📊 Analysis

Boomerang sightings — an analysis

What 22 reports of boomerang sightings 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.

22 sightings🎥 16 with video5 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1992–2026

What stands out

  • The busiest hour is 9 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2024, with 9 reports.
  • 50% come from the United States.
  • The most-reported shape is boomerang (22).

When

Sightings per year
19922026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19921
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20031
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20130
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20191
20201
20211
20221
20231
20249
20253
20263
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20244
Jan 20250
Feb 20250
Mar 20250
Apr 20250
May 20250
Jun 20250
Jul 20250
Aug 20250
Sep 20250
Oct 20250
Nov 20252
Dec 20251
Jan 20260
Feb 20260
Mar 20260
Apr 20261
May 20260
Jun 20261
Jul 20261
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 am0
6 am0
7 am0
8 am0
9 am0
10 am0
11 am0
12 pm0
1 pm1
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm0
5 pm0
6 pm2
7 pm0
8 pm0
9 pm4
10 pm0
11 pm0
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan2
Feb1
Apr2
May2
Jun1
Jul3
Aug1
Sep1
Oct1
Nov3
Dec5

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Roswell, New Mexico1
  • Phoenix, Arizona1
  • Pine Bush, New York1
  • Las Vegas, Nevada1
  • Charleston, South Carolina1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Black2
  • Multicolored1
  • Blue1
  • Green1
  • Red1
  • White1
  • Orange1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match7

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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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