📊 Analysis

3I/ATLAS — an analysis

What 42 reports of 3i/atlas 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.

42 sightings🎥 10 with video8 in the last 12 months🗓️ 2025–2026

What stands out

  • The busiest hour is 4 am.
  • The busiest year so far is 2025, with 41 reports.
  • 7% come from the United States.
  • The most-reported shape is orb (4).

When

Sightings per year
20252026
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Sightings per yearSightings
202541
20261
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20240
Jan 20250
Feb 20250
Mar 20250
Apr 20250
May 20250
Jun 20250
Jul 20254
Aug 202514
Sep 20250
Oct 202513
Nov 20258
Dec 20252
Jan 20261
Feb 20260
Mar 20260
Apr 20260
May 20260
Jun 20260
Jul 20260
Aug 20260
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 am0
4 am1
5 am0
6 am0
7 am0
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 pm1
9 pm1
10 pm0
11 pm0
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan1
Jul4
Aug14
Oct13
Nov8
Dec2

Where

Countries
US states
Top towns and cities
  • Lafayette, Louisiana1
  • Zanesville, Ohio1
  • Stixendorf, Austria1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Blue2
  • Green1
  • Red1
  • Gold1
  • White1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match6

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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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