📊 Analysis

Chevron sightings — an analysis

What 31 reports of chevron 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.

31 sightings🎥 16 with video4 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1951–2026

What stands out

  • 41% of chevron sightings 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 10 reports.
  • 61% come from the United States.
  • The most-reported shape is chevron (31).

When

Sightings per year
19512026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19511
19520
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
19971
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20111
20121
20130
20140
20151
20160
20170
20180
20190
20200
20210
20223
20233
202410
20259
20261
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20242
Jan 20250
Feb 20250
Mar 20250
Apr 20253
May 20252
Jun 20250
Jul 20250
Aug 20250
Sep 20251
Oct 20250
Nov 20251
Dec 20252
Jan 20260
Feb 20260
Mar 20260
Apr 20260
May 20260
Jun 20260
Jul 20260
Aug 20261
Sep 20260
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am0
1 am2
2 am0
3 am1
4 am0
5 am0
6 am0
7 am1
8 am0
9 am1
10 am0
11 am0
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm0
3 pm1
4 pm1
5 pm0
6 pm0
7 pm5
8 pm1
9 pm1
10 pm0
11 pm3
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan1
Mar4
Apr5
May3
Jun1
Aug5
Sep2
Oct4
Nov1
Dec5

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Los Angeles, California3
  • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2
  • Forney, Texas1
  • Cleveland, Ohio1
  • Amarillo, Texas1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Silver5
  • White4
  • Red2
  • Blue1
  • Black1
  • Orange1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match9

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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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