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Analysis of Columbus, Ohio UFO Sightings in 2015
We analyzed all 13 UFO sighting reports in Columbus, Ohio to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (4 reports, 30.77% of total).
- July was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 30.77% of total).
- Sunday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 30.77% of total).
- 07/03/15 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 15.38% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (9 reports, 69.23% of total).
UFO Reports in Columbus, Ohio from 2015
These Columbus, Ohio UFO reports from 2015 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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Flashes light up entire sky. Driving north on I-71 saw flashes of light that lot up the entire sky.5 or 6 random flashes no pattern.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Sitting in hot tub when a brilliant streak of whitish-blueish light flew horizontally across the sky out of nowhere with a quiet whistle sound and then dissapeared in a large collection of white sparks, did not look like a fire work or plane/missile; too low and quiet for a plane or missile and to fast and bright for a firework plus was traveling horizontaly not vertically like a firework.
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Amber Lightballs, six in series, spaced about two minutes apart track across sky at relatively low altitude and airspeed. Myself and a friend were sitting outside and we saw an amber light (ball) appear on the horizon, it was low, perhaps 5000 feet, no noise whatsoever, and traveling at the speed which one could say was similar to a small high performance prop aircraft, faster than a helicopter but not real real fast. We watched it track closer and it took a gradual curve and we watched it as it slowly disappeared on the far horizon.
We then saw a second one, originating at the same point as the first one, it too followed a similar path. Subsequently, there were 3 or 4 more, and at one point we had eyeballs on two of them as one was fading and another had started. I'm gonna say each one from start to finish was about two minutes.
My friend lives in a neighborhood with curving streets all over so unfortunately I cannot give you an orientation as to North/South etc., as I'm not sure the exact direction where they first manifested since I have no clue as to which way the backyard faces. Note, there are a few similar reports.
Very interesting. No noise whatsoever. The color was almost exactly like a street lamp, the amberish ones.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
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Bright light in sky quickly turns into miniscule light, then nothing. I am a credible professional on sales here in Columbus, with a wife and two children under two. This morning, around 5:45 am, I am outside with the dog for his morning bathroom routine.
Noticed very bright light in the sky. Assumed it was an airplane. Noticed that there was no sound, however.
Light remained stationary for a few seconds, then the light seemed to move vertically skyward and away southeast. I kept my eyes fixed on the light until it completely disappeared. It looked as though the light went from very close and bright to nothing more than a very distant star, to nothing at all.
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I was outside with my younger brothers they had went inside but shortly after these lighs fly at angle at a distance they did not forum but they were already formed then shortly after the last light at the beginning were it started the had started to fade away and i cocould still se them they were black And shaped like a ball but look like a platform on the bottom like it could sit up and be still so basically a black ball with a flat bottem then shortly after they all disappeared they were heading west towards some clounds and at the end one came along at first looked like it was going to ccrash into one another but did not then the very last one kind of a little further back then caught up then it was the last to disappear but before they all disappeared they faded out there lights and into the clouds they went but some disappeared without being even close to the cloud very weird if you took time reading this thank you very much this is not a hoax and befo! r i typed my sighting i looked at some similar reports in Columbus and close to Columbus to make my statement more accurate they were all explaining spears of some sort but did not mention the extras i had saw so this is different then the others. Thank you again if you have read this far. :-) i had typed this through my phone i was so is in a hurry Thank you once again :-) also i have a picture i scrolled down seeing if i have a picture i tryed taking one did not work out like they can not be seen on camera ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate.
PD)).
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3 red, glowing objects hovering in Columbus, OH I was letting the dog out around 10:30 p.m. when I looked up into the southwest sky in Columbus, Ohio.
Three red beams of light were shining brightly in the shape of a triangle. What was most odd was that the object seemed to hover in the same location (unlike an airplane) for several minutes. At first, I thought the object was shaped like a stealth bomber, except that it appeared white in color.
My other thoughts was that the red, glowing objects had white beams of light connecting them together. I ran inside to tell my husband and daughter to come outside to verify what I saw. By the time they got outside, there were only two, red glowing lights connected by a single white beam of light.
