📊 Analysis

UFO sightings in Brazil — an analysis

What 264 reports of sightings in brazil 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.

264 sightings🎥 178 with video55 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1963–2026

What stands out

  • 39% of sightings in brazil 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 49 reports.
  • 99% come from Brazil.
  • The Sky match explains 1% of the sightings in brazil it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (27).

When

Sightings per year
19632026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19631
19640
19650
19660
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19771
19780
19790
19800
19810
19822
19830
19840
19850
19862
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19951
19963
19970
19982
19990
20001
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20112
20120
20131
20144
20150
20160
20171
20180
20192
20208
202125
202235
202338
202449
202538
202648
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202410
Jan 20252
Feb 20253
Mar 20252
Apr 20253
May 20254
Jun 20253
Jul 20254
Aug 20253
Sep 20253
Oct 20252
Nov 20253
Dec 20256
Jan 20269
Feb 20263
Mar 20261
Apr 20262
May 20268
Jun 202621
Jul 20263
Aug 20260
Sep 20260
Oct 20261
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am2
1 am2
2 am1
3 am2
4 am0
5 am4
6 am0
7 am0
8 am1
9 am1
10 am0
11 am1
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm0
3 pm1
4 pm1
5 pm5
6 pm5
7 pm5
8 pm9
9 pm6
10 pm3
11 pm5
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan23
Feb19
Mar11
Apr15
May27
Jun37
Jul26
Aug26
Sep17
Oct20
Nov22
Dec21

Where

Countries
Top towns and cities
  • Varginha, Brazil36
  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil13
  • São Paulo, Brazil13
  • Curitiba, Brazil6
  • Magé, Brazil5

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Red12
  • White11
  • Black6
  • Silver6
  • Multicolored5
  • Orange4
  • Yellow4
  • Blue2
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match93
  • 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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