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Lake Wales, FL
Florida · Polk County · Lakeland-Winter Haven Metro
Lake Wales is a small city in Florida with a population of 16,365. Residents earn $55,799 per year, which is 26% below the national average.
2.9
/5.0
C+
Fair
16,365
Population
806/sq mi density
$55,799
Median Income
$27,794 per capita
$225,900
Home Value
$245,696 Zillow
$1,060
Median Rent
43.5% income on rent
74°F
Avg Temperature
330 sunny days/yr
325
Violent Crime/100K
2,118 property/100K
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Overall
2.9 / 5.0
Fair overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B
Economy
3.3 / 5.0
$55,799 median income, 2.8% unemployment
A
Affordability
4.4 / 5.0
$225,900 home value, $1,060/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
325 violent crimes/100K (14% below avg)
C+
Education
2.8 / 5.0
22.0% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
28
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Bigfoot Sightings
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Eyewitness reports filed with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
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Mines
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UFO Sightings Near Lake Wales, FL
28 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Lake Wales, FL.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lake wales, FL | 2013 | Large red/yellow fireball followed by craft similar to the space shuttle |
| Lake wales, FL | 2013 | Another fireball sighting in Lake Wales, FL |
| Lake wales, FL | 2013 | Around 10pm on August 2013 myself and a friend were standing in his driveway(facing south) shooting the breeze when we both witnessed t |
| Lake wales, FL | 2013 | Orange, low flying & silent orb in bad weather. |
| Lake wales, FL | 2013 | Another sighting of star like craft in Lake Wales, FL |
| Lake wales, FL | 2013 | Star like light in the sky moving west then fading.. |
| Lake wales, FL | 2012 | Discovered what I thought was a UFO was actually the star Sierius. It refracts colors thru our atmosphere while low in the sky then bec |
| Lake wales, FL | 2012 | Red whie and blue flashing lights |
| Lake wales, FL | 2009 | It initially resembled a large orange light ,but once I got closer, it looked like three orange lights in the shape of a triangle. |
| Lake wales, FL | 2008 | It was triangle shaped and it had bright white lights no red or green lights were present. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes |
| Lake wales (area), FL | 2007 | Strange Orange Glowing Balls of Light in Lake Wales Area. |
| Lake wales, FL | 2007 | It was shortly after 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, when I noticed a bright object in the sky. It was a bright light, not unlike a sat |
| Lake wales, FL | 2007 | Orange fireball in the sky followed by four white spherical lighted ? |
| Lake wales, FL | 2007 | additional information to previous report on area, also piggyback of another sighting. |
| Lake wales (?), FL | 2006 | I was the first to see it. We were driving east bound on hwy 60 coming out of Plok count and on my right hand side in the air(south eas |
| Lake wales, FL | 2006 | The formation of six lights appeard in Lake Wales, and vanished in about five minutes. |
| Lake wales (east of ), FL | 2005 | We Saw Disc-Like Object, Flashing Bright Lights and Smaller Lights Dotting The Sky |
| Lake wales (east of), FL | 2005 | Couple Spots Huge Lighted Object In Sky With Smaller Lights Dancing In Sky Around It |
| Lake wales, FL | 2005 | Flashing lights that quickly moved across the sky, appeared and reappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD)) |
| Lake wales, FL | 2004 | Six 4-foot diamter orbs observed for 15 minutes by 2 witnesses |
| Lake wales, FL | 2002 | Never seen this before |
| Lake wales, FL | 2002 | In the Florida sky 1/15/2001 |
| Lake wales, FL | 2002 | There were 2 sets of 4 all in a straight line. Slowly one by one the bright light started to disappear (as if the light was being turn |
| Lake wales, FL | 1999 | we have been video tapping strange craft here for the last three days they are yellow fireballs they appear in the sky and dont move fo |
| Lake wales, FL | 1998 | strange yellow lights have been appeared an disappeared for about the last three months i was able to take over four hours of video if |
| Lake wales, FL | 1970 | Pulled over by a ufo using police lights |
| Lake wales, FL | 1970 | I had a very close encounter with a ufo. It was almost on top of my truck. They were observing me and had forced me pull over. |
| Lake wales, FL | 1969 | The ufo used simulated police lights to pull me over and then just sat there apparently observing me. |