# Pentagon Pizza Index: What It Is and What It Shows Now Updated 09:22 UTC, 29 Oct 2026. Canonical: https://monitorworld.app/live/pentagon-pizza-index **MonitorWorld has no pizza-order data**, and no one outside the restaurants has real order numbers. What we can show are the real signals people hope the pizza index predicts: right now 0 military aircraft near Washington in our delayed snapshot, 0 "doomsday" aircraft airborne, 33 high-severity news reports in the past 24 hours and a global risk index of 56/100. ## Key numbers - Pizza-order data we have: **none** (no one publishes real orders) - Military aircraft near Washington: **0** (snapshot 08:56 UTC) - E-4B / E-6B airborne: **0** (doomsday planes) - Global risk index (our model): **56/100** ## High-severity reports, past 24 hours - [HIGH] [Update 372 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine](http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-372-iaea-director-general-statement-on-situation-in-ukraine) (IAEA, 08:54 UTC, 37m ago) - [HIGH] [A Trigger in Jammu and Kashmir: Militant Violence under Indian Central Rule](https://www.crisisgroup.org/rpt/asia-pacific/india-pakistan/360-trigger-jammu-and-kashmir-militant-violence-under-indian-central-rule) (CrisisWatch, 08:54 UTC, 37m ago) - [HIGH] [Will Trump Help Putin Win in Ukraine?](https://www.crisisgroup.org/pod/europe/ukraine/will-trump-help-putin-win-ukraine) (CrisisWatch, 08:54 UTC, 37m ago) - [HIGH] [How Algeria’s Rupture with the UAE Could Roil the Region](https://www.crisisgroup.org/cmt/middle-east-north-africa/algeria-united-arab-emirates/how-algerias-rupture-uae-could-roil-region) (CrisisWatch, 08:54 UTC, 37m ago) - [HIGH] [Ethiopia acquires Russian fighter jets and air defence systems amid war in Tigray](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw78prj801pvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss) (BBC Africa, 08:23 UTC, 1h ago) - [HIGH] [Qatari mediators hand Iran new proposal to end the war](https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-donald-trump-qatar-mediators-new-proposal-end-war/) (CBS News, 08:12 UTC, 1h ago) - [HIGH] [Only the Gulf Can End the Iran War](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/only-gulf-can-end-iran-war) (Foreign Affairs, 08:00 UTC, 2h ago) - [HIGH] [Sitting Ducks or Strategic Shields: What Does the Small Reactor Promise Mean for Future Conflicts?](https://warontherocks.com/sitting-ducks-or-strategic-shields-what-does-the-small-reactor-promise-mean-for-future-conflicts/) (War on the Rocks, 07:30 UTC, 2h ago) - [HIGH] [Spain train crash: PM Sanchez calls for investigation as 3 days of mourning begins](https://www.dw.com/en/spain-train-crash-pm-sanchez-calls-for-investigation-as-3-days-of-mourning-begins/a-79792085?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-xml-mrss) (DW News, 07:22 UTC, 2h ago) - [HIGH] [US sanctions Rwanda's defence ministry over DR Congo conflict](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm87zw51qw0jo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss) (BBC Africa, 07:16 UTC, 2h ago) - [HIGH] [CCTV Shows How Ghaziabad Woman, Gym Trainer Plotted Husband's Murder](https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/cctv-shows-how-ghaziabad-woman-gym-trainer-plotted-husbands-murder-12252156#publisher=newsstand) (NDTV, 06:36 UTC, 3h ago) - [HIGH] ['Desolation, despair': Spain begins three days of mourning after deadly train crash](https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20261029-desolation-despair-spain-begins-three-days-of-mourning-after-deadly-train-crash) (France 24, 06:25 UTC, 3h ago) ## Key context ### Where the pizza index comes from The idea is old Washington folklore. Frank Meeks, who owned Domino's franchises in the Washington area, told reporters that deliveries to the Pentagon, CIA and White House jumped the night before the US invasion of Panama in 1989 and during the 1990-91 Gulf crisis. The story spread as "the pizza index" or "Pizzint" (pizza intelligence). In the 2020s, accounts on social media started posting screenshots of Google Maps "popular