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West Virginia UFO Sightings Analysis
We analyzed all 2 UFO sighting reports in West Virginia from 1978 to identify possible patterns and gain insight into the phenomenon:
- The most commonly reported UFO shape or appearance is "unknown" (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- November is the month with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Wednesday is the weekday with the most reported UFO sightings (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- 11/01/78 is the single date with the most UFO sightings reported (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
- Sightings occur more often during the late night, between the hours of 00:00 - 03:59 (1 reports, 50.00% of total).
West Virginia UFO Sighting Reports in 1978
This is a sampling of 20 West Virginia UFO reports from 1978, 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:
We had been to a bonfire on a friends farm. As we were returning home, we were passing through this small town when I looked at the driver and he was staring straight ahead. When I asked him if he was okay, he just looked at me with a terrifying gaze and said.
do you see those lights? I was in the front passenger seat and hadn't noticed them because of the color of the lights in his vehicle reflecting off the inside of the glass anyway. To our left (south) through the trees we could see a grouping of lights (about 20) moving along with us at the same speed we were traveling, about 30 feet off the ground. There is a mountain ridge also to our south, and the lights were below the ridgeline, between us and the ridge, and appeared to be about 300-500 yards away.
The lights were all blue and randomly scattered about the object. The color could best be described as a cold electric blue. They didn't flash or rotate.
We stopped the vehicle about a mile down the road and the object also stopped. It span of the lights were about 100 feet and were about 20-30 feet high. We could see the lights very well through the trees.
It just stayed there as we got out (and got a soda). There was no sound. When we left a couple of minutes later.
it continued to "follow" us until we went through a cut in the hill. When we came out the other side (the valley opens wider), the object burst out from behind the hill into the open and immediately flew over the south ridge. We never saw it again.
We knew "what" we had seen and it still gives me chillbumps to think about it. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD)).
Full Report Text:
This happened quite awhile back and I never reported it, but with all the attention recently, I tell people I think I saw one, and they keep telling me I should report it. My family and a few friends were camping on the Cheat Lake in the summer of the late 1970S It had to be around July 1, do not know the exact date. I was down by the lake when I saw what I thought was a shooting star, but as I watched it,it stoped.
I was puzzled because a shooting star doesnt just stop in mid air. As I watched it turned into a round glow and started moving very slowly toward us. When it was streaking like a star it seems very far away, but when it turned into this glow it seemed to be very close very fast, althought it seemed to be moving very slow.
I was so stunned I ran to the boat dock and started yelling for everyone to come and see this. Then 2 of my sons came running down as the craft started to have pulsating lights that were rotating around the craft. It stayed! there for a few minutes and then started to move away, when it started to move it turned into the white glow again.
then it was gone. There was no sound.
West Virginia UFO Sightings From 1978 By Shape
This is a standardized set of shapes a UFO report can be filed under.
| Shape / Appearance | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Changing | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
West Virginia UFO Sightings From 1978 By Month
This data point is an aggregation of all UFO reports by the month the sighting occured in.
| Month | Sightings | % Of Total |
|---|---|---|
| November | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| July | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
West Virginia UFO Sightings From 1978 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Tuesday | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
West Virginia UFO Sightings From 1978 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11/01/78 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| 07/04/78 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
West Virginia UFO Sightings From 1978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late night | 00:00 - 03:59 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
| Night | 20:00 - 23:59 | 1 reported sightings | 50.00% of all reports |
All West Virginia Cities with reported UFO sightings in 1978
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports were filed per city in West Virginia, in 1978
| City | Number of Reports | View Reports |
|---|---|---|
| Morgantown | 1 UFO Reports | Morgantown UFO Sightings in 1978 |
| Culloden | 1 UFO Reports | Culloden UFO Sightings in 1978 |
Other Years with Reported UFO Sightings in West Virginia
These are running counts of how many UFO sighting reports are filed per year in West Virginia.