80,332
sightings
80,331
geolocated
108y
span
light
top shape
Reporting density
Each dot = a 2° grid cell, sized by report count. Reporting concentrates where observers + reporting infrastructure are (overwhelmingly the US).
Reported shapes
- light 16,565
- triangle 7,865
- circle 7,608
- fireball 6,208
- other 5,649
- unknown 5,584
- sphere 5,387
- disk 5,213
- oval 3,733
- formation 2,457
- cigar 2,057
- changing 1,962
- flash 1,328
- rectangle 1,297
Sightings by decade
- 1900s 1
- 1910s 3
- 1920s 3
- 1930s 12
- 1940s 101
- 1950s 429
- 1960s 1,305
- 1970s 2,380
- 1980s 2,058
- 1990s 9,214
- 2000s 38,782
- 2010s 26,044
Top countries
- us 65,114
- ca 3,000
- gb 1,905
- au 538
- de 105