Ted R. Phillips, 8 Février 2004, Centre pour la Recherche sur les Traces Physiques (CPTR)
Introduction
This report presents a statistical analysis of data given in 3059 reports involving observations of anomalous phenomena or objects on or near the ground resulting in physical residues generated by the observed phenomena or objects. These observations took place in 91 countries between 1490 and 2004.
The analysis permits certain regularities of these phenomena to be brought out. The data indicates there is a certain type of phenomenon which shows stable statistical properties.
This research began in 1968 and after 36 years it is yet premature to consider the nature of these phenomena on the basis of the data presented to date. The developments of methods of
obtaining more reliable data and expansion of the initial
information used will result in a database of the most important
piece of the UFO puzzle - physical evidence.
At this point there seems to be no relation to the more popular
crop circles which are much larger and complex than UFO landing
sites. The current problem is the inclination on the part of
investigators to identify possible landing sites as crop circles
- if it's circular, it must be a crop circle.
Recherche future suggérée
To obtain more definite conclusions, more reliable and detailed
data must be obtained. These events must be well documented and
sampled for laboratory analysis. There needs to be a central
repository for landing/physical evidence events. Currently, the
data is scattered among numerous investigators in many
countries.
A central repository should produce interim reports to be
available to the general public and serious investigators. This
will produce new data and a much more complete database. The
entire database should be available in some form as physical
trace events will give us the most substantial evidence for - or
against - the existence of Unidentified Flying Objects.
Fig. 1 - Distribution des événements par année
| Année |
Nombre de cas |
% |
| Pre 1900 |
24 |
0,78 |
| 1900-1939 |
22 |
0,72 |
| 1940-1949 |
28 |
0,92 |
| 1950-1959 |
303 |
9,91 |
| 1960-1969 |
534 |
17,46 |
| 1970-1979 |
1109 |
36,25 |
| 1980-1989 |
498 |
16,28 |
| 1990-1999 |
435 |
14,22 |
| 2000-2004 |
106 |
3,46 |
Fig. 2 - Distribution des années de pic
| Année |
Nombre de cas |
% |
| 1954 |
105 |
3,43 |
| 1969 |
133 |
4,35 |
| 1973 |
159 |
5,20 |
| 1974 |
125 |
4,01 |
| 1975 |
147 |
4,81 |
| 1976 |
114 |
3,73 |
| 1977 |
119 |
3,90 |
| 1979 |
121 |
4,00 |
| 1980 |
103 |
3,37 |
| Total |
1126 |
36,80 |
Fig. 3 - Distribution des heures de pic (heures locales)
| Heure |
Nombre de cas |
| 23 h |
256 |
| 20 h |
251 |
| 21 h |
245 |
| 22 h |
200 |
| 02 h |
142 |
| 24 h |
137 |
| 19 h |
137 |
| 17 h |
119 |
| 18 h |
98 |
Fig. 4 - Distribution des pays de pic
| Pays |
Nombre de cas |
| USA |
979 |
| France |
245 |
| Canada |
214 |
| Brésil |
199 |
| Italie |
184 |
| Australie |
168 |
| Angleterre |
168 |
| Nouvelle Zélande |
153 |
| Argentine |
122 |
| Vénézuela |
93 |
| Total |
2525 |
Fig. 5 - Distribution des états de pic
| Pays |
Nombre de cas |
| Missouri |
43 |
| Iowa |
39 |
| Illinois |
38 |
| Californie |
35 |
| Indiana |
33 |
| Caractéristique |
Nombre de cas |
% |
| Evénements à témoins multiples |
1236 |
40,4 |
| Occupants/êtres signalés |
731 |
23,9 |
| Plus de 1 objet observé |
461 |
63,2 |
| Etre décrit comme petit |
417 |
57,1 |
Fig. 6 - Distribution des formes des objets
| Forme |
% |
| Circulaire |
57,2 |
| Ovale |
21,2 |
| Sphère |
14,6 |
| Cylindre/cigare |
6,0 |
| Diverses |
1,0 |
Fig. 7 - Couleur d'objet
| Forme |
% |
| Métallique |
59,6 |
| Rouge |
11,0 |
| Blanc |
10,1 |
| Rouge orangé |
5,5 |
| Orange |
3,7 |
| Jaune |
3,7 |
| Blanc-bleu |
2,8 |
| Vert |
2,8 |
| Or |
0,8 |
Fig. 8 - Son lié à l'objet
| Son |
% |
| Son entendu |
9,3 |
| Siffilement |
31,1 |
| Ronflement |
22,6 |
| Sifflement (hissing) |
11,3 |
| Ronflement (buzzing) |
11,1 |
| Beeping |
10,0 |
| "Electronique" |
10,0 |
| Rugissement |
4,9 |
Le graphique ci-dessous indique les dimensions de l'objet telles qu'estimées par les témoins. Les dimensions en mètres sont les suivantes :
| Type |
Dimension (m) |
| A
|
1-3 |
| B |
4-7 |
| C |
8-12 |
| D |
12-16 |
| E |
17-21 |
| F |
22-25 |
| G |
25+ |