights. One on 'nose' if triangle. One white light on each 'rear' corner.
Single red light in rear center where 'tail' would be. Not picked up on with either onboard radar or TCAS. Red-light turned off after approx 30 seconds.
Craft suddenly appeared to 'frazzle' with what looked like static discharge for approx 10 seconds then effectively disappeared into the darkness. Either it left or went totally dark. It was night time so unsure which.
Very very cool to watch. Managed to capture. Few pics with cellphone.
attached.
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2 lights looked like stars but circling each other. I think it was around the time of a meteor shower. I was watching for meteors but saw none.
Way up, and I mean way up, there were 2 lights that I first thought were stars. They started to circle each other and were moving fast. I went and got my daughter and asked her to look.
She saw it but won't talk about it now, lol. The date might be more around August last year, near the Perseids meteor shower. My neighbor has a telescope and mentioned beforehand he's seen some stuff streak across the sky and back and kinda hang out up there.
I don't know, but it's worth mentioning. We do live next to a military base, so there's that.
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Walking my dog for the late night shift, I had my eyes on the night sky it was quite clear. Looking up at the stars, I witnessed a point of light (assuming a star) at the moment turn into a ball of different colors. I watched as it came down vertically from the sky and hover for just a brief moment before completely going behind the tree line closer to the ground.
This object gave no trail of entering the atmosphere so I checked off it being a meteor or satellite entry, this object also did not break apart into different sections either however the object stopped in mid descent before going back to “falling”. No noise only three bright bursts of light within split seconds of each other (Green,Blue,Purple) again leaving no streak on the night sky or splitting apart. Freaked me out while I stood on the side of the road watching in awe and quite frankly fear.
It was crazy, had my hair standing up on the back of my neck.
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The orb was bright in the sky, it descended in front of the four witnesses. Craft was visible long enough to record video footage. I have always been drawn to the subject of ufology, and when I found out that my good friend Jeremy Bledsoe's father could offer some information, I overtime tried to find an opportunity where I could meet him in a comfortable setting where I could ask him questions.
Jeremy was very willing to have me and my brother meet his father so we set up a time we could get together, get some pizza and then go golfing. Chris was very open and down to earth when it came to discussing his experience and ufology in general. The time spent with him that day golfing with him, his son, and my brother was more than pleasant.
While golfing, Christopher said something along the lines of "Well, why don't you come around the house tonight around 6:30 if y'all want to see something." As the three of us pulled into the property, Chris was waiting for us with his eyes to the sky calling us to come look. **What we saw**: A bright light in an orb shape permeating the night's sky.
The orbs' light looked as if it was an animated version of an unstable molecule. The orb was present for a full two minutes or so it did a spiral descent above the cabin and then disappeared. The orb made no noise whatsoever.
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Distant light flew in, paused in the air for half a second, then accelerated away at an incredible speed. I am a 41 year old, retired Army Intelligence Officer with 21 years of active duty service living in Fayetteville, NC. I was on my porch at 11:22 pm Christmas Eve when I looked up as a small flash of light caught my attention.
A distant, white light flew from east to west at incredible speed creating a light trail behind it. The light then stopped instantly and paused for half a second at high altitude before accelerating westward and seemingly upward into space creating another light trail behind it as it vanished. There was no sound from the object and the entire event occured in perhaps two seconds within a relatively small area in the visible sky.
To me, it looked as though "something" had simply dropped in for a quick look before taking off at or near light speed.
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MADAR Node 174.
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One saucer shaped U.F.O.
with red light in center flashing red above tree tops moving from N/W TO S/E My wife was in the backyard and looked up saw a red light in the center of a circular saucer shape object above our house moving from North west moving south east. I looked out window and it was gone.
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My husband and I were at a red light on Owen Dr. in Fayetteville, NC awaiting to turn left onto 301. We both witnessed several lights appear in the night sky at once.
