Another major UFO cycle is the 5+ year cycle (often referred to as simply a five year cycle or five year and one month or 61 month cycle), but by my estimate it is more like 63 months in length. I am inclined to believe that that cycle peaked at the dividing line between 2010 and 2011. Its effects however lasted 8 months before and after that and interestingly, the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) in Washington State (directed by Peter Davenport) had significantly more UFO sightings in the summers before and after that peak. Most particularly they showed an increase in July of 2010 when their was an all time record of 820 reports. And striking is the fact that between 20-25% of the sightings all took place on the 4th of July. Since more people are outside on such days an increase is not too surprising, but one that big is truly unprecedented (with the possible exceptions of July 6th & 7th of 1947 and November 5th & 6th of 1957).



What makes this all even more fascinating to me is that July 4, 2010 also happened to be centered on a peak UFO sightings day for that month and year. In late January 2012, the peak day falls on Thursday/Friday. In March, usually one of the biggest months for sightings in the first half of the year, the peak day will be Friday (leaning towards Friday/Saturday. Also in early March is the closest approach of Mars to the earth (which happens about every 776 days) and usually also signifies increased UFO activity. In March of next year (2013), when the sun should be at its peak of sunspot output, the UFO sightings peak day will be on Saturday/Sunday.

Besides the cycle measured in days mentioned above, I have just roughly determined a second prominent one measured in days that is estimated to peak on Saturday at present. That cycle advances just one day every 2.43 years. The weekly value is much closer to a regular week of seven days (compared to the other cycle). As a result, rather than advancing a day every 50 days like the other one, it remains pretty much locked onto the same day of the week for more like one year before noticeably starting to shift to the next day. Interestingly, both daily cycles are expected to peak together on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Based on recent UFO activity during the past two years, the peak of this new cycle may presently be in advance by as much as one day of my estimate or Sunday instead of Saturday (I now feel that this cycle is presently peaking on Saturday/Sundays).

One final note relates again to NUFORC. The director of the web site, Peter Davenport, recently shared on their website that normally just ten UFO reports are received in a day, but that lately they had been collecting much more than usual. In fact, they received 50 reports on 12/31/2011 and 60 reports on 1/1/2012! Chris Rutkowski (click for his blog page), a leading UFO researcher from Winnipeg, Manitoba also noted a significantly exceptional start to the New Year in regards to UFO sightings. Since it appears that UFO sightings are on the increase one should try to view the sky more than one usually would. Unfortunately this is not the ideal time of year to do so (one of the reasons why there is a seasonal dip in reports this time of year). However, during waves of activity there are also more of the usually rarer daylight sightings, so you do not necessarily have to wait for it to be 9pm or later to ideally see a UFO for the next few months. Best of luck to any UFO hunters out there who may be reading this.

For another hub that relates to the 3.19 year cycle mentioned above (the first picture shown in this hub also relates to it) check out my A Repeating Pattern to UFO Crashes.



