Geophysical variables and behavior: XXIII. Relations between UFO reports within the Uinta Basin and local seismicity.
A strong temporal correlation was found between the numbers of reports of UFOs (unidentified flying objects) and nearby seismic activity within the Uinta Basin for the year 1967. The numbers of UFO reports per month during this classic UFO flap were correlated 0.80 with the sum of the earthquake magnitudes per month for events within 150 km of the report area. Numbers of UFO reports were not correlated significantly with earthquake activity at distances greater than 150 km but less than 250 km away. The strongest correlation occurred between UFO reports and nearby seismic activity within the same month but not for previous or consequent months. Close scrutiny of daily shifts in epicenters and reports of UFOs indicate that they occurred when the locus of successive epicenters shifted across the area. These analyses were interpreted as support for the existence of strain fields whose movements generate natural phenomena that are reported as UFOs.
D001519:Behavior / Q000502:physiology; D004190:Disasters; D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D014589:Utah; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology*