📊 Analysis

UFO sightings in Arizona — an analysis

What 337 reports of sightings in arizona 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.

337 sightings🎥 267 with video34 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1953–2026

What stands out

  • 40% of sightings in arizona with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 8 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2024, with 78 reports.
  • 100% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 12% of the sightings in arizona it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (87).

When

Sightings per year
19532026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19531
19540
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19721
19730
19740
19750
19760
19770
19780
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19979
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20041
20051
20060
20071
20080
20097
20100
20112
20120
20133
20142
20158
20161
20171
20183
20195
202011
202147
202222
202338
202478
202571
202624
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202428
Jan 202512
Feb 20257
Mar 20255
Apr 20258
May 20256
Jun 20256
Jul 20254
Aug 20255
Sep 20252
Oct 20254
Nov 20254
Dec 20258
Jan 20262
Feb 20262
Mar 20265
Apr 20263
May 20264
Jun 20262
Jul 20262
Aug 20263
Sep 20260
Oct 20261
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am2
1 am3
2 am1
3 am7
4 am4
5 am1
6 am1
7 am0
8 am3
9 am1
10 am2
11 am1
12 pm1
1 pm2
2 pm2
3 pm1
4 pm3
5 pm4
6 pm14
7 pm12
8 pm27
9 pm16
10 pm8
11 pm8
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan25
Feb24
Mar37
Apr31
May35
Jun20
Jul24
Aug25
Sep19
Oct20
Nov34
Dec43

Where

Countries
US states
Top towns and cities
  • Phoenix, Arizona114
  • Tucson, Arizona18
  • Scottsdale, Arizona10
  • Yuma, Arizona7
  • Mesa, Arizona7

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Orange17
  • Silver6
  • White6
  • Red5
  • Green3
  • Blue3
  • Black3
  • Multicolored2
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match103
  • Bright planet (possible)8
  • Starlink train (possible)3
  • Starlink train1
  • Rocket launch (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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