📊 Analysis

Seen from a plane window — an analysis

What 47 reports of seen from a plane window 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.

47 sightings🎥 32 with video2 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1986–2026

What stands out

  • 37% of seen from a plane window with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 8 am.
  • The busiest year so far is 2023, with 12 reports.
  • 45% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 0% of the seen from a plane window it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (11).

When

Sightings per year
19862026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19861
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20111
20120
20130
20140
20150
20161
20170
20182
20191
20201
20214
20222
202312
202412
20258
20262
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20245
Jan 20251
Feb 20252
Mar 20250
Apr 20251
May 20250
Jun 20250
Jul 20250
Aug 20251
Sep 20250
Oct 20252
Nov 20251
Dec 20250
Jan 20260
Feb 20261
Mar 20260
Apr 20261
May 20260
Jun 20260
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 am0
2 am1
3 am0
4 am0
5 am1
6 am0
7 am0
8 am2
9 am0
10 am0
11 am2
12 pm0
1 pm2
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm1
5 pm0
6 pm1
7 pm1
8 pm2
9 pm2
10 pm1
11 pm2
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan1
Feb7
Mar1
Apr8
Jun2
Jul1
Aug10
Sep5
Oct4
Nov3
Dec5

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Las Vegas, Nevada2
  • Casablanca, Morocco1
  • Vienna, Austria1
  • Tromsø, Norway1
  • Chicago, Illinois1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White5
  • Black4
  • Red3
  • Blue3
  • Orange2
  • Silver2
  • Pink1
  • Purple1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match14

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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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