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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Boca Raton · FL, USA
Saw 3 reddish orbs in a V formation, and 3 minutes afterwards saw 3 more orbs.
Pflugerville · TX, USA
Random formation of bright orange lights reduces into triangle before extinguishing.
Wake Forest · NC, USA
Line of 8 big lights.
McLean · VA, USA
I saw an object with 7 or more lights that was traveling very fast in an area near Washington, D.C.
Caldwell · ID, USA
Orange orbs traveling over Marsing, below inversion layer
Kelso · WA, USA
12-14 bright orange lights that formed a line and than around each other and than left in a hurry.
Hillsboro · OR, USA
Red stationary lights in sky.
Elgini · IL, USA
Red flying objects.
Omaha (Texas · not Nebraska), TX, USA
3 lights with no sound heard, traveling N to S in straight line formation.
Winchester · VA, USA
Red lights, appeared stationary in sky over Valley Avenue, Winchester,Va
Homestead · FL, USA
Three orange lights in triangular formation seen over South Dade Senior High.
Semaphore (Australia) · Australia
my self and my family were at the beach as the night was getting more along i started to do as i have done for yrs star gaze after an h
Conestoga · PA, USA
Orange lights moving slowly across the sky in formation
Moore · OK, USA
5 lights in V formation-no sound- it was dull as there was fog coming down it did not go out of formation.
Lake Worth · FL, USA
Fiery orange object splits into 3 silver objects.
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
A bunch of pinprick lights quickly moved across the sky.
Oroville · CA, USA
4 large wing span aircraft flying slowly in straight line eqidistance apart with flashing red and white lights.
Dane · WI, USA
Stationary lights over field in formation.
West Ossipee · NH, USA
Multiple large orange lights form parallel lines in sky.
Chocorua · NH, USA
Three lights in formation hovered over highway, blinked off and on and moved away quickly.
San Jose · CA, USA
Bright triangle formation fading away slowly in day light.
Roseburg · OR, USA
4 crafts seen gliding slowly in the air
Sagamore Hills · OH, USA
Around 8-10 Lights were rotating counterclockwise and then some would converge at center. Sometimes 2 would cross and sometimes mos
Morrisville · NC, USA
2 waves of 25-50 silent glowing white spheres slowly flying in formation.
Kewaunee · WI, USA
Perfectly spaced string of bright lights mid sky over the bay.