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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Brea · CA, USA
Night-time flight of lights changes formation suddenly.
La Crescenta · CA, USA
Triangle formation in foothills.
Cambridge (Galt) (Canada) · ON, Canada
Nov. 1976, straight line of 7 or 8 red balls travelling northward, absolutely silent, moving up and down, changing positions
Port Richey · FL, USA
5 glowing, pale green spheres in a chevron formation slowly flying north to south
Weekapaug · RI, USA
Three globular lights in a tight triangular formation passed east to west at low altitude
Ft. Belvoir · VA, USA
Saw three lights in a triangular shape flying from the east to west. It moved as one unit passing by within moments. A plane was in t
Joshua Tree National Monument · CA, USA
single satellite type object omits other object flies in formation and rejoins
Coventry · RI, USA
red orbs 'dancing' around a central orb
Catskill · NY, USA
On my way across the rip van winkle bridge with my mother as a passenger we stopped my truck when we saw multiple dark gray football sh
Reseda · CA, USA
Dove Shaped Ships that Glowed Green in mid-1970s
East Tawas · MI, USA
In the late 70's my wife and I observed various unexplainable light formations along about a 100 mile stretch of I-75 south in Michigan
Reisterstown · MD, USA
Saw est. 200-300+ halo style craft flying from SW/NE in the Greenspring Valley area - 1974-1975
Yorba Linda · CA, USA
I am reporting this years later. One night I could not sleep, and so I was looking outside my window from the couch I slept on at my gr
Kittery · ME, USA
A report from Kittery, ME in August 1973 described a very fast, point-like light that crossed the sky and vanished, lasting 10 Seconds.
Hampton · VA, USA
A report from Hampton, VA in June 1973 described a low-flying, triangular formation of silent blue lights, lasting 1 to 2 minutes.
Weslaco · TX, USA
A report from Weslaco, TX in June 1973 described a formation of white lights, described as similar in appearance to the historic 'Lubbock Lights', lasting 10 seconds.
Newport Beach · CA, USA
A report from Newport Beach, CA in June 1973 described a V-shaped formation of lights seen moving across the night sky, lasting 10 seconds.
Union Grove · AL, USA
A WWII veteran along with several Army and National Guard members in Union Grove, Alabama reported unidentified objects in formation during a two-hour sighting in June 1972.
Dannevirke (New Zealand) · New Zealand
Witnesses near Dannevirke, New Zealand reported a large blue light with smaller, variously colored lights moving toward and away from it, in formation, over thirty minutes in May 1972.
Lago Vista (near Austin) · TX, USA
went outside & in night sky looking east{est.} saw 15 to 25 objects looked like stars appeared same distance as stars, but brighter tha
Nuevo Laredo · TX, USA
Witnesses near Nuevo Laredo, Texas reported nine round red objects flying in formation for about ten minutes in August 1971.
Hancock (vicinity) · MI, USA
Three very bright nocturnal lights on approx 40-degree angle. Approx 150-200 yds from 1st to 3rd light. Approx 1 mile from observers, a
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Four hazy, circular white lights were reported flying in formation over Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, at 1:00 a.m. in June 1971, visible for about two seconds.
Fairbanks · AK, USA
Five objects arranged in a pentagon formation were reported near Fairbanks, Alaska, around November 1969, observed for about four minutes.
Millington · TN, USA
Witnesses in Millington, Tennessee, described a star-like eight-point formation shifting shape and jumping from south to west in about a second, during a sighting spanning three days in October 1969.