📊 Analysis

Beams of light — an analysis

What 61 reports of beams of light have in common: when and where they are seen, shapes, colours, how long they last and what the sky shows — compared with all UFO sightings.

61 sightings🎥 23 with video11 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1942–2026

What stands out

  • 68% of beams of light with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 9 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2024, with 12 reports.
  • 44% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 17% of the beams of light it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is saucer (13).

When

Sightings per year
19422026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19421
19430
19440
19450
19460
19470
19480
19490
19500
19510
19520
19530
19540
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19651
19660
19670
19682
19691
19700
19710
19723
19730
19740
19751
19761
19771
19780
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19880
19891
19900
19910
19920
19930
19941
19950
19960
19970
19982
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20071
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20130
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20190
20201
20215
20221
20236
202412
202511
20269
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20242
Jan 20250
Feb 20251
Mar 20250
Apr 20251
May 20251
Jun 20251
Jul 20250
Aug 20250
Sep 20252
Oct 20252
Nov 20251
Dec 20252
Jan 20262
Feb 20261
Mar 20260
Apr 20260
May 20261
Jun 20262
Jul 20261
Aug 20261
Sep 20261
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am1
1 am2
2 am2
3 am2
4 am0
5 am1
6 am1
7 am0
8 am0
9 am0
10 am0
11 am0
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm0
5 pm1
6 pm0
7 pm2
8 pm1
9 pm3
10 pm1
11 pm2
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan5
Feb4
Mar1
Apr1
May6
Jun5
Jul3
Aug7
Sep10
Oct7
Nov7
Dec5

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Roswell, New Mexico2
  • Seattle, Washington2
  • Los Angeles, California1
  • Peoria, Illinois1
  • Titusville, Pennsylvania1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White10
  • Red7
  • Silver6
  • Blue5
  • Green5
  • Orange3
  • Black3
  • Multicolored3
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match15
  • Starlink train2
  • Bright planet (possible)1

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