Strangely, the lights were moving left to right, down then up, as well as disappear then randomly reappear in strange formations. At times they would stop and stay in place and then suddenly move into perfect lines/shapes/etc. No sound accompanied the lights and total were visually consistent for around 7 minutes.
Then all together they disappeared. Definitely not an aircraft although we did see an aircraft after the fact with searching lights and moving super slow and appeared to be in search.
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Approximately 11 1130pm me and my son witnessed what looked like the sky was on fire by methodist college ramsey st we following the light to see what was burning and causing the light we found nothing upon going to my mothers 5mibs up the road i walked back outside only to see the same bright flash lighting up the dark sky no sound just flashing as if it were as bright as the highway lights off 295 it’s stopped flashing then about 4mins later i got up the next morning and looked on fb only to see other people that stay on ramsey st inquiring about the strange light as well a fb friend had a video of the lights but was on the opposite end of ramsey st.
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Flashing from a possible satellite tumbling on its arc. Took my dog out for his last night potty run about 10:45 pm tonight. I always look up at the stars at night as it was something Dad and I used to do when I was growing up.
He was an engineer, designing early communication satellites, and I know quite a few of his designs are above us, circling the Earth. Dad taught me how to identify a planet as opposed to a star, and how to track the satellites when they go overhead. Tonight, I caught a glimpse of a flash of white light out of the corner of my eye traveling from the west to the east/southeast sky above the star Altair (used my Sky Guide app to figure its location), then dismissed it as I thought it was a light of an airplane high overhead.
We are under the flight lines for our local airport and the nearby military base. I looked to the south and then back over where I saw the light and saw a smaller glimmer of it. Continued watching that area of the sky and it flashed again and again, somewhat in a predictive sequence about 2-3 seconds in between each flash and the duration of the flash was a fraction of a second which made it very hard to predict where it was going.
When it flashed again, this time it was like a streamer flying in the wind with a 1-2 second duration and then it disappeared, only to quickly flash again a few more times before the light dimmed out of sight. I do not believe it is a UFO craft. I believe I saw a satellite which may have been knocked so it's spinning while in orbit and caught the sun reflecting off its solar panels (the flashing light) instead of a steady glow which moves in an arc across the night sky.
The flashing light was still traveling as if it were following a satellite arc, that's how I could guess where to look when I realized it wasn't an airplane flying overhead. Just wondered if anyone else had seen the same thing tonight. Pretty interesting!.
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Mysterious bright light spotted hovering over wooded area I reside in Fayetteville, NC, and I live in an apartment on the second floor. I occasionally open my bedroom blinds at night to get beautiful views of the moon & stars. Tonight around 10p.
m., I opened my blinds, turned out my bedroom light and laid in bed gazing out of the window slightly to the right of where the moon is usually visible with hopes of witnessing the meteor shower. After looking toward the sky for sometime a bright light appeared and I noticed it was actually hovering over the woods in the back of my apartment complex.
I watched the bright light as closely as possible to rule out the possibility of it being a drone being operated by someone nearby, it wasn't. I called my husband to come look and he saw it as well. The bright light hovered for about 30 mins in the same spot and faster then I could blink it disappeared.
The moon & stars are not even visible tonight due to the frequent thunderstorms we are having so the only explanation is that it! was certainly an extraterrestrial sighting.
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Me and my children were heading to my mom's house when something very silvery like aluminum like so shiny flew by in the sky went in a cloud and disappeared.now this is over the overpass of 295 off mcauthur rd i kept driving to follow it because if it were a plane we would have been able to see it or follow it its all open no matter if it went higher foreward straight or down it was gone and was too big to have dissapeared in broad day light like that its always something strange going on in that area but it freaked me and the kids out for sure.
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Bright lights being chased by Mitlitary helicopters The past few nights near Andrews rd area there has been a a bright green blue light moving and hovering around the sky also a weird shaped object with 2 flashing round white lights seen as well no red flashing light to indicate its an airplane no noise either near base then all helicopters everywhere as if it is chasing these objects.
