📊 Analysis

UFO sightings in France — an analysis

What 84 reports of sightings in france 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.

84 sightings🎥 49 with video13 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1954–2026

What stands out

  • 50% of sightings in france 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 18 reports.
  • 99% come from France.
  • The Sky match explains 13% of the sightings in france it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is saucer (5).

When

Sightings per year
19542026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19541
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19601
19610
19620
19630
19640
19651
19660
19671
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19770
19780
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19861
19871
19880
19890
19901
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19971
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20061
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20131
20142
20150
20161
20170
20181
20191
20206
20217
20226
202310
202418
202511
202611
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20242
Jan 20251
Feb 20250
Mar 20251
Apr 20253
May 20251
Jun 20251
Jul 20250
Aug 20250
Sep 20251
Oct 20250
Nov 20251
Dec 20252
Jan 20261
Feb 20261
Mar 20261
Apr 20261
May 20263
Jun 20261
Jul 20261
Aug 20262
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 am2
5 am0
6 am0
7 am3
8 am1
9 am0
10 am2
11 am2
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm0
5 pm1
6 pm3
7 pm1
8 pm0
9 pm5
10 pm2
11 pm2
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan2
Feb1
Mar3
Apr5
May8
Jun11
Jul10
Aug12
Sep10
Oct8
Nov8
Dec6

Where

Countries
Top towns and cities
  • Paris, France6
  • Vernon, France2
  • Bordeaux, France1
  • Normandie, France1
  • Nice, France1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Grey9
  • Red6
  • White5
  • Black3
  • Blue3
  • Orange2
  • Green1
  • Purple1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match20
  • Starlink train2
  • Starlink train (possible)1

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