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Vermont UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 18 UFO sighting reports in Vermont from 2021 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "light" (8 reports, 44.44% of total).
- May is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 27.78% of total).
- Friday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (6 reports, 33.33% of total).
- 10/14/21 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 5.56% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (12 reports, 66.67% of total).
Vermont UFO Sighting Reports in 2021
This is a sampling of 20 Vermont UFO reports from 2021, 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).
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4 Bright lights of indeterminant altitude traveling south to north spaced evenly apart. These lights appeared to be two to three times brighter and larger than Venus in a clear nighttime sky. Because the altitude was indeterminant it's impossible to estimate how large they were, the speed with which they were travelling or the distance apart from each other.
They were travelling in what appeared to be a straight line at a stable rate of speed. The movement was more suggestive of a series of helicopters but the lighting suggested otherwise There was no flashing or pulsing, just a steady bright illumination of a single color. The color temperature was warmer than what one normally sees with aircraft and appeared to be similar to tungsten lighting (about 3,400 degrees kelvin) While driving underneath the line of lights, we lowered car windows in order to try to hear the sound of the aircraft.
But, they were completely silent suggesting either a high altitude or silent propulsion method.
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Several lights in a straight lines moving slowly I looked up to the East and saw dots of light traveling in a straight line moving slowly across the sky. I.
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Circular light illuminating behind clouds, darted off at very high speed, reappeared and darted off again several times. At approximately 830pm, my husband and I were walking our dog in the dark. We live in a very rural location with woods all around, no city or town in sight with only a couple neighbors.
It was dark but we were not using a flashlight as the moon was out enough to light our way faintly. It was overcast, but not raining/snowing. At almost the same time, my husband and I saw an illuminating, circular (disk) light coming from an area above the woods, which appeared like it was shining down through the clouds, rather than from the ground up.
We both pointed and acknowledged it to each other when, all of a sudden, the light moved literally at warp speed to the left and vanished. Then almost immediately, it reappeared in the same spot that we had just seen it. It hovered for a few seconds then darted to the right (again at a VERY high rate of speed).
Once again, it reappeared in the same spot. We both never saw the light coming back to the spot, it would just reappear. It made a final dart to the left and disappeared, not to return.
We stood there in awe for a minute or two waiting for it to come back, which it didn't. We turned around and headed back home (that was enough excitement for us!). We walked about a 1/4 mile or so back to our house and before we turned into our driveway, the light reappeared from our right, made a sharp turn and went in a straight line from in front of us, then over our heads, and behind us.
and disappeared. Again, we were in awe and stayed out in our field (in the complete darkness, no neighbors in site, no towns, no cities, etc) and waited for over about 15 minutes. It once again reappeared in the night sky, hovered, and took off.
That was the last of it we saw. We did not hear any noise from an airplane or helicopter and the speed at which this object was traveling was absolutely astonishing - it would go from one side of the horizon to the other in a fraction of a second. There is nothing that we can think of that has the ability to go that fast (airplane, helicopter, drone, etc).
We thought perhaps it was a deer hunter with a very high powered spot light shining it into the sky; however, the light appeared to be shining down from the clouds rather than up and we assumed that if it was a spotlight, we would see some sort of "beam" of light illuminating the woods/tree line and extending into the night sky, which we did not witness. The entire surroundings and night sky was very dark, just this light illuminating in one spot in the sky, coming from the clouds. Also, if it was a hunter with a spot light, the manner in which the light presented itself didn't seem "human-like", if it was a hunter "playing" with his spot light we would think it would of been more human-like behavior with the light waving back and forth, etc.
and what we witnessed was split second speeds, hovering then darting off, reappearing without any light coming back to that same spot, etc. There very well could be a good explanation of what we saw; however, witnessing it first hand, it just didn't seem like anything we could explain away (airplane, Chinese lantern, helicopter, drone, etc). It was a very interesting encounter, one that my husband and I will always remember!.
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Large blimp looking craft, almost see through, quiet but make the ground shake I’ve held onto this for a year now and I think about it every day. I needed to share in hopes to get it off my mind. I was car camping at the Greendale campground in the Green Mountain National Forest, a place I know well.
I was listening to a podcast when my car started to shake. I thought it was a bear. It was almost as if an earthquake was happening.
I quickly realize it was not a bear and got out of the car. The trees were moving, my car was moving, I felt it. Birds who were sleeping in trees now screamed.
I have birds, their sounds were of being scared out of sleep, but so many, it gave me chills. I looked up and saw a large blimp like ship that was low, just above the tree line, it was like see through, it reflected the sky, it looked solid but not, it’s hard to explain. It was like stealthy I guess you could say, like a Star Trek ship cloaked.
It made no noise and it moved slow. There was a power coming from it. Once it was over head it blow air on top of me, it was warm, like the engine was pushing out air.
