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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Maple Falls · WA, USA
Triangular formation (3 light points) sited traveling from north to south on a clear evening - east of Bellingham, WA. .
Las Vegas · NV, USA
6 red and white strobing lights travling in the eastern sky above Las Vegas
Long Lake · NY, USA
Formation of 3 lights, followed by fomation of 6 retangular white lights hovering in sky with no noise
Indian Lake · NY, USA
Unmoving horizontal formation of about 8 very bright lights in the West from Indian Lake low to the horizon
Redfield · NY, USA
A string of 5 to 9 lights flying in a horizontal formation nearly equidistant apart then turning abruptly away to their left.
Allegan · MI, USA
STRANGE STAR FORMATION, LARGE, BRIGHT PULSATING LIGHTS. THESE "STARS" KEPT BOUNCING AROUND,CHANGING PATTERNS.
Franklin · TN, USA
This object was two(2) bright lights, approx. -1 magnitude, travelling northwest to southeast. Lights maintianed equal distant separati
Mammoth Cave National Park · KY, USA
Very high altitude triangular formation of lights moving in a southernly direction.
Sun Prairie · WI, USA
Stange light seen same spot several times and then tried to make contact
Duluth · MN, USA
Unexplained lights over Lake Superior
Albion · IN, USA
It was a long formation of lights.
Burgess Hill (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Semi-circle light formation
Phoenix · AZ, USA
The lights stretched out in a arc type fashion, stationary, evenly spaced and appeared to be as big as Camelback Mountain.
Orcas Island (San Juan Islands) · WA, USA
possible UFO sighting over Orcas Island, San Juan Islands, Washington on July 2, 2000
Ice House Campground (Hiway 50) · CA, USA
Triangular formation of lights (not one object) + additional objects
Babylon · NY, USA
My girlfriend and I saw a formation of 3 lights fly overhead and re-enter space one by one.
Jordan Valley (Jordan) · Jordan
VIBRATING LIGHTS FORMING A TRIANGLE IN CENTRE SKIES
Milwaukee · WI, USA
line of 4 balls of light three white and one red seen for 10 seconds moving straight across sky
Nags Head · NC, USA
Group of lighted objects at high speeds in Nags Head, NC
San Francisco · CA, USA
Three dim lights moving linearly in locked, triangle formation, stars seen between them.
Key West · FL, USA
fleet of v shaped objects blot out sky over key west, florida
Good Hope · GA, USA
My friend and I were going to sleep out on the trampoline that night; we were settling into our sleeping bags and admiring the stars. M
Verl · Paderborn, Kaunitz (Germany), Germany
Four Satellites ( Looked like Satellites) moving equally spaced out, in space.
Lincoln · NE, USA
orange v formation over lincoln, NE
Paso Robles (Lake Nacimiento Region) · CA, USA
"Small, Satellite-Like Formation of 3 Lights, Performs Figure-eight Movements Around One Another in Night Sky"