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Analysis of San Antonio, Texas UFO Sightings in 2002
We analyzed all 10 UFO sighting reports in San Antonio, Texas to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (2 reports, 20.00% of total).
- April was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 30.00% of total).
- Friday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 40.00% of total).
- 04/17/02 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 20.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (6 reports, 60.00% of total).
UFO Reports in San Antonio, Texas from 2002
These San Antonio, 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:
Saw a triangular ufo. On october 4,2002 I wittnessed a UFO. So did my grandmother.
It was a triangle with red white and blue lights. Only the white lights were flashing.It foolowed me to where I was going to [target].
When I walked into the store I never saw it again.
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At appox 12:24am myself and my neighbor witnessed an object that looked like a falling star travel at a high speed across the northwest sky. It never lost altitude or seemed to be falling. No sound was heard.
A tail was following the object that continued to travel towards the east out of sight. It seemed to be traveling at a very high speed. It could not have been any aircraft currently manufactured by us at this time.
It was a disturbing sight.
Full Report Text:
bright light,possible spinning,moving west About 9:30 p.m.,I went outside at a friends house to have a ciggarette.
I looked west of my location and saw a very bright light that looked as though it was either changing shape or mabey spinning. there were light clouds in the area and the object seemed to go throught the clouds as if it were just sitting there. I went inside to look in the phonebook to see were i could report what i saw, but could not find anything.
I went back outside about 25 minutes after and the object had moved west and got dimmer.It seemed to travel in a west direction very slowly. On my way home traveling north on the highway, it seemed to be clearer to see as i got home.
someone mentioned it might be the space station or shuttle, but i dont think so. there were no blinking lights or flashing lights of any kind just a white light that seemed to either change shape or spin. I thought it was very unusual.
Full Report Text:
Group of lights flying south in San Antonio, TX. I was tracking a satellite from the SW to the NE when I noticed a faint light heading south. This light was followed by 4 to 6 other lights not quite as bright as the leader.
The following lights were moving around each other in no apparent pattern. The first light continued in a straight line to the south, as the others followed behind.
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I was standing outside of a friends house. Looking above a house on the horizon. In the sky I saw a light which resembled a star.
It was a very small light and seemed to have a greenish color to it. I remembered thinking why is it green. Just then the light dashed in a downward movement or a movement similiar to something moving in the opposite direction of me.
And it disappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).
Full Report Text:
Seven UFOs spotted on a beautifully clear south Texas night over San Antonio Around 9:30 to 9:50 p.m. CST in the 90% clear south Texas skies over San Antonio I spotted a total of 7 -- yes, SEVEN! -- separate flying objects, five of which had steadily flashing lights.
The objects were moving far too quickly to be airplanes. I saw the first object moving by itself very quickly toward my direction and then it veered off in a northerly direction. A few minutes later I spotted two more objects of exactly the same quality and size moving very quickly but always remaining the same distance apart.
I called my roommate outside so I'd have at least one other witness. He and I both watched the two objects quite clearly for about 45 seconds. He went back inside when the objects disappeared behind one of the few clouds in an otherwise unusually clear night sky.
The strange thing about these two objects was that they never re-appeared on the other side of the cloud as a satellite or airplane would have had to do (at their rate of speed, we figure it should have taken them no more than 10 or 15 seconds to re-appear). I later spoke with one of the local TV weathermen who had mentioned on his weathercast the next night that he had seen these same two flying objects. He told me that he and his son also had seen them disappear behind that single cloud and never emerge on the other side! These were the only two of the total seven objects I eventually saw that did not appear to emit flashing light.
Finally, to my amazement, several minutes later I spotted FOUR MORE of the lights (craft?) traveling in a different part of the sky and going in a totally different direction from objects 1 and objects 2 and 3. These four "flew" from south to north and the four of them maintained strict relative position to each other but were not flying in a straight-line pattern. All four had regularly flashing lights.
This is the first time in my life I've seen anything remotely like this. The objects made no sound, had no red lights as are typically found on airplanes, and they travelled at what must have been very high speeds, though they did not "dart" around, nor were there any "gaps" in their flight patterns. Most exciting thing I've witnessed in years.
