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Post by HAL on Jan 9, 2020 22:45:56 GMT
This is odd, I responded to Thelmadonna's post above. Now it's disappeared. Anyway, I did note that there was a report from my home town that NUFORC considered to be Starlight sats. But it was from early March 2019. (3/12/19) I have just found this from www.space... 25 May 2019 - It's been one day since SpaceX l aunched its first 60 Starlink internet satellites into orbit, ... Seems to rule out Starlight, doesn't it. here is the blurb.. ...String of 38 white lights following each other in a perfect line at a measured distance apart. ((NUFORC Note: Satellites. PD)..
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Post by swamprat on Feb 6, 2020 23:30:36 GMT
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for January 2020
Sightings by Country
UNITED STATES 468
CANADA 43
UNITED KINGDOM 34
AUSTRALIA 9
SPAIN 6
MEXICO 5
IRELAND 5
MALTA 3
AUSTRIA 3
BRAZIL 3
DENMARK 3
CHILE 3
FRANCE 3
INDIA 3
NORWAY 2
COLOMBIA 2
ITALY 2
GERMANY 2
ECUADOR 2
ARGENTINA 2
PORTUGAL 2
ROMANIA 2
JAMAICA 1
NEW ZEALAND 1
SINGAPORE 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1
SRI LANKA 1
PUERTO RICO 1
TAIWAN 1
ANTARCTICA 1
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 1
VENEZUELA 1
JAPAN 1
ISRAEL 1
ALGERIA 1
GREECE 1
VIET NAM 1
BAHAMAS 1
KIRIBATI 1
SOUTH AFRICA 1
MOROCCO 1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1
SYRIA_______________ 1
TOTAL: 628
Distribution by State
California 49
Florida 39
Texas 34
New York 33
Arizona 24
Pennsylvania 20
Colorado 14
Michigan 13
Washington 12
Wisconsin 12
Tennessee 11
Missouri 11
Illinois 10
New Jersey 10
Louisiana 9
Indiana 9
Georgia 8
Ohio 8
Minnesota 8
Alabama 8
North Carolina 8
Utah 7
Nebraska 6
Maryland 6
Oregon 6
Virginia 6
New Mexico 6
South Carolina 6
Nevada 5
Connecticut 5
Kansas 5
West Virginia 5
Hawaii 4
Oklahoma 4
New Hampshire 4
Montana 3
Maine 3
Massachusetts 3
Rhode Island 3
Mississippi 3
Kentucky 3
Alaska 2
Iowa 2
North Dakota 1
Wyoming 1
Arkansas 1
Idaho 1
Vermont 1
Delaware 1
South Dakota 1
UFO Shape Reported
Circle 109
Sphere 79
Unknown 52
Star-like 49
Disc 45
Triangle 43
Other 40
Oval 38
Cigar 18
Square/Rectangular 14
Cylinder 14
N/A 10
Fireball 9
Boomerang 9
Egg 7
Bullet/Missile 6
Diamond 6
Tic Tac 6
Chevron 5
Flash 4
Teardrop 3
Blimp 3
Cone 2
Cross 1
Saturn-like 1
Distance from Witness
< 100 ft 90
101-500 ft 64
501 ft - 1 Mile 96
Over 1 Mile 139
Unknown 65
NO VALUE 23
Most impressively there were 25 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 25 Entities observed.
