📊 Analysis

Silver lights & objects — an analysis

What 305 reports of silver 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.

305 sightings🎥 162 with video30 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1950–2026

What stands out

  • 16% of silver 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 2025, with 70 reports.
  • 41% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 3% of the silver lights & objects it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is sphere (75).

When

Sightings per year
19502026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19503
19510
19521
19531
19540
19553
19561
19571
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19651
19663
19672
19681
19690
19700
19712
19722
19730
19740
19751
19760
19774
19782
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19872
19880
19890
19901
19910
19920
19930
19941
19951
19960
19971
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20041
20050
20063
20072
20080
20091
20100
20111
20120
20131
20142
20153
20163
20171
20181
20192
20207
202110
202219
202363
202455
202570
202625
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202414
Jan 20257
Feb 20252
Mar 20255
Apr 20253
May 202512
Jun 202518
Jul 20256
Aug 20255
Sep 20253
Oct 20254
Nov 20252
Dec 20253
Jan 20261
Feb 20263
Mar 20263
Apr 20262
May 20265
Jun 20262
Jul 20264
Aug 20260
Sep 20262
Oct 20263
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am1
1 am8
2 am5
3 am2
4 am1
5 am1
6 am1
7 am0
8 am3
9 am7
10 am5
11 am3
12 pm10
1 pm11
2 pm9
3 pm12
4 pm11
5 pm14
6 pm6
7 pm15
8 pm4
9 pm1
10 pm3
11 pm0
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan17
Feb20
Mar17
Apr30
May34
Jun30
Jul31
Aug35
Sep29
Oct20
Nov13
Dec28

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Los Angeles, California4
  • San Diego, California4
  • Las Vegas, Nevada3
  • Roswell, New Mexico3
  • Phoenix, Arizona3

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Silver305
  • White23
  • Black18
  • Grey13
  • Blue9
  • Orange7
  • Red7
  • Multicolored4
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match87
  • Starlink train1
  • Bright planet (possible)1
  • Rocket launch1

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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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