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Analysis of Arlington, Washington UFO Sightings in 2001
We analyzed all 4 UFO sighting reports in Arlington, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- August was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- Thursday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 02/24/01 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 25.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (2 reports, 50.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Arlington, Washington from 2001
These Arlington, Washington UFO reports from 2001 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:
Rotating white lights eminating from the sides with a red light in the middle I was at the Darrington classic rock festible with a friend, we were listening to one of the bands when I just happened to be looking up to the sky. I noticed a small red light moving very slowly, at first I thought it was a plane until it stopped almost directly above where we were standing. After about 30 seconds of staring at this object I made a comment to the person I was with, she in turn looked upward and saw said object.
This object seemed to have lights on both sides, 180 degrees apart, while it hovered above us it rotated back and forth so that these white lights made a sweeping motion in the sky. After about 2 maybe three minutes said object moved straight up in the sky until it was barely visable and moved off towards the direction of the town of Darrington at a very slow speed until we could no longer see it. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
brilliant green flame seen at approximatly 600 feet I was out walking a sick horse late that night, I looked over my sholder to the North and saw a brilliant almost flourescent flame move from SE to NW approx 100 feet above the vertical mountain which is 500ft highand about 1000ft from our house from where I stood it looked quite large with irregular flame movement it did not look like a meteoras there was no tail and individual flames could be seen, I am a down to earth type person who works with horses I have never had an incling to look or see ufos I just wasn't interested, in the past few years I have seen strange things up here and have taken an interest this is my second report because I notedthe date and time but my entire pasture has lit up like daylight a few times and in talking to other people in the area many people have had there land light up with steady on off light and no noise it is a little to bizaar to feel comfortable ((NUFORC Note: Time indicated by witness is flawed. We presume she implies a time of 26 minutes past midnight on Thursday morning, July 12, 2001. We will attempt to confirm the date.
PD)).
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I saw lights over Mt. Baker I am from Granite Falls, but happen to be in Arlington that day taking care of some business, and as I was comming home I was headed to highway 9 to come back to Granite Falls. When I glanced out my van window, and saw over the mountian one light than another.
Yes I was by the airport, but this was not a plane. What I saw was one goldish floresent colored ball of light going down to the mountian it came from nowhere it was just there, the a second later another one, and it was over. I was driving so it made it hard to keep looking.
It may of been flairs being sent up from the mountian out of the trees, but I don't know, and never will. I have saw other strange lights up in those mountians comming from the sky while camping, but always afraid people would say I was nuts, but I got brave this time fooy on what other peope think, I got brave this time, and will report anything I see from now on. ((NUFORC Note: We spoke with this witness, and found her to be serious-minded, and quite serious about her sighting.
PD)).
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Come! Come Here Quick! See That up there???. We pulled over for ((a short period of time)), turned off the lights in and out of the truck. Needless to say my ad is a certified aircraft mechanic, and has had his MPC and A&P liscence for oer 11 years.
Quality Control Inspector as of now. When he said "Hey, ((name deleted)), get out here and look at this!". I then got out of the truck, and left the door open (the light in the cab was the only one on), He pointed up and showed me a light pointing over the ridge, a yellow-ish light, going over a ridge he had been watching for 10-15 seconds.
He then said that it definately wasnt an aircraft that he knew of, and I watched the first go over the ridge, and then looke up again, and say another, sitting still, about that time it shot straight upward a few thousand feet, and just dissappeared. I immediately got back in the truck and discussed what we saw as I drove away as fast as possible, and he said it was the first time he'd seen anythign like it. What makes me believe these weren't Airplanes is: 1) They each had ONE YELLOW light all the way around them, that covered the bottom of the crafts; 2) They flew slow, and sped up right before the eyes, in a way an airplane isnt capable of; 3) The one that shot straight up, went completely verticle, and just dissappeared; 4) When it went up, I thought if it were a plane, I'd be able to see the other lights, but it was just one continuous glow of yellow; AND, 5) THIS IS THE DAMNDEST THING I'VE SEEN IN MY 16 YEARS OF LIFE!!!!!!!.
Arlington, Washington UFO Sightings From 2001 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 | 50.00% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Arlington, Washington UFO Sightings From 2001 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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August | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
March | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
July | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Arlington, Washington UFO Sightings From 2001 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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Thursday | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Saturday | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Arlington, Washington UFO Sightings From 2001 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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02/24/01 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
07/12/01 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
08/17/01 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
03/15/01 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Arlington, Washington UFO Sightings From 2001 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 | 2 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 25.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Arlington, Washington
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Arlington, Washington.
All Washington Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2001
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Washington in 2001. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Washington in 2001.