📊 Analysis

Gold lights & objects — an analysis

What 32 reports of gold 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.

32 sightings🎥 21 with video6 in the last 12 months🗓️ 2015–2026

What stands out

  • 44% of gold lights & objects with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 3 am.
  • The busiest year so far is 2025, with 9 reports.
  • 56% come from the United States.
  • The most-reported shape is orb (9).

When

Sightings per year
20152026
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Sightings per yearSightings
20151
20160
20170
20180
20190
20201
20212
20221
20237
20248
20259
20263
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20241
Jan 20250
Feb 20251
Mar 20251
Apr 20250
May 20250
Jun 20251
Jul 20250
Aug 20251
Sep 20252
Oct 20250
Nov 20250
Dec 20253
Jan 20260
Feb 20261
Mar 20260
Apr 20260
May 20261
Jun 20260
Jul 20261
Aug 20260
Sep 20260
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am0
1 am1
2 am0
3 am2
4 am1
5 am0
6 am1
7 am0
8 am1
9 am0
10 am0
11 am1
12 pm0
1 pm1
2 pm0
3 pm1
4 pm0
5 pm1
6 pm0
7 pm2
8 pm1
9 pm1
10 pm1
11 pm1
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan1
Feb3
Mar1
Apr1
May2
Jun3
Jul2
Aug2
Sep5
Oct2
Nov5
Dec5

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Redmond, Washington1
  • Amherst, New York1
  • Bonita Springs, Florida1
  • Kelly, North Carolina1
  • Varginha, Brazil1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Gold32
  • Yellow3
  • Blue3
  • White3
  • Red2
  • Multicolored2
  • Silver2
  • Orange2
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match9

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Counted from the sightings on this site, as reported — shapes, times and places are what witnesses said. Updated hourly.

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