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Nebraska UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 1 UFO sighting reports in Nebraska from 1987 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "triangle" (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- August is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- 08/15/87 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the late night, between the hours of 00:00 - 03:59 (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
Nebraska UFO Sighting Reports in 1987
This is a sampling of 20 Nebraska UFO reports from 1987, 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:
Warm late summer-time, my roommate (both in the USAF) & I heard a sound in the sky, approaching from the west, passing us overhead, then on to the east. Early morning at 1:30am, having had some brews, very humid, hot and sitting on the ground in chairs. We watched the object pass directly overhead.
There were no navigation lights. It was loud and sounded like somebody creasing a thick piece of one-ply cardboard. The craft was about 500ft up.
It sounded like a jet, but not like any I had heard at multiple air shows I'd seen in the past. We were members of a SAC unit that was a part of a GSU (geographically seperated unit) approx. 120 miles west of Omaha, NE.
Our mission was in part support of SAC by operating a VLF transmitter site there. We both agreed that we did not see any exhaust or visible light from the craft. There was very little light in the upper clear sky as the moon was hidden by low partly cloudy cover.
About 15 min. after the sighting, I smelled something like jet exhaust that I have smelled before at airshows or on a flight line. On a note, the site we worked at had a radio tower, the height of which was a little higher than the Empire St.
building in N.Y. This tower was surrounded by "HAZ" markers at the four sides of our 1/2 mile sq.
site. (HAZ was short for HAZARD and lighted at night) Our site covered 4 corners of four counties, not unlike the "four corners". Years later and keeping in touch with my friend, I saw an airshow at Scott AFB, IL, in 1991.
The very same shape and sound was emitted by a craft that flew overhead: the F-117! As it turns out, my supervisor knew that the F-117 would do flybys by remote USAF sites in the midwest in the late '80s! From UFO to IFO. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)) ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous.
PD)).
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 1987 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Triangle | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 1987 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| August | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 1987 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 1987 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 08/15/87 | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Nebraska UFO Sightings From 1987 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
All Nebraska Cities with reported UFO sightings in 1987
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Nebraska, in 1987
| City | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Nebraska
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Nebraska.