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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Guerneville · CA, USA
Three lights in a triangle formation. Very ( very ) bright lights. They were far away, but each one would have been as bright as a st
Lewistown · MD, USA
Multiple objects appeared in a linear formation.
New Russia Township · OH, USA
5 lights in a line formation in the S sky disappearing in order from bottom to top after approximately a minute. ((anonymous report))
Valparaiso · IN, USA
Bright vertical 3 star formation.
West Haven · CT, USA
Witnesses saw first 3, then 4, and 5, and a total of 7 amber lights above the Fair, in a rectangular formation. ((anonymous report))
Bethpage · NY, USA
Clusters of orange lights seen over Nassau County, LI, for period of over 30 minutes.
White Plains · NY, USA
Cluster of orange lights in formation in night sky.
Woodstock · VT, USA
((HOAX??)) To the S side of the sky at midnight me and 4 of my friends and my parents saw this light. ((anonymous report))
Torrance · CA, USA
Several dark black objects different shapes approached rapidly slowed,stayed overhead, then disappeared
Niagara Falls · ON, Canada
stationary ufo with red light.
Todoroki (Japan) · Japan
White faint lights x6 in a grid style pattern, hovering for 20 min.
San Antonio · TX, USA
20-25 metallic triangular objects spotted on Cinco de Mayo in San Antonio.
Senatobia · MS, USA
My wife and kids have witnessed 3-4 objs hovering around our area close to HWY 4 W on our side of town. ((NUFORC Note: Stars? PD))
Fort Smith · AR, USA
Lights (7) in a "V" formation was spotted in South Forth Smith, AR in low altitude while being completely silent. ((anonymous report))
Manhattan Beach · CA, USA
05/14/18 @ 0155h over LAX v-formation 6 items traveling westerly.
Encino · CA, USA
Strange cloud formation.
Bloomington · MN, USA
he noticed two white dots (not moving and there wasn't any stars out yet) spaced about two miles apart. ((anonymous report))
North Haven · CT, USA
12 amber lights in formation.
San Diego · CA, USA
Bright Lights in different formations across the night sky over San Diego.
Middletown · CT, USA
From east to west flew a formation of 4 crafts in a straight line almost on top of each other. ((anonymous report))
Foyil · OK, USA
On April 29th me and my wife witnessed first 2 small craft one with a lot of red lights and some white lights and the other was shaped
Pueblo · CO, USA
Balls of light or fire seen just south of Pueblo, CO.
Edisto Beach · SC, USA
Half circle Formation of 10-20 dim lights moving quickly down coastline of Edisto Beach.
Hagerstown · MD, USA
Not sure if it was 7 or 1 it moved like one, it Was 5 yellow lights in straight line and 2 lights on the left side forming a small v w
Grand Junction · CO, USA
Large Boomerang shaped object.