My daughter saw the bottom one disappear first and then the top one followed suit. My husband also saw the two lights fade away into the sky. During this time, I ran through my house to the backyard to see if they would travel in a typical flight path.
However, there were absolutely no signs of the objects. Their disappearance was quite unusual in nature. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
PD)).
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At church, i witnessed along with many others (i also have video evidence) strange lights in the sky Look the shit was creepy. I was at church getting ready to watch the fire works, abd all of a sudden these lights just appear. Everyone saw them.
Abd i recorded it. Couldn't get a good recording because it was night time and I was using my phones camera. But i saw it and right as the fire works were going off over downtown the disappeared and appeared over on the west side off Columbus.
Very paranormal.
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Lights blinked and hovered before disappearing. 5 lights hovering in a circle and repeatedly blinking one by one before they all disappeared.
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Red triangular shaped lights witnessed by 2 in Columbus, OH. Object had red lights in the shape of a triangle, object appeared to be moving slowly with a red light in front of it.
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Blue circle light that hovered, flew left and right, then descended. Was on balcony of apartment talking with my boyfriend when i noticed a bright very blue light. Normally, i would dismiss as a helicopter but have never seen one with such a blue light before.
As we talked, i watched as it slowly descended perfectly straight down then hovered still in the sky. Then it glided straight and perfect to the right about a half fields distance. Then it glided perfectly straight to the left in the opposite direction.
Then glided on the same perfectly straight path back to the middle and slowly descended perfectly straight down. It was a perfect cross it traveled now that i think about it. As far as I've known, there are no known air crafts that can move so perfectly and at such sharp angles.
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A green unit flashed across the sky going south west. It was like a meteorite but was a green color, a solid presence, lasted longer than a shooting star, and did not have a tail. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
PD)).
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Slow moving pink sphere changing from small to large (and back again) over Columbus, Ohio I saw a slow moving, pinkish (red/orange/pinkish) sphere track across the sky this evening. Totally silent. No usual lights from an aircraft (no blinking tail lights or wing lights).
just a pink, slowly moving pink sphere heading west to east, slightly low in the sky (35 degrees). The size and intensity of the light oscillated. changing from larger sphere to a smaller sphere and then back again.
It shifted from small to large about about 4-5 times. I watched it for about 60-90 seconds. It continued in the same direction and eventually faded to a glimmer and then gone.
(Although it did *not* continue 'over the horizon' like a rocket.it continued in a straight line and faded out. My impression was that it was heading in a totally straight line, taking it "outward" through the atmosphere and not simply down-range.
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Looked like a low, slow moving orange sphere that stopped, shrank in size and moved away, and out of sight. Slow flying object that looked like a ball of fire. Orange w/ red mixed in.
It came low across the sky, stopped momentarily, shrunk in size, and accelerated into the distance and out of sight. ((NUFORC Note: Witnesses elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
Columbus, Ohio UFO Sightings From 2015 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 | 4 reported sightings | 30.77% of all reports |
Circle | 2 reported sightings | 15.38% of all reports |
Triangle | 2 reported sightings | 15.38% of all reports |
Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Changing | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Columbus, Ohio UFO Sightings From 2015 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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July | 4 reported sightings | 30.77% of all reports |
September | 2 reported sightings | 15.38% of all reports |
May | 2 reported sightings | 15.38% of all reports |
April | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
January | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
December | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Columbus, Ohio UFO Sightings From 2015 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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Sunday | 4 reported sightings | 30.77% of all reports |
Saturday | 3 reported sightings | 23.08% of all reports |
Wednesday | 3 reported sightings | 23.08% of all reports |
Friday | 2 reported sightings | 15.38% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Columbus, Ohio UFO Sightings From 2015 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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07/03/15 | 2 reported sightings | 15.38% of all reports |
12/13/15 | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
11/08/15 | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
09/09/15 | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
01/17/15 | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Columbus, Ohio UFO Sightings From 2015 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 | 9 reported sightings | 69.23% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 3 reported sightings | 23.08% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 7.69% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Columbus, Ohio
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All Ohio Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2015
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