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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Grove City · OH, USA
Bright white lights in a formation
Bristol · NH, USA
Reddish orange light formation seen over the wildlife preserve near Newfound Lake in Bristol NH
Indianapolis · IN, USA
Triangular formation of reddish amber lights on the northeast side of Indianapolis
Malad · ID, USA
Sighting first happened approximately 25 min earlier with a short legged V formation with objects moving at a very high altitude and 3X
Elkmont · AL, USA
5 bright lights in pentagon formation AL/TN line.
Countryside · IL, USA
Red lights slow moving and then moved into the clouds.
Springfield · IL, USA
Strange orange lights reported over Springfield, Illinois.
Bethlehem · PA, USA
Driving home in a rain storm on Route 22. Saw five orange colored lights in sky going from an east to west direction. Did not observe a
Shelburne · VT, USA
A formation of three reddish orange lights were sighted flying at low altitude over Lake Champlain near Shelburne, Vermont.
St. Charles · IL, USA
Many orbs moving through the sky in a formation, flickering, moving at the same pace.
Ottawa (Canada) · ON, Canada
20 Gold lights. Formation over Ottawa.
Parkville · MD, USA
Up to 50 flashing lights moving together
Mount Laurel · NJ, USA
Husband and myself witness some glowing pulsating lights in the night sky, we could not make out the shape of the craft, but he saw a f
MS · USA
My two children and I saw strange lights move around the sky. Antigravity type motion,silent,some suddenly vanished
Canfield · OH, USA
Large obj. with bright red, orange, and yellow lights in SE sky in Canfield Ohio, moved towards us, stopped and disappeared backwards.
Baytown · TX, USA
21 Orange Orbs over Baytown.
Kiawah Island · SC, USA
Small bright pulsing lights and several more smaller less bright pulsing lights moving rapidly.
Mission Viejo · CA, USA
Orange lights in sky over Mission Viejo.
Lorton · VA, USA
A cluster formation of red blinking lights, moving in various directions, until they blinked out was seen in the eastern sky.
Ottawa (Canada) · ON, Canada
3 large red-orange pulsating lights in trianglar formation.
Santa Monica · CA, USA
A massive formation of bright ascending glittering silent lights over the ocean.
Amityville · NY, USA
Four rotating circular objects changing colors in a cloud. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly advertising lights?? PD))
Murfreesboro · TN, USA
A formation of fiery orange balls moved low across the night sky
Calabarzon (Philippines) · Philippines
3 to 4 faint white lights in a diamond-shaped formation
Cincinnati · OH, USA
4 bright orange lights moving southwest slowly in a diamond formation.