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Columbia, MO
Missouri
Columbia is a large city in Missouri with a population of 127,200. Residents earn $64,488 per year, which is 14% below the national average.
3.6
/5.0
B+
Good
127,200
Population
1,883/sq mi density
$64,488
Median Income
$37,359 per capita
$268,300
Home Value
$314,972 Zillow
$1,067
Median Rent
31.4% income on rent
55°F
Avg Temperature
264 sunny days/yr
321
Violent Crime/100K
2,594 property/100K
B+
Overall
3.6 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
4.1 / 5.0
$64,488 median income, 2.6% unemployment
A
Affordability
4.3 / 5.0
$268,300 home value, $1,067/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
321 violent crimes/100K (16% below avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
56.5% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
71
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Mines
3
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Bigfoot Sightings
1
Eyewitness reports filed with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
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UFO Sightings Near Columbia, MO
71 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Columbia, MO.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia, MO | 2014 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP REPORT: Director witnesses strange, bright white light pass overhead. |
| Chillicothe/columbia, MO | 2013 | I saw thirteen white, cylindrical shaped objects in the sky while traveling between two towns. |
| Columbia, MO | 2013 | Single large fireball traveling SSE with no decrease in altitude for two minutes before abruptly extinguishing. |
| Columbia, MO | 2013 | Falling light with flames/color surrounding it. |
| Columbia, MO | 2012 | Red Green Yellow Object NO SOUND |
| Columbia, MO | 2012 | Formation of white lights in the sky drifting downward over Columbia, MO |
| Columbia, MO | 2011 | Fifty silent spherical craft moving quickly over Columbia Missouri |
| Columbia, MO | 2011 | Slow to very fast glowing orange triangle moved over entire horizon seen by 3 people in Columbia, MO. |
| Columbia, MO | 2011 | A ball of light looked like it was hovering very high and then took off to the South. |
| Columbia, MO | 2009 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP REPORT: It was a cloudless night except for a round shape black cloud covering the moon. |
| Columbia, MO | 2009 | First ball of light spotted at 9PM, north of Columbia, high altitude, moving west to east; fist ball appeared to have a fine aerosol or |
| Columbia, MO | 2009 | Green and pink aircraft disappears in Columbia, MO |
| Columbia, MO | 2009 | The craft I saw looks exactly like the picture posted on Coast To Coast for George Knapp by Kirk Mints. It was a clear early morning. |
| Columbia, MO | 2009 | Three bright lights illuminating from behind clouds darting in irregular patterns at very high speed... also hovering and circling. |
| Columbia, MO | 2009 | Three "stars" / lights moving around the early morning sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of star?? PD)) |
| Columbia, MO | 2009 | spherical white flying object flying low |
| Columbia, MO | 2008 | I was walking to the bar to meet some friends and I noticed to bright star-like objects. ((NUFORC Note: Venus & Jupiter? PD)) |
| Columbia, MO | 2008 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I WAS IN MY BACK YARD, I LOOKED UP AND SAW A SILVER CIGAR SHAPE OBJECT. |
| Columbia, MO | 2008 | Triangular craft with three lights seen at night on Broadway Blvd. in Columbia MO |
| Columbia, MO | 2008 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report:: I LOOKED UP AND SAW A SILVER CIGAR SHAPE OBJECT TRAVELING WEST TO EAST. |
| Columbia, MO | 2008 | Two bright white headlights, triangle shape on bottom with lights and row of red and green lights on back |
| Columbia, MO | 2007 | Trangular shaped solid white lights with solid amber light in middle. Columbia, MO |
| Columbia, MO | 2007 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I was outside doing lawn work when I looked up and saw what looked like a plane. |
| Columbia, MO | 2007 | Flashes of light with smaller lights about level of where satellites orbi |
| Columbia, MO | 2007 | It was a dull matte grey color and looked like two inverted contact lenses with a little turret on top, |
| Columbia, MO | 2007 | Black cigar shaped object flying north of Columbia, Missouri on 7/3/07. |
| Columbia, MO | 2007 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: We all looked up an saw a cylindrical shaped obj. |
| Columbia, MO | 2007 | John from Columbia, MO While on my way home from a little league baseball game on 10-3-07, my fiancée and I witnessed a UFO. While tr |
| Columbia, MO | 2007 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: The shape of the UFO was triangular with white lights on each of the corners and a big red light. |
| Columbia, MO | 2007 | A bright object was seen moving across the sky, north to south. |
| Columbia, MO | 2006 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I looked up and saw, at a low altitude, what appeared to be only a fuselage of a plane. |
