📊 Analysis

Yellow lights & objects — an analysis

What 82 reports of yellow 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.

82 sightings🎥 35 with video15 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1951–2026

What stands out

  • 57% of yellow 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 20 reports.
  • 38% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 8% of the yellow lights & objects it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (17).

When

Sightings per year
19512026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19511
19520
19530
19542
19550
19560
19571
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19631
19640
19650
19660
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19741
19750
19760
19770
19780
19791
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19931
19940
19951
19960
19971
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20071
20080
20090
20101
20110
20120
20131
20140
20151
20161
20170
20181
20191
20201
20213
20226
202311
202420
202514
202610
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20247
Jan 20252
Feb 20251
Mar 20251
Apr 20250
May 20250
Jun 20250
Jul 20250
Aug 20252
Sep 20252
Oct 20250
Nov 20255
Dec 20251
Jan 20264
Feb 20261
Mar 20261
Apr 20260
May 20263
Jun 20261
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 am1
1 am6
2 am1
3 am1
4 am2
5 am0
6 am0
7 am0
8 am0
9 am0
10 am0
11 am1
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm1
3 pm1
4 pm2
5 pm1
6 pm6
7 pm5
8 pm3
9 pm9
10 pm3
11 pm4
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan6
Feb7
Mar5
Apr2
May9
Jun4
Jul5
Aug7
Sep5
Oct7
Nov13
Dec12

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Las Vegas, Nevada2
  • Detroit, Michigan2
  • Sacramento, California1
  • Rancagua, Chile1
  • Bratislava, Slovakia1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Yellow82
  • White25
  • Red21
  • Orange18
  • Blue9
  • Green9
  • Black6
  • Gold3
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match23
  • Starlink train (possible)1
  • Bright planet (possible)1

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