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Meriden, CT
Connecticut · South Central Connecticut Planning Region · New Haven Metro
Meriden is a mid-size city in Connecticut with a population of 60,418. Residents earn $68,617 per year, which is 9% below the national average.
3.1
/5.0
B
Good
60,418
Population
2,546/sq mi density
$68,617
Median Income
$37,272 per capita
$221,600
Home Value
$309,934 Zillow
$1,243
Median Rent
31.6% income on rent
51°F
Avg Temperature
275 sunny days/yr
264
Violent Crime/100K
1,718 property/100K
B
Overall
3.1 / 5.0
Good overall score based on economy, affordability, safety and education
B+
Economy
3.6 / 5.0
$68,617 median income, 5.4% unemployment
A+
Affordability
4.9 / 5.0
$221,600 home value, $1,243/mo rent
F
Safety
1.0 / 5.0
264 violent crimes/100K (30% below avg)
C+
Education
2.8 / 5.0
22.2% bachelor's degree or higher
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UFO Sightings
29
Reported UFO sightings from the National UFO Reporting Center database
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Mines
1
Active and inactive mining sites tracked by the Mine Safety and Health Administration
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UFO Sightings Near Meriden, CT
29 UFO sighting reports from the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) found near Meriden, CT.
| Name | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Meriden, CT | 2013 | Bright blue disk with two bright red lights, hovering and moving back and forth in the sky until it disappeared. |
| Meriden, CT | 2013 | Daytime sighting over Meriden CT Silver Cylinder shape object zigzagging no wings no tail no nose no vapor trail no sound. |
| Meriden, CT | 2013 | I was driving up east Main Street to dunkin donuts when to my left I saw like 8 balls of orange/red in the sky. I went to dd and on my |
| Meriden, CT | 2013 | There were several UFO passing by the wendys Restaurant in which I was eating over 12 different ones one after another one. |
| Meriden, CT | 2013 | FLASH OF LIGHT SPOTTED IN BACKYARD, CIRCULAR SHAPED OBJECT WITH ROTATING LIGHTS ON IT |
| Meriden, CT | 2013 | Shocking. |
| Meriden, CT | 2013 | Bright yellow fireball like light hoovered over the mountain for 15 seconds and disappeared. |
| Meriden, CT | 2012 | Upright cylinder, bright orange, almost on fire like, 5 together, evenly spaced, same path of travel. Several witnesses, 3 more lappea |
| Meriden, CT | 2012 | Bright flickering star shaped UFO over Meriden,CT ((NUFORC Note: Star or planet?? PD)) |
| Meriden, CT | 2011 | fireball orange object hovers through my yard in meriden |
| Meriden, CT | 2009 | seen it three times |
| Meriden, CT | 2009 | i seen round fireball.seen it for 5 seconds.thought it might be meteor until 2 days later at 4pm their were 5 milatary |
| Meriden, CT | 2008 | Brightly glowing, Fast object rose veritcally then flattened out and flew past my house at speeds double anything i've seen. |
| Meriden, CT | 2007 | Initially spotted round orange fireball in Western sky, at an altitude approximately you'd see a small plane fly. Traveled East, then t |
| Meriden, CT | 2007 | Small, round, red objects appear in the Meriden, Connecticut skies. |
| Meriden, CT | 2007 | It appeared like a cload shape but moving extremely fast from I think west to east direction. |
| Meriden, CT | 2004 | A ship flew right over my head |
| Meriden, CT | 2003 | Bright reflection off an object but not like an airplane it moved from the left of the sky to the right and then to the left again |
| Meriden, CT | 2003 | We saw the lunock light for about 2 min. the took off in the light! |
| Meriden, CT | 2002 | Bright object moving almost like a circuliar rocket. |
| Meriden, CT | 1997 | A downing of a UFO? |
| Meriden, CT | 1979 | I was 14 years old and lived at Sidehill Rd.I had just finished supper and decided to go up the street to my friends house at the top o |
| Meriden, CT | 1978 | amazing diamond shape craft at low altitude seeminly moving too slow to stay aloft |
| Meriden, CT | 1977 | Large unidentified object seen in the sky in Meriden, Connecticut in the late 1970's. |
| Meriden, CT | 1976 | Saw a BIG unknown object in the sky several days or weeks after seeing a smaller object that confounded me. It looked similar to the s |
| Meridien, CT | 1976 | I was walking home from a friends house in chamberlin heights to my house on springdale ave I heard a humming sound I looked up and saw |
| Meriden, CT | 1975 | A very large yellow-orange disk hovered above the trees before appearing to degrade to a small round white light as it flew away. There |
| Meriden, CT | 1970 | My parents & I just sat down for dinner when my Aunt came over to say she see's a funny thing in the sky . itm was dark already because |
| Meriden, CT | 1967 | Light on a dimmer switch |