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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Cyprus (Mediterranean Sea) · Cyprus
twenty orange coloured oblong shapes arranging themselves into a formation, silently.
Manchester (UK/England) · United Kingdom
triangle shap pattern over my town of swinton manchester england.
Eloy · AZ, USA
Formation Lights southwest of phoenix area
Carlsbad · CA, USA
2 Flashing red lights pass directly overhead in perfect formation at very high altitude with no sound. ((NUFORC Note: Aircraft. PD))
Mishawaka · IN, USA
Several contrails that appeared to be in formation, VERY high in altitude. ((NUFORC Note: Probably not UFO related. Aircraft. PD))
Orland Park · IL, USA
strange lights over Orland Park, Ill
Laporte · IN, USA
Whoosh
Montreal (Canada) · QC, Canada
looking at the stars, and at that veru moment, what looked like 4 stars, they were moving, what seemed to be at speed of light...i watc
San Antonio · TX, USA
Star like objects hovering in sky, slowly moving, disappearing and reappearing
Havre · MT, USA
Many lights in the sky all at once, four witnesses.
Pacific North West · WA, USA
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Cape Lookout/Tillamook · OR, USA
One light above horizon, splits into 5 orb-like lights that brighten and then fade out left to right
Tillamook/Bay City · OR, USA
Rows of very large bright Yellow/Orange panels of light above the ocean: 5 sightings in 7 minutes
Portage · WI, USA
Four orange lights in a row with a single orange light to the lower right of them.
Sunnyvale · CA, USA
while walking my dog two objects appeared on my left over railroad tracks
Gorham · NH, USA
Orange V-Pattern Lights Viewed in Mountains of Northern New Hampshire
Ellsworth · WI, USA
I was driving home from Hudson, and had just driven through River Falls when I spotted the first one. It was a very bright light, large
Kinston · NC, USA
Vshape with light orange glow to it....very wide in shape
Fresno · CA, USA
15-20 flying formation objects seen from Fresno, CA
Orland Park · IL, USA
Two red lights of undetermined origin over Orland Park, IL (USA)
Tinley Park/Oak Forest · IL, USA
Tinley Park Lights May have retured Three red lights in a triangular formation
Brighton (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Five objects in formation. Four the same with light in the middle. The other being flanked. Caught on camera
Dallas · TX, USA
Saw spaceships scanning the land.
Bonita Springs · FL, USA
Two formation flying lights and red spheres flew across the sky out of distance.
Hobart (Tasmania · Australia), Australia
Moving orange stars in random formation moving north to south white aura when moving through cloud