📊 Analysis

Rectangle sightings — an analysis

What 29 reports of rectangle 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.

29 sightings🎥 10 with video2 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1950–2026

What stands out

  • 38% of rectangle sightings with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 3 am.
  • The busiest year so far is 2025, with 9 reports.
  • 52% come from the United States.
  • The most-reported shape is rectangle (29).

When

Sightings per year
19502026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19501
19510
19520
19530
19540
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19630
19640
19650
19660
19671
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
19941
19950
19960
19970
19980
19990
20000
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20070
20080
20090
20100
20110
20120
20130
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20190
20202
20211
20222
20233
20245
20259
20261
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 20240
Jan 20250
Feb 20251
Mar 20250
Apr 20250
May 20252
Jun 20253
Jul 20250
Aug 20250
Sep 20251
Oct 20251
Nov 20250
Dec 20251
Jan 20260
Feb 20260
Mar 20260
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 am2
4 am0
5 am1
6 am0
7 am1
8 am2
9 am0
10 am0
11 am1
12 pm0
1 pm0
2 pm1
3 pm0
4 pm0
5 pm0
6 pm0
7 pm0
8 pm2
9 pm1
10 pm1
11 pm1
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan2
Feb3
Apr3
May4
Jun3
Jul2
Aug1
Sep2
Oct4
Nov1
Dec1

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Portland, Oregon2
  • Western Pennsylvania, United States1
  • Grosse Ille, Michigan1
  • Vandenberg Air Force Base, California1
  • Williams, Arizona1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Black4
  • Silver3
  • Red2
  • Blue1
  • White1
  • Pink1
  • Multicolored1
  • Grey1
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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