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Analysis of Puyallup, Washington UFO Sightings in 2016
We analyzed all 3 UFO sighting reports in Puyallup, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "circle" (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- May was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Friday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 66.67% of total).
- 05/13/16 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (2 reports, 66.67% of total).
UFO Reports in Puyallup, Washington from 2016
These Puyallup, 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:
Bright flash in the sky 1:15 A.M. August 2, 2016, I was standing in the backyard of my home.
I was looking nearly straight up and facing the northeast watching the stars, looking for satellites and early Perseids Meteors. I had actually seen two meteors and about 5 satellites. I had been outside for about an hour, when I got my first really good view of a phenomenon that I have seen on three previous occasions.
I was looking into a clear sky with no obstructions, the same as the three previous times, when I saw what looked like a flash bulb going off in the sky above me. This is the first time that I have seen this clearly. On the previous occasions, I only saw it out of the corner of my eye and never got a clear view.
In fact, I have seen it so infrequently that I had figured that it must be a trick of the light. I starts in a black, starless area of the sky (about 20 degrees east of Alkaid at the end of the big dipper) a small pin prick of light, like a star, suddenly appears and then seems to explode with a flash that leaves a very faint, momentary, aura around it. The very bright flash expands out to three or four times the diameter of a star and then it fades to black.
It’s almost as if a meteor were coming straight down towards the earth and then quickly burns up in the atmosphere while being directly in line with my line of sight. Not sure if that’s possible but that seems like a pretty good description of it, except that the color isn’t quite right, it has an almost blue-white hue to it and not the more yellow-white of a shooting star. More of a cool color look.
I have seen plenty of satellites that are rotating in and out of reflection and I am 100% sure that it was not a satellite. It may have a perfectly simple explanation, but I haven’t seen anything on the internet that ! describes exactly what I saw. I guess it’s not really a UFO, by the strict definition but it is an unusual phenomenon that I can’t explain.
Maybe you folks have an answer for me.
Full Report Text:
2 orange/red circles flying in unison over Puyallup. 2 round bright red/orange lights.coming from southwest.
Separate at first the first circle apppeared and then a second circle approached quickly and they paired up and moved north east in unison. the first light then appeared to go up in the sky and disaPpeared, followed by the second light approx 8 seconds later. No sound and in the camera recording and pictures lights appear to be white.
Full Report Text:
Saw a shooting star at about 8:54 pm, and then seconds later, saw 3 bright red lights in a tight formation, circling not far from the shooting star path. The lights where real bright and at that altitude and the light intensity, it could not have been a quad-copter, or there something similar.
Puyallup, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Circle | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Light | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Puyallup, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| May | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| April | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| August | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Puyallup, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | 2 reported sightings | 66.67% of all reports |
| Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Puyallup, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 05/13/16 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| 04/01/16 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
| 08/02/16 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Puyallup, 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 | 2 reported sightings | 66.67% of all reports |
| Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Puyallup, Washington
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All Washington Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2016
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