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Analysis of Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2015
We analyzed all 4 UFO sighting reports in Anacortes, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "circle" (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- January was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Saturday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 75.00% of total).
- 01/24/15 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (3 reports, 75.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Anacortes, Washington from 2015
These Anacortes, Washington UFO reports from 2015 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:
3 large, bright orange discs traveling from SW to NE in perfect formation. They were completely silent. The middle disc started to move quickly towards the first disc.
The 3rd disc stayed in original formation. The first disc ascended and entered cloud cover and out of sight. Shortly there after, the 2nd followed out of sight.
The 3rd finally reached the same spot in the sky and also went out of sight. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
Full Report Text:
Very bright, greenish, light in the sky. Exhibited non-aircraft behavior. A bright object, greenish in color, approached overhead.
Luminosity was comparable to a full moon. An airplane started flying into the same patch of sky. My wife and I observed the object come to a near stop to avoid the airplane, then change directory (90 degrees to the right and more than 90 degrees upward, into the atmosphere), and slowly disappear from view into clouds high in the sky.
Full Report Text:
14 yellowish circle of lights seen by 4 people east of Anacortes, WA. For 5 minutes on 1-24-2015 at 23:30 TO: UFO REPORTING CENTER DATE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 24. TIME: 23:30 PLACE: 2 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF ANACORTES, WA, ON STATE HIGHWAY 20.
My wife and I were coming home from a play in Bellingham. I was driving West on St Highway 20, 3 miles east of Anacortes. As I was watching the next set of traffic lights, I noticed something that caught my eye above the traffic lights.
They seemed to be off the coast and over the water. I drove through the intersection and they were still there. There were about 8 yellowish colored lights in a circle about 25 degrees above the horizon.
Down and to the left of the larger circle formation there was another formation. It was smaller, maybe 5 lights. The lights stayed in place, and did not change their relationship for a couple minutes.
We then pulled over on the highway near another car that had stopped and was also looking at the lights. Then the lights started to change their spatial relationship with the other lights. There was no audible noise.
The lights then started to just fade out one at a time. It was cloudy and some fog outside. My wife during this time had gotten out of the car and was attempting to photograph them with her phone.
We live in Oak Harbor, which is home to Whidbey Naval Air Base. We are very familiar with the Navy planes. They usually fly in pairs and at most 3-4 planes in a formation.
I am a private pilot and very familiar with the airspace and the planes that fly in it. It was hard to judge how far away the lights were, but they were not airplanes or helicopters.
Full Report Text:
Orange-ish/ golden lights seen in sky over Anacortes. I was driving home from work around 11:30pm, Saturday 1/24, on Hwy 20. I saw some orange-ish/ golden lights in the sky forming two circular patterns.
As I was driving, I was not sure what I was looking at so I decided to pull over as I was coming around the bay. The lights were southwest of where I was parked alongside the highway. The lights were there for a few minutes, and then one by one they disappeared.
I've never seen anything like this, I still have no idea what I saw.
Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings From 2015 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Circle | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Light | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings From 2015 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 | 50.00% of all reports |
| February | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
| April | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings From 2015 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 | 3 reported sightings | 75.00% of all reports |
| Friday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings From 2015 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 01/24/15 | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| 02/20/15 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
| 04/25/15 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings From 2015 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 3 reported sightings | 75.00% of all reports |
| Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Anacortes, Washington
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Anacortes, Washington.
| Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2023 |
| 2022 | 1 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2022 |
| 2020 | 6 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2020 |
| 2018 | 1 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2018 |
| 2015 | 4 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2015 |
| 2013 | 1 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2013 |
| 2012 | 5 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2012 |
| 2011 | 1 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2011 |
| 2009 | 1 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2009 |
| 2008 | 2 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2008 |
| 2007 | 1 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2007 |
| 2005 | 1 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2005 |
| 2004 | 2 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2004 |
| 2003 | 1 UFO Reports | Anacortes, Washington UFO Sightings in 2003 |
All Washington Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2015
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Washington in 2015. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Washington in 2015.