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North Dakota UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 271 UFO sighting reports in North Dakota to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (41 reports, 15.13% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (38 reports, 14.02% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (42 reports, 15.50% of total).
- 11/07/16 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (3 reports, 1.11% of total).
- 2020 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (25 reports, 9.23% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (115 reports, 42.44% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in North Dakota
These North Dakota 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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Lights moved from east to south and back east when I got t the shop The whole day I was just feeling eerie id look around me a lot just had that feeling I was being watched. I also kept hearing whistles and it sounded different than a bird it was like a deep long whistle, but I didn’t think into it. I wanted to finish cutting this alfalfa so I stayed into the night and at the same time as the sun was setting I noticed these lights directly east, but the bottom one was not directly under the other it was kinda ahead summed it up to be a phone pole just so I didn’t freak out because I know there is one by the shop, but the shop was directly south east of where I was and the lights were straight east not long after these lights moved south over this big hill and got a whole lot brighter I started hauling ass to my pickup got to my pickup and got to the section line that goes to the road and started taking videos and a little red light appeared out of bum fuck nowhere exactly where I was.
I went to go clock out and noticed these lights were directly ahead of me and they went around the shop out of my sight. I took a pic of shop because I’m a scared 18 y/o girl everything was running though my head. As I left the lights were now heading north of the phone pole.
A few days later went through all the videos and you can clearly see odd faces and bodily shapes in this completely empty field and one is even seen moving out of the video frame. And the photo I took to clock out you can see a perfect shadow nothing in the shop even relatively is body shaped let alone tall enough to make a shadow. Mind you the farm I work at is all old people and one middle aged guy who are all either drunk or in bed by 9pm.
I wasn’t gonna report until I went back with a friend at night to see if the lights were there and almost the exact thing happened but lights appeared and disappeared at different places on two different nights.
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Starlike light moving erratically, north and south, back and forth, but moving at different speeds toward the west, overall. Myself (male, 50s), my son (male, 30s), and two grandsons (15 and 11) were in the back yard, looking up at the sky for the Perseid meteor shower (which wasn't very active). My 15 year old grandson noticed the "star" moving erratically, first.
After a minute or so, we all saw what he had seen. I was laying in my zero gravity chair, facing the east, but looking straight up. The "star" was directly above us.
maybe just a little east of zenith. The "star" was definitely not a satellite, as I have seen many of those before, and understand their movements. What we were seeing was what looked like a star, but it was moving (not at a steady speed) toward the west.
It appeared to stop quite often, but not for long. It would also move from side to side (north and south), while still moving in a westerly direction. Sometimes slowly, and other times a little faster.
After watching for about 45 minutes, I had to move my head backwards to the point where it became uncomfortable. All of the other stars in the sky were still in their same general position, but the one we were watching had moved considerably. I also have a tree in my back yard that I could use as a landmark.
After about an hour, the "star" had moved about 10 degrees toward the west. We did not watch it until it was no longer able to be seen, since it was late. It could have been lit up by itself or it could have been reflecting sunlight.
There was no change in the intensity of the brightness, though.
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Was explaining another ufo story of a light like a plane but no flashing lights. And how it disappeared before i could record it. I described my possible ufo experience to my friend and as i was explaining it, it happened again but this time I kept watching it.
Until it just instantly disappeared, exactly like I predicted because of what happened with the last possible UFO. But this time i watched completely and had a witness watching too.
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I was moving snow for a couple hours when I went to put the skidsteer up in outbuilding I noticed 2 lights to the west. 2 lights,can't make out craft.Hasn't moved just hovering there.
No sound but probably too far to hear anyway. NUFORC Note: Jupiter and Venus.
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Two orange beems of light that look like holograms. One dissappear and comes back. Two circle green lights that move all directions.
I was outside and seen these two orange beems of light. They look like holograms and one disappears and re appears. There are two green circles going in all directions.
I took video and photographs. I watched 5 minutes and went inside, they could be out there still.
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It looked like a big star. But it was moving. Me and my neighbor were noticing a large bright star.
But it started moving. Then it started moving.we took pictures of it.
it was bouncing all over. Up and down and sideways. my neighbor saw another one later.
And she said her skin started burning, like fire. she started praying and the heat left her.
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Found taking pictures of aurora borealis Was out capturing pictures of northern lights with my iPhone 11 to share with family. I walked one city block to get a picture without so many trees. I did not notice the cluster of lights right away as I was more focused on the northern lights.
When I got back to the house and clicking the photos to share on social media, that’s when I really noticed and zoomed in. These are not stars, planets, or airplanes.
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A light that looked initially like a fluorescent glided from the west toward the east As the light approached the 12 o clock position we both realized that it was not anything we had ever seen before. It was like a train of bright lights gliding east and very long, no noise. Was NOT an airplane, jet, helicpoter, fireworks, etc.
This was a space ship ! Approx 20 seconds after the sighting, we saw three bright objects - UFOs off to the north following the spaceship in unison. We did not have our phones outside with us and thus no pics .
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Appears on a clip from blink camera When I reviewed clips the following morning I saw what at first appeared to be smoke moving in upper corner, at 11:01pm Thursday then like there was an object which appeared to move into position and stop. Clip ends as no further movement. Then a clip at 6:09 ct Friday when I let my dog out.
The disc is still present in that clip. I’ve tried to figure out what it might have been to no avail. Never seen this on camera before or since.
While it appeared to be just north of residence, I assume it was far in distance as others would have been out and about still and don’t know that anyone else saw it. It did send clips to family members trying to get what explanation they may have. Was thinking something military maybe?.
