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Analysis of Spokane, Washington UFO Sightings in 2016
We analyzed all 5 UFO sighting reports in Spokane, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "triangle" (2 reports, 40.00% of total).
- April was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 20.00% of total).
- Wednesday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (2 reports, 40.00% of total).
- 04/01/16 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 20.00% 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 Spokane, Washington from 2016
These Spokane, 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:
Brightly lit triangle craft hovered 50 feet above roadway Spokane, WA. I was driving home on High Drive around 9:30 pm Wednesday Nov. 9, 2016, after having dinner in downtown Spokane when this incident occurred.
I was headed east on High Drive and approaching the intersection of High Drive and Grand Boulevard when I saw this giant incredibly bright object in the sky that was immediately above the treetops about four blocks away. At first, I wasn't sure if it was a panel of stadium lights, but there's no stadium anywhere nearby. I live just a short distance from where this incident occurred, and I have been there thousands of times over the past 17 years, and I have never once seen a light like that anywhere in the neighborhood.
I drove toward the object, and pulled over on the south side of East 43rd Avenue, between South Scott and South Garfield Streets. What I saw was a giant triangle that was only 50 feet or so above me, and hovering above some trees in a residential neighborhood. The object appeared to be about 180 feet long (half the distance between Scott Street and Garfield Street on 43rd Avenue) and 90 feet wide.
There were white lights all the way around the sides of the triangle, and it was hovering in one place and didn't make any noise. Where I pulled over by the side of the road was almost directly underneath this triangle object, and I could see dark black circles on the underside. I turned my engine off, and watched this triangle object.
There was absolutely no noise coming from it. Right after I pulled over, the thing started moving slowly from east to west. I reached in my purse to grab my cell phone so that I could take a picture, and I kept looking back at the triangle when suddenly it took off faster than anything ever seen my life.
It was the strangest thing I've ever seen. When the object took off, it went west. It's speed was so fast that had I blinked my eyes, I would've missed it.
The entire incident lasted about 10 minutes (9:30 to 9:40 pm). I know this because I had just looked at my dashboard clock as I approached the intersection of High Drive and Grand Boulevard, and I called my mother immediately afterward to tell her what I had seen. If I was to compare the size of the triangle from my perspective it to the size of a full moon, it was dozens if not hundreds of times bigger.
If I was to compare the size of the triangle to my clenched fist held at arm's length, it was much, much larger. Although I was alone in my car, I am absolutely certain that there were other witnesses to this incident. When I reached the intersection of Grand Boulevard and High Drive at 9:30 pm, there were several Spokane Police officers standing in the flowerbeds of a private residence and talking to an older gentleman.
They were parked in the driveway of the house on the north side of High Drive. They appeared to be looking for something in the flowerbeds adjacent to the roadway at a private home on the south side of High Drive. While I was parked on 43rd Avenue and watching the triangle, another car (vehicle #2) drove by my car.
Vehicle #2 was headed east to west on 43rd Ave. and passed directly under this giant lighted triangle. I am absolutely certain the driver of Vehicle #2 saw the triangle, because it was brighter than any light I have ever seen.
When I got home, I went to the Spokane News page on Facebook to see if anyone had posted anything about this. The only thing I found was a post about a car accident that occurred at 6 pm that night at the intersection of Grand Boulevard and High Drive. However, was no sign of any vehicle collision at that intersection at 9:30 pm, so I don't think the triangle object is related to the car accident earlier that evening.
((NUFORC Note: We spoke via telephone on two occasions, and she seemed to us to be quite eloquent and sincere. We strongly suspect that she is a quite capable, and credible, witness. PD)).
Full Report Text:
On September 28, a co-worker told me that on the prior evening, Sept 27th, approximately 9:30pm or 10:00pm, two members of her family had seen two strange lights over Fairchild Airforce Base. Said there was cellphone video of one of the object. As the two witnesses observed, jets were scrambled to intercept these lights.
As the jets approached, the two lights shot straight up and out if sight. ((NUFORC Note: We have requested that the eyewitnesses be invited to submit reports, and we have expressed a desire to look at the video. PD)).
Full Report Text:
Black Triangle Craft spotted in Spokane, Washington It was a fairly clear day in Spokane, me and my parents were on a walk with our dog while I was visiting and we heard a noise coming from the sky. The sound however was not the sound of an airplane from the nearby airport. I looked up to the sky to see a small black triangle craft coming down to earth, I panicked and pointed it out to my parents (I'm 23).
We did not get a photo graph of the object. The craft slowly descended down to the sidewalk, the craft was around 4 ft. long and 2 ft.
tall. and had green and blue lights all over, the craft also made a few sounds along the lines of "boop beep ziiip". The craft hovered in front of me and my parents for a short time before shooting off into the sky.
Us 3 are the only witnesses to this event as far as I know. I'm not sure if our dog should count as a witness or not, he did bark at the object a few times, so if you do count as animals as witnesses, it's 4. ((NUFORC Note: Serious report, or maybe not?? PD)) ((BEGIN ADDENDUM #1 FROM SOURCE OF REPORT)) Dear Peter, Thank you for replying to my report.
My report is 100% sincere. My parents don't believe in aliens and are dismissing this and don't want to get involved, so I'm all you've got right now. I live east coast near D.
C. I own a Cessna 172g and fly it for recreational purposes, I am currently looking into a job to be a Pilot. I did not fly a plane to Spokane where my parents live, I took a long and beautiful car trip.
My phone is currently in repairs after I accidentally spilled my beer on it yesterday and will not be able to take calls for a while. If you have any questions feel free to Email me. ((END #1)) ((BEGIN ADDENDUM #2 FROM SOURCE)) I understand that you would expect this report to be a hoax, but I'm dead serious, this has to be the strangest thing that's ever happened to me.
((END #2)) ((ADDENDUM #3 FROM SOURCE)) there is no one to my knowledge who saw it, when we got back home I had asked a few neighbors if they had seen what I had seen and told me I was crazy, I'm assuming they haven't seen It. I had my parents give me a run down of the whole situation, my father believes the craft may have been scanning us, my mother doesn't know what to think, but they don't want to be involved with the whole situation ((END #3)).
Full Report Text:
fast moving white orb moving north. Clear night. Could see a lot of stars & a few aircraft flying in area.
Out in backyard with my dog. Looked up in sky & noticed far up in sky a very fast moving white colored circle shape moving north. It seemed to suddenly appear from the southern part of sky.
It was not aircraft. It was too fast & moved unlike a plane.
Full Report Text:
Bright star like object that crossed sky then went straight up out of sight. I have never reported any type of ufo before so this will be my first time. I live in the city of Spokane by the college campus of Gonzaga.
I stepped out onto my front porch as I do often on a clear night and look up at the stars. Instantly I noticed a very bright star to the south that at first seemed stationary but then started moving across the sky due north. It looked like a very bright star much bigger then any satellite but had no lights that a aircraft would possess.
It traveled for maybe 5 seconds before stopping I expected at this point to be able to recognize the object but at that point it took off directly straight up shrinking in size and then disappearing. I don't know what else to say except this was no satellite no aircraft or a illusion the object traveled far enough and definitely went straight up to rule out a illusion.
Spokane, 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 |
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Triangle | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Light | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Spokane, 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 |
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April | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
July | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
November | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
September | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Spokane, 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 |
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Wednesday | 2 reported sightings | 40.00% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Monday | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Spokane, 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 |
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04/01/16 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
02/24/16 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
11/09/16 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
09/27/16 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
07/11/16 | 1 reported sightings | 20.00% of all reports |
Spokane, 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 |
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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 |
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