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Analysis of Springfield, Ohio UFO Sightings in 2015
We analyzed all 5 UFO sighting reports in Springfield, Ohio to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "fireball" (3 reports, 60.00% of total).
- May was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 40.00% of total).
- Saturday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 40.00% of total).
- 07/04/15 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 20.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (4 reports, 80.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Springfield, Ohio from 2015
These Springfield, 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).
Full Report Text:
I had the dogs out to use the restroom, glanced up and saw a ball of bright light with a tail of fire in the southwest sky, traveling west and appearing to be falling to the ground. Then went out of my sight behind the treetops.
Full Report Text:
Rectangle, bright white on bottom with small flashing red and green on sides, no wings My daughter (19 years old) and I (45 years old) were driving on I-70 West from Columbus, heading toward I-675 South around midnight on October 10, 2015. The sky was very dark, with little cloud and very bright stars. We were close to Springfield, Ohio when I noticed a very large bright flashing white light with a small flashing red light on one side, and a small flashing green light on the other.
Because of the flashing side lights, I initially thought it was an airplane, and it was just extra bright against the dark sky. But as we got closer to it, the white light was bigger, and it appeared that the light was hovering in place, not moving. I then thought maybe it was a warning light attached to a tower, as there are many along I-70 West, although the warning lights are typically all white or all red.
As we drove by it, it was not over the highway, but off to the side over the trees and fields. I was able to see it briefly because I was driving. I looked up at it and could see underneath.
It was not attached to a tower, but was a rectangle shape that seemed to be standing still in the sky. It did not have the body shape of an airplane and there were no wings. The bulk of the underneath was the white light, and the two smaller lights were on either side.
I could hardly believe what I saw, but there was no safe place to pull over so I kept driving and my daughter watched behind as we drove away from it. It did not appear to move to her, and she did not see wings or a tower either. She continued to watch it, until my driving caused her to lose sight of it.
Full Report Text:
unlike anything this sky watcher has seen. Moving south to northwest. Stopped a few times.
made a 90 degree move to west. Bright orange ball. Disappeared and 're appeared twice.
I have watched the heavens for 40 years, never have I seen this. Not an airplane, not an airplane, not an airplane.
Full Report Text:
3 orange lights appear over Springfield, Ohio, move speraticly and vanish. As I was traveling north on Derr Rd. in Springfield, Ohio, I looked up to see two orange lights traveling at what appeared to be aircraft speed in a South/Southeastern direction.
At first a believed that they were planes or helicopters but the light was orange and constant (not flashing). There were a few small clouds floating around in the area so I could tell that one was higher than the other but they were traveling at the same speed in the same direction. After about two minutes going in a straight path the higher one stopped immediately as the lower one continued on.
A third orange light appeared just above the one that had stopped. The two lights stayed in that position for around 30 seconds then began a very fast circle as if chasing one another. As the two performed the circle the lower stopped abruptly and just sat in one position.
The two lights moving in a circle flashed once and were gone. There was still sunlight in the sky, enough to see a silhouette of a plane if thats what it was, but there was nothing. They were both completely gone.
Immediately after the two dissapeared the third made a very sharp angled u-turn travelled a short distance flashed once and vanished just as the first two did. I watched the surrounding sky for 30 minutes after to see if there were any more or any commercial aircrafts in the area but there were none.
Full Report Text:
Observed orange glow approximately 200 feet above street level directly overhead. Object glowed like a fireball with some small flashes. Fireball like object steadily rose to 750 feet over the duration of the siting and extinguished approximately 1/2 mile away.
Fireball did not leave a trail, nor did we hear any noise or feel heat from the object.
Springfield, 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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Fireball | 3 reported sightings | 60.00% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Springfield, 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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May | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
October | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
July | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Springfield, 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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Saturday | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
Sunday | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Springfield, 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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07/04/15 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
05/09/15 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
05/10/15 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
11/19/15 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
10/11/15 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Springfield, 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 | 4 reported sightings | 80.00% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Springfield, Ohio
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Springfield, Ohio.
All Ohio Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2015
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Ohio in 2015. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Ohio in 2015.