Shape Profile
Formation Sightings
6,911 reports describe a formation-shaped object — 3.22% of every sighting in the National UFO Reporting Center record.
Total reports
6,911
Share of all sightings
3.22%
Top state
CA
898 reports
Peak decade
2010s
3,060 reports
Trend by decade
are formations rising?Top 10 states
geographic spreadLatest 20 formation sightings
most recent on record| Date | City | State | Duration | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-30 | Woodstock | IL | 5-10 seconds | 2 groups of 25silver lights with 1 above the other seen clearly the bottom group faded away before the upper group faded... |
| 2023-11-28 | Lawrence | MI | 1.5 min - 2.5 min | Saw Formation of 6 UAPs in southwest Mi |
| 2023-11-13 | Longmont | CO | 7 min | 6 lights following each other descending in a helical path |
| 2023-11-12 | La Grange Park | IL | Less than a minute | Shape with two points of light at each end at low altitude |
| 2023-11-09 | Eden Prairie | MN | 10 min minimum | They were in a circular formation. There might’ve been two clusters, but that’s because I was at two different places... |
| 2023-11-09 | Batavia | IL | 5 minutes | Long slow moving straight line of lights that change color and shape that dim like a light bulb |
| 2023-11-09 | Little Rock | IL | 1 min | Observed an anomaly of lights in the sky |
| 2023-11-09 | Westminster | MD | it was only one time | Series of lights moving slowly across the sky in a stright line. Most of the lights were solid but some were blinking. |
| 2023-11-08 | Seattle | WA | 15 minutes | Saw many lights in the sky over the freeway |
| 2023-11-05 | Santa Fe | FL | 4min/drove out of sight | While driving (dark) noticed 2 large lights to left. Once at field, saw underside, 3 lights(triangle) and small ones.... |
| 2023-11-04 | Clayton | NC | 57 second | Flashing lights in formation. No plane silhouette seen. No tail lights |
| 2023-11-01 | Culver Town | KY | A while | My mom walked outside she saw something in the kept looking seen it move and do odd things then I started recording it |
| 2023-10-31 | Perris | CA | 5 minutes | Saw red blinking lights in formation evenly spaced out and blinking in synchronized manner. |
| 2023-10-29 | Holden | UT | 5 sections +/- | About six lights in alignment with lighted straight line connecting each one. |
| 2023-10-27 | San diego | CA | 1:00 + | A series of mysterious lights in close proximity of the San Diego military base. |
| 2023-10-26 | Worcester | MA | 10+ minutes | 3 unknown objects hovering for 10+ minutes |
| 2023-10-20 | Marvell | AR | 1 hour | It was 8 bright lights in the sky |
| 2023-10-17 | Not sure | MN | 2 minutes | Three series of 3 slightly yellow/ white,lights spaced wide apart that then became one bright light, then went back to... |
| 2023-10-15 | Indianapolis | IN | Ongoing at the moment | Lights behind clouds in 2 separate circular forms . Slowly rotating in the sky behind clouds |
| 2023-10-15 | Indianapolis | IN | — | I got it on video it’s was lights moving and gliding like sprites |