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Analysis of Mckinney, Texas UFO Sightings in 2008
We analyzed all 3 UFO sighting reports in Mckinney, Texas to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (3 reports, 100.00% of total).
- October was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 66.67% of total).
- Thursday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 66.67% of total).
- 11/27/08 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (2 reports, 66.67% of total).
UFO Reports in Mckinney, Texas from 2008
These Mckinney, Texas UFO reports from 2008 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:
Two bright lights in the sky, no other stars visible and planes deviated flight path around them Around 6:30 - 7:00pm after we ate dinner. A family friend who tends to stare up at the sky while he smokes outside called to our attention to bright lights in the cloudy sky to the south-southwest of highway 5 and 380 in the general direction of Dallas. One was very bright and was accompanied by a lesser shining light above and to the left of it like (\) this.
They both shined white and were the ONLY things visible in the sky. It was too cloudy and too bright out for any stars to be seen. They kept falling out of our view due to passing clouds but did not move in the sky and did not have any tails or trails.
Another important note of this is that the flight path of commercial planes coming down toward DFW airport was smack right in the middle of the two lights. Several planes took the standard flight path but after a while the planes DEVIATED their flight paths to the west of the lights and avoided them completely. Tonight we stood outside and looked for anything.
The stars have been visible but we DID NOT see anything near where we saw the two lights and the planes that regularly pass are back on the normal flight path. (We saw 4 or 5 planes go straight through the area where they had been flying between the lights yesterday night so we k now that must be their standard flight path.) Several other people including some other friends and family saw it as well and acknowledged that the lights seemed strange seeing as there were no visible stars yesterday (Nov.
27) where we were. ((NUFORC Note: Witness indicates that date of incident is approximate. We suspect that the witnesses were observing Venus and Jupiter.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
Two White Separated Lights in Southern Sky McKinney, Texas Sunday night, October 12th, 2008. Time: 8:00 pm I went outside with dog and noticed what appeared to be two round lights very close together in the southern sky.It looked like there was separation between the two white lights.
The moon was nearly full in the eastern sky and these two lights really were bright like a planet,much brighter than any stars.Not sure what is was.I watched for five minutes and showed my son and wife.
Didn’t appear to be moving.
Full Report Text:
Moving "star" sighted over McKinney Texas at 20:30 moving from the northwest to the southwest. At about 8:30 PM US Central Time I observed from my backyard what appeared to be a moving star moving across the sky from the northwest to the southwest over a duration of about two to three minutes in McKinney, TX. The object in question appeared to be a white light whose intensity matches that of a bright star.
The object moved relatively fast however not so fast that this factor in and of itself made me suspect that what I observed might be of unknown origins. The most significant detail of this experience was the absence of any blinking or otherwise red/green lights on the sides of the object as would identify a passenger jet. Furthermore the object made no noise yet it flew at an altitude that seemed to be characteristic of that of a plane that might be leaving or landing at DFW International Airport (relatively low).
As the object flew from the northwest to the southwest it became smaller and smaller and dimmer and dimmer eventually to the point that I could no longer see the object in the southwestern sky. The object seemed to maintain a relatively constant speed throughout the sighting and flew in more or less a straight line. I would also like to add that McKinney has an airport that is used primarily for smaller personal/privet aircrafts.
My mother also witnessed the object with me and see believes she saw a second moving object in the west that matched the description of the first, however, she lost sight of the object and was only able to watch it for a few seconds.
Mckinney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2008 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 | 3 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Mckinney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2008 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 | 2 reported sightings | 66.67% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Mckinney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2008 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 | 66.67% of all reports |
Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Mckinney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2008 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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11/27/08 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
10/09/08 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
10/12/08 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Mckinney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2008 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 | 66.67% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
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