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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Franklin Furnace · OH, USA
Several amber colored lights in formation in Southren Ohio.
Hondo · TX, USA
Arc-shaped craft / formation of lights moving at very high speed East to West at low altitude
Dexter · MI, USA
Sighting on September 6th 2007 Dexter MI I was coming home from work at 1:00am traveling east on I-94 toward Ann Arbor when I noticed
Orland Park · IL, USA
Orbs of light formation orland park il fast moving then vanishing
St. Bruno (Canada) · QC, Canada
V Shapped formation of redish orange fots
Fredericton (Canada) · NB, Canada
V-formation of lights travelling over suburban street
Orange · CA, USA
Formation that moved in circles up in the sky.
Keizer · OR, USA
Two bright lights hovering and then accelerating.
Manchester (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Line of reds dots over Davyhulme Manchester, England
Vancouver (Canada) · BC, Canada
4 bluish-white lights flying in fomation at very high altitude
Mount Orab · OH, USA
Exotic Mystery Lights In Our Mount Orab Sky on 9/13/2007
Taft · CA, USA
Elliptical objects in skies over Taft, CA sighted in the afternoon
Albany · OR, USA
Red & orange brightly lit object glides by home seen through window
Bay Shore · NY, USA
Two sightings in two weeks over Bay Shore, NY
San Carlos · CA, USA
Independent lights forming a chevron passed silently at a very high altitude at a very high rate of speed; each light shifted position
Eden Mills · VT, USA
Unidentified slowly moving Mobile Object flew north from Lake Eden, Vermont
Warren · MI, USA
Dynamic formation of five fast-moving, silent objects flying over Detroit area
Loveland · CO, USA
3 circular object formation or triangle over Loveland, CO
Blandon · PA, USA
2 V-shaped formations of red and blue lights seen hovering low on the horizon
Rohnert Park · CA, USA
Cluster of four bright lights in clear blue sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly an advertising light?? PD))
Nauvoo · IL, USA
4 stars and an unusual oval-shaped object were seen for two hours
Lewiston · ME, USA
string of "orange flame" colored lights over Lewiston. ((NUFORC Note: Aerial lanterns, launched from a party at Bates College. PD))
UK/England · United Kingdom
Formation of 6 or 7 fast star-like objects in the skies above Kent UK.
Plymouth · IN, USA
As big as a large house with 2 car garage attached and kinda shaped like that 500 feet over my head..
Long Beach · CA, USA
many red orbs arranged in a trinangle