Formation UFO Sightings in California
552 formation-shaped UFO sightings reported in California since 1950, peaking in 2020 (57 reports).
- Total sightings
- 552
- Span
- 1950–2022
- Peak year
- 2020 (57 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Formation
1950–2022 · peak 2020 (57 reports)
Rancho Santa Margarita · CA, USA
Seen a row of these lights going quietly thru the night sky, called another bystander to witness as well. ((Starlink satellites?))
Quincy · CA, USA
Form of 3 lights moving across the evening sky, one brighter than the rest. After about 2 minutes the two dimmer lights disappeared and
Palm Springs · CA, USA
I’m in Palm Springs, California. I was sitting in my hot tube very sober just gazing at the stars. I pointed to the strange orange star
El Sobrante · CA, USA
Around 5:20am i looked up and saw a line of ufo's at first i counted 10. ((Starlink satellites))
Santee · CA, USA
I noticed the stars and another in a perfect line. ((Starlink satellites))
Paradise and Quincy · CA, USA
Many continual crafts moving one after another in perfect spacing and speed. ((Starlink satellites?))
Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Star formations moving in unison in a straight line for an hour. ((Starlink satellites?))
Concord · CA, USA
Illuminated objects moving in linear formation. ((Starlink satellites?))
Kensington · CA, USA
Single file line of close-together evenly-spaced bright blue balls of lights moving smoothly across sky (W to E) & fading into horizon.
San Diego · CA, USA
Three objects in exact formation
Half Moon Bay · CA, USA
Multiple satellite-looking lights travelling in multiple single file formation. (("Starlink" satellites??))
Tracy · CA, USA
12 lights traveling behind each other-then fading. ((Starlink satellites??))((anonymous))
Madera · CA, USA
We saw 8 lights in formation evenly spaced and moving at a high rate of speed. We then saw other lights in formation about 2-3 minutes
Long Beach · CA, USA
3 soft white non-blinking lights in an equilateral triangle formation, could not tell if there was a solid hull, traveled N to S.
Rancho Cordova · CA, USA
Nine white lights (or more) following each other equidistant north to south at 5:45 am. ((Starlink satellites))
Crescent City · CA, USA
Eight lights in V pattern traveling from east to west in seconds dissapearing over the ocean
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
A line of about twenty orange/yellow lights high up in the sky,they disappeared above us. ((Starlink satellites))
Tracy · CA, USA
Several formations of lights flying high in the sky at night over California. ((Starlink satellites))
McKinleyville · CA, USA
44 unknown crafts. ((Starlink satellites))
Sacramento/Citrus Heights · CA, USA
Moving faster than aircraft flying below objects. ((Starlink satellites))
Bakersfield · CA, USA
Objects Traveling from west to east a steady stream of lights would appear and disappear. ((Starlink satellites))
Alhambra · CA, USA
Set of 3 lights flying close together accompanied by 2 sing lights almost flying in unison.
Cardiff · CA, USA
There were 2 glowing objects in the sky multiplying to 7 and slowly disappearing one by one.
Cardiff · CA, USA
1-7 orange glowing objects hovering in the night sky
West Covina · CA, USA
Several white lights in triangular formation around the moon