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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San Francisco · CA, USA
I saw 3 formated UFOs. They changed formation slightly and were moving to the east.
Stockholm (Sweden) · Sweden
A chilly wind hit us from behind on a night with no wind at all.
Dillsburg · PA, USA
Formation of lights in a < shape that where visible for several minutes and then suddenly disappeared.
Bethesda/Rockville · MD, USA
Craft with 3 lights hovering over 495 then darting away
In-orbit (heard from Americus · GA), GA, USA
Strange conversation from columbia space shuttle.
Owings Mills (area) · MD, USA
Three lights surrounded by smoke
Spanish Fork · UT, USA
There was a beautiful, sparkling, highly maneuverable craft flying gracefully and very quickly over Spanish Fork, Utah.
Herk-de-Staad (Belgium) · Belgium
it flew like an ~ and it was a sort of gray eggformed dish
Littleton · CO, USA
three star-like objects moving in a straight line over Denver area
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Formation of moving lights over Manhattan
Camano Island · WA, USA
brilant star looking shapes in night sky
Sedona · AZ, USA
Formation of black objects in the sky above Sedona, AZ.
Dane · WI, USA
five lights moving in formation
Stoke-on-Trent (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Red m Shaped Crafts flying in an upside down V formation
Wenatchee · WA, USA
3 lights suspended over Wenatchee just before midnight Dec 31 lasting at least 8 mins
Tucson · AZ, USA
5 Crafts in unity for about .5 seconds move incredibly fast and disappeared immediately.
Wolverhampton (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Formation Flight of two craft
San Pedro · CA, USA
Six dark objects move over city in daytime, stop, hover, assume stationary " U" formaiton.
Houston · TX, USA
Three red light formation over Houston
Plano · TX, USA
On September 19, at approximately 4:40 am, my mother and I were outside looking for the Leonid Meteor Shower. After a while, a V-shape
Baltimore · MD, USA
all i can say is i saw a formation of about 8 to 12 objects go overhead
Baltimore · MD, USA
not sure if i observed one object or 10 in some kind of formation.
Dallas · TX, USA
light flickering followed by dark mass at low speed which was gone quickly and quitly
Bellingham · WA, USA
series of flare-like fireballs
Hong Kong · Hong Kong SAR
Sighting in Hong Kong SAR