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Bright balls of light in sky over Fayetteville, NC. Saw several circular or ball-shaped objects which appeared to be stacking up on each other and moving together. As we watched we saw a couple come out of others that were already present and separate.
There were military helicopters circling the area within a couple miles, but not too close.so they were definitely aware of the event.
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Outside with husband watching Geminid Meteor shower when what at first appeared to be a flock of birds in the sky realized it was NOT, 10 to 15 small long ovals glowed slightly, went straight across sky but also appeared wavy and in formation. Moved too fast and smooth to be a plane also made no noise. Spotted by Peadens Seafood Restaurant.
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I observed what I thought was a satellite falling from the sky or a meteor with a debris trail. But as it fell the object broke into 5 pieces & stopped falling all at the same time. This took about 1.
5 minutes to take place & then they hovered for almost 50 seconds & I couldn’t see them anymore due to a tree line. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides little contact information. PD)).
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I saw a cigar shaped aircraft with 3 bright lights that didn't blink. Standing in my driveway at 1am looked up over my neighbors house over the trees I saw a cigar-shaped thing with 3 lights hovering silently, it came from behind the trees. I saw it hovering in full over the street for maybe 5 seconds, direct eye contact.
Then it just went from 0mph-warped speed, and varnished.
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Several Large UFO sightings over Bladen County, N.C. between 30 Dec 2016 and April 2017.
It had been the fifth time this type of UFO has come to our area, which is our back yard. The difference has been its size and distance to My home. Every appearance, has drawn it closer and larger than the last one.
The first sighting was on 30 December 2016 @ 2300 hours. It appeared and traveled down the street and above My neighbor's house across the street, then it came over mine. It was so close I could have hit it with a baseball easily.
The neighbor in questioned moved from the fear of the incident. This first one was saucer shape, reddish/orange, pulsating as it revolted, silently, eventually speeding incredibly fast over head and east off of Hwy 87. The next two were on 26 January and 8 February, 2017.
These two were very similar in size, though larger than the first on 30 December 2016. The one on 26 January 2017 appeared at 2145 hours, with three major reddish/orange lights equal distant apart, with a diamond like object trailing it behind and below the craft. It diamond shape figure eventually joint the major part of the craft from underneath, then flow away as it traverse the trees at a distance.
The next one, on 8 February was huge, yet silent as well. It didn't create no sound or disturbance of the atmosphere. It remained steady state for approximately 45 minutes, if not more, because I was lost in its beauty.
This one too hard the three reddish/orange glow of lights, equally distant from each other and a trailing diamond shaped object. The only difference with this observation was that the craft was larger than the last and the diamond shaped object moved more distal from the main object and freely over the neighboring homes and streets and tree lines. The observation was the 11 April 2017, and without a doubt, the largest ever observed, and not just by Me, but by My entire family.
I've waited a long time to be vindicated by this current sighting, because all the others were seen by Me and when reported to My family, it was received rather unappreciated. Then this sighting! occurre d and I was vindicated. Like I said this one was the largest of them all, were every detail could be observed by everyone.
It too had the three reddish/orange lights equally distant, the bottom base could be seen perfectly, which demonstrated were the diamond shaped craft would descend from and the full range of what else there was underneath the UFO. The bottom part, as I said, had the diamond shaped craft, along with what appeared to be a silvery bracket holding it in place, with some lighting as well. You could see the way the edges of the UFO curved upward, all the way around.
The top seemed like a shimmering light blue glow about it. Once again, it was silent, and I expected some sound, considering the size of this UFO. The size, without question, had two be 3 and half times the size of My house, because as it traveled over it.
It had extend equally on both ends, which would make it over 3 times 76 feet in diameter, since My home is 76 feet long. Making it more than 275 feet in diameter. The only thing I question id why now? Why these recent visits to My area, and almost the exact same area.
