📊 Analysis

Black triangles — an analysis

What 620 reports of black triangles 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.

620 sightings🎥 368 with video77 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1951–2026

What stands out

  • 51% of black triangles with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 7 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2024, with 137 reports.
  • 40% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 2% of the black triangles it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is triangle (560).

When

Sightings per year
19512026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19511
19520
19530
19540
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19621
19630
19640
19650
19660
19671
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19770
19781
19791
19801
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19881
19890
19901
19911
19921
19930
19940
19950
19961
19972
19980
19990
20001
20010
20020
20031
20040
20050
20062
20072
20082
20091
20103
20112
20129
20137
20147
20153
20163
20177
20184
20195
202013
202175
202261
202384
2024137
2025114
202660
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202442
Jan 20258
Feb 202514
Mar 20256
Apr 202513
May 202514
Jun 20259
Jul 20253
Aug 20254
Sep 202511
Oct 202512
Nov 202512
Dec 20258
Jan 20265
Feb 20266
Mar 20266
Apr 20266
May 20264
Jun 20267
Jul 20269
Aug 20264
Sep 20264
Oct 20269
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am4
1 am10
2 am7
3 am8
4 am4
5 am3
6 am5
7 am4
8 am0
9 am3
10 am0
11 am1
12 pm1
1 pm3
2 pm3
3 pm2
4 pm3
5 pm5
6 pm13
7 pm28
8 pm20
9 pm28
10 pm24
11 pm13
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan38
Feb41
Mar38
Apr48
May55
Jun56
Jul51
Aug47
Sep46
Oct78
Nov45
Dec73

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Phoenix, Arizona9
  • Shanghai, China5
  • Area 51, Nevada5
  • San Diego, California5
  • Toronto, Canada4

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Black90
  • White55
  • Red39
  • Green20
  • Orange16
  • Blue15
  • Silver10
  • Grey10
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match143
  • Starlink train (possible)2
  • Starlink train1

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