📊 Analysis

UFO sightings in Australia — an analysis

What 220 reports of sightings in australia 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.

220 sightings🎥 145 with video30 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1965–2026

What stands out

  • 43% of sightings in australia 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 2025, with 56 reports.
  • 100% come from Australia.
  • The Sky match explains 6% of the sightings in australia it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (28).

When

Sightings per year
19652026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19651
19669
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19770
19781
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20101
20111
20128
20133
20143
20153
20161
20171
20181
20192
202012
202119
202210
202325
202435
202556
202628
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20249
Jan 20257
Feb 20253
Mar 20253
Apr 20253
May 20258
Jun 20254
Jul 20257
Aug 20256
Sep 20253
Oct 20256
Nov 20254
Dec 20252
Jan 20264
Feb 20264
Mar 20264
Apr 20266
May 20260
Jun 20262
Jul 20266
Aug 20262
Sep 20260
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am3
1 am4
2 am1
3 am0
4 am2
5 am2
6 am2
7 am0
8 am0
9 am1
10 am0
11 am2
12 pm3
1 pm1
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm1
5 pm5
6 pm4
7 pm5
8 pm14
9 pm9
10 pm4
11 pm7
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan21
Feb14
Mar15
Apr25
May25
Jun16
Jul25
Aug22
Sep7
Oct17
Nov12
Dec21

Where

Countries
Top towns and cities
  • Westall, Australia22
  • Sydney, Australia20
  • Melbourne, Australia10
  • Perth, Australia10
  • Brisbane, Australia5

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White10
  • Red8
  • Orange8
  • Black8
  • Multicolored7
  • Grey5
  • Silver5
  • Green4
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match87
  • Bright planet (possible)5
  • Starlink train (possible)1

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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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