📊 Analysis

Pilot & military witnesses — an analysis

What 919 reports of pilot & military witnesses 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.

919 sightings🎥 504 with video86 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1943–2026

What stands out

  • 42% of pilot & military witnesses with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 7 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2025, with 187 reports.
  • 36% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 7% of the pilot & military witnesses it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (77).

When

Sightings per year
19432026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19432
19440
19451
19460
19471
19481
19490
19502
19510
19523
19530
19540
19550
19561
19570
19581
19590
19600
19610
19621
19630
19640
19652
19663
19671
19681
19690
19700
19710
19720
19731
19740
19751
19760
19771
19785
19794
19803
19810
19820
19830
19840
19851
19865
19873
19881
19891
19903
19910
19921
19931
19940
19951
19962
19973
19982
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20045
20050
20062
20071
20080
20091
20103
20111
20122
20134
20144
20153
20163
20172
20183
201913
202023
202166
202290
2023185
2024179
2025187
202673
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202448
Jan 202539
Feb 202517
Mar 20259
Apr 202515
May 202517
Jun 202523
Jul 20259
Aug 202510
Sep 202515
Oct 202513
Nov 202512
Dec 20258
Jan 202611
Feb 202613
Mar 20264
Apr 20265
May 202610
Jun 202610
Jul 20268
Aug 20266
Sep 20264
Oct 20262
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am6
1 am11
2 am6
3 am13
4 am4
5 am4
6 am2
7 am4
8 am3
9 am7
10 am2
11 am5
12 pm6
1 pm4
2 pm1
3 pm0
4 pm8
5 pm14
6 pm14
7 pm26
8 pm10
9 pm17
10 pm13
11 pm10
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan93
Feb76
Mar50
Apr56
May76
Jun67
Jul71
Aug96
Sep64
Oct80
Nov80
Dec100

Where

Countries
US states
Top towns and cities
  • Pacific Ocean off San Diego, United States15
  • Roswell, New Mexico15
  • Area 51, Nevada10
  • Los Angeles, California6
  • Varginha, Brazil6

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White54
  • Red35
  • Silver34
  • Orange27
  • Black23
  • Green16
  • Blue11
  • Grey10
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match194
  • Starlink train (possible)6
  • Bright planet (possible)5
  • Rocket launch2
  • Starlink train1

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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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