Persinger M A, Derr J S
Percept Mot Skills. 1985 Feb;60(1):143-52. doi: 10.2466/pms.1985.60.1.143.
A strong temporal correlation was found between the numbers of reports of UFOs (unidentified flying objects) and nearby seismic activity within the Uinta Basin for the year 1967. The numbers of UFO reports per month during this classic UFO flap were correlated 0.80 with the sum of the earthquake magnitudes per month for events within 150 km of the report area. Numbers of UFO reports were not correlated significantly with earthquake activity at distances greater than 150 km but less than 250 km away. The strongest correlation occurred between UFO reports and nearby seismic activity within the same month but not for previous or consequent months. Close scrutiny of daily shifts in epicenters and reports of UFOs indicate that they occurred when the locus of successive epicenters shifted across the area. These analyses were interpreted as support for the existence of strain fields whose movements generate natural phenomena that are reported as UFOs.
1967年，在尤因塔盆地内，不明飞行物（UFO）报告数量与附近地震活动之间发现了强烈的时间相关性。在这次典型的不明飞行物热潮期间，每月的不明飞行物报告数量与报告区域150公里范围内每月地震震级总和的相关性为0.80。不明飞行物报告数量与距离大于150公里但小于250公里处的地震活动没有显著相关性。最强的相关性出现在同一月份内不明飞行物报告与附近地震活动之间，而不是前一个月或后一个月。对震中和不明飞行物报告的每日变化进行仔细审查表明，它们发生在连续震中的轨迹穿过该区域时。这些分析被解释为支持存在应变场，其运动产生被报告为不明飞行物的自然现象。
