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Analysis of Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2002
We analyzed all 5 UFO sighting reports in Richardson, Texas to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "disk" (2 reports, 40.00% of total).
- August was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 40.00% of total).
- Wednesday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 60.00% of total).
- 08/25/02 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 (2 reports, 40.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Richardson, Texas from 2002
These Richardson, Texas UFO reports from 2002 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:
daytime stationary black dot aloft showing a brilliant white light This object was initially seen just under the upper edge of the front windshield of a moving vehicle as the driver attempted to make a left hand turn across oncoming traffic on a city thoroughfare. It was necessary to focus intermittently on traffic until the vehicle could be stopped in a supermarket parking lot. At that point, while still visible, the object simply disappeared, leaving nothing but a small and dim point of white light that continued to fade until it too disappeared.
Elapsed time from the initial glimpse until the light faded completely out was less than two minutes. The observer is a 59 year old former police detective who has extensive experience in microwave and RF engineering, and in uplink satellite telecommunications. He is also very familiar with most types of aircraft including military.
The observer has had no prior sighting experience. The object appeared as a black dot, initially about 1/8 inch in size at arms length. It was at altitude; although it's impossible to say how high without a frame of reference for size.
From the observation point it appeared at a heading of about 080 degrees and at an elevation angle of around 40 degrees. In the busy airways of the Dallas/Ft. Worth area it would have gone completely unnoticed except that it was showing a brilliant white light similar to that of the landing lights of jetliners but much brighter.
The light was many times the magnitude of the brightest star at night, and was very clearly visible in the daylight. The object was not moving. There was absolutely no cloud cover in the entire area.
A departing jetliner was in the outbound pattern about 25 degrees to the south of the object appearing to be at around 5-7 thousand feet; but it was not close enough to gain a comparative perspective. A good guess would be that the object was at at least the same altitude or higher. There were no other objects aloft that were visible to the observer at that time.
The observer initially thought that the light was a reflection from the sun on the side of an aircraft until he realized that the object was not moving, was much higher than local helicopter traffic, and that the color and brightness of the light seemed inconsistent with the sun's reflection. Within 90 seconds after it was seen, and as the observer gained a stationary vantage point, the object disappeared. There was a residual point of fading white light clearly visible at the point where the object was located.
This residual light gradually faded completely out. The observer was in the area for about five more minutes. The object did not return or appear elsewhere within visibility.
Full Report Text:
Solid white disc traveling extremely fast, going due south. Solid white disc raced across the sky and traveled due south, very fast. The entire event happened within approximately thirty seconds.
This was NOT a meteor or burning star! It was very defined in it's path. I have seen meteor showers and this was a totally different experience.
Full Report Text:
strobes int the sky over dallas . many saw .many shocked.
three ufo spotted above in triangular pattern . one dissapeared for five min then came back all with yellow,red,green, blue strobe effect.followed by two streaks across the sky within ten min of each other.
shape unkown.but strobe would stop look like a star then all of a sudden start up again getting faster.
Full Report Text:
Object hovers over house in populated neighborhood. My wife and I were relaxing on our back patio around 9pm on the evening in question. My wife had asked why a helicopter would land off of Mimosa st-{ just a few blocks away}.
When I looked to see what she was talking about I saw an object approximately 150 feet in the air and slowly descending. I would have thought it was a helicopter as well except that it made no sound and the light from what would be a spotlight was more of a greenish color than white. It continued its' descent until it was about at the roofline of the house behind us on Cherrywood and it appeared to be dull grayish in color and the shape of a football with the ends "mashed" in.
It hovered for what seemed like around 10 more minutes and then it tilted and shot awy at a speed I have not seen any helicopter fly at before. I am hoping to find out if anyone else may have seen or reported anything that eve. as this is my first visit to this website.
((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).
Full Report Text:
A craft stopped directly above me for quite a long time. It was like it was taking a reading or picture of me. Me and 2 friends went up to the park that was connected to the local elementary school that was in our neighborhood.
I got out and lit a cigarette, my 2 friends stayed in the car messing with the stereo, talking, changing CDs. I walked through the parking lot looking up at the stars. Out of nowhere a craft appeared right above my head.
It was circular, disk shaped with bluish green lights around the outside and lights leading to the middle. It is hard to say how high above me it was because the craft was completely silent. It did not disturb the air at all.
Not a breath of sound. It couldn't have been more than 100 ft above me. The middle of the craft was positioned precisely over my head, like it was taking a reading or photo of me.
It just stayed there for what seemed like forever although I know it was only a minute or so. It then started moving off slowly for a couple seconds then shot away faster than anything I have ever seen. I know this story sounds crazy but I swear on my life it is absolutely true.
I was not drunk or high. I do not, and have not, ever suffered from any mental illness or hallucinations. I know what I saw.
I know it wasn't made on this planet. The question of whether we are alone in the universe is an unanswered question for many, but not for me. I know it happened a long time ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday.
Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings From 2002 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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Disk | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
Unknown | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings From 2002 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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August | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
January | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
December | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
March | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings From 2002 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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Wednesday | 3 reported sightings | 60.00% of all reports |
Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings From 2002 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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08/25/02 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
08/07/02 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
12/05/02 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
03/13/02 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
01/02/02 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings From 2002 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 | 40.00% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Richardson, Texas
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Richardson, Texas.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2023 | 3 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2023 |
2021 | 3 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2021 |
2019 | 1 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2019 |
2016 | 1 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2016 |
2012 | 1 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2012 |
2011 | 2 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2011 |
2010 | 1 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2010 |
2005 | 1 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2005 |
2004 | 1 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2004 |
2003 | 2 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2003 |
2002 | 5 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2002 |
2001 | 3 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 2001 |
1995 | 1 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 1995 |
1980 | 1 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 1980 |
1978 | 1 UFO Reports | Richardson, Texas UFO Sightings in 1978 |
All Texas Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2002
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Texas in 2002. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Texas in 2002.