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Analysis of State College, Pennsylvania UFO Sightings in 1997
We analyzed all 1 UFO sighting reports in State College, Pennsylvania to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "flash" (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- May was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- Thursday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- 05/01/97 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
UFO Reports in State College, Pennsylvania from 1997
These State College, 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:
Bright flash, long and slow disipation of a thick white trail It was one minor/strange sighting. I just remember my friend and I being outside (this happened about 5 years ago) and there was a big white flash in the sky, definitely not lighting, so we looked up and immediately saw a giant white streak go across the sky. Unlike a shooting star, the tail remained and slowly faded away.
There was the flash, a shooting and then the thick and bright white tail that lasted a good 10-15 seconds before disappearing. We didn't really see any particular shape, but it was definitely not lighting followed by an asteroid. It was much larger and slower than something burning up in the atmosphere.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. Twenty seconds' duration would probably rule out, we believe, virtually all meteors. We will ask the witness to attempt to establish the exact date for the incident.
PD)).
State College, 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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Flash | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
State College, 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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May | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
State College, 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 | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
State College, 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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05/01/97 | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
State College, 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 | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in State College, Pennsylvania
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in State College, Pennsylvania.
All Pennsylvania Cities with reported UFO sightings in 1997
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