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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Ridgeway · CO, USA
Two vessels appeared in a picture.
Oakridge · OR, USA
Facing west, I looked out my windshield and saw a large, blue orb shaped object shoot across the sky.
Rosamond · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) Long orange diagonal lights over Tehachapi Mountains.
Bognor Regis (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Line of three lights over Bognor Regis, UK.
New York Mills · MN, USA
The "light" hovered and was being approached then disappeared
Santa Fe · NM, USA
I realized this was real when it did the flip. ((anonymous source))
Oviedo · FL, USA
I dont know what happened please help me. Can someone contact me who is an admin
Payson · AZ, USA
6 objects in formation flying North at very high rate of speed, visible with night vision only
Fayetteville · NC, USA
Two objects flying very high and watched as one of the objects started to come down lower, it got very bright. ((anonymous report))
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
5 orange orbs in diagonal pattern fade to black.
Tehran · Iran
UFO lights above Tehran, capital of Iran. ((NUFORC Note: Image looks to us possibly to be a lens flare. PD))
Syracuse · NY, USA
Two flashing lights move together same direction and speed and then vanish
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
Flickering lights in a V formation with one trailing far behind disappearing into the sky.
Ronkonkoma · NY, USA
Flickering lights in a "V" formation, with one trailing far behind, disappearing into the sky.
Seattle · WA, USA
5 very unusual glowing red aircraft flying over Seattle.
Seattle · WA, USA
3 red craft in loose formation with sweeping lights followed by 2 more craft circling. ((anonymous report))
San Diego · CA, USA
Formation of 12 steady white lights floats from west to east, slowly ascending, over Mission Valley, San Diego.
Ogden · UT, USA
Formation of bright non-flashing lights hovering; too large to be a plane.
Kalama · WA, USA
Unbelievable noise, perfect triangular formation of lights, on a dark overcast night.
Madison · WI, USA
I saw 5 lights floating in a formation.. They "burned out" or "turned off" one by one... I tok a video and tried to
Portland · OR, USA
I was standing in my backyard when I saw 3 dark objects in a triangle shape heading in a southerly direction.
Portland · OR, USA
I saw what look like 3 objects at a very high altitude flying in a southeasterly direction. There was no sound and no lights. They mov
San Diego · CA, USA
UFO Fleet Observed Passing Over Tecolote Shores Park Near Mission Bay, San Diego.
Wickieup · AZ, USA
Cluster of small white/silver objects in the daytime sky.
Palatine · IL, USA
3 orbs of brilliant, pulsing white light & indistinct shape seen in a diagonal formation on the horizon in the SE sky.