Ufo Sightings BlockPy Library
From the CORGIS Dataset Project
By Sam Donald
Version 1.0.0, created 10/28/2022
Tags: UFO, Sightings
Overview
This data includes >80,000 recorded UFO “sightings” around the world, including the UFO shape, lat/long and state/country of where the sighting occurred, duration of the “event” and the data_time when it occurred.
Key Descriptions
| Key | List of... | Comment | Example Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Location.City | String | City or area of sighting | "anchor point" |
| Location.State | String | state/region of sighting | "AK" |
| Location.Country | String | Country of sighting | "US" |
| Data.Shape | String | UFO Shape | "disk" |
| Data.Encounter duration | Float | Encounter length in seconds | 300.0 |
| Data.Description excerpt | String | Description of encounter | "Large UFO over Mt. ILIAMNA Alaska. ((NUFORC Note: Possible contrail behind a high-altitude jet?? PD))" |
| Location.Coordinates.Latitude | Float | Latitude | 59.7766667 |
| Location.Coordinates.Longitude | Float | Longitude | -151.8313889 |
| Dates.Sighted.Year | Integer | Year of sighting | 2005 |
| Dates.Sighted.Month | Integer | Month of sighting | 5 |
| Date.Sighted.Day | Integer | Day of sighting | 24 |
| Dates.Sighted.Hour | Integer | Hour of sighting | 18 |
| Dates.Sighted.Minute | Integer | Minute of sighting | 30 |
| Dates.Documented.Year | Integer | Year of Documentation | 2005 |
| Dates.Documented.Month | Integer | Month of Documentation | 5 |
| Dates.Documented.Day | Integer | Day of Documentation | 28 |