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Top left corner of video, towards the end you see it leap after a second one appears or maybe just how the craft travels.
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Bright light going into wooded area I live on a farmstead. In back of my home is a wooded area. As I was in bed looking out the window.
There was a large bright light that lasted 3 seconds. Right after you could see a light descending into the woods you could see this light hitting the branches as it went down. I was not able follow it due to some buildings and I was a little afraid to go out side.
I was by myself.
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I witnessed a flying object, flying relatively low & slow, with 4 perfectly squared lights marking the corners. The bottom center had a slight orange glow. I could not make out much of the body, but noticed the front too lights were slightly elevated in comparison to the rear.
No planes were trackable overhead on any of the apps I have.
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First photos sent back from perseverance on mars skyline shows dark object in the sky towards the right of the photo. Only visible once photo is zoomed up.
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Large object, resembling a flat iron, sat motionless off the highway. We were hauling a load of heating oil, eastbound from Stanley, on RT 2, when my partner called my attention to an unusual object on the north side of the highway. The object resembled a dark colored flat iron, approximately 75’ wide, and close to 100’ long.
From top to bottom, I’d say it was 30', and it appeared to be sitting on hundreds of points, or legs, which kept it between 15’ and 20’ off the ground. Weather at the time, about 12:04 PM, was 19 degrees Fahrenheit, wind blowing from the north at 16 mph, gusting 23 mph, and the skies were overcast. I radioed the police department, back in Stanley, back at City Hall, and let them know what we had seen.
They said that another caller had notified them about the object, and that a deputy was in route to the location.
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Large, spinning , colorful UFO. Starting at 6 pm we watched 5 of these donut like spinners above heads and smaller bright ones coming out of them then would fly in a line and vanish. At 11:15 pm I went back outside and there was one huge one even with the naked eye full of color, spinning these have been out here every night for the past month.
The ones from earlier that were emitted from the larger ones had moved across sky, stopped hovered together then a flash of red and white and took off.
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At least 61 UFOs in a straight line traveling West to East at 5:45 AM unforgettable !!! I had gotten in my hot tub around 5:45 AM and was watching the sky for satellites going over. I spotted one lone satellite going South to North , then I noticed two what looked like satellites going West to East. I thought this was unusual as I have never seen that happen before.
Then I noticed two more traveling in the same West to East line , both groups had the same spacing. As I watched they kept coming, equally spaced except for a few. Every so often there would be two side by side.
I watched for what I think was maybe 5 minutes and counted as at least 61 went by. Maybe more as I might have missed one or two. The most fantastic thing I have ever seen !!!!.
North Dakota 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 | 41 reported sightings | 15.13% of all reports |
Triangle | 35 reported sightings | 12.92% of all reports |
Circle | 23 reported sightings | 8.49% of all reports |
Unknown | 20 reported sightings | 7.38% of all reports |
Other | 19 reported sightings | 7.01% of all reports |
Disk | 17 reported sightings | 6.27% of all reports |
Formation | 13 reported sightings | 4.80% of all reports |
Fireball | 11 reported sightings | 4.06% of all reports |
Sphere | 10 reported sightings | 3.69% of all reports |
Oval | 9 reported sightings | 3.32% of all reports |
Changing | 8 reported sightings | 2.95% of all reports |
Cigar | 8 reported sightings | 2.95% of all reports |
Rectangle | 5 reported sightings | 1.85% of all reports |
Diamond | 5 reported sightings | 1.85% of all reports |
Flash | 5 reported sightings | 1.85% of all reports |
Cylinder | 3 reported sightings | 1.11% of all reports |
Chevron | 3 reported sightings | 1.11% of all reports |
Teardrop | 2 reported sightings | 0.74% of all reports |
Egg | 2 reported sightings | 0.74% of all reports |
North Dakota 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 | 38 reported sightings | 14.02% of all reports |
July | 37 reported sightings | 13.65% of all reports |
September | 26 reported sightings | 9.59% of all reports |
November | 22 reported sightings | 8.12% of all reports |
April | 21 reported sightings | 7.75% of all reports |
June | 21 reported sightings | 7.75% of all reports |
October | 18 reported sightings | 6.64% of all reports |
January | 18 reported sightings | 6.64% of all reports |
May | 18 reported sightings | 6.64% of all reports |
December | 15 reported sightings | 5.54% of all reports |
February | 14 reported sightings | 5.17% of all reports |
March | 14 reported sightings | 5.17% of all reports |
North Dakota 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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Saturday | 42 reported sightings | 15.50% of all reports |
Friday | 42 reported sightings | 15.50% of all reports |
Wednesday | 40 reported sightings | 14.76% of all reports |
Sunday | 39 reported sightings | 14.39% of all reports |
Monday | 36 reported sightings | 13.28% of all reports |
Thursday | 35 reported sightings | 12.92% of all reports |
Tuesday | 28 reported sightings | 10.33% of all reports |
North Dakota 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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11/07/16 | 3 reported sightings | 1.11% of all reports |
07/25/14 | 2 reported sightings | 0.74% of all reports |
04/17/06 | 2 reported sightings | 0.74% of all reports |
04/18/19 | 2 reported sightings | 0.74% of all reports |
04/11/12 | 2 reported sightings | 0.74% of all reports |
North Dakota 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 | 115 reported sightings | 42.44% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 53 reported sightings | 19.56% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 34 reported sightings | 12.55% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 33 reported sightings | 12.18% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 14 reported sightings | 5.17% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 13 reported sightings | 4.80% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in North Dakota
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in North Dakota.
Cities with Reported UFO Sightings in North Dakota
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in North Dakota