📊 Analysis

Cylinder sightings — an analysis

What 94 reports of cylinder 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.

94 sightings🎥 51 with video10 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1903–2026

What stands out

  • 35% of cylinder sightings with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 9 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2023, with 30 reports.
  • 40% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 5% of the cylinder sightings it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is cylinder (94).

When

Sightings per year
19032026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19031
19040
19050
19060
19070
19080
19090
19100
19110
19120
19130
19140
19150
19160
19170
19180
19190
19200
19210
19220
19230
19240
19250
19260
19270
19280
19290
19300
19310
19320
19330
19340
19350
19360
19370
19380
19390
19400
19410
19420
19430
19440
19450
19460
19470
19480
19490
19500
19510
19520
19530
19540
19550
19560
19571
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19670
19680
19690
19700
19710
19720
19730
19740
19750
19760
19771
19781
19790
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19850
19860
19870
19880
19890
19900
19910
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19970
19981
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20041
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20111
20120
20132
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20191
20202
20218
20225
202330
202415
202516
20268
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20242
Jan 20252
Feb 20250
Mar 20250
Apr 20252
May 20250
Jun 20255
Jul 20251
Aug 20251
Sep 20251
Oct 20251
Nov 20251
Dec 20252
Jan 20260
Feb 20261
Mar 20261
Apr 20260
May 20262
Jun 20261
Jul 20260
Aug 20261
Sep 20260
Oct 20262
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am1
1 am2
2 am3
3 am1
4 am0
5 am0
6 am2
7 am0
8 am0
9 am0
10 am1
11 am1
12 pm2
1 pm1
2 pm1
3 pm1
4 pm3
5 pm3
6 pm1
7 pm4
8 pm4
9 pm5
10 pm1
11 pm0
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan2
Feb15
Mar6
Apr6
May12
Jun10
Jul7
Aug5
Sep8
Oct15
Nov3
Dec5

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Caen, France1
  • Bogotá, Colombia1
  • Laredo, Texas1
  • Chandra basin, India1
  • Csobánka, Hungary1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Silver19
  • Black10
  • White8
  • Blue5
  • Green4
  • Orange2
  • Yellow2
  • Grey2
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match20
  • Starlink train (possible)1

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