This is really hard to explain in words. I’ve had a lot of weird things happen in my life, I’ve seen my share of unexplained things, but this bothered me. It’s not like anything I’ve seen or heard of.
All I can think of is it’s some kind of government ship being tested and I think that’s what bothers me most. I hope I explained myself well enough. I’ve clicked there was aura or haze around it because it did kind of have a hazy or cloudy look around what I feel was the outline of the ship.
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Discs of red lights fly across Northern sky and then disappear 8 discs of red lights flying across Northern sky from the east. There was no sound and the red lights were very bright - there were 2 or 3 in sky at once. At a certain point in the North, they would just disappear - like the lights had been turned off.
Then another one would come from the east and do the same thing.
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Triangle shape with green and red blinking lights and one static white light hovering in the north sky over Barre VT before flying off My daughter was outside with the cat and said she saw a UFO, so I went to look. To the north, seemingly at airplane altitude was a triangle with 2 or 3 green blinking lights on one side and 2 or 3 red blinking lights on the other with a white static light in the middle. It wasn't moving.
I watched for a moment and then called my wife outside to look. We watched for a minute and were both confused by it. It didnt seem to be moving, just staying in one place with lights blinking.
At that point I went to get binoculars. As I came back upstairs I heard what sounded like a furnace blowing and when I got out on the deck my wife said the craft just flew southward overhead really fast and was out of sight past the trees on the hill across the street and then a second later flew back overhead to the north and was gone. The sound I heard from inside was the sound it made while moving.
I tried getting a picture or video but the lights were barely visible on my phone screen, even zoomed in. The sunlight was nearly gone and the sky was overcast so on the camera it was too dark and all blended together. I am a "believer" and seeking truth in everything.
My wife is more conservative than me. I have a master's degree and work in healthcare. My wife has a bachelor's degree as an educator.
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Round dark silhouette with bright orange light moving different directions I was driving up West Street, in Rutland, VT, around 9:45pm, and a bright orange light shot across the sky, right in front of me. It wasn't very high up, lower then where a plane would be but MUCH higher then where a kite would fly. Instantly, I pulled over because I could see the bright orange-ish light (a round silouette shape) hovering right in the sky.
I pulled over and was just so blown away by what I was seeing. The UFO quickly would shoot up, hover slowly, then go down, hover slowly, then shoot diagonally. The light would hover down at first, making a kind of blur because it moved so fast.
Then slowly hover back up. I realized I need to video this! So I pulled my phone out and took a video of it. The round orange flying object would slowly hover up, then over.
at this point it was moving alot slower. This had gone on for about 5 minutes since I had pulled over. And then all of a sudden, it just took off and flew away.
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Silent, slow moving saucer shaped object over Woodford, VT We were watching a small aircraft like a single engine plane go over our property and then saw a silent, saucer shaped craft go behind the craft that was moving south to north. The UFO moved west to east slowly antil it passed Woodford Mountain and went out of sight. No contrail or noise.
I took a video of it with my phone.
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Orange glowing orb that changed directions and was silent. I looked out my window and saw a great orange fireball with a glowing center moving at a steady pace from south to north. I then got my mothers attention and she saw the object change course and start heading east as it disappeared behind the trees and horizon.
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Felt compelled to lookout at sky at 1030pm May 29 2021 saw brightest light nearby On the night of May 29th 2021 I felt strongly compelled to lookout at sky at 1030pm my attention was drawn to Southwest area of the sky. I saw a bright light brighter then the rest of the stars closer than the rest of the stars. I thought it was the North Star but it was too close to the ground - and within moments this light moved parallel to my left , more south I would guess, and then the light went out.
It moved for approx 3-4 seconds at a speed that I could track easily. I searched for it thinking it was too good to be true and thought perhaps a slow shooting star when it reappeared in the same spot it went out. Again the brightest light of all the stars and it retraced its path back to the original spot I saw it again moving slow enough to track with my eyes and suddenly within a second it picked up speed moved downward toward earth in a S shape and disappeared.
I came back from sticking my head out the window and closed it and the shade as I was freaked out and alone with my kids. This next part will sound very strange and I don’t care if anyone believes it or not because I will cherish it forever as an experience for me. I also haven’t told anyone except my husband and mom for fear of being laughed at.
It was the next night I don’t know exactly what time I would guess between 11pm- 3am I opened my eyes while laying in bed and saw about 5 feet in front of me next to my standing mirror a small alien looking at me. In my head I said “oh you’re here” I wasn’t afraid or anything it was a rather calming feeling. But I got the sense it was male no clothing green gray skin large eyes no hair thin limbs not an oval head but more E.
T. shaped head with a small mouth. Where it stood near my mirror I’d estimate it’s height around 4-4 1/2 feet tall.
When I blinked they was gone. I also heard a sound on the opposite side of the bedroom near my husbands dresser about 15 feet from the mirror. It was an experience I will never forget and haven’t had one sense.
