Time-series analysis of a catalog of UFO events: Evidence of a local-sidereal-time modulation

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 399-419

  Sturrock, P A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

UFO events; UFO time patterns

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

LOCAL SIDEREAL TIME MODULATION; POWER SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; UFO EVENTS; UFO TIME PATTERNS; UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 5644246553     PISSN: 08923310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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