📊 Analysis

Grey lights & objects — an analysis

What 70 reports of grey 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.

70 sightings🎥 24 with video6 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1954–2026

What stands out

  • 42% of grey 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 17 reports.
  • 43% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 12% of the grey lights & objects it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is sphere (11).

When

Sightings per year
19542026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19541
19551
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19673
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19751
19760
19770
19780
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20062
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20130
20140
20152
20160
20170
20180
20191
20200
20211
20227
202316
202417
202512
20266
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20242
Jan 20250
Feb 20250
Mar 20252
Apr 20251
May 20251
Jun 20252
Jul 20251
Aug 20252
Sep 20252
Oct 20251
Nov 20250
Dec 20250
Jan 20261
Feb 20260
Mar 20261
Apr 20260
May 20260
Jun 20261
Jul 20262
Aug 20260
Sep 20260
Oct 20261
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am2
1 am1
2 am3
3 am3
4 am0
5 am1
6 am0
7 am0
8 am2
9 am1
10 am2
11 am3
12 pm1
1 pm0
2 pm2
3 pm0
4 pm3
5 pm1
6 pm0
7 pm1
8 pm2
9 pm4
10 pm1
11 pm0
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan2
Mar8
Apr4
May9
Jun6
Jul8
Aug12
Sep3
Oct7
Nov7
Dec4

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Area 51, Nevada3
  • Roswell, New Mexico2
  • Danvers, Massachusetts1
  • Cier-de-Rivière, France1
  • Zihuatanejo, Mexico1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Grey70
  • Black16
  • White15
  • Silver13
  • Blue6
  • Red4
  • Multicolored2
  • Green2
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match15
  • Starlink train (possible)1
  • Bright planet (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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