times" for pizzerias near the Pentagon, and some busy nights happened before real events. That got a lot of attention, but nobody has shown that it predicts crises better than chance. ### Better signals to watch - [Doomsday plane activity](https://monitorworld.app/live/doomsday-plane-tracker): E-4B and E-6B flights, with context. - [Military flights](https://monitorworld.app/live/military-flight-tracker): tanker and surveillance surges in one region. - [World War 3 map](https://monitorworld.app/live/world-war-3-map): flashpoints and the risk index. - [Carrier locations](https://monitorworld.app/live/aircraft-carrier-tracker): two carriers in one region is a real signal. - Official statements: the White House, the Department of Defense and allied governments. ### What we will not do We do not invent pizza numbers, and we do not track VIP or state aircraft such as Air Force One. Military aircraft on this page are at least 20 minutes old. ## FAQ ### What is the Pentagon pizza index? A joke-turned-theory that late-night pizza orders near the Pentagon, the White House and the CIA rise before a military crisis, because staff work late. It goes back to the Cold War: a Domino's franchise owner in Washington said in the early 1990s that orders spiked before the 1989 Panama invasion and the 1990-91 Gulf crisis. Social-media accounts now watch how busy pizzerias near the Pentagon look in Google Maps. ### What does the Pentagon pizza index show now? MonitorWorld cannot tell you: we have no pizza data, and Google's "popular times" are estimates, not orders. Instead, this page shows measurable signals: 0 military aircraft near Washington in our latest delayed snapshot, 0 E-4B or E-6B airborne, and 33 high-severity reports in the past 24 hours. ### Does the Pentagon pizza index work? There is no reliable evidence that it predicts anything. Busy pizzerias can have many ordinary causes (sports, weather, events), and the famous cases were noticed after the fact. Military and government buildings also have their own food services. Treat it as entertainment, and look at official statements and verified reports instead. ### Is there a Pentagon pizza index API? No official one exists. Some sites and accounts publish their own scores built from Google Maps busyness, but Google does not offer that data through an official public API. MonitorWorld offers its own signals (risk index, military flights, conflict events) in the app. ## Get the app MonitorWorld is free on iPhone and Android, rated 4.7 from 52 ratings on the US App Store. - App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6760610225 - Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.monitorworld ## Sources - [adsb.lol](https://adsb.lol/): community ADS-B data under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). Shown at least 20 minutes delayed; aircraft in or near active war zones and VIP / state aircraft are removed. - [MonitorWorld news digest](https://monitorworld.app/sources): headlines from public news feeds (Reuters, AP, BBC, Al Jazeera and others), severity rated by our model. Each headline links to the publisher. - [MonitorWorld risk index](https://monitorworld.app/sources): 0-100 country and global risk scores computed from news activity, conflict data and military activity. An estimate, not an official rating. ## Related - [Military flight tracker](https://monitorworld.app/live/military-flight-tracker): Military aircraft by region and type, 20 min delayed. - [Doomsday plane tracker](https://monitorworld.app/live/doomsday-plane-tracker): E-4B Nightwatch and E-6B Mercury sightings. - [Aircraft carrier tracker](https://monitorworld.app/live/aircraft-carrier-tracker): Where the US carriers are this week (USNI facts). - [DEFCON level](https://monitorworld.app/live/defcon-level): Why DEFCON is not public, and the signals you can watch. - [Live war map](https://monitorworld.app/live): Every layer on one map: conflicts, aircraft, quakes, chokepoints. - [Current wars](https://monitorworld.app/current-wars): Every country with recorded armed-conflict events, with UCDP estimates.