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Analysis of Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2014
We analyzed all 2 UFO sighting reports in Ashburn, Virginia to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "sphere" (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- January was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 100.00% of total).
- Saturday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 01/04/14 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the evening, between the hours of 16:00 - 19:59 (2 reports, 100.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Ashburn, Virginia from 2014
These Ashburn, Virginia UFO reports from 2014 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:
Highly reflective object over Ashburn, VA, not bird, balloon, aircraft. Sighted at 16:45, 16:57, 17:19, 17:20. 16:45 - Bright specular reflection in sky looking south.
Put binoculars on, saw irregular changing shape with highly reflective surface. Not a weather balloon, not a party balloon, not a bird, not an aircraft. No lateral motion.
Kept changing shape, reflection threw off blues and reds yellows as though diffraction on surface of it. Quickly shrank in size to full disappearance. Once it started to dim it faded to full disappearance in about 5 seconds.
Gone. About 30 seconds appearance. No dark silhouette until just before full vanish, at that instance it was a tiny round grey dot alternating with very tiny dim reflective flashes, then gone.
No navigation lights at any time. No birds in area riding thermals. 16:57 - Looking south in same direction for possible re-sighting of reflective object: Dark grey object becomes visible as though emerging from water vapor in background.
Easily resolvable angular resolution which was unusual considering the fade-in. Moving east to west. Looked a little like jet plane in traffic, looked about the right size and with lateral motion, but had no vertical stabilizer, no distinct wing shape.
Would place it as about 1500-2000 ft altitude if in traffic pattern but in less than 5 seconds faded into a complete vanish as though going through a water vapor visibility limit. Impossible for a commercial jet in local traffic to do this at that close proximity from this observer. Same object as at 16:45? Don't know.
17:19 - Reflective specular object reappears, not as bright, smaller point reflection as though further away again towards the south. No apparent motion. iPhone camera will not register it, probably too dim against sky and camera knocks down aperture.
Dims out quickly. About 10 seconds appearance. 17:20 - Repeat of same sighting profile as in 17:19.
No more sightings for 30 minutes after. Stopped observing. Decide to file this report.
Do not know how to classify these sightings.
Full Report Text:
Highly reflective sphere hovers near chemtrail, shrinks away rapidly, section of chemtrail evaporates. I just saw my 3rd UFO over Ashburn, this 3rd one this afternoon! Looked out the window at a jet chemtrail w/ jet heading south at 4:35 PM this Sat 4 Jan 2014. Saw bright specular point of light following chemtrail.
Got my binoculars and focused in. Thought it was jet not emitting trail. Common to see pairs up there, one emitting trail, the other not.
Bright shiny metallic sphere, followed parallel along chemtrail and then stopped, Hovered, floated under chemtrail then reversed direction. Shrunk in size. Grew in size and reflected sunlight again as before.
Then dimmed, turned gray, then QUICKLY SHRUNK TO DOT AND DISAPPEARED IN ABOUT 2 SECONDS! Time in sighting was about 2 minutes. The chemtrail section it hovered next to dissolved away! This just now happened. Attached is photo I took of chemtrail after the event took place.
Notice break in trail. The UFO hovered in the middle of that section while the chemtrail was fully formed. After the UFO disappeared the section faded away also! Notice tree branch on left indicates the break in the chemtrail:.
Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings From 2014 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Light | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings From 2014 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| January | 2 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings From 2014 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings From 2014 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 01/04/14 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| 01/22/14 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings From 2014 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 2 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Ashburn, Virginia
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Ashburn, Virginia.
| Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2024 |
| 2023 | 1 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2023 |
| 2021 | 1 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2021 |
| 2020 | 3 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2020 |
| 2017 | 1 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2017 |
| 2016 | 2 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2016 |
| 2015 | 2 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2015 |
| 2014 | 2 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2014 |
| 2013 | 1 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2013 |
| 2012 | 2 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2012 |
| 2011 | 2 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2011 |
| 2009 | 2 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2009 |
| 2008 | 1 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2008 |
| 2007 | 1 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2007 |
| 2004 | 1 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2004 |
| 2001 | 1 UFO Reports | Ashburn, Virginia UFO Sightings in 2001 |
All Virginia Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2014
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Virginia in 2014. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Virginia in 2014.