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Fort Smith, AR
Arkansas · Sebastian County · Fort Smith Metro
Fort Smith is a mid-size city in Arkansas with a population of 89,496. Residents earn $52,692 per year, which is 30% below the national average.
3.1
/5.0
B
Good
89,496
Population
1,394/sq mi density
$52,692
Median Income
$33,991 per capita
$168,100
Home Value
$193,755 Zillow
$852
Median Rent
25.7% income on rent
63°F
Avg Temperature
298 sunny days/yr
980
Violent Crime/100K
5,823 property/100K
B
Overall
3.1 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B
Economy
3.3 / 5.0
$52,692 median income, 4.1% unemployment
A+
Affordability
4.9 / 5.0
$168,100 home value, $852/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
980 violent crimes/100K (158% above avg)
B
Education
3.0 / 5.0
25.3% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
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Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Mines
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UFO Sightings Near Fort Smith, AR
39 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Fort Smith, AR.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fort smith, AR | 2013 | Clear night bright light that looked like a star but moved vertically and then horizontally with flashing lights rear. |
| Fort smith, AR | 2012 | Bright white round light ball, no Nav lights, no sound from the craft and not a meteor too clow for that. |
| Fort smith, AR | 2012 | Seeing multiple round yellowish/whiteish colored orbs/ufo's in the night sky almost every night in Fort Smith, Arkansas. |
| Fort smith, AR | 2011 | Two oval-like craft seen over Fort Smith, AR by 2 teens. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD)) |
| Fort smith, AR | 2011 | Orange fireball |
| Fort smith, AR | 2011 | Man and his son witness object following high-altitude aircraft in the daytime sky. |
| Ft. smith, AR | 2011 | We saw a single, non-flashing green light at night over Ft. Smith, AR and never heard it make a sound. |
| Fort smith, AR | 2010 | I noticed what appeared to be a star and just watched it for a moment. ((NUFORC Note: Star?? PD)) |
| Fort smith, AR | 2008 | Bright white light moved from SE horizon to WNW horizon in roughly 2-3 seconds. |
| Fort smith, AR | 2007 | white disk light over fort smith arkansas appeared in nw moved very slowly to the ne then suddenly disapperared |
| Fort smith, AR | 2006 | Orange lights seen from southern Fort Smith. Fort Chaffee military flares or UFOs ? |
| Fort smith, AR | 2005 | Oval lighted object made no noise as it rapidly flew overhead in sky. |
| Fort smith, AR | 2005 | 6 circular objects seen over Ft. Smith @ 22:30 on April 26, 2005. Lights rotated ((NUFORC Note: Possibly advertising lights?? PD)) |
| Fort smith, AR | 2005 | it was like nothing of earth and it scared me shitless |
| Fort smith, AR | 2004 | Strange Very Large Trianglar Craft Floating Across the Late Evening Sky Over Fort Smith, Arkansas 09/07/04 |
| Fort smith, AR | 2004 | My brother Jim whom is retired Air Force, thought he was showing me the north star, I went and got some binoculars and that is when we |
| Fort smith, AR | 2004 | There were spinning lights and all of a sudden they just dissappered...wow. |
| Fort smith, AR | 2003 | quivering flashing object high and distant in the Northeast sky ((NUFORC Note: We suspect a "twinkling" star. PD)) |
| Fort smith, AR | 2003 | Red light in sky |
| Fort smith, AR | 2003 | a formation of five strange lights |
| Fort smith, AR | 2003 | triangular shape and fireball in Arkansas |
| Fort smith, AR | 2003 | Bright Orange Lights with Rapid-Shift Right to Left |
| Fort smith, AR | 2003 | I was coming home from work around 12:00 pm Tuesday August 26, 2003. When I saw 3 round lights in the sky. Within another second or s |
| Fort smith (area), AR | 2002 | My family and I were driving down a country road on our way home from visiting friends. My son and I were on the passenger side, ( fron |
| Fort smith, AR | 2001 | Bright Light with Tail in Ft Smith Night Sky |
| Fort smith, AR | 2000 | A silvery oval-shaped object was seen shadowing two jetliners, suddenly changing directions, and flying in other parts of the sky south |
| Fort smith, AR | 2000 | 5 orange lights shaped in a HUGE triangle/v shape about 2000 ft high |
| Fort smith, AR | 1999 | Three balls of white light "dancing" and then disappearing and then reappearing. |
| Fort smith, AR | 1999 | At 5:oo P.M. Me and my husband were eating at Burger King, we left to go home and he was mentioning the contrails in the sky, and how |
| Fort smith (about 20 miles sw), AR | 1998 | My instructor pilot and I were coming back from Bentonville AR I had just taken my instrument check ride. We had somehow lost all of th |
| Fort smith, AR | 1998 | First off I just want to say I have no idea what is going on in Ft smith Ark Also I just want to say I was not going to report this at |
| Fort smith, AR | 1998 | I own a Telescope as of a few days ago, tonight was the first night it was clear since I bought it, anyway I as I looked off to the no |
| Fort smith, AR | 1997 | Colored, dimming, stat. light source, larger than stars seen at night SW of Fort Smith, AR, 1996-1997. |
| Fort smith, AR | 1996 | Man taking out trash, sees 3 greenish-yellow balls of light dip down out of clouds, hover, go back up. Many other obervers, reports. |
| Fort smith, AR | 1967 | Triangular lighted hovering object over Fort Smith, Arkansas in 1967 or 1968 |
| Fort smith, AR | 1967 | Results of research on Ft. Smith chevron sighting. |
| Fort smith, AR | 1967 | Unidentified objects witnessed by hundreds over Fort Smith Arkansas |
| Fort smith, AR | 1966 | I had just moved to Muldrow, OK. and had guests from Weatherford, OK there. We turned on the 10PM news, and the announcer was saying th |
| Ft. smith, AR | 1966 | Clarification of timing of Ft. Smith, AR sighting, circa 1966/1967 (with additional sighting details) |