SOURCE: MUFON
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Post by swamprat on Mar 2, 2020 22:15:54 GMT
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for February 2020
Sightings by Country
UNITED STATES 430
UNITED KINGDOM 34
CANADA 33
SPAIN 4
AUSTRALIA 3
FRANCE 3
NEW ZEALAND 3
CHILE 2
GERMANY 2
MEXICO 2
COLOMBIA 2
CZECH REPUBLIC 2
INDIA 2
BRAZIL 1
SLOVENIA 1
MALTA 1
SLOVAKIA 1
PHILIPPINES 1
VIRGIN ISLANDS, U.S. 1
PORTUGAL 1
SWEDEN 1
NORWAY 1
SOUTH AFRICA 1
EGYPT 1
SWITZERLAND 1
NETHERLANDS 1
NEPAL 1
CROATIA 1
IRAN 1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION 1
ITALY 1
TOTAL 540
Distribution by State
California 58
Florida 27
Texas 27
New York 25
Washington 21
Pennsylvania 18
Missouri 14
Ohio 14
Arizona 14
Illinois 13
Michigan 13
Colorado 12
Tennessee 11
Wisconsin 10
Oregon 10
Minnesota 8
North Carolina 8
Idaho 8
South Carolina 7
Nevada 7
Utah 7
Massachusetts 7
Kentucky 6
New Mexico 6
Georgia 5
Maryland 5
Arkansas 5
Indiana 5
Kansas 4
Alaska 4
Virginia 4
New Jersey 4
Maine 3
Oklahoma 3
Iowa 2
Delaware 2
Mississippi 2
South Dakota 2
Wyoming 2
Alabama 2
Louisiana 2
Hawaii 2
New Hampshire 2
West Virginia 2
North Dakota 1
District of Columbia 1
Nebraska 1
Rhode Island 1
UFO Shape Reported
Circle 104
Sphere 62
Star-like 61
Triangle 37
Other 36
Unknown 34
Disc 32
Oval 25
Cigar 18
Boomerang 12
Fireball 10
Diamond 8
Tic Tac 7
Square/Rectangular 7
N/A 6
Cylinder 5
Saturn-like 5
Cone 4
Chevron 3
Teardrop 3
Bullet/Missile 2
Egg 1
Drumbell 1
Blimp 1
Flash 1
Distance from Witness
< 100 ft 72
101-500 ft 43
501 ft - 1 Mile 94
Over 1 Mile 109
Unknown 51
NO VALUE 17
Most impressively there were 18 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 14 Entities observed.
SOURCE: Mufon
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Post by HAL on Mar 2, 2020 22:19:48 GMT
Hi Swamp, Thanks for the continuing updates. HAL
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Post by swamprat on Apr 2, 2020 20:50:39 GMT
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for March 2020
Sightings by Country
UNITED STATES 672
UNITED KINGDOM 91
CANADA 44
MEXICO 11
JAPAN 7
SPAIN 7
AUSTRIA 5
BRAZIL 4
ITALY 4
PORTUGAL 3
AUSTRALIA 3
CHILE 2
FRANCE 2
CZECH REPUBLIC 2
NETHERLANDS 2
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES 2
KUWAIT 1
CAMEROON 1
VIET NAM 1
MACEDONIA 1
MALTA 1
INDIA 1
VANUATU 1
NEPAL 1
CROATIA 1
DENMARK 1
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 1
SINGAPORE 1
POLAND 1
LUXEMBOURG 1
GHANA 1
GERMANY 1
HUNGARY 1
PITCAIRN 1
SLOVENIA 1
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1
SWITZERLAND 1
TURKEY 1
TOTAL: 883
Distribution by State
California 67
Michigan 45
Florida 44
Ohio 34
Arizona 32
Pennsylvania 31
Colorado 27
New York 26
Washington 24
Kentucky 24
Illinois 24
Indiana 18
Wisconsin 18
Minnesota 17
Texas 16
Virginia 15
Oregon 15
New Jersey 13
North Carolina 13
Georgia 11
Iowa 10
Missouri 10
Maryland 8
Utah 8
Connecticut 7
New Mexico 7
Kansas 7
Tennessee 7
Maine 7
West Virginia 6
South Carolina 5
Louisiana 5
Massachusetts 5
Rhode Island 4
Alabama 4
Montana 4
Hawaii 4
Idaho 4
Nevada 4
Oklahoma 4
New Hampshire 4
Mississippi 3
Delaware 2
Nebraska 2
District of Columbia 2
Arkansas 2
South Dakota 1
Alaska 1
North Dakota 1
Wyoming 1
Vermont 1
UFO Shape Reported
Star-like 176
Circle 171
Sphere 86
Unknown 82
Other 54
Oval 45
Triangle 43
Disc 41
Cigar 20
N/A 16
Square/Rectangular 15
Tic Tac 9
Cylinder 8
Boomerang 7
Bullet/Missile 7
Fireball 7
Flash 6
Chevron 6
Teardrop 5
Saturn-like 5
Egg 5
Diamond 5
Blimp 4
Cone 2
Cross 1
Distance from Witness
< 100 ft 74
101-500 ft 70
501 ft - 1 Mile 118
Over 1 Mile 214
Unknown 91
NO VALUE 33
Most impressively there were 16 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 19 Entities observed.
