📊 Analysis

Formations & lights in a line — an analysis

What 210 reports of formations & lights in a line 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.

210 sightings🎥 138 with video20 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1952–2026

What stands out

  • 51% of formations & lights in a line 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 64 reports.
  • 50% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 17% of the formations & lights in a line it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is formation (163).

When

Sightings per year
19522026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19521
19530
19540
19550
19560
19570
19580
19591
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19671
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19770
19781
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19861
19870
19880
19890
19901
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20134
20140
20150
20162
20172
20181
20195
20209
202114
202213
202333
202464
202536
202618
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202434
Jan 20259
Feb 20253
Mar 20253
Apr 20252
May 20251
Jun 20253
Jul 20255
Aug 20254
Sep 20252
Oct 20251
Nov 20251
Dec 20252
Jan 20262
Feb 20262
Mar 20262
Apr 20262
May 20264
Jun 20263
Jul 20261
Aug 20261
Sep 20261
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am3
1 am1
2 am0
3 am2
4 am2
5 am5
6 am2
7 am2
8 am0
9 am1
10 am0
11 am0
12 pm3
1 pm1
2 pm0
3 pm2
4 pm4
5 pm2
6 pm7
7 pm9
8 pm4
9 pm14
10 pm11
11 pm10
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan17
Feb12
Mar9
Apr13
May17
Jun14
Jul15
Aug16
Sep23
Oct18
Nov11
Dec42

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Perth, Australia4
  • Phoenix, Arizona4
  • Nuremberg, Germany3
  • Los Angeles, California3
  • San Diego, California2

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White23
  • Red17
  • Orange8
  • Multicolored8
  • Black7
  • Green6
  • Blue5
  • Silver5
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match59
  • Starlink train (possible)7
  • Starlink train5

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