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Analysis of Yakima, Washington UFO Sightings in 2016
We analyzed all 3 UFO sighting reports in Yakima, Washington to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance was "light" (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- August was the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Wednesday was the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- 10/19/16 was the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 33.33% of total).
- Sightings occured more often during the late night, between the hours of 00:00 - 03:59 (2 reports, 66.67% of total).
UFO Reports in Yakima, Washington from 2016
These Yakima, 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:
Yellowish/ white spheres over Yakima, WA, military base. We were driving on freeway I-82 from Ellensburg towards Yakima. By Yakima military base (where there’s electricity towers) we seen a weird light then in matters of seconds we seen a second one.
A third one showed up and one disappeared. The bigger light kept staying in the same place, that seem like it was pulling energy from the towers because we were able to see a line from the towers to that UFO like if it was like smoke. I took a picture with flash after that in matter of seconds all disappeared.
There are 4 witness in total including a video.
Full Report Text:
Looking North over there army base Yakima, Washington, there is four or five lights above the sky, moving very slowly.
Full Report Text:
Brilliant flash of light followed by a sonic boom Witnessed at around 1 am on July 28th, 2016, in Yakima, Washington. As I work nights, I walk my German Shepherd on my nights off, and we usually go for a 5-mile walk. The night is clear, the stars are out and the moon is just rising.
We were walking on a section of the road that curves up around a church and housing area and is higher than the surrounding area, which gives a good partial view of the surrounding city, of which in the day time also gives a great view of Mount Adams. My GSD stopped to sniff the air when there was a sudden and very bright flash of light to the South West of us. For a brief second, I could actually see Mount Adams in the distance.
Then it was gone. Right after that, there was a very loud boom sound, not the sound of thunder, but more a sonic boom. I stood there for a couple of minutes watching the area where the light flash had happened but saw nothing else other than the stars in the sky.
It was most certainly not heat lighting, of which I am very familiar with in that it happens a great deal in the area in the summer time, and I have spent a great many hours outside at night watching it flash along the surrounding mountains.
Yakima, 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 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Circle | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Yakima, 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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August | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
July | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
October | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Yakima, 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 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Friday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Thursday | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Yakima, 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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10/19/16 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
08/12/16 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
07/28/16 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Yakima, 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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Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 2 reported sightings | 66.67% of all reports |
Afternoon | 12:00 - 15:59 | 1 reported sightings | 33.33% of all reports |
Other Years with Reported UFO sightings in Yakima, Washington
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All Washington Cities with reported UFO sightings in 2016
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