📊 Analysis

UFO sightings in Peru — an analysis

What 69 reports of sightings in peru 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.

69 sightings🎥 42 with video1 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1951–2026

What stands out

  • The busiest hour is 3 am.
  • The busiest year so far is 2023, with 26 reports.
  • 97% come from Peru.
  • The Sky match explains 0% of the sightings in peru it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is egg (4).

When

Sightings per year
19512026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19511
19520
19530
19540
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19731
19740
19750
19760
19770
19780
19790
19801
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
20071
20080
20090
20100
20112
20120
20130
20140
20150
20162
20171
20180
20192
20206
20215
20222
202326
20249
20259
20261
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20240
Jan 20253
Feb 20252
Mar 20250
Apr 20250
May 20250
Jun 20250
Jul 20250
Aug 20252
Sep 20251
Oct 20251
Nov 20250
Dec 20250
Jan 20260
Feb 20260
Mar 20260
Apr 20260
May 20260
Jun 20260
Jul 20260
Aug 20261
Sep 20260
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am0
1 am0
2 am0
3 am2
4 am1
5 am0
6 am0
7 am2
8 am0
9 am0
10 am0
11 am0
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm0
5 pm0
6 pm0
7 pm0
8 pm2
9 pm1
10 pm0
11 pm1
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan9
Feb5
Mar2
Apr8
May4
Jun1
Jul3
Aug11
Sep5
Oct11
Nov6
Dec4

Where

Countries
Top towns and cities
  • Lima, Peru10
  • Nazca, Peru4
  • Huaraz, Peru3
  • Puno, Peru1
  • San Juan, Peru1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Blue3
  • Yellow2
  • Orange2
  • White1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match10

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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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