📊 Analysis

Changing shape — an analysis

What 158 reports of changing shape 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.

158 sightings🎥 119 with video15 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1955–2026

What stands out

  • 37% of changing shape with a time were seen at night (9 pm to 5 am), against 44% of all sightings.
  • The busiest hour is 6 pm.
  • The busiest year so far is 2024, with 42 reports.
  • 43% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 0% of the changing shape it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is changing (92).

When

Sightings per year
19552026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19551
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
19970
19980
19990
20001
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20060
20071
20080
20091
20100
20113
20121
20132
20142
20153
20160
20171
20180
20190
20204
202115
202211
202324
202442
202534
202612
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202412
Jan 20253
Feb 20256
Mar 20251
Apr 20253
May 20250
Jun 20253
Jul 20254
Aug 20252
Sep 20256
Oct 20253
Nov 20252
Dec 20251
Jan 20262
Feb 20261
Mar 20265
Apr 20260
May 20260
Jun 20263
Jul 20261
Aug 20260
Sep 20260
Oct 20260
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am2
1 am1
2 am4
3 am2
4 am4
5 am2
6 am2
7 am1
8 am2
9 am1
10 am2
11 am1
12 pm1
1 pm1
2 pm1
3 pm2
4 pm2
5 pm2
6 pm10
7 pm4
8 pm5
9 pm5
10 pm2
11 pm3
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan14
Feb11
Mar14
Apr13
May7
Jun14
Jul15
Aug12
Sep12
Oct14
Nov12
Dec20

Where

Top towns and cities
  • San Antonio, Texas3
  • Los Angeles, California3
  • Phoenix, Arizona2
  • Warwick, Rhode Island2
  • Downtown Los Angeles, California1

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • Silver10
  • Multicolored8
  • Black8
  • White8
  • Red6
  • Blue4
  • Grey3
  • Green2
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match44

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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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