📊 Analysis

Blue lights & objects — an analysis

What 195 reports of blue 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.

195 sightings🎥 105 with video28 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1938–2026

What stands out

  • 60% of blue lights & objects 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 47 reports.
  • 43% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 11% of the blue lights & objects it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (50).

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
19511
19521
19530
19540
19551
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19671
19680
19690
19700
19710
19721
19730
19740
19750
19760
19772
19781
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19861
19871
19880
19890
19900
19911
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19971
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20071
20080
20090
20101
20111
20120
20131
20140
20150
20160
20171
20181
20193
20207
202114
20228
202331
202447
202545
202621
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202415
Jan 20256
Feb 20251
Mar 20256
Apr 20252
May 20255
Jun 20251
Jul 20257
Aug 20252
Sep 20254
Oct 20252
Nov 20256
Dec 20253
Jan 20264
Feb 20260
Mar 20264
Apr 20263
May 20265
Jun 20262
Jul 20262
Aug 20261
Sep 20260
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am6
1 am6
2 am2
3 am6
4 am3
5 am0
6 am2
7 am0
8 am0
9 am1
10 am2
11 am2
12 pm0
1 pm1
2 pm1
3 pm1
4 pm1
5 pm2
6 pm6
7 pm12
8 pm8
9 pm23
10 pm4
11 pm8
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan22
Feb4
Mar16
Apr16
May18
Jun11
Jul20
Aug12
Sep19
Oct15
Nov16
Dec26

Where

Top towns and cities
  • San Diego, California2
  • Toronto, Canada2
  • Astoria, New York2
  • Burbank, California1
  • Apex, North Carolina1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Blue195
  • White39
  • Green39
  • Red38
  • Orange11
  • Silver9
  • Black9
  • Yellow9
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match56
  • Starlink train (possible)4
  • Bright planet (possible)3

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