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Analysis of Vancouver, Washington UFO Sightings in 2016
We analyzed all 9 UFO sighting reports in Vancouver, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (3 reports, 33.33% of total).
- July was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (5 reports, 55.56% of total).
- Saturday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (4 reports, 44.44% of total).
- 08/14/16 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (2 reports, 22.22% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the night, between the hours of 20:00 - 23:59 (5 reports, 55.56% of total).
UFO Reports in Vancouver, Washington from 2016
These Vancouver, 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:
Leaving Clark County fair, notice an object flying at high speed going north. Tried to get video, but I think I was to far away. Flew north then disappeared.
((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no contact information. PD)).
Full Report Text:
8/14/16 @ 1:56am Orange glowing ball disappears, re-appeared and disappears again in Vancouver sky. Total time 1min. I was doing a late night stroll on 8/14/16.
I noticed off to my left an orange/red ball of light in the sky. It was well above the tree and house lines on the opposite side of the street and there was nothing to obstruct my view. It was 1:56am and I was looking in southern direction.
Towards Portland, Oregon, from Vancouver, Washington. Right away, I noticed something different about the light. It was it's glow.
It was like a light orange at the center and grew a bit darker moving from center to outer edges. Where it was more of a redish color. There was also a blinking, or some kind of flashing.
It was rhythmic in sequence, but it was of the same color as the orb. The light did not illuminate any distinguishable features. The light was large.
Imagine holding a match head at arms length, that's about how big it looked to me. I would roughly estimate it being 5 to 10 miles away. It was moving in a flat, arc like pattern.
From the west to east, then finally heading south. After it was heading what looked like south, for about 3 seconds. It grew dim real fast then blinked out of existence.
For a moment, I thought it might be a plane. Because of its flight pattern and the fact that the Portland airport lies just south west from where I saw it. Yet, there were no other light markers on it.
No green and white flashing lights. No landing/takeoff lights or the tall tale pattern of said lights. This glowin, orange ball had no defining mark or any light source.
At 1:57 I texted my friend to see if he was awake.nope. At 1:59 it re appeared.
This time I had phone in hand and got some video. During it's second run. The light just appeared out of nowhere.
It moved from east to west. Then quickly back in the easterly direction. Where it stopped in mid flight and mid air.
It danced around a bit. It popped up, then down, then it jutted to the west and slowly moved back to its original spot. At this time, it looked as though it was moving south again.
Because after a couple of seconds it dimmed in brightness rather fast, then blinked 2 or 3 times like before and gone! There was no chance of it being a helicopter. Like the plane, there were no external light markers. It moved to fast and too random for it to be a helicopter.
Not to mention the whole orange glow as well as it appearing out of nowhere. I have also given thought to its departures. With the whole light dimming, then blinking out.
No plane or helicopter could move so fast that you would loose sight of it. Especially one as bright as the ball I witnessed. It would take minutes for it to gradually fade from sgh.
This ball went from a big, bright, glowing orb to nothing in 3 seconds.two times did this. Unfortunately, like all lowlight/nighttime video, it came out not showing much.
You can see what looks like a star, a white dwarf. The camera could not pick up its orange glow and without it, it was considerably smaller. Yet, it was much larger and brighter than the North Star.
But the camera was having a hard time focusing on it. Something else I noticed, it was the difference in shape between what I saw with the naked eye and what the camera was able to detect. With the naked eye, the object (or shape of the glow if you will) was not necessarily round.
It was more cylindrical, a shape more like a soda can. There was no source to the glow, nor did that glow cast anylight upon itself. That being said, any defining details like silhouette, shadows, outlines, etc; were not present.
I have no explanation for the shape it had with what I just said. It just had one. Now, looking through the eye of a camera, you see a perfectly round object.
It was bright white in color. Not pure white, but a few shades off. It also flickered like a star.
I can't be sure what was causing the flicker. Sometimes it looked like something on the object was pulsating. Sometimes it looked like it could be distortion caused by heat or gasses in the atmosphere.
I have described this sighting the best I could. I have mulled over it for a bit , let it sink into my brain, chewed on it for a while and analyzed it from every angle. I tend to believe nothing of what I hear and only half of what I see.
