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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Wayne · MI, USA
Strange orange and red lights flying in formation.
San Clemente · CA, USA
Mysterious formation over South Orange County Skies.
Centennial · CO, USA
Blood moon ufo sightings centennial.
Littleton · CO, USA
Sitting outside watching the full blood moon cycle, very faintly saw a v shaped formation pass just under the moon east to west. It was
Bedford · NH, USA
Three circular, flashing UFO's moving in erratic patterns before traveling away in a line.
Syracuse (20-30 mins away from) · NY, USA
A mass, grey oddly circular shaped, came twisting out of the clouds for about 5-10 seconds and then receded.
Omaha · NE, USA
Strange "V-shaped" glowing orbs.
Tempe · AZ, USA
Formation of about 8 to 10 dim reddish lights.
Independence · KY, USA
Saw 3 red orbs in a triangular formation in the sky.
Hicksville · NY, USA
Invasion of numerous bright orange/yellow lights across sky.
Pilot Point · TX, USA
Triangle formation seen in the sky, until they each flew away, one by one.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Sitting at pool at Mirage about 8 bright dots in formation they breaking formation. Very very fast motion up down, back and forth.
Ellsworth · KS, USA
Witnessed a moving formation of lights in night sky.
Savannah · GA, USA
5 white lights hovering.
West Falls · NY, USA
I saw a very strange object zip across the sky 3 times back and forth. On the third time it stopped in my view of sight,and split to 3
Pike Creek · DE, USA
Objects at very high altitudes, traveling east.
East Palo Alto · CA, USA
Three orange orbs in triangular formation hovering and slowing moving in night sky over East San Jose, the Saratoga hills of South Bay.
Long Beach · CA, USA
Two strange lights (similar to satellites) following eachother and varying in brightness.
Brampton (Canada) · ON, Canada
My wife spotted them first.What really gave it away was that there were so many Of them in such a small space. 110% they were not
Rome · NY, USA
My girlfriend and I saw stationary, soundless, red lights in a Z formation that burned out in five minutes.
Edina · MN, USA
Ring of lights hovering southwest of Minneapolis. ((NUFORC Note: Possible advertising lights from local casino?? PD))
Manchester · NH, USA
Lots of red lights.
Sault Ste. Marie (Canada) · ON, Canada
Line of blinking, hovering light formation above small northern community.
Harrisburg · NC, USA
I thought they were stars until I noticed they were moving in formation. ((NUFORC Note: Possibly satellites? PD))
Gainesville · GA, USA
My sister yelled what is that and pointed up we looked and quickly noticed six or seven red lights.