Indianapolis, IN
Indiana · Marion County · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood Metro
Indianapolis is a major city in Indiana with a population of 882,043. Residents earn $62,995 per year, which is 16% below the national average.
3.3
/5.0
B
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882,043
Population
2,443/sq mi density
$62,995
Median Income
$36,194 per capita
$207,000
Home Value
$226,528 Zillow
$1,112
Median Rent
30.5% income on rent
55°F
Avg Temperature
275 sunny days/yr
1,255
Violent Crime/100K
4,823 property/100K
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Overall
3.3 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
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Economy
3.7 / 5.0
$62,995 median income, 3.5% unemployment
A+
Affordability
4.8 / 5.0
$207,000 home value, $1,112/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
1,255 violent crimes/100K (230% above avg)
B+
Education
3.7 / 5.0
34.2% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
139
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Historic Markers
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Mines
1
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UFO Sightings Near Indianapolis, IN
139 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Indianapolis, IN.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis, IN | 2014 | Two objects, one stationary, one sweeping the other. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2014 | Large gray stingray shaped object chases fighter plane. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Spherical orange lights seen in western sky by family of 3 in Indianapolis. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Bright Orange Sphere over Far Southside of Indianapolis |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Several boomerang shaped craft that started out like a huge bright red/orange ball of light, diminished to an amber glow, then to black |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Strange white shape shrinks and disappears. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | My husband and I were driving home from a dinner out. I've never seen a UFO or any flying object like this. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Blue light turned and went over the house. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Triangular formation of reddish amber lights on the northeast side of Indianapolis |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | There were 2 aircraft. One has lights. The other did not. The one without lights was massive. Both craft were at a high altitude. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Hovering craft with strobe lights about the Indianapolis Airport. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Triangle shape formation over Indianapolis. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Weird sounding bright white light, round but not flat shape UFO, faster then the speed of light gone within a blink of a eye. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Me and my daughter seen the most beautiful shiney spaceship. Not a UFO it was real and was watching us all watch them! |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | 10-20 orange dots, 5 feet off the ground, 2 witnesses. Didn't make a exact shape, but vanished after 5 seconds. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Just saw a very strange sight. A group of bright blue and neon orange orbs floated over my house. They seemed to be at least 15ꯠ f |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | NOTE-This is based on what actually happened. The UFO explained, however, is real and the way it was seen is not changed in any way. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | ((HOAX??)) Massive cylinder shaped object, thousands of feet long. ((NUFORC Note: Witness provides no personal data. PD)) |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Two whitish yellowish circular objects in nw sky. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Flashing multi-colored lights on a flying object |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Multiple round shapes moving slowly accross the sky, west of Raceway road we watched as multiple abjects cross the sky with no distint |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | White light turned red and vanished. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Large, flat sphere with BRIGHT red and white fast, flashing lights flying in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | I was driving West on McGregor Road. I seen two orange balls on light. When the one on the left got close to the one on the right it go |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2013 | Many white objects in the sky. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | 4 red lights traveling from the southern horizon to the northeast. Flickering but not flashing. Each light vanished one at a time after |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | Large falling object that doesn't make a sound. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | Large orange light on SW side of Indy, near I-465 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | I was traveling home lastnight and coming over the last hill before I turn into my neighborhood there's a fair skyline over an abundanc |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | I went outside to smoke and seen multiple fireballs slow moving over indianapolis towards the east all in close proximity of each other |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | Triangular shaped fyling objects with orange amber lights. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | Red flame flying through the sky. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | Triangular craft with two blue white strobing lights over Indianapolis |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | Bright lights in the city of Indy...UFO??? |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2012 | Unexplained star shaped colored object |