I have tried to debunk the video the best I could. I have ruled out helicopters and any fixed wing aircraft. A drone of sorts is possible, but unlikely.
I hope this information is helpful. Because I'm only a skeptic when it comes to finding the truth.
Full Report Text:
driving down to downtown Vancouver seen a blimp shaped object towards west hills of Portland. I lost sight in downtown Vancouver, tried to find later, but was gone. It was silver colored moving very slow.
It could have been a blimp, but too far away. I've never seen a blimp here that's why i wondered. i,ve always been interested when young in ariel,wash walking up n dubois road my cousins and i all seen an object zigzag entire sky and disappeared.
((NUFORC Note: Witness elects to remain totally anonymous; provides no contact information. PD)).
Full Report Text:
Looking eastern direction.11:00. Position.
Sky clear.looked up and saw a rotating diamond black gray object stationary.spinning.
rotating. Then the clouds rolled in.no sound.
smelll none.higher than flying aircraft.we live near Portland International Airport.
Full Report Text:
Saw a black rotating object looking east spinning rotating in place.a small aircraft flew past object was higher than small plane.
Full Report Text:
We saw unquestionably at least 8 plus ufo's flying in patterns coming and going!! Watching fire works,saw light, watched come in and out of view, other similar objects joined it. Amazing thing, narrated as we watched, it was not questionable. Came and went right in front of our eyes.
((NUFORC Note: Date is flawed, and we have amended it. We are unconvinced that this is a serious-minded report. We have attempted to contact the witness, but were unsuccessful.
PD)).
Full Report Text:
Red/Green light hovering over fireworks display. Changed colors between red and green hovering at a stopped point then moving every once in a while over the fireworks display.
Full Report Text:
Orange Orbs on Horizon changed shape into white haze with inner-pie-section clockwise rotation at high rate of speed. An orange orb had risen from the North horizen behind the Vancouver Plaza theater at a 45 degree angle heading South but disappeared behind a tree in front of our parked car obstructing my view. Couple mins later it happened again like Deja Vu, So I got out of the car and ran past the tree this time so I could be ready.
It came in the distance again and so I rushed to hurry and urinate. The object taking longer than I expected to arrive, I ran back to the car again behind the tree as before tryng to wake my tired friend. But inside the car the roof blocked his view.
It made no sound as It came out the other side of the tree at a 45-degree angle in front of me. To my surprise was no longer a orange flare anymore but had transformed or appeared as a white haze (Like spider's nest) with black or transparent inner-pie-section rotating clockwise, identical to a helicopter's rapid-blade (Like the 80's party game Simon with touch light) with motion creating a optical illusion slowly rotating within the blade movement. I can't make this stuff up it might be blade based or actually military reverse engineered who knows?.
All I can say is if so I'd like to have one instead of wasting our natural resources polluting the planet not knowing the consquences (earthquakes hint hint.) Object flew across entire horizen in 1-minute straight like a sattellite and keep in mind it was clear skies even though it looked like a white light hitting a cloud. Coincedently or not it became cloudy about 15 mins after sighting so maybe it accidently missed its cloud covering or had to stick to the some mission on schedule or avoid the clouds; who knows?.
Full Report Text:
Large round shape moving from the west to the east across the sky I saw a large round shape which was glowing front and back the circle looked about the shape of a large moon removed from the western sky to above me and lost the glow as it moved away from me I could see a light in the front of it.
Vancouver, 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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Light | 3 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Changing | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Sphere | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Egg | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Oval | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Diamond | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Vancouver, 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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July | 5 reported sightings | 55.56% of all reports |
August | 2 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
May | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
February | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Vancouver, 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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Saturday | 4 reported sightings | 44.44% of all reports |
Sunday | 2 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
Monday | 2 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Vancouver, 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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08/14/16 | 2 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
07/04/16 | 2 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
07/09/16 | 2 reported sightings | 22.22% of all reports |
05/07/16 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
02/10/16 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Vancouver, 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 | 5 reported sightings | 55.56% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Early morning | 04:00 - 07:59 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
Evening | 16:00 - 19:59 | 1 reported sightings | 11.11% of all reports |
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