📊 Analysis

Cone sightings — an analysis

What 18 reports of cone 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.

18 sightings🎥 7 with video3 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1979–2026

What stands out

  • The busiest hour is 8 am.
  • The busiest year so far is 2024, with 6 reports.
  • 33% come from the United States.
  • The most-reported shape is cone (18).

When

Sightings per year
19792026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19791
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19951
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20130
20141
20150
20160
20170
20180
20190
20200
20211
20221
20232
20246
20252
20263
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20240
Jan 20252
Feb 20250
Mar 20250
Apr 20250
May 20250
Jun 20250
Jul 20250
Aug 20250
Sep 20250
Oct 20250
Nov 20250
Dec 20250
Jan 20261
Feb 20260
Mar 20261
Apr 20260
May 20261
Jun 20260
Jul 20260
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 am1
9 am0
10 am0
11 am0
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm0
3 pm0
4 pm0
5 pm0
6 pm0
7 pm0
8 pm0
9 pm1
10 pm1
11 pm0
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan4
Feb1
Mar1
May3
Jun1
Aug3
Sep2
Nov2
Dec1

Where

Countries
US states
Top towns and cities
  • Myrtle Beach, South Carolina1
  • Phoenix, Arizona1
  • Atlantis, South Africa1
  • Mount Vernon, Missouri1
  • Los Angeles, California1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Silver2
  • Orange1
  • Grey1
  • Red1
  • Blue1
  • Green1
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match5

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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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