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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Lakeland · FL, USA
East Lakeland sightings
Santa Monica · CA, USA
Extremely bright light formation and disc shape over Santa Monica mountains.
Boulder · CO, USA
5 glowing golden cigar shaped discs moving in formation
Utrecht (Netherlands) · Netherlands
11 orange balls of light,s from the south,then turn to the east,moving slow,
Winnipeg (Canada) · MB, Canada
Observation of 7 events consisting of several lights flying very, very fast in formation.
Southampton (UK/England) · United Kingdom
for about 15 mins me and a freind watched 9 lights in formation in the south of england (uk) on the 05/17/04
Superior · MT, USA
Pictures of night-flying UFOs over Superior, MT
Greeley · CO, USA
formation of 9-10
Metairie · LA, USA
round craft with bright center light and flashing blue, green and red lights stationary for 25 to 30 min. video recorded
London (Hamstead Heath) (UK/England) · United Kingdom
hamstead heath the new ufo!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joshua Tree National Monument · CA, USA
Midnight in Joshua Tree- Viewed 4 points of light in diamond-shaped formation as they stopped, spiraled in place, and disappeared.
Hasselt (Belgium) · Belgium
7 lights in formation, changing positions
Brossard (Canada) · QC, Canada
Bright lights rotating around each other with colors of red, green, blue, and white. ((Advertising lights??))
St. Paul · MN, USA
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: My wife noticed the flying "V" formation heading due south
College Station · TX, USA
6 dots moved across the sky and faded out.
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
the lights were in formation and blinked out one at a time.
Shanghai (China) · China
But that's when it got very interesting! These smaller, gray, oval shaped objects were traveling at speeds and in a way that....
Cardiff (UK/Wales) · United Kingdom
Three spherical objects in triangle formation.
Richmond (Canada) · BC, Canada
Formation of lights appeared to west of city in diamond formation.
Niceville · FL, USA
Three large bright lights, rotate to the right then disapear
Victorville · CA, USA
multiple contrailed objects falling together from the sky all turned at once ((NUFORC Note: Possible flight of mil. aircraft?? PD))
Bend · OR, USA
String of star-like lights drift through sky in straight line, with equal distance apart from one another.
East Wenatchee · WA, USA
Large round object in association with string of flashing lights, hovering motionless, then vanish
Plymouth Borough · PA, USA
Sighting similar to cross-shaped light formations seen on 03/12/00 and 04/15/04
Merriam · IN, USA
What a day!! We saw them as we stopped to fill up our RV at a gas station. A whirring noise made us look up and directly overhead we