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Analysis of Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 1997
We analyzed all 2 UFO sighting reports in Carlisle, Pennsylvania to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "formation" (2 reports, 100.00% of total).
- March was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 100.00% of total).
- Thursday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 100.00% of total).
- 03/27/97 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 100.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (2 reports, 100.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Carlisle, Pennsylvania from 1997
These Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO reports from 1997 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:
Summary : An object that looked like a satillite, suddenly became bright when we blinked a flashlight at it.It was joined by 7 others that flew in formation toghter. We were star gazing in the backyard.
Will went in to get a book.When he came back, Jim stared blinking a flash light toward an object that lokked like a satillite. However it became very bright.
It started off in the east and went toward the southand disappered. It came back with 7 others from the south and flew formation toward the west. Grey and brightorange were the colours.
Full Report Text:
This is an investigative report of this sighting report from your webpage. Carlisle PA sighting of a formation of lights - 3/27/97 I have investigated several similar reports from the Carlisle area. There is a club of ultra-light plane pilots operating from a small airport nearby.
They like to play UFO games, and also fly formations. The fact that the lights reponded when the witnesses flashed a flashlight is a sure giveaway. Also, this sighting was near twilight.
Ultralights pilots are not licensed. They are not supposed to fly after dark, but have lights for twilight. They use Visual Flight Rules and almost never fly flight plans because they return to the same field from which they took off.
They are too small and fly too slowly to appear on radar screens, if at a distance are noiseless (or if the wind blows the wrong way) and may seem to hover, particularly if flying into a headwind. I have been told by a member of this club that "If you want to see a real UFO, you should see us turn our spots on and fly IN A CIRCLE," and he roared with laughter. How to identify possible ultralight formations: 1) the "leader" effect, wherein the lead plane (as with birds) moves around, but the others seem to be steady because they have someone to guide on.
2) unequal number of lights on each wing of a VEE (even number of lights or planes) 3) seen in twilight (although illegal after dark flights are sometimes made) 4) motor noises (but only if very close) 5) usually no motor noses, particularly if at a distance 5) slow or hovering 6) respond to lights or signals from the ground. Investigators should seek out local flying fields on a nice Saturday and make friends with pilots. They are good sources of info, but be careful you don't give them any ideas.
Conclusions: These sightingswere most likely ultralights. PS: I once spoke to an ultralight pilot who told me that in the ealry 1980s he belonged to a flying club which operated out of the airport at Stormville NY. They even called themselves "the Martians".
He said a pix of their formation once made the New York Times. A 1984 investigative article in Discovery magazine concluded that they were small planes. He said that the small plane pilots also also tried UFO hijinks, with spots and Christmas lights, etc.
, but he said the "real Martains" were the ultralights. They stopped doing it after literally thousands of commuters were stopping on roads and they were afraid they would be heldl responsible for traffic accidents. These were the stimuli for the ""Hudson Valley UFOs".
Of course, once people started looking up, they saw UFOs everywhere. There is an incredible amount of air traffic in the NY metro area. Delgado and Hynek's book "Night Seige" dismissed the Discovery explanation with only a couple paragraphs, yet included sightings with "UFO motor noises", no radar contacts, "hovering" etc.
This book can't be taken seriously because of its dismissal, withouht much discussion, of the Discovery investigation. My acquaintance related this story to me and then roared with laughter, "Now everybody's doing it", he told me.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 1997 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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Formation | 2 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 1997 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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March | 2 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 1997 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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Thursday | 2 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 1997 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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03/27/97 | 2 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings From 1997 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 | 2 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Carlisle, Pennsylvania
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2023 | 1 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2023 |
2020 | 2 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2020 |
2018 | 1 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2018 |
2017 | 1 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2017 |
2015 | 2 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2015 |
2014 | 2 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2014 |
2013 | 2 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2013 |
2012 | 1 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2012 |
2010 | 2 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2010 |
2005 | 2 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2005 |
2003 | 1 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 2003 |
1997 | 2 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 1997 |
1990 | 1 UFO Reports | Carlisle, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 1990 |
All Pennsylvania Cities with reported UFO sightings in 1997
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Pennsylvania in 1997. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Pennsylvania in 1997.