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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Avon · CO, USA
~15 Vertical flashing red lights headed west in Colorado.
Broken Arrow · OK, USA
Two bright lights in the sky that would flicker simultaneously.
New Braunfels · TX, USA
Four orange lights in formation. ((anonymous report)
St. George · UT, USA
St. George, UT, UFO formation sighting.
La Verkin · UT, USA
My son was on the way home from cedar city he called me @ 10 pm told me to go out and look west. I did, the thing was south of leeds it
Rancho Santa Margarita · CA, USA
Formation of 2 unusually saturated, deep ruby-red blinking lights flew silently across entire sky in under 4 minutes. ((anonymous))
Adams · WI, USA
String of 4 equally spaced orange or yellow lights, in-line. Slowly faded away. ((anonymous report))
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Outside with husband watching Geminid Meteor shower when what at first appeared to be a flock of birds in the sky realized it was NOT,
Miami Beach · FL, USA
Lights In Formation. ((anonymous report))
Queen Creek · AZ, USA
Snake like formation with hundreds of lights sighted above Queen Creek, AZ at 8pm on 12/18/17.
Beaverton · OR, USA
Several stationary flashing lights were observed hovering over Hillsboro near the airport, Hillsboro Stadium area. ((anonymous report))
Edmonds · WA, USA
Reddish/Orange objects over Puget Sound turned into triangle then vanished. ((anonymous report))
Sulphur Springs · TX, USA
I was outside and saw about 15-20 fireballs flying in a weird design.
Walnut · CA, USA
Last night, 03NO17, at about 9:05pm, I saw a group of bright stars (about 15-20) in the sky in the City of Walnut, CA.
White Lake · MI, USA
Driving down Ormond Rd, noticed lights in sky. Originally thought it was fireworks above Grass Lake, but noticed lights were not dissip
Glendale · AZ, USA
White lights in a formation traveling slowly/silently over NW Glendale, AZ, then disappeared after sighting. ((anonymous report))
Gilbert · AZ, USA
Clusters of yellow lights flying across the sky.
Lincoln Boro · PA, USA
Circular orange formation over Lincoln/Liberty Boro.
Magnolia · OH, USA
Witnessed 3 large formations of 4-5 objects with flashing lights and 3 smaller formations containing 2-3 objects ...all appears flashin
Plainville · CT, USA
Nov 8 at approx 8:35 pm driving W on Rte. 372 in Plainville, CT, saw 3 bright lights in a row, close together hovering over the rte 72.
Greenwich · NY, USA
Three white lights in a triangular formation slowly moving from west to east
St. Albans · VT, USA
Three stationary lights in a vertical formation, occasionally blinking out of sequence. ((anonymous report))
Frederickson · WA, USA
3 Red diamonds over Puyallup- Frederickson- Spanaway heading towards McChord Air Force Base
Mortimer (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A cluster of lights over Berkshire, England!
San Diego · CA, USA
4 lights moving quickly into a line, then disappearing one at a time.