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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Brockport · NY, USA
Line of twinkling lights falling from sky. ((NUFORC Note: SpaceLink satellites. PD))
Otsego · MN, USA
Sstrait string of lights 10 or more With two close at the tail end brilliant moved across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Satellites?? PD))
St. Paul · MN, USA
Line of ~30 closely packed lights, followed by ~10 more spread out lights; same trajectory. ((NUFORC Note: Satellites. Anonymous. PD))
St. Paul · MN, USA
String of lights. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of cluster of Space Link satellites. PD)) ((anonymous source))
Bloomington · MN, USA
Band of UFO's flying across the night sky. ((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of cluster of Space Link satellites?? PD))((anonymous))
Lawrenceburg/Columbia · TN, USA
Exactly like the infamous Phoenix lights but further away,in the due N hor. Hundreds of little lights in a straight line. ((anonymous))
Norfolk · NE, USA
Moving line of lights close together in line formation
Fargo · ND, USA
Cluster of fast moving lights traveling in a straight line.((NUFORC Note: Possible sighting of cluster of Space Link satellites. PD))
St. George · UT, USA
Approx. 100 bright white lights in the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites, being released from the Falcon 9 capsule. PD))
Kampenhout (Belgium) · Belgium
50 or more light spots in a straight formation. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Orleans · IN, USA
Saw a straight line of what seemed like a hundred or more white lights in a straight line. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Hutchinson · MN, USA
Moving star string. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites. PD))
Northumberland · PA, USA
3 Lights in triangle formation all seperate entities Merging with stars
North Rim · AZ, USA
A line of lights resembling a snake or worm crawled across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: String of Space Link satellites. PD))
Belfair · WA, USA
4 craft following each other at high altitudes in straight line. ((NUFORC Note: String of Space Link satellites. PD))((anonymous))
Uniontown · OH, USA
Appeared to be either a string of lights or a plane pulling lights. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
The Dalles · OR, USA
Straight line of white blinking lights headed N, such as a scrolling led sign. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Grants · AL, USA
Formation of lights grows larger and passes above car. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites? PD))
West seattle · WA, USA
Saw four dots in a line they looked like a row. ((NUFORC Note: String of Space Link satellites. PD))((anonymous source))
Hershey · PA, USA
Several bright triangular crafts seen flying in formation over Hershey Park. ((NUFORC Note: ((Space Link satellites?? PD))
Los alamos · NM, USA
3 lights connected by red string. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Jay · ME, USA
String of lights heading Southwest to Northeast. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD)) ((anonymous source))
Lincoln nh · NH, USA
Formation of 15 ufos lined up. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Gleason · WI, USA
On May 26, 2019 In Gleason, WI At approximately 10 PM or so, a large group of us sitting around a campfire on an 80 acre parcel with no
Sturgeon Bay · WI, USA
A line of 3-5 lights. ((NUFORC Note: Probably Starlink satellites? PD))((anonymous source))