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Analysis of Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings in 2008
We analyzed all 2 UFO sighting reports in Bothell, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- July was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Tuesday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 07/08/08 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (2 reports, 100.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Bothell, Washington from 2008
These Bothell, Washington UFO reports from 2008 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:
Fast bright light making "s" shaped turns back and forth I don't know if anyone else saw this. I saw what i thought was a falling star appearing from behind the tree line. it was travelling north.
the light did not fade and i thought it may be a low flying satelite due to the speed. it abruptly turn west then back east then west again and then north bound again. the shape of the turn was a large "S" shape.
the speed was much faster than commercial craft and the light was bright, like a bright star. i was stunned when the object deviated from the straight course. as soon as it made the first turn i thought something was strange, i had never seen something move like that before.
there was no noise but i would guess the object was at about the same height that a commercial jet flys.
Full Report Text:
Black helicopter that circled residential neighborhood for 15 minutes with a repeated flash of white light. Although not a UFO sighting, just something that I thought was strange that happened last night, that may be of interest. At around 11:25 PM, I was lying in my bed ready to go to sleep and I started to notice a loud noise.
I looked outside and saw flashing lights, and solid blue and red lights. The noise was obviously a helicopter and I confirmed this when I looked at it with binoculars. The helicopter was a pitch black color against the dark bluish/black sky.
The helicopter flashed white lights non-stop, repeatedly. It moved around in circles for about 15 minutes making less than 20 revolutions, over my neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhood. I'm guessing other people were looking out and wondering why a helicopter was flying about and making so much noise at this time of the night and especially in a huge area of land that is mostly residential zone (off of the Bothell Everett Highway/164th St).
The helicopter finally flew away after 15 minutes towards the direction of where the Bothell Everett Highway would be. Now, there is a FEMA/Army Reserve base near Bothell. My first thought was troops doing training exercises with helicopters.
However, why over a residential area and why circle a specific area for ~15 minutes? What did the repeating flash of the white light mean? My next thought was the traffic or weatherman or something. The 11 o'clock news was almost finished though and in my opinion I don't think you could've seen I-5 or I-405 from where the helicopter was. Probably nothing? Just thought it may be of interest.
Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2008 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Light | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2008 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| July | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| June | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2008 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Monday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2008 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 07/08/08 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| 06/23/08 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2008 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 | 2 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Bothell, Washington
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All Washington Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2008
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