Sighting Statistics for September 2024

Country	Number of Reports
UNITED STATES	324
FRANCE	34
CANADA	28
UNITED KINGDOM	15
BRAZIL	4
SOUTH AFRICA	3
MEXICO	3
BELGIUM	2
SPAIN	2
GREECE	2
TURKEY	2
AUSTRALIA	2
IRELAND	2
SYRIA	1
SLOVENIA	1
POLAND	1
GERMANY	1
SWITZERLAND	1
AUSTRIA	1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
NORWAY	1
CYPRUS	1
PUERTO RICO	1
NEPAL	1
FINLAND	1
INDONESIA	1
MAURITIUS	1
PORTUGAL	1
INDIA	1
HUNGARY	1
SWEDEN	1
ISRAEL	1
TOTAL:	442

 

Within the United States the distribution by State was as follows;

State	Number of Reports
California	32
Texas	30
Florida	19
Colorado	18
Ohio	15
Washington	15
New York	12
Pennsylvania	12
Illinois	12
Indiana	9
Georgia	9
Michigan	9
Connecticut	8
Arizona	8
Oklahoma	7
Minnesota	6
Kentucky	6
Nevada	6
Maryland	6
Oregon	6
Wisconsin	5
Tennessee	5
South Carolina	5
Iowa	4
Kansas	4
Missouri	4
Alabama	4
Utah	4
Louisiana	4
Arkansas	4
West Virginia	4
Mississippi	3
North Carolina	3
Virginia	3
Idaho	3
Massachusetts	3
New Mexico	3
Alaska	2
Vermont	2
New Hampshire	2
New Jersey	2
South Dakota	1
Delaware	1
North Dakota	1
Montana	1
Hawaii	1

 

Other interesting data points in CMS during September 2024 are the shape of the UFOs reported which were as follows;

Shape of Object	Number of Reports
Circle	69
Unknown	51
Sphere	50
Other	34
Oval	32
Triangle	28
Star-like	27
Disc	25
Cylinder	16
Square/Rectangular	11
Cigar	11
Fireball	9
Diamond	8
Tic Tac	7
Saturn-like	5
Boomerang	5
Bullet/Missile	4
Egg	3
Flash	3
Chevron	2
Cone	2
Teardrop	2
Blimp	2
N/A	2

 

as well as the distance from the observer;

Distance from Witness	Number of Reports
< 100 ft	41
101-500 ft	40
501 ft – 1 Mile	74
Over 1 Mile	91
Unknown	79
NO VALUE	21

 

Most impressively there were 13 Landings, Hovering, or Takeoffs reported and 2 Entities observed.