📊 Analysis

Official & government records — an analysis

What 162 reports of official & government records 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🎥 133 with video0 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1952–2025

What stands out

  • The busiest hour is 9 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2023, with 16 reports.
  • 4% come from the United States.
  • The most-reported shape is sphere (13).

When

Sightings per year
19522025
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Sightings per yearSightings
19521
19530
19540
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19770
19780
19790
19800
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
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20130
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20191
202010
20217
20221
202316
20241
20251
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 20251
Aug 20250
Sep 20250
Oct 20250
Nov 20250
Dec 20250
Jan 20260
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 am0
5 am1
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 pm1
7 pm1
8 pm0
9 pm2
10 pm0
11 pm0
Month of the year
FebNov
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Month of the yearSightings
Feb1
Mar1
May1
Jul2
Aug4
Sep9
Oct17
Nov3

Where

Countries
US states
Top towns and cities
  • Colorado Springs, Colorado1
  • Tremonton, Utah1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Black11
  • Red8
  • White7
  • Blue4
  • Green4
  • Silver1
  • Multicolored1
  • Orange1

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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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