SOURCE: Mufon
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Post by HAL on Apr 2, 2020 21:04:55 GMT
Twice as many as usual in the UK.
But nothing mentioned on the news.
All very strange.
Thanks Swamp' keep well.
HAL.
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Post by swamprat on Apr 2, 2020 22:08:16 GMT
Twice as many as usual in the UK. But nothing mentioned on the news. All very strange. Thanks Swamp' keep well. HAL. I don't know about England, but we are getting swamped over here due to the Starlink satellites.
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Post by swamprat on Apr 3, 2020 15:18:41 GMT
Here's a note about the Starlink satellites over the UK:'Strange lights' and 'creepy stuff' over the UK spark an alien UFO frenzy UFO sightings and reports peaked last week when a mysterious chain of moving lights cut across the night skies over parts of the UK, prompting some to speculate aliens had finally visited Earth.
By Sebastian Kettley
The UFOs or unidentified flying objects were seen over Wales and England earlier last week. Eyewitness accounts shared on social media reported a train of bright lights moving across the starlit sky.
Then on the weekend, more eyewitnesses reported the lights over South Yorkshire and Oxfordshire in England.
One Twitter user wrote: “Just saw some thought provoking lights in the sky #UFO anyone else seen creepy stuff? I kid you not.”
Another person wrote: “Over Sheffield? I just seen some strange lights.”
Another Twitter user counted at least 20 fast-moving lights dashing through the skies above Bicester, Oxfordshire.
The person wrote: “A very (above aeroplanes I saw) high trail of lights, 20 or so travelling in single file?
“Saw this about 40 mins ago above Bicester, Oxfordshire.
"At first I thought was a satellite, but numbers of lights put idea out of my head.
“Seemed to fade out the same point. Weird!”
According to NorthWalesLive, people also saw the mystery UFOs flying over North Wales earlier this month.
Mel Clark took a picture of the phenomenon over Llanddaniel Fab, Anglesey, saying: “Thought these were stars until I stopped walking and realised they were moving.
“A straight line of 20 to 30 I’d say, all uniform distance apart.
“My photo is 6.05pm this evening. I’m guessing planes although there was no sound.
“Can you shed some light on it, she is convinced it’s UFO’s!!! I’m a non believer.. sticking with planes!!”
Astronomers have since confirmed the lights seen all over the UK did indeed come from outer space.
But their presence in our night skies can be attributed to rocket mogul and South African billionaire Elon Musk and not extraterrestrial visitors from Mars.
According to The East Anglian Astrophysical Research Organisation (EAARO), the moving lights were a train of SpaceX satellites known as Starlink.
EAARO said in a tweet: “If you see these over the UK they are NOT UFO's but satellites that are part of the Space-X Starlink project to provide accessible internet to everyone.”
SpaceX’s Starlink is a proposed constellation of tens of thousands of internet-beaming satellites that could one day populate low Earth orbit (LEO).
SpaceX aims to put as many as 42,000 of these satellites into space in the coming years to cover the whole planet with broadband.
The company launched 60 of the satellite in November 2019 but the move has been criticised by astronomers.
Astronomers have dubbed the plans “a mess” following concerns a high concentration of flashy satellites in LEO will hinder astronomical observations.
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) said in June 2019: “We do not yet understand the impact of thousands of these visible satellites scattered across the night sky and despite their good intentions, these satellite constellations may threaten both.”
In response to the concerns, SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell said the company will troubleshoot the problem to minimise Starlink’s impact on the night skies.
