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Bellingham, WA
Washington · Island County
Bellingham is a mid-size city in Washington with a population of 92,367. Residents earn $65,821 per year, which is 12% below the national average.
2.8
/5.0
C+
Fair
92,367
Population
3,275/sq mi density
$65,821
Median Income
$42,120 per capita
$577,400
Home Value
$658,167 Zillow
$1,478
Median Rent
37.3% income on rent
52°F
Avg Temperature
233 sunny days/yr
273
Violent Crime/100K
2,926 property/100K
C+
Overall
2.8 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B+
Economy
3.9 / 5.0
$65,821 median income, 3.7% unemployment
D
Affordability
1.7 / 5.0
$577,400 home value, $1,478/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
273 violent crimes/100K (28% below avg)
A+
Education
4.7 / 5.0
46.5% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
84
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
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UFO Sightings Near Bellingham, WA
84 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Bellingham, WA.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bellingham, WA | 2014 | Orange lights in V formation and pairs. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2014 | Lights following each other in SE direction. ((NUFORC Note: Intl. Space Station and supply ship, flying in close formation?? PD)) |
| Bellingham, WA | 2014 | Silent orange orb floating above trees in Bellingham WA (Fairhaven exit 250/Freeway area) at 12:57am, 03/31/14 |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | Large star like light hangs in the sky for over 5 hours & disappears. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | 12 strobing white lights, moving south to north, that stopped and got smaller until it appeared to be a constellation. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | Red Orb lights over Bellingham and out over the bay. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | Bellingam 5 Craft Amber Formation 2000ft est. elevation, no noise. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | While waiting for a bus in downtown Bellingham,I spotted a large light moving very slowly above Bellingham Bay.The light was 1/3rd the |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | Multiple flashes like explosions in distant night sky, no sounds, nothing on police or fire scanners. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | A bright orange/white light traveled across sky, then was gone. IT WAS NOT A PLANE! |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | Four fire like orbs appeared individually, gliding through the sky all traveling in the same direction at a low altitude. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | Bellingham UFO oval orange light on bottom. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | Drones or UFO? |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | Bright yellowish/white aircraft hovering in circles above the Cascade Mountains east of Lake Whatcom. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2013 | Five Glowing Orbs in the sky |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | Light hovering west of Bellingham, WA. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | Brightly glowing sphere slowly hovered over Bellingham then ascended upwards into space. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | Awesome! |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | Glowing Objects hovered over Bellingham Washington, then vanished in to the sky |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | Random, changing formations of many bright orange lights observed through apartment window. Objects moved slowly, then eventually grew |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | Hovering red lights over Bellingham, WA bay |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | Four moving UFOs over Bellingham, Wash. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | A bright green orb seen streaking over Bellingham Washington in a night sky. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | bright flash in bellingham area. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2012 | It appeared to be a rectangular docking station seen in Washington State |
| Bellingham, WA | 2011 | Cluster of objects flying as a cohesive unit -- morphed, changed shapes. Looked like a net or a grid. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2011 | While driving, my daugter and I witnessed a brightly lit object move accross the sky in vertical/horizontal movements . |
| Bellingham, WA | 2011 | Huge, low flying craft, nearly hits car apparently attempting to land on county road, 5 huge lights |
| Bellingham, WA | 2011 | Triangular blinking object, low on the horizon, north of Bellingham. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius?? PD)) |
| Bellingham, WA | 2011 | Bright star-like object, thought it was a star until jet seemed to engage.... |
| Bellingham, WA | 2011 | Red light travels across Bellingham, Washington sky and vanishes. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2011 | Orange Floating Orbs On The Horizon |
| Bellingham, WA | 2011 | Three lights in line formation. Disappeared in about 1 minute |
| Bellingham (sudden valley), WA | 2010 | Two lights following each other across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly the ISS, followed by the Russian supply capsule. PD)) |
| Bellingham, WA | 2010 | 2 OBJECTS, VERY HIGH ONE FOLLOWING THE OTHER |
| Bellingham, WA | 2010 | Triangular object over Bellingham, wa. Near bellis fair. 3 ports on each side. Craft was darker than the night sky. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2010 | Yellow orange focused light stationary over Lake accelerates and within 15 seconds disappears into night sky. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2010 | Bright white light, Flying w to e. no change in direction no red or green lights no sound., very fast, very low, bright. if i was to sa |
