📊 Analysis

Silent craft — an analysis

What 639 reports of silent craft 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.

639 sightings🎥 402 with video95 in the last 12 months🗓️ 1938–2026

What stands out

  • 50% of silent craft 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 2024, with 170 reports.
  • 47% come from the United States.
  • The Sky match explains 6% of the silent craft it has checked (a launch, satellite, fireball, planet or plane), against 6% of all sightings.
  • The most-reported shape is light (119).

When

Sightings per year
19382026
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Sightings per yearSightings
19381
19390
19400
19410
19420
19430
19440
19450
19460
19470
19480
19490
19502
19510
19520
19530
19541
19550
19560
19570
19580
19590
19600
19610
19620
19631
19640
19652
19661
19671
19681
19690
19700
19711
19721
19730
19740
19750
19760
19772
19780
19792
19800
19810
19820
19830
19840
19851
19861
19873
19880
19890
19903
19911
19920
19930
19940
19950
19960
19972
19981
19990
20001
20010
20020
20030
20040
20050
20063
20073
20080
20091
20105
20112
20121
20135
20142
20150
20160
20173
20185
201910
202013
202129
202233
202385
2024170
2025164
202676
Last 24 months
Dec 2024Nov 2026
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Last 24 monthsSightings
Dec 202467
Jan 202518
Feb 202510
Mar 202514
Apr 202515
May 202521
Jun 202516
Jul 202513
Aug 20257
Sep 202514
Oct 202514
Nov 202511
Dec 202511
Jan 202611
Feb 20265
Mar 202612
Apr 20265
May 202611
Jun 202613
Jul 20269
Aug 20265
Sep 20262
Oct 20263
Nov 20260
Time of day local time
12 am11 pm
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Time of daySightings
12 am9
1 am23
2 am11
3 am8
4 am6
5 am8
6 am5
7 am5
8 am1
9 am5
10 am2
11 am6
12 pm4
1 pm3
2 pm4
3 pm7
4 pm13
5 pm13
6 pm21
7 pm29
8 pm42
9 pm46
10 pm39
11 pm23
Month of the year
JanDec
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Month of the yearSightings
Jan54
Feb40
Mar51
Apr35
May58
Jun50
Jul50
Aug51
Sep50
Oct61
Nov44
Dec95

Where

Top towns and cities
  • Phoenix, Arizona5
  • Toronto, Canada4
  • Los Angeles, California4
  • Pacific Ocean off San Diego, United States3
  • St. Louis, Missouri3

What people saw

Shapes
Colours
  • White106
  • Red63
  • Black52
  • Orange50
  • Silver39
  • Blue34
  • Green29
  • Yellow18
What the Sky match found
  • No ordinary match235
  • Bright planet (possible)7
  • Starlink train (possible)4
  • Rocket launch2
  • Rocket launch (possible)2
  • Starlink train1

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