She said: “We want to make sure we do the right thing to make sure little kids can look through their telescope
www.express.co.uk/news/science/1222451/UFO-sighting-moving-lights-UK-aliens-UFO-SpaceX-Starlink
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Post by swamprat on May 6, 2020 1:06:38 GMT
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for April 2020
Sightings by Country
UNITED STATES 770
UNITED KINGDOM 93
CANADA 52
BRAZIL 11
INDIA 10
AUSTRALIA 9
FRANCE 7
MEXICO 6
NETHERLANDS 6
GERMANY 6
ITALY 5
PERU 4
SPAIN 4
ARGENTINA 4
IRELAND 4
ROMANIA 2
PORTUGAL 2
CROATIA 2
POLAND 2
CZECH REPUBLIC 2
COSTA RICA 2
SWITZERLAND 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1
SENEGAL 1
NORWAY 1
SAUDI ARABIA 1
PHILIPPINES 1
Svalbard and Jan Mayen (NORWAY) 1
SOUTH AFRICA 1
BELGIUM 1
COLOMBIA 1
SINGAPORE 1
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO 1
NEW ZEALAND 1
ISRAEL 1
CYPRUS 1
TURKEY 1
IRAN 1
SWEDEN 1
JAPAN 1
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1
NEPAL 1
VENEZUELA 1
BULGARIA__1
TOTAL: 1026
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Distribution by State
California 90
Texas 53
Florida 46
Washington 35
Arizona 33
Illinois 30
Pennsylvania 29
Georgia 28
Michigan 27
New York 25
Oregon 23
North Carolina 21
Ohio 20
Missouri 18
Colorado 18
Indiana 18
Minnesota 18
Wisconsin 18
Kansas 13
New Mexico 13
Kentucky 12
New Jersey 12
South Carolina 12
Tennessee 11
Oklahoma 11
Arkansas 11
Idaho 11
Virginia 11
Nevada 10
Iowa 9
Utah 8
Alabama 7
Maine 7
Massachusetts 7
Mississippi 6
Montana 6
Maryland 6
Wyoming 4
Louisiana 4
Connecticut 4
Vermont 3
New Hampshire 3
Delaware 2
Hawaii 2
Nebraska 1
Rhode Island 1
West Virginia 1
UFO Shape Reported
Star-like 207
Circle 179
Sphere 99
Unknown 89
Other 71
Triangle 59
Disc 51
Oval 42
Cigar 24
Fireball 19
Cylinder 16
Boomerang 14
N/A 14
Square/Rectangular 14
Flash 12
Tic Tac 8
Diamond 8
Blimp 6
Egg 6
Teardrop 6
Bullet/Missile 6
Saturn-like 4
Cross 3
Cone 3
Chevron 2
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Distance from Witness
< 100 ft 99
101-500 ft 84
501 ft - 1 Mile 136
Over 1 Mile 287
Unknown 103
NO VALUE 47
Most impressively there were 28 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 35 Entities observed.
SOURCE: MUFON
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Post by HAL on May 6, 2020 19:48:07 GMT
Thanks for the update.
HAL
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Post by swamprat on May 6, 2020 20:35:43 GMT
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for December 2019
Sightings by Country
Country Number of Reports
UNITED STATES 384
UNITED KINGDOM 39
CANADA 32
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for April 2020
Sightings by Country
UNITED STATES 770
UNITED KINGDOM 93
CANADA 52
I am convinced the increase in reports is primarily due to two things. One is Starlink satellites and the other is increased interest due to the recent publicity.
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Post by HAL on May 15, 2020 19:27:36 GMT
Swamp,
You are probably correct.
I had one of my daughters phone me to 'go look out at the sky, what are those lights ?'
It was the skylink sats.
HAL.
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Post by swamprat on Jun 3, 2020 16:44:32 GMT
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for May 2020
Sightings by Country
UNITED STATES 572
CANADA 57
UNITED KINGDOM 33
FRANCE 26
BRAZIL 8
MEXICO 5
INDIA 5
AUSTRALIA 5
COLOMBIA 4
PUERTO RICO 3
GERMANY 3
NEW ZEALAND 3
ECUADOR 2
ICELAND 2
BANGLADESH 2
ITALY 2
KENYA 2
NETHERLANDS 2
SWEDEN 1
SPAIN 1
MALAYSIA 1
VENEZUELA 1
FRENCH POLYNESIA 1
JORDAN 1
KOREA, (South) 1
ALBANIA 1
KUWAIT 1
LATVIA 1
BULGARIA 1
MAURITIUS 1
CROATIA 1
EGYPT 1
GREECE 1
UKRAINE 1
MOLDOVA 1
ANGOLA 1
CHILE 1
ARGENTINA 1
QATAR 1
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 1
NEPAL_____1
TOTAL: 759
Distribution by State
California 76
Texas 38
Florida 37
New York 31
Michigan 24
Missouri 21
Oregon 20
Tennessee 19
Arizona 18
Washington 17
New Mexico 16
North Carolina 15
Ohio 15
Colorado 14
Georgia 13
Illinois 13
Nevada 12
Indiana 12
Pennsylvania 11
Alabama 10
Minnesota 9
South Carolina 8
Louisiana 8
Maryland 8
Virginia 8
New Jersey 7
Wisconsin 6
Utah 6
Oklahoma 6
Massachusetts 6
Maine 5
Arkansas 5
West Virginia 5
Kansas 4
Idaho 4
New Hampshire 4
Rhode Island 4
Kentucky 3
Montana 3
Connecticut 2
Wyoming 2
Delaware 2
Alaska 2
Iowa 1
Mississippi 1
Nebraska 1
Vermont 1
UFO Shape Reported
Circle 139
Sphere 98
Star-like 79
Unknown 54
Triangle 49
Disc 46
Other 44
Oval 37
Cylinder 22
Square/Rectangular 18
Cigar 17
Flash 15
Diamond 14
Egg 14
Boomerang 11
Tic Tac 10
Fireball 10
Bullet/Missile 7
Saturn-like 7
Blimp 6
N/A 4
Teardrop 4
Cone 3
Dumbbell 1
Chevron 1
Cross 1
Distance from Witness
< 100 ft 82
101-500 ft 84
501 ft - 1 Mile 126
Over 1 Mile 165
Unknown 56
NO VALUE 31
Most impressively there were 26 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 34 Entities observed.