| Bellingham, WA | 2009 | A bright light moving in the night sky, and was joined by other lights. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2009 | I have video footage of UFO activity. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2008 | Three white lights following me on my way home from work at night... |
| Bellingham, WA | 2008 | 2 green wobbly lights hovering at my second story window, 3 times about 10 minutes apart lasting 5 seconds each. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2008 | Moving, unblinking, fading from very bright to dull silvery-white light (about three times a planet's size) |
| Bellingham, WA | 2007 | UFO sighting in Bellingham, WA |
| Bellingham, WA | 2007 | Red/orange light over Bellingham, Washington |
| Bellignham, WA | 2005 | the shape of what looked like fat cigar with two triangle prongs on top of the craft. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2005 | Bright reflective sphere high in the sky on a sunny day |
| Bellingham, WA | 2005 | Amber lights on trail. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2005 | Column of light -with Amber & Yellow beams within it(like a information or energy gathering satilite device) |
| Bellingham, WA | 2005 | V shaped orbit pass over of millitary craft no sound or lights ......strange fast , stealthy ....... |
| Bellingham, WA | 2005 | Bright white light, traveling high and fast from Mt. Baker to Bellinham Bay then, lost sight due to trees. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2005 | Meteor lands in Whatcom County. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2005 | I saw a military disc shaped craft hovering low over a house on Bennett Drive. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2004 | Little white dot visible very high in the daylight sky |
| Bellingham, WA | 2004 | STRANGE, LIKE I ALMOST DIDNT REMEMBER IT ((NUFORC Note: Dramatic meteor. PD)) |
| Bellingham, WA | 2003 | High strangeness report - luminous UFO with possible satellite objects |
| Bellingham, WA | 2003 | I was walking East on Kellogg Road at 7am when I viewed a BEAUTIFUL, HUGE, glowing orange, tri-level, extremely dimensional, lenticular |
| Bellingham, WA | 2003 | Very bright light at first, then a small sleek craft that disappeared a little while after the lights were out. It's been back once. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2003 | Three orange streaks the time of the lunar eclipes. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2003 | Silent orb moving forward in pulses |
| Bellingham, WA | 2002 | V shaped object, 9-11 points (faintly glowing), no sound, fairly low to ground, fast moving. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2002 | Extremely Bright Object Crosses Sky at Twilight (at least 2x brightness Sirius/planets) |
| Bellingham, WA | 2002 | series of flare-like fireballs |
| Bellingham, WA | 2002 | The Sound..was incrediable,the dogs went crazy,the light display was amazing |
| Bellingham, WA | 2002 | The lights display wasnothing like i'd ever seen but the SOUND..Everyones dogs were howling crazy |
| Bellingham, WA | 2001 | Black triangular object moving erratically in sky. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2001 | Large, Sunlight reflecting metallic saucer seen in Bellingham, Wa. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2001 | cluster of peanut-brittle colored balls flying in loose formation |
| Bellingham, WA | 2001 | The craft had no sound or lights at all. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2001 | Approx. 20:27 hours, under a clear sky and the moon out, I noticed something moving across the sky. It caught my attention in the south |
| Bellingham, WA | 2000 | Three people observe strange light in night sky |
| Bellingham, WA | 2000 | At 6:15 PM on October 28th 2000, I was coming out of a gas station in North Bellingham and saw a flash in the clouds above me slightly |
| Bellingham, WA | 2000 | We saw three lines of lights in a triangular shape. It seemed that the lights kind of flickered back and forth along the lines. It mov |
| Bellingham, WA | 2000 | I saw the moon, too low in the sky, disappear into a purple glow, followed by an illuminated trail. |
| Bellingham, WA | 2000 | A white object flew down a valley at dusk. |
| Bellingham, WA | 1999 | One bright light similar to shooting star seen going in a S pattern across the sky and then looped around and disappeared. Aprox 15 mi |
| Bellingham, WA | 1999 | looking to the north I saw a orange colored object flying west.It changed directions to east,then back to west,then north where is diss |
| Bellingham, WA | 1999 | i was driving with my friend, we saw a brilliant shiny white ball, it zoomed irregularly accros and down the sky, it was faster than an |
| Bellingham, WA | 1999 | At 9:58pm on 9/8/99 I was on the back deck smoking a cigarette and remembering what Art Bell said that enough people just don't look at |
| Bellingham, WA | 1997 | Saw a dim moving light. Thought I was watching a satellite. Yellow light flashed brilliantly, then faded to near invisibility. It wa |
| Bellingham, WA | 1997 | Consistent with behavior of object burning on re-entry |
| Bellingham, WA | 1996 | large egg shaped bubble, could see through it yet it was irredecent. About the size of a large pickup truck. Vibrating yet silent |
| Bellingham, WA | 1984 | sphere? with connected orbiting strobe which changed colors. No sound |
| Bellingham, WA | 1966 | When I saw the object it was not moveing, then it went stright down and stoped, then it went up at 45 degree angal to the left and sto |