Truth be told, since moving out to this area in 2005, I've since UFOs land near by, even to the extent of leaving circles in My back yard. Some time floating between My property and My neighbors, but never this large or this close. There must be something going on around here, if not with Me, since I've had several experiences in My entire life with these things, and for generations apparently.
((NUFORC Note: Source of the report elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)) ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the sighting is approximate. PD)).
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7 sphere like objects that reflected the sunlight off its surface seen in western part of sky in a circle formation. Appear to be going in a circle than disappearing in clouds.
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Elongated teardrop shape fell rapidly down the sky. While taking batting practice, a friend and I were sitting on a bench facing east when we saw a very bright silver looking light or object falling in the sky at an very high speed. We saw it in the open sky and followed its progress down behind trees.
It had the shape of an elongated water drop. The tail of the light was not very long. Once it was out of our sight, we waited for an explosion, but it didn’t happen.
I don’t know if it was a meteorite or falling space debris or what it was, but it either fell into the ocean, or it was just passing by earth. It happened very quickly, and the object looked big. At first, I thought it was a big passenger plane, but it was moving way too fast for an airplane of any kind.
The whole event probably lasted 3 – 5 seconds.
Fayetteville, North Carolina 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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Light | 19 reported sightings | 22.35% of all reports |
Circle | 11 reported sightings | 12.94% of all reports |
Triangle | 7 reported sightings | 8.24% of all reports |
Disk | 7 reported sightings | 8.24% of all reports |
Unknown | 7 reported sightings | 8.24% of all reports |
Fireball | 6 reported sightings | 7.06% of all reports |
Formation | 5 reported sightings | 5.88% of all reports |
Oval | 4 reported sightings | 4.71% of all reports |
Other | 3 reported sightings | 3.53% of all reports |
Cigar | 3 reported sightings | 3.53% of all reports |
Cylinder | 3 reported sightings | 3.53% of all reports |
Sphere | 3 reported sightings | 3.53% of all reports |
Flash | 2 reported sightings | 2.35% of all reports |
Changing | 2 reported sightings | 2.35% of all reports |
Cross | 1 reported sightings | 1.18% of all reports |
Teardrop | 1 reported sightings | 1.18% of all reports |
Fayetteville, North Carolina 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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August | 12 reported sightings | 14.12% of all reports |
December | 12 reported sightings | 14.12% of all reports |
July | 11 reported sightings | 12.94% of all reports |
January | 10 reported sightings | 11.76% of all reports |
September | 7 reported sightings | 8.24% of all reports |
June | 6 reported sightings | 7.06% of all reports |
October | 6 reported sightings | 7.06% of all reports |
May | 5 reported sightings | 5.88% of all reports |
April | 4 reported sightings | 4.71% of all reports |
February | 4 reported sightings | 4.71% of all reports |
November | 4 reported sightings | 4.71% of all reports |
March | 2 reported sightings | 2.35% of all reports |
Fayetteville, North Carolina 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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Tuesday | 15 reported sightings | 17.65% of all reports |
Friday | 14 reported sightings | 16.47% of all reports |
Wednesday | 14 reported sightings | 16.47% of all reports |
Saturday | 14 reported sightings | 16.47% of all reports |
Monday | 11 reported sightings | 12.94% of all reports |
Thursday | 10 reported sightings | 11.76% of all reports |
Sunday | 5 reported sightings | 5.88% of all reports |
Fayetteville, North Carolina 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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08/06/13 | 2 reported sightings | 2.35% of all reports |
02/20/08 | 1 reported sightings | 1.18% of all reports |
09/08/16 | 1 reported sightings | 1.18% of all reports |
09/17/79 | 1 reported sightings | 1.18% of all reports |
07/29/13 | 1 reported sightings | 1.18% of all reports |
Fayetteville, North Carolina 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 | 45 reported sightings | 52.94% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 16 reported sightings | 18.82% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 11 reported sightings | 12.94% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 6 reported sightings | 7.06% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 4 reported sightings | 4.71% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 1 reported sightings | 1.18% of all reports |
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