📊 Analysis

Circle sightings — an analysis

What 62 reports of circle 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.

62 sightings🎥 26 with video5 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1967–2026

What stands out

  • 74% of circle sightings with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 11 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2023, with 16 reports.
  • 27% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 7% of the circle sightings it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is circle (62).

When

Sightings per year
19672026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19671
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19770
19780
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19861
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19981
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20081
20090
20100
20110
20120
20131
20141
20150
20160
20170
20180
20191
20201
20213
20225
202316
20247
202511
20265
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20241
Jan 20252
Feb 20250
Mar 20250
Apr 20252
May 20251
Jun 20252
Jul 20250
Aug 20251
Sep 20251
Oct 20251
Nov 20251
Dec 20250
Jan 20260
Feb 20261
Mar 20261
Apr 20261
May 20260
Jun 20260
Jul 20261
Aug 20261
Sep 20260
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am2
1 am3
2 am1
3 am2
4 am0
5 am0
6 am1
7 am0
8 am0
9 am0
10 am0
11 am0
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm0
5 pm0
6 pm0
7 pm3
8 pm1
9 pm1
10 pm1
11 pm4
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan4
Feb3
Mar2
Apr5
May3
Jun3
Jul5
Aug14
Sep5
Oct6
Nov2
Dec3

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Louisville, Kentucky1
  • Galway, Ireland1
  • Tuscany, Italy1
  • Shanghai, China1
  • Denver, Colorado1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White10
  • Red9
  • Black9
  • Orange6
  • Green3
  • Silver3
  • Pink1
  • Blue1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match13
  • Bright planet (possible)1

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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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