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📊 Analysis

No ordinary match — an analysis

What 162 reports of no ordinary match 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.

162 sightings🎥 162 with video162 in the last 12 months🗓️ 2026–2026

What stands out

  • 63% of no ordinary match 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 2026, with 162 reports.
  • 48% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 0% of the no ordinary match it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (30).

When

Sightings per year
20262026
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Sightings per yearSightings
2026162
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 20250
Aug 20250
Sep 20250
Oct 20250
Nov 20250
Dec 20250
Jan 20260
Feb 20260
Mar 20260
Apr 20260
May 20260
Jun 202631
Jul 202670
Aug 202622
Sep 202619
Oct 202618
Nov 20262
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am7
1 am5
2 am1
3 am5
4 am2
5 am1
6 am0
7 am1
8 am2
9 am0
10 am2
11 am3
12 pm3
1 pm1
2 pm1
3 pm0
4 pm2
5 pm0
6 pm3
7 pm5
8 pm9
9 pm14
10 pm13
11 pm9
Month of the year
JunNov
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Month of the yearSightings
Jun31
Jul70
Aug22
Sep19
Oct18
Nov2

Where

Countries
US states
Top towns and cities
  • Area 51, Nevada3
  • Roswell, New Mexico3
  • Los Angeles, California2
  • London, United Kingdom2
  • Bentonville, Arkansas2

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White10
  • Black5
  • Silver4
  • Multicolored4
  • Red4
  • Orange3
  • Gold1
  • Green1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match162

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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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