📊 Analysis

Multicoloured lights & objects — an analysis

What 150 reports of multicoloured 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.

150 sightings🎥 115 with video20 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1917–2026

What stands out

  • 55% of multicoloured 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 54 reports.
  • 49% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 8% of the multicoloured lights & objects it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (41).

When

Sightings per year
19172026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19171
19180
19190
19200
19210
19220
19230
19240
19250
19260
19270
19280
19290
19300
19310
19320
19330
19340
19350
19360
19370
19380
19390
19400
19410
19420
19430
19440
19450
19460
19470
19480
19490
19500
19510
19520
19530
19540
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19671
19680
19690
19700
19710
19721
19731
19740
19750
19760
19770
19780
19790
19801
19810
19821
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20031
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20111
20121
20132
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20191
20200
20218
20228
202319
202454
202530
202618
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202423
Jan 20254
Feb 20255
Mar 20252
Apr 20252
May 20253
Jun 20253
Jul 20252
Aug 20250
Sep 20254
Oct 20252
Nov 20252
Dec 20251
Jan 20263
Feb 20260
Mar 20262
Apr 20261
May 20263
Jun 20263
Jul 20262
Aug 20261
Sep 20263
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am2
1 am2
2 am2
3 am9
4 am3
5 am7
6 am1
7 am0
8 am0
9 am0
10 am0
11 am0
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm1
5 pm2
6 pm8
7 pm7
8 pm10
9 pm12
10 pm11
11 pm3
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan11
Feb9
Mar7
Apr10
May17
Jun9
Jul9
Aug9
Sep15
Oct10
Nov11
Dec32

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Chattanooga, Tennessee2
  • Bury, United Kingdom2
  • Sydney, Australia2
  • Salt Lake City, Utah2
  • Perth, Australia2

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Multicolored150
  • White8
  • Red6
  • Silver4
  • Orange3
  • Gold2
  • Black2
  • Green2
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match57
  • Bright planet (possible)5

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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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