AnomalyEvery characteristic people describe
Nobody picks a category when they write to us. These emerged from the accounts themselves, and a heading only appears here once enough real accounts sit behind it.
Sounds
a low hum 2446screaming or howling 1485knocking 509rumbling 479growling 465voices with no source 456whooping calls 242an unexplained boom 239buzzing 233heavy footsteps 181wood knocking 168sudden silence 38three knocks 13
Orbs and lights in the sky
a triangle shape 3555hovering 3103an orange orb 1972moving in formation 1928red lights 1612pulsing light 928vanishing suddenly 664a bright white light 382green light 352taking off impossibly fast 288blue light 281a beam of light 134
Figures
a very tall figure 1131something walking upright 394a dark figure 263a humanoid that was wrong 162a hooded figure 161glowing eyes 160no face 15
Presence and fear
being unable to move 640waking to something in the room 369animals reacting 244the feeling of being watched 231sudden dread 38being touched 16
Time and memory
the same thing seen again on another occasion 108missing time 37intense familiarity 8
Dreams
Traces left behind
footprints 615a foul smell 125rocks being thrown 73animals found dead 60broken or twisted trees 24a mark or residue left behind 16
Effects on people and machines
hair standing up 103electrical interference 41feeling ill afterwards 27a change in air pressure 12
Witnesses
a photograph or recording exists 371aircrew or pilots 284more than one witness 182police or officials present 44a child saw it too 25
By place
California 5368Washington 2850France 2629Florida 2348Texas 1928New York 1622Illinois 1481Ohio 1435Arizona 1398Pennsylvania 1308Oregon 1208Michigan 1193North Carolina 942Missouri 913Colorado 839Ontario 789New Jersey 788Georgia 764Virginia 740Wisconsin 733Indiana 732Massachusetts 669Tennessee 630Minnesota 594
Not on this page?
Then either nobody has written it down yet, or too few have for us to call it a pattern. Both are worth changing.
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