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Analysis of Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2001
We analyzed all 5 UFO sighting reports in Granite Falls, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (2 reports, 40.00% of total).
- March was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 80.00% of total).
- Monday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (3 reports, 60.00% of total).
- 03/12/01 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 40.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (3 reports, 60.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Granite Falls, Washington from 2001
These Granite Falls, 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:
Three adults were in the back yard of a home located about five miles east of Granite Falls,on the Mountain Loop Highway. It was about 17:30 when one of them noticed a silver, non-reflective, cigar shaped object moving slowly near the top of Mt. Pilchuck.
The three witnesses watched it move slowly until it disappeared behind the mountain. The sighting lasted about one minute. They each reported being unable to hear any sound coming from the object.
One of the witnesses, the owner of the property, reports having seen similar objects in the same area in years past. ((NUFORC Note: Our gratitude to Mr. Doug Phillips, Lummi Island, WA, for submitting this forwarded report.
Mr. Phillips is well known to us, and is a highly credible source. He is a long-time UFO investigator and aficianado in Washington State.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
Heard 3 Pings Then A Boom. My Daughter and friend were located in a barn at the end of russian road at the end of granite falls at about 22:00 we heard 3 pings and an explosian and saw the sky above the trees light up blue green yellow red almost like flames like a bomb went off. It lasted for about 2-3 sec and we then heard a rumble and a wistle.
then all went quiet again ((NUFORC Note: We spoke via telephone with this witness and found her to be quite sincere and emphatic in her description of these events. Please see reports of event over Puget Sound and British Columbia that occurred 51 minutes later. Identical reports are submitted by two family members; we will post both reports, even though identical.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
lights, three pings, then a whoosh I'm not quit sure if it was monday or tuesday It was about 10:15 when my mom, my friend and I were in my barn at the end of Russian road on the outskirts of Granite Falls. The coyotes had began to howl loudly as i was bending over.Then all of a sudden my mom and friend said, "o'my god what was that".
I quickly jumped up and they said they saw a flash of green,yellow light that lit up the sky in the south-eastern direction.They also said it looked like a bomb exploded. After that we herd three pinging noises and a whoosh like some thing took off.
The coyotes were dead quiet now and all was silent.we quickly ran up to the house to see if they saw what we saw, but no. they turned on the scanner to lisen to see if anything had happened, but nothing.
Since that night my friend has had back pains, my mom has back pains, and i have had constant head aches,nose bleeds, and have been nauseous. ((NUFORC Note: We spoke with this witness, and others, and we believe that the incident may have occurred on 13MR01. PD)).
Full Report Text:
other witness says it was tuesday night but I think it was monday, we were standing in a barn looking to the south east a green light lit the sky, about 5 seconds, 5seconds later green light lit the sky again, about 5 seconds later a definate electrical whoosh then nothing, cayotes were loud before, after dead silence, listened to police scanner and no power outages or anything reported, light was very uniform it did not vary in strength or intensity.
Full Report Text:
Blue lookig small fireball to slow for falling star first seen traveling E.2nd person saw traveling N. disappeared to the NE.
Did anyone else see this?.
Granite Falls, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Light | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
| Flash | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
| Fireball | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
| Cigar | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Granite Falls, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| March | 4 reported sightings | 80.00% of all reports |
| September | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Granite Falls, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 3 reported sightings | 60.00% of all reports |
| Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
| Saturday | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Granite Falls, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 03/12/01 | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
| 03/13/01 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
| 03/05/01 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
| 09/08/01 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Granite Falls, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 3 reported sightings | 60.00% of all reports |
| Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Granite Falls, Washington
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Granite Falls, Washington.
| Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2015 |
| 2013 | 1 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2013 |
| 2011 | 1 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2011 |
| 2010 | 1 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2010 |
| 2006 | 2 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2006 |
| 2005 | 2 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2005 |
| 2004 | 2 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2004 |
| 2003 | 4 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2003 |
| 2002 | 4 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2002 |
| 2001 | 5 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2001 |
| 2000 | 1 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 2000 |
| 1996 | 2 UFO Reports | Granite Falls, Washington UFO Sightings in 1996 |
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.