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Fairbanks, AK
Alaska · Fairbanks North Star Borough · Fairbanks-College Metro
Fairbanks is a mid-size city in Alaska with a population of 32,242. Residents earn $72,077 per year, which is 4% below the national average.
3.3
/5.0
B
Good
32,242
Population
1,014/sq mi density
$72,077
Median Income
$36,392 per capita
$255,700
Home Value
$290,656 Zillow
$1,470
Median Rent
31.3% income on rent
29°F
Avg Temperature
274 sunny days/yr
784
Violent Crime/100K
4,296 property/100K
B
Overall
3.3 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
A
Economy
4.3 / 5.0
$72,077 median income, 3.0% unemployment
A+
Affordability
4.7 / 5.0
$255,700 home value, $1,470/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
784 violent crimes/100K (106% above avg)
B
Education
3.1 / 5.0
26.5% bachelor's degree or higher
Explore Near Fairbanks
UFO Sightings
50
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Mines
20
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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Historic Markers
1
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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UFO Sightings Near Fairbanks, AK
50 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Fairbanks, AK.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | HUGE SAUCER FLYING INTO FORT WAINRIGHT |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | UFO seen over civilian side of Birch Hill. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | Strange orange lights moving unnaturally across the sky. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | I saw 5 red glowing orbs |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | 2 orange orbs fly south over chena ridge |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | 3 white orbs. 2 in front 1 behind. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | Diamond shaped UFO near Fairbanks Airport. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | Orange light floating in night sky. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | Six orange lights three differnt times from New Years Eve 11 pm to New Years Day 12:30 am. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | Brights orange lights flashing, and disappeared out of sky instantly |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2013 | 4 Balls of Fire Dance in The Northern Sky |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2012 | Changing light from bright to dim, to off to blue/red |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2012 | Metallic sounds and bright flash of light - Seen from indoors with blinds shut |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2012 | We saw 6-7 craft move from SE to NW, with very bright orange/yellow lights and no sound. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2012 | 2 oval shaped bright reddish with yellow to white leading light fire balls in sky over fairbanks. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2012 | Unidentified orange lights over Fairbanks Alaska. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2011 | Bright Orb/Sphere with pulsating blue and red lights hovering with jerky motion. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting of Sirius?? PD)) |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2011 | Red lights moving slowly. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2011 | UFO's sighted Fairbanks/Murphy Dome Feb.11, 2011 8:00am |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2009 | UFO's in Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2009 | Bright light high above my town, very peculiar looking when viewed through a telescope. ((NUFORC Note: Venus?? PD)) |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2009 | Bright green light |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2008 | White oblong object moving fast through clear sky and fades into the blue. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2008 | the light was very bright and had a very large vapor trail |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2006 | We were on the porch the orange object went from east to west across the town sat on the west side for 45 seconds then went into space. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2006 | Flying disk |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2005 | 5 objects danceing around in the sky that looked like balls of light. Fairbanks Ak. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2005 | "star" in an unknown to me, constellation started moving out of the "formation" and down, then another one went right to left. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2005 | Girded Structured UFO with many lights spends 45 minutes hovering over Fairbanks, Alaska on January 13, 2005 |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2005 | My UFO Sighting: CE II |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2004 | Very Distant odd luminous light hangs in the Night sky for a number of hours moving slowly,Fades n disappears. ((NUFORC: Star?? PD)) |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2004 | for 20 min. watched 2 sets of stationary equally spaced large round yellow lights, one string of 4, one of 5, blinked out in order. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2004 | A Cluster of Fixed White Lights Hovering Over Fairbanks Alaska is Seen From Wal~Mart. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2003 | ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of Mars. PD)) Flickering Star like Object Moving Laterally at about 0130 hrs |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2003 | UFO speeding south, westward of Fairbanks. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2002 | turn around for 1 min with gushing out smoke. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2001 | Extremely bright light circle with vapor release, accompanied by small less bright lights above Fairbanks, AK |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2001 | It looked like a star but it would move and after a few seconds a red aura would appear around it and emit objects. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2000 | Rolling oval, tumbling through the sky. Every rotation, half of the object appeared to be extremely shiny and reflecting sun light. No |
| Fairbanks, AK | 2000 | Lights gradually coming on, and then going off in formation. |
| Fairbanks (20m miles south of), AK | 1999 | saw a dark triangle shapes craft with very large white lights on the rear corners and also on the front all light were on the bottom of |
| Fairbanks, AK | 1999 | Saw hovering objects in eastern night sky over Fairbanks International Airport. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 1998 | A large phlorescent green oval shaped object moving at a strange speed desending on the horizon ended in a large flash |
| Fairbanks, AK | 1998 | formation of brilliant amber-orange lights completely silent over Fairbanks, AK |
| Fairbanks, AK | 1993 | Me and one of my friends were coming home from sledding when we saw a mettalic, cigar shaped, UFO hovering in the air emitting a blue b |
| Fairbanks, trans alaskan pipeline haul road 250 mi n of, AK | 1976 | Large white light traversing tundra that approached myself and friend. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 1969 | My sister and I were awakened by a flashing bright light. We looked out of the window and saw a hovering cigar shaped object. It stayed |
| Fairbanks, AK | 1969 | Sighting of 5 objects in a PENTAGON formation near Fairbanks, Alaska around 1969 |
| Fairbanks, AK | 1954 | RADAR INTERCEPT OF UFO BY USAF PILOT IN ALASKA 1954. |
| Fairbanks, AK | 1949 | Enormous metallic disc in Alaska sky, 1949. |