📊 Analysis

UFO sightings in Sweden — an analysis

What 51 reports of sightings in sweden 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.

51 sightings🎥 28 with video3 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1946–2026

What stands out

  • 56% of sightings in sweden with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 1 am.
  • The busiest year so far is 2025, with 18 reports.
  • 100% come from Sweden.
  • The Sky match explains 5% of the sightings in sweden it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (6).

When

Sightings per year
19462026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19461
19470
19480
19490
19500
19510
19520
19530
19540
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19671
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19771
19780
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19871
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20130
20140
20151
20160
20170
20180
20193
20200
20217
20229
20232
20244
202518
20263
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20241
Jan 20255
Feb 20252
Mar 20251
Apr 20252
May 20250
Jun 20251
Jul 20250
Aug 20252
Sep 20252
Oct 20251
Nov 20252
Dec 20250
Jan 20260
Feb 20260
Mar 20260
Apr 20260
May 20260
Jun 20260
Jul 20261
Aug 20260
Sep 20261
Oct 20260
Nov 20261
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am1
1 am2
2 am1
3 am0
4 am1
5 am0
6 am1
7 am1
8 am0
9 am0
10 am0
11 am1
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm2
5 pm0
6 pm1
7 pm1
8 pm1
9 pm1
10 pm2
11 pm2
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan10
Feb2
Mar2
Apr4
May3
Jun5
Jul6
Aug2
Sep5
Oct4
Nov5
Dec3

Where

Countries
Top towns and cities
  • Stockholm, Sweden4
  • Gothenburg, Sweden2
  • Stockholm archipelago, Sweden1
  • Halmstad, Sweden1
  • Lund, Sweden1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Orange3
  • Blue3
  • Silver3
  • White2
  • Red1
  • Yellow1
  • Grey1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match21
  • Bright planet (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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