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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Fort McMurray (Canada) · AB, Canada
Formations of red lights flying across night sky.
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
fast lights wobbling bowtie formation
Windsor (Canada) · ON, Canada
They were lights - no sound; At first there was 1, then another 1. then came 7 lights in formation - this first group of 3 sightings
Goodland · KS, USA
SEVERAL LIGHTS HANGING IN THE SKY OVER TOWN
Chicago · IL, USA
Multiple lights hanging in sky
Titusville · FL, USA
2 objects moving sw to ne 50 mph,2000-3000 agl,constant cousre,speed 1st obj lower in front,2nd higher and behind
Charlotte · NC, USA
6 or 7 lights flying in half a 'vee' formation
Parker · AZ, USA
((NUFORC Note: Possible "NOSS" satellites. PD)) Clear night moving triangle formation across night sky, followed by flashing lights.
De Soto · MO, USA
Witnessed two points of light come together above, fly in fast circular revolution then separate
Toppenish · WA, USA
I John Presho was traveling west on the Fort Road (2-lane rural highway between Toppenish, Wa. and Fort Simcoe, Wa.), my two Grandchild
El Paso · TX, USA
30 sec speeding lights over Franklin Mountain range.
Clayton · NY, USA
Two red lights traveling in formation for over 5 miles, no noise.
Vancouver (Canada) · BC, Canada
I WENT WITH MY WIFE TO TAKE PICTURES OF VANCOUVER AT NIGHT I DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING ANUSUAL I START TAKING PIC AT 22:30:50 AND DID
Phoenix · AZ, USA
6 lights appear and then 2 more fly down and move into a formation with the others
Galesville · WI, USA
The objects were dark and circular. They would disappear and then reappear in a different location.One object seemed to be in the shape
San Francisco · CA, USA
Light Color Formation Shapes Changing
Palatine · IL, USA
6/24/05 Friday night at 10:40pm. I observed a formated shape in the sky that I knew was not from any country.
Palatine · IL, USA
I truely beleive I witnessed a UFO craft, from another world.
Kerhonkson · NY, USA
Three points of light in a triangle formation. ((NUFORC Note: Possible NOSS satellites. PD))
Downey · CA, USA
4 orange-reddish objects lights in the sky traveling in non-static formation @ equal speeds and change in appearance
Glenwood Springs · CO, USA
WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT WAS? ((NUFORC Note: May not be a serious report. PD))
Lake Wales · FL, USA
Flashing lights that quickly moved across the sky, appeared and reappeared. ((NUFORC Note: Student report. PD))
Lodge · SC, USA
I saw 5 little lights circling a 6th larger light in CW rotation then the little lights stopped the rotated in the opposite dir..
Johnstown · CO, USA
2 starlike objects travelling together N to S/SE
Ipava · IL, USA
The u.f.o. looked like a firework that shoots up but never explodes.