📊 Analysis

Black lights & objects — an analysis

What 365 reports of black lights & objects 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.

365 sightings🎥 187 with video47 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1938–2026

What stands out

  • 29% of black lights & objects with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 8 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2023, with 68 reports.
  • 35% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 5% of the black lights & objects it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is triangle (87).

When

Sightings per year
19382026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19381
19390
19400
19410
19420
19430
19440
19450
19460
19470
19480
19490
19500
19510
19522
19530
19542
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19661
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19770
19780
19791
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19871
19880
19890
19901
19910
19920
19931
19940
19950
19961
19971
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20041
20050
20062
20074
20082
20093
20102
20111
20120
20133
20140
20154
20161
20179
20185
20197
202013
202121
202232
202368
202457
202566
202641
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202411
Jan 20256
Feb 20257
Mar 20255
Apr 20254
May 20256
Jun 20259
Jul 20253
Aug 20258
Sep 20259
Oct 20251
Nov 20254
Dec 20254
Jan 20264
Feb 20262
Mar 20261
Apr 20262
May 20266
Jun 20265
Jul 20264
Aug 202611
Sep 20261
Oct 20265
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am6
1 am3
2 am3
3 am2
4 am1
5 am4
6 am2
7 am2
8 am2
9 am3
10 am1
11 am6
12 pm10
1 pm5
2 pm7
3 pm2
4 pm5
5 pm11
6 pm9
7 pm12
8 pm13
9 pm10
10 pm8
11 pm6
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan21
Feb29
Mar25
Apr23
May31
Jun48
Jul35
Aug41
Sep26
Oct24
Nov26
Dec25

Where

Top towns and cities
  • San Diego, California5
  • Nuremberg, Germany4
  • Los Angeles, California2
  • Detroit, Michigan2
  • Glen Allen, Virginia2

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Black365
  • White41
  • Red21
  • Silver18
  • Grey16
  • Green10
  • Blue9
  • Yellow6
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match84
  • Bright planet (possible)2
  • Starlink train (possible)1
  • Starlink train1

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