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Analysis of Stevens Pass, Washington UFO Sightings in 2016
We analyzed all 1 UFO sighting reports in Stevens Pass, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "changing" (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- December was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- Monday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- 12/12/16 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the evening, between the hours of 16:00 - 19:59 (1 reports, 100.00% of total).
UFO Reports in Stevens Pass, Washington from 2016
These Stevens Pass, 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:
Shifting orb witnessed at Stevens Pass, WA. After a day of skiing at Stevens Pass, I was staying the night at the ski resort with some friends in the RV lot so we could ski the following day. Around 7:00p.
m we left our camper and walked to the main base area of the resort. Skiing operations closed at 4:00 that day and the mountain was dark, but the base area was illuminated, and we used this lighting to play a game of cornhole (beanbag toss game) right in the main courtyard area next to the lodge and clock tower. It was a very cold night with broken clouds and occasional snow showers.
We were the only ones outside in the area. It was the night before a full moon and the moon looked amazing with the small broken clouds moving quickly past it. Having the place to ourselves with the resort lodges and clock tower decorated in Christmas lights and the full moon in the backdrop, I tried my best to get a picture with my phone that captured the whole scene.
To do this I stepped about thirty feet away from my friends, took a knee and held my phone at an angle that got all three of my friends in the frame as well as the moon (this was tricky and you will see that in a couple shots either a friend or the moon gets cut off). Once I had the correct angle I waited for gaps in the clouds as they passed over the moon. After snapping a couple photos, I first noticed the object in the screen of my phone.
The object first appeared as a blotch of white light in the screen of my phone. It seemed like a morphing light ball with a bright core surrounded by a duller light and was very fluid yet erratic in its movements. If I had to guess I would say the core was the size of a large grapefruit and the outer layer the size of a beach ball.
It was like a luminescent aerial jellyfish. The object first appeared in the sky around the trees in the background and moved toward us. It came as close as the clock tower (the photo showing the object in front of the lodge verifies its proximity).
At this point, I looked up from the camera, where the image was very bright, however with my bare eyes I could only see the outer dull light, but the inner bright sphere was still visible in the screen of my phone. Put another way: With my bare eyes, the object was not very noticeable and I might have not noticed it. At the same time it was glowing even brighter than what was captured by the camera on the screen of my phone.
At one point most of my screen went white. I was really confused and rendered speechless. At this point I stood up and pivoted my whole focus to the object.
As soon as I did the object shot off to the trees behind the lodge, paused near the top for one to two seconds and then shot off over Big Chief Mountain at impossible speed and was gone. As you can see in the pictures, my friends were oblivious of its presence and I wasn’t able to process what I was seeing in time to verbalize what I was seeing. By the time I did, it was gone.
I still really have no idea what I saw and the photos just add to the mystery. Likely unrelated, we did see multiple F/A-18 or F15s (looked like they had 2 vertical stabilizers) jets flying at low altitude over the resort the following morning.
Stevens Pass, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Changing | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Stevens Pass, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| December | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Stevens Pass, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Stevens Pass, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 12/12/16 | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Stevens Pass, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 100.00% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Stevens Pass, Washington
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in Stevens Pass, Washington.
| Year | Number of Reports | View Reports |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 UFO Reports | Stevens Pass, Washington UFO Sightings in 2016 |
| 2008 | 1 UFO Reports | Stevens Pass, Washington UFO Sightings in 2008 |
| 2005 | 1 UFO Reports | Stevens Pass, Washington UFO Sightings in 2005 |
| 2002 | 1 UFO Reports | Stevens Pass, Washington UFO Sightings in 2002 |
| 1999 | 1 UFO Reports | Stevens Pass, Washington UFO Sightings in 1999 |
| 1997 | 1 UFO Reports | Stevens Pass, Washington UFO Sightings in 1997 |
| 1996 | 1 UFO Reports | Stevens Pass, Washington UFO Sightings in 1996 |
| 1977 | 1 UFO Reports | Stevens Pass, Washington UFO Sightings in 1977 |
All Washington Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2016
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per city in Washington in 2016. You can also view the state-level list of UFO sightings in Washington in 2016.