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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Berlin · WI, USA
3 Light Horizontal Line and 2 Line Diagonal Line UFOS in Central WI. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites? PD))
Baraboo · WI, USA
4 lights travel in a perfect line formation across the sky from a very high altitude. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Shawano · WI, USA
Evenly spaced lights, 3 close together, headlining NE, steady lights...like Orion's belt. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Harshaw · WI, USA
Looked up and saw 3 lights in a straight pattern spaced as . . . With a 4th trailing behind like . . . . Heading East in the sky
Elmhurst · IL, USA
3 lights in symmetrical distance moving North East. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
ELMHURST · IL, USA
3 lights in symmetrical distance moving North East.
Gladwin · MI, USA
Line of three bright lights witnessed by 4. ((NUFORC Note: Space Link satellites. PD))
Henning · TN, USA
Just saw a succession of brightly glowing lights travel across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites? PD))((anonymous source))
Moab · UT, USA
I saw what looked like a line of stars moving slowly together. Sort of like a caterpillar. ((NUFORC Note: Space X satellites. PD))
Pembine · WI, USA
We both noticed a formation moving across the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Satellites? PD))((anonymous source))
East Weymouth · MA, USA
Six white spotlights that slowly dispersed up unto the sky at different angles
Pearsall · TX, USA
Orange/Golden orbs. ((anonymous report))
Port Charlotte · FL, USA
I saw an echelon formation of five short horizontal white dimmed lights flying west to east at constant speed. ((anonymous report))
Vero Beach · FL, USA
Ufo turns on 4 other lights above Vero Beach, Florida.
La Farge · WI, USA
3 lights separated like so. - - - Spaced and flying very fast above the reserve, then appeared to cloak, with one
St. George · UT, USA
Spider moving across the sky.
Freeport · TX, USA
It looked like a flare, but it had a series of moving bright white lights.
Ormond Beach · FL, USA
Four strange aircraft flying in pairs; bathed in pearl-iridescent color; preceded by loud high pitch whirling sound headed SE.
Bakersfield · CA, USA
At approximately 6 pm pst my girlfriend and and I were in our driveway looking up in the sky west about 5000 feet in the evening sky we
Oley · PA, USA
Witnessed five craft with red lights on bottom hovering in formation of a "V" on its side. The formation changed direction in
Troutman · NC, USA
Several strange orange lights seen in formation on the sky near Troutman, NC.
Boise · ID, USA
I saw a formation in the night sky. it was massive like stars but they were not stars. it was a formation.
St. George (Canada) · ON, Canada
Flying lights over St George, Ontario, Canada. ((NUFORC Note: Report submitted by commercial helicopter pilot. PD))
Troutdale · OR, USA
Appeared first as two stars that should not be there.
Reno · NV, USA
Tonight I witnessed a formation of 2 silent craft flying from 110 degrees east to 215 degrees southwest. These craft flew in a level di