SOURCE: MUFON
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Post by HAL on Jun 8, 2020 17:32:38 GMT
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for December 2019
Sightings by Country
Country Number of Reports
UNITED STATES 384
UNITED KINGDOM 39
CANADA 32
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for April 2020
Sightings by Country
UNITED STATES 770
UNITED KINGDOM 93
CANADA 52
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for May 2020
Sightings by Country
UNITED STATES 572
CANADA 57
UNITED KINGDOM 33
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Post by swamprat on Jul 2, 2020 20:41:57 GMT
MUFON UFO Sighting Statistics for June 2020
Sightings by Country
Country Number of Reports
UNITED STATES 446
CANADA 36
UNITED KINGDOM 33
FRANCE 12
AUSTRALIA 8
GERMANY 7
SLOVENIA 6
BRAZIL 5
MEXICO 5
INDIA 4
SPAIN 3
IRAN 3
IRELAND 3
SWITZERLAND 2
PERU 2
BELGIUM 2
PUERTO RICO 2
GREECE 2
BAHAMAS 1
VIET NAM 1
MALDIVES 1
CHILE 1
NEW ZEALAND 1
GUATEMALA 1
ROMANIA 1
ISRAEL 1
NEPAL 1
POLAND 1
HONDURAS 1
NORWAY 1
ESTONIA 1
COSTA RICA 1
ITALY 1
GUAM 1
SWEDEN 1
THAILAND 1
PANAMA 1
NETHERLANDS 1
TOTAL:____601
Distribution by State
California 56
Florida 30
Texas 26
New York 25
Washington 20
Michigan 19
Arizona 18
Pennsylvania 18
Missouri 17
Colorado 15
New Jersey 13
Georgia 12
Indiana 11
Nevada 11
Oregon 10
Ohio 10
Oklahoma 10
North Carolina 9
West Virginia 8
Connecticut 7
Louisiana 7
Utah 7
Massachusetts 6
Tennessee 6
Illinois 5
South Carolina 5
Alabama 5
Arkansas 4
Minnesota 4
Nebraska 4
New Hampshire 3
New Mexico 3
Mississippi 3
Kentucky 3
Montana 3
Maine 3
Maryland 3
Idaho 2
Virginia 2
Rhode Island 2
Kansas 2
South Dakota 2
Wisconsin 2
Wyoming 2
Hawaii 2
Vermont 1
North Dakota 1
Alaska 1
UFO Shape Reported
Circle 97
Sphere 63
Other 55
Unknown 52
Disc 45
Star-like 41
Oval 35
Triangle 34
Square/Rectangular 19
Cylinder 18
Fireball 16
Cigar 13
Boomerang 11
Diamond 9
N/A 8
Egg 8
Saturn-like 7
Tic Tac 7
Flash 7
Bullet/Missile 5
Chevron 5
Blimp 5
Cross 4
Teardrop 3
Cone 2
Distance from Witness
< 100 ft 59
101-500 ft 85
501 ft - 1 Mile 108
Over 1 Mile 110
Unknown 57
NO VALUE 27
Most impressively there were 23 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 17 Entities observed.
SOURCE: MUFON
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