| Indianpolis, IN | 2012 | My son, a neighbor and I saw a stretched out string of about 15 orange lights flying from south to north over Indianapolis near Camby. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2011 | Acorn shaped object with light on bottom |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2011 | It was one craft with white lights going very slow, then stopped, then the craft went back the way it came 3x it's original speed. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2011 | Fireball Indianapolis |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2011 | Parade of mysterious Lights traveling across Indianapolis sky for approx 5 min |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2011 | 5-6 amber colored lights flying in formation. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2011 | Two orange lights moving same speed, same direction in an offset trail formation. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2010 | More than 7 Red Flaring Orbs in East Indianapolis Sky on 4th of July |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2010 | silver cylinder object in sky 3ft L x 2Ft H white circle moved to cover whole object then disappeared |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2010 | Black Triaglular aircraft with two white lights and one red going across Indianapolis sky. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2010 | Large round gray object moving low to the ground making no sound. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2010 | Ligt streak during a video on Sunday night football. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2010 | Saucer seen on W. Michigan Street and Porto Alegre |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2010 | Huge, translucent vertical rectangle spotted floating in sky before sunset around 20:00 in Central Indiana |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2009 | At 10:00 p.m. EST on 7-25-09, 20 to 30 yellowish disks were observed travelling accross the northern sky near Indianapolis. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2009 | wings up trianglur shaped craft moving faster than any jet and No flapping like a birds wings |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2009 | 2 white lights moving at same speed in same direction. ((NUFORC Note: ISS and Space Shuttle in formation. PD)) |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2009 | Orange "flaming" light rising, then abruptly changing directions and slowly disappearing in the horizon. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2009 | 2 dimentional, matte gray rectangle, slowly moving apx, 1000 or 2000 ft. off ground, no lights |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2009 | Triangle shape with spinning circle on bottom, no sound, southside of Indianapolis, saw more on eastside. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | ((HOAX??)) Object changed shape and left a tree flew away-in a 3-4point array shape-like a hat or disc-was gone-30secs or less.1 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | MY SON SAID, "MOMMY, THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS IN THE SKY THAT LOOK LIKE A UFO!!!!! |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | horizontal zig zagging white light |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | A flying white and red flashing saucer flew over my house |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | 8 UFOs appear as silent orange fireballs in northeast Indianapolis IN |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | on 10/24/08 I observed 10-15 orange colored lighted objects floating or flying on the northeast side of Indianapolis. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | Multiple Triangle shaped UFO's in V formation, then slowly follow interstate in Indianapolis |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | Seven faint white lights in triangle shape (one light leading with 2 lights following and two lights again and two more lights that out |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | Strange yellow lights streaked across the Indiana night sky |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2008 | silent, V shaped object with reddish-orange glimmering light at the bottom of the V moving NE to SW. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2007 | Flaming object in sky. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2007 | Odd formation over Indy around 3 am |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2007 | Orange/red fireballs over Indianapolis. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2007 | Bright red light over Indianapolis |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2007 | On August 10񫺗, at 12:20 AM, my Grandson and I where coming home from seeing a Spiderman movie. We where on Madison Ave heading nor |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2007 | Light. ((NUFORC Note: Flare of Iridium satellite? PD)) |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2006 | I was casually observing stars in the clear night sky, when a somewhat brilliant white light high up in the northwestern sky caught my |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2006 | Ultra-fast fly-by of 2 ufo's with associated light, noise, energy, electrical interference, UV radiation |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2006 | Large Red Orb on Highway |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2006 | Witnessed 15-18 lights in a V formation move from northeast to southwest across the north side of Indianapolis. Lights moved about 90 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2005 | Object was a silver cylinder with a bright flourescent blue round top. It reminded me of a wand or staff. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2005 | 6/24/05: 5 lights forming a triangular shape in Indianapolis on Meridian Street |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2005 | As I was driving aprox. 10:00, I saw a white inverted rectangle in the overcast sky being intersepted by two aircraft (contrails). |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | Unidentified object in night skies over Indianapolis ((NUFORC Note: Venus. PD)) |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of a contrail?? PD)) |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | I saw two yellow/pink flashes of light just left of the moon approx. 5 mins apart, not weather related. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | Odd lights/large slow craft north of indy? |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | Bright reddish object |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | Red lights |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | A series of 4 lights appearing and disappearing in night sky, one at a time, in a straight line formation. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | Drove directly underneath a UFO in Indianapolis, saw the underside and inside of the UFO. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | Watched at least 6 bright lights hover for up to 20 + mintues and then headed south. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | i saw a disk come from behind my place |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2004 | either one huge triangle with lights on each tip or 3 seperate crafts |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | Gathering of six objects with pulsating red and white lights, no sound, broke into 2 groups of 3 traveling in different directions. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | Sphere shape object with flashing bright white lights |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | Highly metalic sphere appeared from contrail and then went back in and out of view. