UFO Sightings in 1996
1,059 documented sightings throughout the year
1,059
Total Sightings
California
Top State
unknown
Top Shape
Year-Over-Year Change
1,527
1995 Sightings
-30.6%
Change
1,059
1996 Sightings
Monthly Distribution
60
Jan76
Feb69
Mar107
Apr84
May166
Jun88
Jul96
Aug79
Sep59
Oct89
Nov86
DecCommon Shapes
All Shapes →Top Locations
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View All →Saginaw, MI
10.0
Green disk moving at astonishing velocities.
Feb 27, 1996•disk•
Mindon, UT
10.0
Green flash illuminates area during Letterman program.
May 28, 1996•cigar••Effects
Chapel Hill, NC
10.0
Disc shaped UFO with lights
Jun 15, 1996•disk•
Bountiful, UT
10.0
Black Triangle Craft over Bountiful, Utah
Jul 15, 1996•triangle•
Charlotte, NC
10.0
Rectangle of lights moves across the sky, followed by orbs forming shapes.
Mar 15, 1996•formation•
Highway 15, NV
10.0
Extremely bright object causing cars to stop on highway.
Dec 9, 1996•null•
Okinawa (japan)
9.0
Marine encounters alien while guarding ammunition.
Aug 1, 1996•unknown••Effects
Key Largo, FL
9.0
Line of white lights in a diagonal formation
Jan 1, 1996•triangle•
Atlantic Ocean
9.0
Strange light observed during transatlantic flight
Apr 11, 1996•light•
North Vancouver (canada), BC
9.0
Sphere observed near cloud base.
Feb 21, 1996•sphere•
Quick Facts
- Total Sightings
- 1,059
- Avg Credibility
- 5.99
- Peak Month
- June
- Top State
- California
- Top Shape
- unknown