📊 Analysis

Green lights & objects — an analysis

What 213 reports of green 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.

213 sightings🎥 136 with video30 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1952–2026

What stands out

  • 54% of green lights & objects 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 64 reports.
  • 51% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 14% of the green lights & objects it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (60).

When

Sightings per year
19522026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19521
19530
19540
19550
19560
19571
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19741
19750
19760
19770
19780
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19862
19870
19880
19891
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20121
20132
20141
20150
20160
20172
20181
20192
20209
20219
20227
202328
202464
202555
202626
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202438
Jan 20256
Feb 20255
Mar 20253
Apr 20252
May 20254
Jun 20254
Jul 20254
Aug 20253
Sep 20256
Oct 20258
Nov 20258
Dec 20252
Jan 20265
Feb 20262
Mar 20267
Apr 20265
May 20265
Jun 20262
Jul 20260
Aug 20260
Sep 20260
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am8
1 am5
2 am3
3 am5
4 am3
5 am1
6 am3
7 am1
8 am0
9 am0
10 am0
11 am0
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm1
3 pm0
4 pm1
5 pm3
6 pm8
7 pm20
8 pm15
9 pm20
10 pm11
11 pm8
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan18
Feb11
Mar16
Apr10
May16
Jun14
Jul8
Aug13
Sep15
Oct28
Nov21
Dec43

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Hawthorne, Nevada2
  • London, United Kingdom2
  • Perth, Australia2
  • Los Angeles, California2
  • Toronto, Canada2

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Green213
  • Red86
  • White53
  • Blue39
  • Black10
  • Yellow9
  • Purple9
  • Orange7
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match82
  • Bright planet (possible)8
  • Starlink train (possible)2
  • Starlink train1
  • Rocket launch1
  • Rocket launch (possible)1

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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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