| Columbia, MO | 2006 | UFO MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS REPORT: I was in the front yard of my home and saw a glistening aluminum fuselage. |
| Columbia, MO | 2006 | UFO MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP REPORT: I was looking to the S when I saw what I believed to be a plane coming in our direction… |
| Columbia, MO | 2006 | Stephen's Park Columbia, MO. Football shaped light in the sky takes odd turn. |
| Columbia, MO | 2006 | I was at my house and looked up and saw, at a low altitude, what appeared to be only a fuselage of a plane. |
| Columbia, MO | 2006 | bright meteor |
| Columbia, MO | 2006 | A strange piece of metal fell out of my daughters ear! ((NUFORC Note: Missouri Investigator Group investigates; medical device. PD)) |
| Columbia - stephens lake, MO | 2005 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I looked around and saw this round light in the eastern portion of the sky. .. |
| Columbia (near), MO | 2005 | Oblong-shaped object in the morning sky over interstate |
| Columbia, MO | 2005 | Blue and Green lights in Night Sky |
| Columbia, MO | 2005 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: I thought it was a star, and then it got bigger and bigger to about the size of a quarter.... |
| Columbia, MO | 2004 | A light moved across the sky in a zig zag way then straightened out and went straight out into space in a matter of seconds. |
| Columbia, MO | 2004 | ((NUFORC Note: Student rept.; address invalid; possible hoax. PD)) Low flying round shaped object with lights around bottom. |
| Columbia, MO | 2004 | Bright yellow sphere of light, changing to white and swiftly moving away. |
| Columbia, MO | 2003 | 3 silver circles floating in the air in a triangle pattern.Traveling east to west with the point of the triangle to the south. Insatntl |
| Columbia, MO | 2003 | Star-like light with trail descended in NW night sky to the west and disappeared after 3-5 seconds. |
| Highway i-70, MO | 2003 | Going home from Escelior, Kansas City, MO to Columbia, it was after midnight (5) of us travel down highway I-70. |
| Columbia, MO | 2002 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: Metallic sphere flying from south to north, relatively slowly. |
| Columbia, MO | 2002 | Small metallic sphere flying slowly South to North in broad daylight |
| Columbia, MO | 2002 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: Noticed something flying over highway. |
| Columbia, MO | 2002 | Stationary lights suddenly moved rapidly; stopped, moved again at a moderate pace |
| Columbia, MO | 2001 | I saw three lights that dissapeared behind some trees. |
| Columbia, MO | 2001 | While taking the pooch for a ride I saw an unusual craft |
| Columbia, MO | 2001 | Something that apeared to be a star moved and disapeared towards outterspace. |
| Columbia, MO | 2001 | the object changed colors changed direction and speed |
| Columbia, MO | 2001 | unusual speed and definition |
| Columbia, MO | 2000 | 07/06/00 21:30 Columbia, MO Huge black triangle, bright lights at tips hovering over city 5-10 minutes. Slowly moving east then gone! |
| Columbia, MO | 2000 | While driving to work this morning we saw an unusual object in the sky... |
| Columbia, MO | 2000 | MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP REPORT: While driving to work this morning we saw an unusual object in the sky… |
| Columbia (east of city), MO | 1999 | Looked like Stealth Bomber but dropped from about 200 yards to 40 feet in seconds... |
| Columbia (east of, near little dixie conservation area), MO | 1999 | My friend and I were out looking for shooting stars on a country road when this large unknown object flew over us. It was a large tria |
| Columbia, MO | 1999 | Noticed a lighted shape plowing through light cloud cover. |
| Columbia, MO | 1999 | Observed small nonreflective sphere traveling SW at a low altitude |
| Columbia, MO | 1999 | Sitting on backporch, looking at sky, smoking cigarette when an orange light in the sky caught my attention... |
| Columbia, MO | 1999 | My wife, Daughter and her friend were traveling East on Rt. HH when the object was observed at the intersection of HH and Kircher Rd. |
| Columbia, MO | 1999 | Visiting with friends when I looked out the patio door and saw an unusually bright light coming from the west. |
| Columbia, MO | 1999 | i saw 3 very bright lights coming toward us at very fast rate of speed. they were coming out of the south when it slowed down and dropp |
| Columbia, MO | 1997 | 5 lights in the sky east of columbia dipping rapidly, disappearing then rising again rapidly |
| Columbia, MO | 1996 | Little ship circling Big ship. Over eastern,Columbia MO.Dember first I was traveling eastbound on Clark LN. When I noticed a bright |
| Columbia, MO | 1995 | Man repts. son's bizarre sighting of small humanoid creature in back yard. Reptd. in Acteon Journal, St. Louis UFO newsletter. |
| Columbia (central--over center of campus), MO | 1980 | Summer of 80 or 81--just pre-dusk. Dark amber light with indistinct edges cruises due east over center of U campus. "Closes in on sel |