Everything 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
screaming or howling 1314growling 444knocking 431whooping calls 241voices with no source 196heavy footsteps 181wood knocking 168a low hum 161an unexplained boom 155buzzing 75rumbling 63sudden silence 38three knocks 13
Lights in the sky
a triangle shape 3337hovering 3011moving in formation 1774an orange orb 1759red lights 1411vanishing suddenly 587pulsing light 573a bright white light 367green light 316taking off impossibly fast 281blue light 251a beam of light 111
Figures
a very tall figure 1125something walking upright 394a dark figure 202a humanoid that was wrong 148glowing eyes 146a hooded figure 130
Presence and fear
animals reacting 233the feeling of being watched 222waking to something in the room 100being unable to move 45sudden dread 27
Time and memory
Traces left behind
footprints 615a foul smell 121rocks being thrown 73animals found dead 57broken or twisted trees 24
Effects on people and machines
hair standing up 100electrical interference 35feeling ill afterwards 8
Witnesses
a photograph or recording exists 209more than one witness 172aircrew or pilots 131a child saw it too 25police or officials present 8
By place
California 5343Washington 2846Florida 2342Texas 1919New York 1617Illinois 1479Ohio 1433Arizona 1393Pennsylvania 1305Oregon 1201Michigan 1188North Carolina 936Missouri 912Colorado 834New Jersey 786Ontario 772Georgia 762Virginia 736Wisconsin 731Indiana 730Massachusetts 659Tennessee 628Minnesota 590South Carolina 555
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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