Formation UFO Sightings
4,600 Formation-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1940, peaking in 2020 (415 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 4,600
- Span
- 1940–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (415 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Formation
1940–2022 · peak 2020 (415 reports)
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Hudson · FL, USA
5 circular shaped lights (simlar to a shooting star but WAS NOT) traveling in a group ac
North Ft. Myers · FL, USA
a series of bright lights moving together horizontally high in the sky, very quickly, lined up in rows, like notes on a musical staff.
Ellesmere Port (UK/England) · United Kingdom
three white lights in trangle formation but formation moving out of formation slightly as they moved quickly across the sky.
Brookline · MA, USA
I observed a cluster of 12 to 15 white lights shinning brite in the sky in a close formation.
Road above Stinson beach · CA, USA
Shimmering cloud/swarm
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Lights like string of pearls dance across Utah sky.
Wallingford · CT, USA
Two bright lights flying very low and very close together
Saint Paul · MN, USA
strange lights in saint paul mn
Spokane Valley · WA, USA
Unusual light formation over Spokane, WA
Spokane Valley · WA, USA
V-shaped formation of lights over Spokane, WA
Anchorage · AK, USA
Odd Cloud Formation Lit Up and Moving Toward and Away from us.
Haysville · KS, USA
Twelve red lights in sky went from circle to V shape formation and went south to north in a matter of seconds.
Fort Wayne · IN, USA
Multiple sightings of fast moving points of light with changing motion, no identifiable shape, sudden appearances and disappearances.
Vergas · MN, USA
During a vacation with my son on a lake in Minnesota we went for a late night cruise and had a couple beers while looking at the stars
Eau Galle · WI, USA
Formation of three seaparte red lights that appeared in foramtion but each light went up and disapeared on it's own.
South San Francisco · CA, USA
Formation of lights over south san francisco and L.A
Masontown · WV, USA
bright yellow boomerang shaped formation, there one minute and gone the next
San Diego · CA, USA
Walking back from lunch noticed 2 other people on street looking up on a clear blue sky. My friend and I looked up and saw a formation
Norwalk · CT, USA
3 Objects meet in the sky, then fly off into different directions
Mason · OH, USA
Lights in the sky in an unusual formation. They appeared moved around and disappeared.
Bluetown · TX, USA
B/t border ot TX & Mex; five indep lights in a triangle pat traveling in SE direction would stop & hover.vanish over Gulf.
Cabazon · CA, USA
This was definately not a star!
Burien · WA, USA
Observed 1 unknown black object for about 20 seconds then transformed to 2 seperate objects. then to form one craft and fly out of view
Lake Carmel · NY, USA
3 lighted objects in triangular formation, stationary, observed for 20 min. in the northwest sky from eastern Putnam county NY.
Hayden · ID, USA
3 CONCURRENT SIGHTINGS WITHIN 25 MINUTES OF EACH OTHER: At 23:25 on 6/03/09 my girlfriend and I were stargazing when I noticed what I