📊 Analysis

Seen on radar — an analysis

What 464 reports of seen on radar 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.

464 sightings🎥 263 with video59 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1943–2026

What stands out

  • 51% of seen on radar 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 2024, with 127 reports.
  • 44% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 10% of the seen on radar it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (65).

When

Sightings per year
19432026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19431
19440
19450
19460
19470
19480
19490
19500
19510
19522
19530
19541
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19653
19660
19671
19681
19690
19700
19711
19720
19730
19740
19751
19760
19770
19782
19791
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19861
19872
19880
19890
19903
19910
19920
19930
19940
19951
19961
19970
19981
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20043
20050
20061
20070
20080
20091
20100
20113
20120
20132
20143
20152
20162
20171
20180
20194
20209
202124
202220
202377
2024127
2025110
202652
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202477
Jan 202522
Feb 20256
Mar 20257
Apr 20254
May 202510
Jun 20256
Jul 20258
Aug 202512
Sep 202513
Oct 202511
Nov 20255
Dec 20256
Jan 20263
Feb 20266
Mar 20264
Apr 20263
May 202611
Jun 202610
Jul 20269
Aug 20264
Sep 20261
Oct 20261
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am10
1 am9
2 am4
3 am10
4 am6
5 am1
6 am5
7 am5
8 am1
9 am2
10 am1
11 am3
12 pm2
1 pm1
2 pm0
3 pm1
4 pm8
5 pm7
6 pm11
7 pm24
8 pm20
9 pm20
10 pm21
11 pm14
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan35
Feb29
Mar29
Apr14
May46
Jun31
Jul37
Aug49
Sep39
Oct39
Nov19
Dec97

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Pacific Ocean off San Diego, United States10
  • Area 51, Nevada5
  • Oslo, Norway4
  • Roswell, New Mexico4
  • Brooklyn, New York4

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White45
  • Red33
  • Orange20
  • Green17
  • Silver14
  • Black9
  • Multicolored7
  • Yellow6
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match171
  • Bright planet (possible)10
  • Rocket launch3
  • Starlink train (possible)2
  • Starlink train2
  • Rocket launch (possible)1

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