UFO Sightings in Virginia, WV, MD and DC - - a short study

UFO Sightings in VA, WV, MD and DC In USA states and possessions, Virginia ranks #21 with 142 sightings.   West Virginia is #25 with 108,   Maryland ranks #29 with 94,   and the District of Columbia (Washington, DC) is #49 with 32.     Those 32 sightings in tiny DC give the Federal District the highest sightings density of all, 13 times more sightings per square mile than second place Massachusetts.

Sightings eras are in colors:   170 listings from 1893 through 1959 show as Blue dots.   100 from 1960 through 1974 are Violet, and 106 from 1975 to the present are in Green.

The 1893 object was seen from Virginia to North Carolina.   A huge noisy disk made maneuvers, stopped, then continued on its way South.

The geographical center of sightings for this combined area is at 78:20W - 38:28N in Madison County, VA.

See a similar map for all the Southeast States here:   UFO: Northeast States


Daily Sightings Histogram: VA, WV, MD & DC <=   Daily Histogram of VA, WV, MD & DC.

Here sightings for all years, the 3 states and DC are combined to show seasonal effects.

The two busiest days for this set were 26 and 27 July 1952, with 4 events listed for each,  all in or adjacent to Washington, DC.   3 more events were on 6 July 1947, and another 3 on 14 July 1952.

Clearly, July is busiest with 70 listings for all years combined in this area.     The other eleven months average about 27 listings each.

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50-year graph of VA, WV, MD and DC <=   50-Year Graph of VA, WV, MD and DC UFO Sightings.

The peak in 1952,  (note green circled month of July)  was during the greatest UFO wave to ever strike the USA.   This area was in the thick of it.
Only the great French wave of October 1954 was bigger.

The busiest years for this combined area were:

1947 (15)     1952 (61)     1953 (11)     1954 (16)
1957 (12)     1959 (10)     1965 (13)     1966 (16)
1967 (21)     1973 (16)     1994 (19)     1995 (16)

Years not shown have 9 or fewer listings.

The busiest weekdays are Sundays (64) and Wednesdays (59) versus an average of 45 events each for the other 5 weekdays.

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