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Analysis of Amarillo, Texas UFO Sightings in 2005
We analyzed all 3 UFO sighting reports in Amarillo, Texas to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "sphere" (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- October was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Friday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- 10/14/05 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the early morning, between the hours of 04:00 - 07:59 (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
UFO Reports in Amarillo, Texas from 2005
These Amarillo, Texas UFO reports from 2005 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:
at 06:40 this morning a saw what i thought was a shooting star. but it then stopped and it lite up bright blue for about a minute. after that the light dimmed and then it look like a star.
at that time the star shot off at a high speed and then stopped. when it stopped it turned back into a big blue light and then the light went back off and it looked like a star again. the object then started to move again and stopped in the middle of the big dipper and then shot off at a high rate of speed and dissapered.
Full Report Text:
Craft shaped like a cube of bright swirling light, hovering over downtown Amarillo at 3:00 a.m., spot lights and heavenly music .
After retiring to bed on a late Sunday evening in a cheap downtown motel room in Amarillo, watching television until I fall asleep, I tossed and turned until somewhere between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m., when suddenly a light flickered through the curtains.
I didn’t pay much attention as I thought it to be a neon sign on the Bank of America building across the street. I rolled over and attempted to sleep when the light again flickered through the curtains. I still ignored it, and again with even more intensity the light flickered through the curtains.
I reluctantly got up and moved the curtains so I could see where the light was coming from. I looked up at the top of the Bank of America building of about 20 stories high and the neon sign was not flickering. I was closing the curtains when I noticed what I thought was a police helicopter surrounded by bright lights.
Spot lights were coming from the base and shining in various spots in the parking lot. My first thought was that it was some kind of drug bust and the helicopter would be landing with a swat team. However, the craft did not land, but stayed hovering high in the dark night.
Now it had definitely got my attention. As I focused on it, I made out the shape to be a cube, definitely three dimensional. I couldn’t make out any substance such as steel.
It was a cube of light, swirling bright light on a three dimensional cube. I was still trying to rationalize what it could be. I then remembered seeing special shape hot air balloons in Albuquerque which lit up at night in similar fashion.
"That’s what is must be," I told myself. Then something even stranger happened. I heard musical tones similar to wind chimes or ancient flutes that we often hear in Greek mythology type movies.
But the sounds were coming from inside my head even though it felt I was hearing them with my ears. I became afraid and did not move for about 20 minutes while I continued to watch. I finally said to myself, "What ever it is knows I am here, and I cannot hide from it.
" I immediately dressed and walked outside. I stayed underneath the 2nd floor overhang and peered out to see above. It was even more magnificent when viewing through the night air although it was hard to focus on, somewhat blurred.
At that moment I was surrounded by an orchestra of musical tones again sounding like ancient flutes or pipes. I thought to myself, how beautiful! The song was child like, something you might hear a children’s nursery. Again, I heard the music in my head and outside, but not in our natural way of hearing, hard to explain .
To make a long story short, I packed my bags and was running to my SUV when an early morning garbage truck and driver stopped in the alley next to my car. I looked at the driver in the eyes and signaled to look up with my eyes. I turned and ran with luggage in tow, got in my car and drove two hours to my home in Lubbock.
I drove to my sister’s office where my mother happened to be and told both of them what I witnessed. By the look on their faces they were fearful for me. I phoned a friend of mine who happens to be a deputy sheriff in Amarillo to ask if anyone had phoned in such a sighting in the early morning dark.
He laughed hysterically and said no, but would let me know if anyone did. He did not call back. I’ve since moved to Phoenix and have told only a handful of people what I witnessed that early morning on June 20, 2005, five years ago.
((NUFORC Note: Source of report elects to remain anonymous. PD)).
Full Report Text:
Strange Shape-Shifting UFO My friend and I were eastbound on I-40 when we saw a few interesting lights. There were two very bright lights on the end of this object, and one dim light in the middle. As we got closer to the object it appeared to be more triangular in shape.
It then veered off to the north and revealed a fourth light, and when the fourth light became visible it looked like a kite the size of a B-52, possibly a little larger. When it was in this kite shape it appeared to be stationary. We took the exit on Grand to get closer to it and get a better look.
We went north and it then revealed a fifth light and we lost track of it very quickly as it headed east over a group of houses. We caught up with it again about a mile further east and it was in the triangular pattern again. We followed it going north for a while but took an eastbound road again to follow it more.
It was at this point that the object flew directly over our heads (the object was heading south), and when it did that it seemed to be 5 lights in a boomerang shape, the three leading lights were dim and the tail lights were extremely bright. while it flew overhead we stopped the car and rolled the windows down to see if it made any noise, and it did make a very odd sound. The object then did an about face and started heading north again.
We began moving further east as it did this, and when it had gotten a couple miles north of us, it went back into the line pattern and landed, very shortly, and then took off again. We lost track of it for a short time after it took off again. We caught up with it again going southbound on Lakeside, and it was in the boomerang configuration at this point, and we saw it going at an amazing speed in a southern direction.
We were going about 70 miles an hour south, but it was almost overhead to nonvisible in a matter of seconds.
Amarillo, Texas UFO Sightings From 2005 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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Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Changing | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Other | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Amarillo, Texas UFO Sightings From 2005 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 | 33.33% of all reports |
March | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Amarillo, Texas UFO Sightings From 2005 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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Friday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Monday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Amarillo, Texas UFO Sightings From 2005 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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10/14/05 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
03/01/05 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
06/20/05 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Amarillo, Texas UFO Sightings From 2005 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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Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
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