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Analysis of Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings in 2011
We analyzed all 3 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 "disk" (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- April was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Wednesday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- 10/18/11 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the evening, between the hours of 16:00 - 19:59 (2 reports, 66.67% of total).
UFO Reports in Bothell, Washington from 2011
These Bothell, Washington UFO reports from 2011 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:
I saw what appeared to be a flying saucer that glided over and past my car on my my way home from work at night. I was driving home from work at about 10:15 pm. Upon turning from an intersection onto a straight away that led to my house, I saw a bright light up in the sky.
I was confused as to what it was so I kept my eyes on it. As I was driving towards it, I realized that it was also coming towards me at a very slight slant. It started out as high as a plane might be, but I noticed it was coming closer than I first thought.
I kept driving and the light was dimming slowly to where I could see that it had two blinking lights. One red light at the front and one green light on the back so I thought that it was just a plane. Problem was that it was too low, much smaller than an average plane and it wasn't making noise.
When our paths met, it was a few hundred feet above my car and the bright light was gone making the shape of it evident: a disk. It hovered over, past my car and that's when I pulled over to freak out and try to process what I just saw. I stared at the road in front of me for a second then turned my head to follow where it was going.
I made a quick u-turn and pulled over on the other side of the street to watch it glide over the neighborhoods and that's when I decided to follow it, but it went over an area of trees with no road. After about five minutes of driving towards it, it was no longer in sight and I decided I needed to go back home to do some research on UFOs.
Full Report Text:
schachmatist ((name deleted)) seeking pyotr petrovich something flew over me i believe; velocity approx.35m.p.
s (very rough guess) i believe it maneuvered some near renton/kent area and remained aloft as late as 6:18pm.but at perhaps 200g yds.
Full Report Text:
If I had to guess, I would say it could have been some sort of prank that was common in the early to mid-60's, where garbage bags were Round/oval shape 4X greater than size of a star was seen through my windshield moving from south to north along Bothell-Everett (SR 527) Highway in the Canyon Park section of Bothell, traversing under the cresent moon at an angle of slightly under 45', and ascending slowly but appeared to cover approx. 5 miles in distance, toward the city of Mill Creek and Everett, Washington. I made a right turn headed north in my vehicle as the object traversed my path, headed slightly east, then north-west and away from me.
It appears to have a very bright burning center as it changed it's intensity slightly from time to time. The "burning-bright center" appeared to have some red in it, but mostly it was a steady bright object. I then made another right hand turn onto 228th St.
, headed east and could now see the object through the bare trees out of my driver's side window, over my left shoulder as the object was now headed north-west away from me. While the object did not appear to lose itensity or colour, it was getting smaller as it headed north-west. I had one passenger who called my attention to the object in the first place.
My passenger also commented that at least one other person standing on the roadway also appeared to be witnessing what we saw. This was not a plane nor was it a helicopter, in our opinion. At first the object was close enough to us to us so that if it were any type of normal aircraft, we'd have heard it.
The area was back lit by normal ground light from homes and businesses in the area. It was dark and the weather was windy with spotty, low clouds that obliterated the moon from time to time. ((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information.
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Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2011 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Disk | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Oval | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2011 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| April | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| January | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| October | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2011 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Sunday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2011 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 10/18/11 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| 04/06/11 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| 01/16/11 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Bothell, Washington UFO Sightings From 2011 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 2 reported sightings | 66.67% of all reports |
| Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
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