I’m watching Dave Paulides new ufo connection movie on Amazon and saw him talking with Peter Davenport and said I have to report this! I didn’t know there was a place to report it legitimately! Thank you for everything you do in your work! .
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String of white lights moving slowly in formation Took my dog out and noticed a straight line of white lights in the sky moving toward the southeast. I would estimate at least a dozen lights or more. The light appeared slightly wavy.
I would describe it as if it were a plane pulling a banner of white lights, but I could see no plane, heard no sound, and the lights stayed in formation. It gradually faded into the southeast over the course of just a few minutes. It did not appear to be traveling fast and was not very high in the sky.
I was a clear night, but I could not make out the outline of any craft.
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I was sitting in a friends back yard when 6 or 7 lights streamed across the sky. They were following the same trajectory and did not deviate from the same line. It lasted for a total of 2 or 3 seconds.
At first we thought it was the Chinese space station debris or a meteor shower, but the lights weren't scattered.
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String of Lights In The Sky May 17 2021 It was around 12:05AM when I saw a string of small,moving lights in the sky. It seemed as if they were following each other at a slow,steady speed,with no sound. They moved straight at first,and then began to rather act like a snake or centipede.
The lights stayed together about 3 minutes and faded out of my view. We could not get a good photo of the object on the cell phone. This has happened once before around the same time of year.
The last time I saw them was in July, there were around five bright lights, and more defined. I would like to know what these are, they seem strange to me.
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9 lights entering the atmosphere at impossible speed and then moving off slowly at a 90 degree angle I was outside the front door and saw lights dripping down like molten iron. Just dropped down and the stopped at an abrupt halt. They then formed a single file and head off 90 degrees to the north east.
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Five red flashing lights in the sky in a configuration over NW Vermont. On this evening I was going to close the front door when I noticed red flashing lights in the sky directly off to the northwest. At one point there were five and they were all spaced out, then two dropped out of sight and three remained.
They would blink red, then disappear. I have a video of this. My husband also witnessed the event.
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I was driving south on I-91 and noticed a light in front of me ahead. It was dark so I thought maybe it was for construction but as I got closer it looked like the light was strung up over the road almost like a street light. I came up on it so quickly and it was so strange that i craned my head forward to look up being careful as I drove.
I went right under it, or it went right over me. It was low, maybe 7 feet above the car. I looked in the rear view mirror while trying to be safe but could not see anything.
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Bright light hovering over the lake, changed colors between blueish white and yellowish orange. Hovered over lake and didnt change altitude or make any sound. Got brightest before it disappeared.
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Tetris-like Football Goal Rt 7 South from Rutland to Wallingford. I noticed a strobing dim, though expansive white light in the sky toward the airport. I thought nothing of it, assuming it was some form of aviation guidance.
Then a figure appeared in the sky in front of me near Wallingford. It was like a hologram or silhouette. Its form reminded me of a football goal, but narrow.
It had sections like a Tetris tile . The object was not moving and was only visible for what seemed like seconds. However, my average 15 minute drive home had become a 30 minute drive.
Vermont UFO Sightings From 2021 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 | 8 reported sightings | 44.44% of all reports |
Triangle | 2 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Rectangle | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Disk | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Flash | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Other | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Vermont UFO Sightings From 2021 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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May | 5 reported sightings | 27.78% of all reports |
June | 3 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
October | 2 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
January | 2 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
December | 2 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
August | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
April | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Vermont UFO Sightings From 2021 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 | 6 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Saturday | 5 reported sightings | 27.78% of all reports |
Thursday | 4 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Monday | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Vermont UFO Sightings From 2021 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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10/14/21 | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
01/02/21 | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
06/20/21 | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
05/17/21 | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
05/20/21 | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
Vermont UFO Sightings From 2021 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 | 12 reported sightings | 66.67% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 3 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 2 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 5.56% of all reports |
All Vermont Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2021
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in Vermont, in 2021
City | Number of Reports | View Reports |
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Rutland | 2 UFO Reports | Rutland UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Milton | 2 UFO Reports | Milton UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Huntington | 1 UFO Reports | Huntington UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Hubbardton | 1 UFO Reports | Hubbardton UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Stowe | 1 UFO Reports | Stowe UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Weston | 1 UFO Reports | Weston UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Newport | 1 UFO Reports | Newport UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Burlington | 1 UFO Reports | Burlington UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Dorset | 1 UFO Reports | Dorset UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Derby | 1 UFO Reports | Derby UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Thetford | 1 UFO Reports | Thetford UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Bennington | 1 UFO Reports | Bennington UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Barre | 1 UFO Reports | Barre UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Fairfax | 1 UFO Reports | Fairfax UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Clarendon | 1 UFO Reports | Clarendon UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Colchester | 1 UFO Reports | Colchester UFO Sightings in 2021 |
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in Vermont
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Vermont.