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Gainesville, FL
Florida · Alachua County · Gainesville Metro
Gainesville is a large city in Florida with a population of 143,611. Residents earn $45,611 per year, which is 39% below the national average.
3.3
/5.0
B
Good
143,611
Population
2,244/sq mi density
$45,611
Median Income
$30,282 per capita
$235,000
Home Value
$293,024 Zillow
$1,214
Median Rent
40.5% income on rent
71°F
Avg Temperature
329 sunny days/yr
687
Violent Crime/100K
3,488 property/100K
B
Overall
3.3 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B
Economy
3.4 / 5.0
$45,611 median income, 2.8% unemployment
B+
Affordability
3.8 / 5.0
$235,000 home value, $1,214/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
687 violent crimes/100K (81% above avg)
A+
Education
5.0 / 5.0
51.7% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
54
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Historic Markers
32
Officially designated historical markers from the Historical Marker Database
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Bigfoot Sightings
1
Eyewitness reports filed with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
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UFO Sightings Near Gainesville, FL
54 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Gainesville, FL.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gainesville, FL | 2014 | The object hung suspended in the sky, a huge rectangle, at a diagonal angle. Dark grey in color with dull green lights at the points. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2013 | Three lights in the sky that didn't look like plane |
| Gainesville, FL | 2013 | Ball of bright orange fire moving low across night sky |
| Gainesville, FL | 2013 | Illuminating Orange-Red glow, beautiful that flew so low. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2013 | Very strange and interesting. |
| Gainsvile, FL | 2013 | 8 large low flying fire balls seen flying single file over head and gathering together to form a symbol. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2012 | Series of amber orbs transiting NE to SW, singly, in pairs, and in threes, about 15 total. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2012 | Bright light in western sky. Not a planet. Could not be identified by smartphone app. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2012 | Didnt belive too much till I started seeing this!! |
| Gainesville, FL | 2012 | 12 red lights in the sky with no sound. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2012 | Five lights fly in straight line. |
| Gainsville, FL | 2012 | 12 Orange balls of light moving fast and silent in night sky. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2011 | If it was a meteor, it was very strange, slow and large???? |
| Gainesville, FL | 2011 | Darker Bright Blue Light Went Faster Than a Jet Fighter In Gainesville, FL |
| Gainesville, FL | 2011 | 15 disc shaped, silent, slow moving , orange lighted craft slowly changing formation was seen by 10 witnesses 12/31/2011 11:45pm |
| Gainesville, FL | 2011 | Yellowish/orange sphere, extremely fast flew from horizon to horizon in seconds |
| Gainesville, FL | 2011 | Odd asteroid streak |
| Gainesville, FL | 2011 | ((HOAX??)) Camouflaged UFO |
| Gainesville, FL | 2010 | 2nd night watching the objects, approximate time viewed 15-20 minutes. ((NUFORC Note: Possible stars?? PD)) |
| Gainesville, FL | 2010 | Multiple sightings by multiple whitnesses, unknown objects moving in strange ways, speeds, directions. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2009 | odd triangle shaped craft, flying low and slow, had dim red lights. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2009 | One fiery ball that grew into a crescent shape, then an apparent battle between 2 jets and a small craft. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2008 | Black, seemed reflective, flowing object |
| Gainesville, FL | 2008 | Basically same thing as what was seen in Winter Park, but on New Years day in Gainesville, Fl. Came from NW and went S near N Main St. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2008 | Two quick moving lights in the sky sighted in Gainesville, FL |
| Gainesville, FL | 2008 | April 4, 2008, 10:14 pm, triangular formation of white lights forming one solid object over night sky in Gainesville, FL. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2008 | ((HOAX??)) Black triangular form-shifting mass spotted. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2008 | Numerous lighted objects , identical to each other.maintaining distance and position , whose light patterns changed simultaneously. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2006 | Very large aircraft, moving at 30 knots, at about 2500 feet, rectangular in shape. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2006 | Acrobatics and in broad daylight over city. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2005 | Strange disk shaped object witnessed in Flordia. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2005 | Short sighting of UFO |
| Gainesville, FL | 2005 | Slow moving low flying black triangle with dim star-like lights |
| Gainesville, FL | 2005 | Multi colored flashing object that went from sitting perfectly still to flying away slowly |
| Gainesville, FL | 2004 | I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES |
| Gainesville, FL | 2004 | A ball of light comming twords me in a haze of fog. |
| Gainesville, FL | 2004 | Stationary piercing bright light over Hunter's Crossing Publix drifted over Devil's Millhopper. |
| Nation wide, FL | 2004 | UFO's filmed in movies |
| Gainesville, FL | 2003 | Elongated, orange object traveling south |
| Gainesville, FL | 2003 | Stars flashing and moving |
| Gainesville, FL | 2003 | UFO in the sky of University of Florida |
| Gainesville, FL | 2002 | Large egg shaped object motionless in sky |
| Gainesville, FL | 2001 | Unexplained light/sound phenomenon |
| Gainsville (near), FL | 2001 | Triangle-patterned lights in sky |
| Gainesville, FL | 1998 | Viewed a delta shaped craft in the SE sky traveling south, craft made no noise and flew smoothly before banking and disappearing |
| Gainesville, FL | 1996 | ALIEN CONTACT THROUGH DREAMS |
| Gainesville, FL | 1996 | Man, wife, and 6-yr. old daughter witness "huge, diamond-shaped" obj. SE of city. Obj. had "massive floodlights," passed overhead. |
| Gainesville, FL | 1996 | My sister and I both had a dream that a ufo was coming to Gainesville. They showed us around the ship,and the greys told us that they |
| Gainesville, FL | 1995 | Woman saw "twinkling, flashing object" streak north. |
| Gainesville, FL | 1993 | A bright orange ball of light hovering approximately 500 feet above the tree line with no sound coming from it. |
| Gainesville, FL | 1991 | Nighttime sighting. UFO was on the ground. Occupant sighted. Did not stay long. |
| Gainesville, FL | 1985 | It was cigar shaped (looked like an airplane with no wings), as long as a football field, made no sound, had a large light near the fro |
| Gainesville, FL | 1979 | Glowing light moves slowly, hovers then shoots straight up into the sky and vanishes |
| Gainesville, FL | 1967 | An equilateral triangle with a red glowing light on each corner (one each corner--three total. solid sillouette dark shape about the si |