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Analysis of Bellingham, Washington UFO Sightings in 2016
We analyzed all 6 UFO sighting reports in Bellingham, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (2 reports, 33.33% of total).
- September was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Sunday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 33.33% of total).
- 09/25/16 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (4 reports, 66.67% of total).
UFO Reports in Bellingham, Washington from 2016
These Bellingham, Washington UFO reports from 2016 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:
Meteor like white decending east to west. Bright white fireball, likely meteor moving east to west. ((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no information; elects to remain anonymous.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
I saw another post for this same event - I too, saw a bright white flash like a ball come down from the sky. It looked as if it went into Lake Whatcom. Not sure of exact time, but it was in the evening, perhaps 8-10pm or so.
Full Report Text:
Bright silent orb movng a extreme speed over Bellingham. I was outside looking at the stars when I saw an extremely bright (like LED light bright) white orb fly across the sky a few hundred feet up with a eastward and downward trajectory. It was completely silent and it was extremely fast.
Much faster then an airplane or satellite. I actually braced myself for an impact, which never came. Did anyone else see this!.
Full Report Text:
Not sure what I just witnessed, but it was very unusual. I just took my dog out for his last bathroom run, when I noticed a light that, at first, I thought it was a satellite. It was much brighter than a satellite, and as I stared at it passing across the night sky in a mostly easterly direction, I realized the altitude was much lower than what a satellite would be at.
It also seemed it wasn't maintaining a constant speed, sort of slowing a bit and then resuming an otherwise constant speed. I found it so unusual, I ran out to the end of our dock on Lake Whatcom and watched it eventually disappear over the distant mountains. Never seen anything like it before.
Wondering if anyone else noticed this. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
Full Report Text:
Light Formations Was driving down from my home on San Juan Blvd. turned onto Puget to head down the hill to the 7-11 on lakeway. at the top of said hill you can see out across the bay toward Lummi Island and the Salish Sea.
I saw 20+ reddish orange objects take off from what looked like at least 8-13 miles out from the sea in a north easterly direction. I took some video, then went to the store than left a good 5 minutes later, drove back up the hill towards my house when I stopped and looked back out off the hill they were still taking off. There was no sound what so ever as you would expect from modern day military aircraft.
I've never known a airliner to fly in formation either. 9:54 pm pacific time.
Full Report Text:
2 bright orange UFOs moving north over Portage Island & south Lummi Island. My husband was out the back door having a cigarette, he came quickly through the house to the front door and said there were 2 UFOs moving north, we both were on the front deck looking south watching 2 bright orange UFOs. We over look Bellingham Bay, we face the City of Bellingham.
One was slightly ahead of the 2nd one, moving in sync slowly north, we couldn't hear them. They were over Portage Island, & south Lummi Island, I grabbed my sons camera off the table, checked to see if the flash was off, and took 2 pictures while on the front deck. I moved while taking both pictures cause the aperture was slow taking a night picture & trying to focus.
After the 2nd picture they both quickly disappeared heading southward. The pictures do show how bright they were in the sky.
Bellingham, Washington UFO Sightings From 2016 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Light | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Fireball | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Circle | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Bellingham, Washington UFO Sightings From 2016 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| September | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| May | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| July | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| December | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
Bellingham, Washington UFO Sightings From 2016 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Friday | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
Bellingham, Washington UFO Sightings From 2016 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 09/25/16 | 2 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| 07/26/16 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| 12/07/16 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| 05/27/16 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| 05/13/16 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
Bellingham, Washington UFO Sightings From 2016 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 | 4 reported sightings | 66.67% of all reports |
| Morning | 08:00 - 11:59 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
| Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 16.67% of all reports |
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