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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Wahiawa · HI, USA
Formation of lights move quickly across the night sky in hawaii.
IN · USA
Unnatural activity recorded on weather radar
Temple Hills · MD, USA
Formation of 8 to 10 lights seen by Mother and Daughter
Thomasville · NC, USA
Red orangish dot with a red streak behind it moving faster than a falling star.
Fort Myers · FL, USA
Strange formation of lights in western sky over Fort Myers, FL.
Joliet · IL, USA
7 Orange-Red lights hovering over Joliet, IL
Phoenix · AZ, USA
At about 6:30pm in Phoenix my mom was walking me out to my truck. I noticed 3 non-flashing bright white lights spaced evenly apart. The
Grand Rapids · MI, USA
Orange lights in staggered formation over grand rapids michigan.
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Bright orange lights in a formation, some seperation movement, then vanish in SC.
Wethersfield · CT, USA
3 or 4 groups of 3 or 4 yellow/ orange small ojects traveling NNE to SSW, disappeared one by one
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
Fleet Formation of 7 fireballs in a linear pattern.
Moncks Corner · SC, USA
On 11/5/12 seven lights were seen that appeared in a sequence, making a perfect line in the sky, and then disappeared.
Sardis Lake · MS, USA
Almost every night!!!
Wentworth · NH, USA
3 red lights linear moving slowly no noise.
Chelmsford · MA, USA
Four light formation
Paton · IA, USA
A opening in space that formed a hole from which I could see many flying objects keeping the hole open.
Santa Cruz · CA, USA
Formation of 10 to 15 bright red-orange lights appeared over Monterey Bay in California.
Shawnee · KS, USA
Lights in the sky in Shawnee, KS
Concord · NH, USA
Quick spiral flying south over Concord, NH
Columbus · OH, USA
Three red lights in consistent formation, occasionally vanishing, and re-appearing.
Chesapeake · VA, USA
A formation of several orange circular lights gliding through the sky.
Chesapeake · VA, USA
7 to 8 orange balls in a line, 4 additional balls from top left coming down T an angle.no sound and I followed it across th sky as f
Otis · OR, USA
5 red star like lights appeared in the sky.
Stafford · VA, USA
My husband and I saw a swarm of bright-colored (red and white) objects floating noiselessly very low to the ground.
Terre Haute · IN, USA
Nearly invisible object flying in the sky.