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | I was outside and a large brite perfect ball of lite with a mist trail behind zoomed from the sky very fast to ground just one or two b |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | large brite white ball with mist trail falls just half mile east of downtown |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | Strange Looking UFO and others |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | Sky Boom possible Sonic Boom |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | family and i seen objects of light moving and hovering south west of downtown light had a tail the first object looked like a tear drop |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | hovering light over Avon for 10 minutes sends signal then disappears |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | The object was bright and stauled. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2003 | In a moonlit sky, traveling from the west and turning to the southeast, it traversing an open space 30 degrees above the horizon to a p |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2002 | Unsual Flashes During Space Shuttle International Space Station Passing. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2002 | Bright wheel looking light, changing colors and size |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2002 | Metallic disk observed in the sky in broad daylight. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2002 | Boomerang shaped object heading east to west.Transparent glow almost like metal starting to glow from heat,,orange and light green in c |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2002 | AFTER A BRIGHT LIGHT AND A HUMMING SOUND MY CAR RADIO SHUT OFF AND DOESNT WORK ANYMORE |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2002 | We saw a strange orange fireball four times across the night sky. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2002 | A view from the airplane and a dream come true |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2002 | Two lights flying through the sky, stopping for 3 seconds then dispearing in the distance, southwest to northwest. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2001 | I have a REAL PICTURE of a UFO!!!!!! |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2000 | Huge star like objects swooped toward earth at a fast pace. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2000 | Object meandered like a leaf in a stream. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2000 | I can't remember the exact date, but at about 20:30 I was driving through my neighborhood on the way home from work when I noticed some |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2000 | UFO chased me |
| Indianapolis, IN | 2000 | Iam a security officer with a chemical plant. While making a round i noticed a glowing object hovering just above some high tension lin |
| Indianapolis (southeast), IN | 1999 | while going on our nightly walk, my wife and i saw a bright object (as bright as moon ) streak accross the southeastern sky. it seemed |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1999 | I observed a large boomerang shaped object and a smaller object that I am sure was associated the the first. The event was at right abo |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1999 | 4 green lights coming from the northeast sky downward at about a 45 degree angle. Lights seemed perfectly spaced and moved at the same |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1999 | I was walking the dog about 7:10 PM when I saw a Vanilla white fireball moving West to East past the intersection of South Keystone Ave |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1999 | I saw a smoky gray cylinder with blue vertical stripes dividing the cylinder into thirds. I have no idea of the altitude, since I don' |
| Indianapolis (carmel), IN | 1998 | Saw far away in the sky. Looked like a star but there were no other stars in the sky. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1998 | Appx. 1/4 mile east of SR135 8 miles South of Indianapolis a green ball appx. the size of 1/16 of a thumbnail at arms' distance traveli |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1998 | I and my framing crew witnessed this together.We are framing a house on the north side of Indy. Alot of air trafic is going on this day |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1998 | I saw a green-white fire ball moving west southwest. It looked like(size and shape) the HailBop comet but, moving much faster. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1994 | Ok, I was in 7th grade when this happend, but interested in UFO's. I was coming out of my middle school after a basketball game. Ther |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1994 | A multi-titled, multi-colored possibly foursided pyramid seen before I entered 2nd grade, brother saw same thing years later. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1993 | A rotating, soundless object followed me home from boy scouts. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1990 | I AM FOURTY SEVEN, BUT WAS IN MY MID THIRTIES AT THE TIME MY GIRLFRIEND AND MYSELF GOT UP EARLY ONE SPRING MORNING TO ENJOY THE NEW DAY |
| Indianapolis (150 miles sw of), IN | 1987 | I saw a redish colored orb that was "observing lighting show thunderstorms" & it displayed 2 amazing climbs and a huge burst of speed. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1980 | Very bright green light without sound moved over me and my car from a wooded area about a 1000 ft. up. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1978 | Two disk-shaped craft hovering over city night , forms defined by red, successive lights illuminating edges, suddenly shoot skyward |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1975 | Triangular object,got within 200 feet,stopped in mid air,took off like a rocket and dissapeared,never made any noise. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1974 | rapid moving high altitude glowing orange disk moves from horizon to horizon in about 5 seconds |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1972 | I was 6 years old. Was playing outside. saw a round object colored red and moon yellow to the north. I was frightened ran inside scream |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1972 | Indianapolis Multi-Colored Round object 1972-74 chased by fighter jets |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1971 | Crescent-shaped object seen in 1971 |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1969 | Large silver sphere/saucer-shaped object that hovered for several minutes. Emitted dots (in data-style format) from side. |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1966 | Red light in tree |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1965 | Zig Zagging Egg in daytime |
| Indianapolis, IN | 1957 | Flashing light over Indiana |
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