Patterns in the Sky

One article a month that looks at many cases at once and asks what connects them. It doesn't aim to debunk, but to show what the data says and what it can't tell us.

• Satellite trains in the sky: what Starlink did to UFO reports – Between May 24 and 26, 2019, the National UFO Reporting Center received at least 79 reports of lights moving in a line. In the first three weeks of May, only three such reports had come in, and the first 60 Starlink satellites launched on May 23. To find out how much and for how long the satellite network changed UFO reporting, we went through 67,000 reports from 2014 to 2026.
• Triangular UFOs are seen at night: 79% of reports fall between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. – When and how do people see triangular objects in the sky? An analysis of 186 U.S. reports submitted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) reveals an interesting pattern: most sightings occur at night, often last only a short time, and frequently involve dark objects marked by unusual lights. But what do these reports actually tell us? And why are triangular UFOs so commonly reported after sunset?