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Analysis of Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings in 2009
We analyzed all 2 UFO sighting reports in Sidney, Texas to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (2 reports, 100.00% of total).
- October was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Monday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 10/19/09 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Sidney, Texas from 2009
These Sidney, Texas UFO reports from 2009 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:
Amber-red light array, 3 sec illumination, 40 miles from Stephenville, TX. On the evening of 19-Nov-2009 I again witnessed what appeared to be the same craft as reported on 19-Oct-2009. Time was approximately 1900 hours, CDT, US.
There were one or two military jets doing passes prior to the sighting this time around. The jets had left the area before the sighting. A large almost linear array of amber & red lights blinked on for a few seconds, then blinked off, and blinked on again several seconds later for about the same elapsed time--the second time the craft was slightly to the left of the first time.
The craft was east-southeast at about 15 degrees above horizontal (visible about a fingernail's-width-at-arm's-length above the local treeline). The pattern size was about a fingernail's-width-at-arm’s-length and horizontal in orientation. The array was rock-solid, i.
e. hovering motionless during illumination and displaying no change in relative position of the individual lights. This could have been two separate craft, but there was no way to tell because the two illuminations did not overlap in time.
Full Report Text:
Phoenix-like event, 40 miles from Stephenville, TX--brief lights, 6-9: 6 hovering formation, 3 individual seperate, military jets. On the evening of 19-Oct-2009 I was outside after dark testing a propane heater for winter camping use. Time was approximately 2030 hours, CDT, US.
My attention was drawn to the clear night sky by the noise/flashing lights of what were obviously military jets, about a half dozen of them, very high up. Military jets are a common sight here, originating usually from a major Air Force base about 70 miles east of where I live. Daytime flight training activity is pretty heavy usually.
However, nighttime military activity is rare, especially a half dozen jets that seemed to be canvasing many miles of the sky—they were visible essentially horizon to horizon, passing overhead and making broad, sweeping maneuvers. I was curious so I sat down and watched. As I was watching one jet, going west to east, approximately 70 degrees from horizontal, a nearly linear pattern of amber-to-red lights appeared about 50 degrees from horizontal, south-southeast.
There were about a half dozen of them that rapidly ramped up in brightness (not instantaneous). They were stationary and maintained a fixed pattern, no variation in relative position. The pattern was about thumb’s width at arm’s length.
There was a slight warbling in intensity of most of these lights, similar to distant lights on a hot night-heat distortion. It was a similar effect, but I’m not saying that is what it was because it was a chilly night. After a few seconds of visibility the lights faded about half as fast as they had ramped up—about three seconds to completely black out.
They did not fade all at once, but in a random pattern. Of course, there was no noise except from the distant jets. About a minute later there were two or three individual lights that appeared, then disappeared, in about the same manner.
These were east-southeast at about 30 degrees from horizontal. These were not all stationary while they were visible, and were visible only one at a time. I ran inside, called my parents, and asked dad to walk outside (we live only about 30 yards apart), which he did and he later said he saw one of the lights.
I’m not sure he did. From the direction he said he was looking he could not have seen what I was seeing east-southeast, but he could have be observing similar lights further to the west which I would not have seen because I was watching the east-southeast lights. The canvasing activity of the jets continued for as long I was willing to watch, about 30 minutes.
From the video I have seen of the Phoenix Lights phenomenon, this event was quite similar in the way the lights ramped up, warbled in intensity, and faded out. In fact, these could very well have been flares, which was the “official explanation” of the Phoenix event. All I can say is if these were flares someone is damn good at placing a group of 6 and having them appear to be “tied together” on a structure or separate and holding a rock-solid pattern for several seconds.
Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2009 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 | 100.00% of all reports |
Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2009 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 | 50.00% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2009 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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Monday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2009 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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10/19/09 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
11/19/09 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings From 2009 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 | 50.00% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Sidney, Texas
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Sidney, Texas.
Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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2009 | 2 UFO Reports | Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings in 2009 |
2008 | 1 UFO Reports | Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings in 2008 |
2005 | 4 UFO Reports | Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings in 2005 |
2000 | 1 UFO Reports | Sidney, Texas UFO Sightings in 2000 |
All Texas Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2009
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Texas in 2009. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Texas in 2009.