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Norfolk, Nebraska UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 4 UFO sighting reports in Norfolk, Nebraska to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "rectangle" (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- October is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- Saturday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 2015 is the year with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- 03/14/15 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 (3 reports, 75.00% of total).
20 Most Recent UFO Sightings in Norfolk, Nebraska
These Norfolk, Nebraska 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:
Bright light hovering south and west of Norfolk, Nebraska. It then withdrew, but maintained roughly the same position in the sky. Late in the evening of October 21, 2022, I was soaking in my hot tub on the deck on the east side of my home at 1000 Park Way, Norfolk, NE.
As the fifteen minute jet cycle ended, I was preparing to go into the house about 11:30 p.m. I then noticed a bright light to the southwest of my home.
My home is roughly a half mile north of our local hospital. In the 16 years that we have had the hot tub, I often see helicopters coming and going from the hospital. My first thought was that this was an incoming helicopter with its landing lights lit.
I was a bit surprised that it was quite a bit higher than other helicopters I have seen coming and going. Further, I did not see any of the flashing red lights found on aircraft. I just guessed that the positioning in the sky blocked my view of the same.
I believed it to be a helicopter because it was virtually motionless in the sky. There was no doubt in my mind that it was not a part of the celestial bodies that I regularly see while in my hot tub. Soon, I became perplexed at why the craft was parked in the sky.
From my perspective (and assuming an object the size of a helicopter), it was my belief that it might be 1500-2000 feet in the air and maybe 5+ miles distant from me. As I was wondering why it remained aloft, I thought that possibly there was another helicopter on the ground and that it needed to clear the area so I decided to wait and watch the transfer of helicopters. As I was watching and waiting for it to land, I did observe a small plane pass through the area about midnight going from northwest to southeast at quite a low altitude.
The plane went right between me and the lighted craft. After about another 15-20 minutes I concluded that a second copter was not likely as the one aloft would be headed to another hospital for its patient. At about this same time, it did seem to me that the craft was becoming less bright due to moving away.
At that point I went to get my phone to capture some pictures. When I started taking pictures, the craft was about 1/3 the size that had first appeared to me. I was disappointed that I only had a 10x zoom on my phone, but got some pictures.
As I prepared to retire for the evening, I remembered that I had a digital camera with 40x zoom capability. I gathered the camera and returned for more pictures. By now the image was only about 1/5 of its original size, but I got what I got.
With no tripod, it was difficult holding the camera on target. I also discovered that video captured better images in this low light environment. Lastly, I want to clearly state that the image was not moving in space.
All of the movement was on my end. All in all, I observed my object for about 1 ½ hours. I had thought about calling local authorities, but by that time the object was nearly blending into the celestial background.
Full Report Text:
Large white orb overhead A large orb in the sky above in the Southern sky, but very high up. It did n't move for the whole hour we watched. It was larger than a star or planet that you see.
My husband has an app on his phone that identifies stars and planets and this did not show up on it.
Full Report Text:
Moving line of lights close together in line formation There were about 20 aircrafts shaped like the size of stars because they were so far away and they were in a line formation moving South east. Spread out line with one following far in the rear away from others. Was in a steady motion about the same as an aircraft but it could’ve been an aircraft because of the number of objects and how close they were.
Colors were ranging from orange to a yellow-white. ((NUFORC Note: We have corrected the date above. We suspect an overflight of the SpaceLink satellites.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
Dark rectangle with tan squares no lights heading south to north no noise low enough I could see tan on the bottom yet not lit up at all.
Norfolk, Nebraska 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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Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Norfolk, Nebraska 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 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
March | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
August | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Norfolk, Nebraska 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 | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Norfolk, Nebraska 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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03/14/15 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
05/25/19 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
08/20/20 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
10/21/22 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Norfolk, Nebraska 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 | 3 reported sightings | 75.00% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Norfolk, Nebraska
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Norfolk, Nebraska.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2022 | 1 UFO Reports | Norfolk, Nebraska UFO Sightings in 2022 |
2020 | 1 UFO Reports | Norfolk, Nebraska UFO Sightings in 2020 |
2019 | 1 UFO Reports | Norfolk, Nebraska UFO Sightings in 2019 |
2015 | 1 UFO Reports | Norfolk, Nebraska UFO Sightings in 2015 |
All Nebraska Cities with UFO Sightings
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