I'd love to know if anyone else saw them!.
Full Report Text:
NIGHT LIGHTS On 17 Apr 02 at approximately 2120 (CST) my husband and I were in our backyard enjoying the clear night sky. We heard an usual jet engine noise coming from a Southern direction, which we later saw (2) Military jets flying one behind the other. Not more than 2-3 mintues later a pair of lights came from the opposite direction, thinking it was probably the same jets coming back, but this time the lights were moving at least twice the height distance.
The lights were not blinking and there was no sound. The lights moved at the same equal distance the jets were flying apart. The lights moved slowly across the sky, took a Eastern turn then disappeared.
This all happened within 5-6 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Probably an observation of the International Space Station and Space Shuttle (STS-110) flying in close proximity. Please see the "Heavens-Above" website listing for the entry: http://www.
heavens-above.com/passsummary.asp?lat=29.
424&lng=-98.493&alt=0&loc=San+Antonio&TZ=CST&satid=25544&Date=37354.7083333333&Mag= Our gratitude to the ladies and gentlemen who run that website.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
white with probaley 3 lights and there was no sound and no gasoline coming out and a sphere shape object It was me,my sister,and my parents were all outside and my parents happend to come out side. And my parents went back in to finish cooking, and i happend to see a sphere type object in the sky. and i called my parents to come have a look and they said it wasent so they went back inside and finish cooking and i dident give up my sister and i went across the coner and it was about 30 feet from the ground and it just slow across the neighborhood it was white and the shape was different when we got closer and closer.
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I noticed a saucer like object in a picture that I took with my digital camera. I somehow captured a saucer-shaped image in a picture that I was taking of the sun rising from Kelly USA(formerly Kelly AFB). During my photo shoot I didn't notice any aircraft or birds.
I am wondering if I photographed an object that was moving to fast for the human eye to see. ((NUFORC Note: Something is visible in the photo, but it is very small, and quite indistinct. We do not believe that it confirms the presence of a genuine UFO.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
Large rectangular object with muticolored lights like needled in a pin cushion UFO SEEN NEAR DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO It was after 8:15 in the evening. I was getting into van to pick-up daughter from dance classes. I just entered vehicle and was getting ready to start van and observed a bright flash hit the window.
I thought, I had blow car battery or some electrical problem. I leaned forward and saw an object threw van window. I observed object for a few seconds and exited van.
The object was dark or black and had a rectangular shape. I estimated from a lamppost nearby that the object was about 80 ft above me. It was sort of a large trunk like shape.
It had multicolored lights that were at the ends of what look like rods that projected out from the structure of ship, like needles in a pincushion. It was about three medium- car lengths long and about two car lengths wide. It did not emit any sound.
I walked to a parking lot next to my driveway and that object was motionless for about 5 seconds. The object begin to move in a southeast direction slowly and then made a turn to the northeast and began to rise. I moved to follow it and went to corner of street and major intersection.
I looked up and down street to see if anyone else was able to see object. I did not see any persons or vehicles in the area it was very quiet. It then began to move and suddenly seemed to stretch out and then disap! peared from my view into what was northeast direction, After incident, I went back to my van and attempted to start engine but it would not start and the following day or days I removed battery and took it to nearby car radio and video shop.
The shop guy stated that battery was blow and he noted that battery cables were fused when he returned with new battery to replace blown battery. This craft was beautiful and seemed to just float and move with little effort. The effect of it stretching out was like observing in going into a tunnel and then it was gone.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain semi-anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
San Antonio, 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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Light | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Formation | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Triangle | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
San Antonio, 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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April | 3 reported sightings | 30.00% of all reports |
August | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
July | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
October | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
January | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
June | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
San Antonio, 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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Friday | 4 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
Tuesday | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Wednesday | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Saturday | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
San Antonio, 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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04/17/02 | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
07/09/02 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
05/03/02 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
06/01/02 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
02/12/02 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
San Antonio, 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 | 6 reported sightings | 60.00% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 2 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 1 reported sightings | 10.00% of all reports |
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