Formation
Multiple objects holding a deliberate arrangement.
4,558 entries on file
November 30, 2023 · 11:26 AM · FORMATION
Woodstock, IL
Thursday Nov.30th, 2023 11:26 am cst Woodstock, IL. I'm looking North out my front window at an airliner high above me (75degrees up) traveling east in clear blue-sky and then another airliner going west came into view seconds later. That's when directly across my street facing North/3degrees East... I'll say 40degrees above horizon about 5 feet above the streetlight (it was not on) in my clear sight were 2 groups of silver bright lights/orbs (at least 20 in each group) with one circular group above the other in view for only about 10 seconds max when the lower group faded quickly into blue-sky then the group above faded immediately after into clear blue-sky too. There was no motion or movement just a fadeout. I stared for a few minutes and grabbed my binoculars to scan the sky but nothing there. I checked the time on my phone, and I decided to draw in pencil what was in my memory and write a description on the back of an envelope. Each circular group was about the size of my index fingernail held out arm's length. I waited a week to make a report, but I felt that I should still write this…. I told my 2 neighbors and showed them my drawing.
November 28, 2023 · 6:25 PM · FORMATION
Lawrence, MI
I was driving westbound on 94 towards Chicago. Suddenly 6 bright lights appeared above the horizon, not moving and in a vertical formation. The lights stayed still for at least 30 seconds and my eyes were glued to them. Eventually after about 40 seconds the top light flickered, then disappeared, then the bottom light did the same thing. The remaining four lights all followed suit from bottom to top in about 10 second intervals. These lights were not moving at all and appeared very far away in the sky. Even though they were in formation, they were not close together and had significant spacing in between them - which is why i dont think this was Star link. [NUFORC annotation: Flares - Possible]
November 13, 2023 · 6:05 PM · FORMATION
Longmont, CO
Initially spotted an an altitude of roughly 1000ft queue of 5 or 6 red lights following one another along a descending helical path (100 ft radius).
November 12, 2023 · 8:00 PM · FORMATION
La Grange Park, IL
While looking west at approximately 8:00 pm I noticed a light coming fast from the south to the north several miles away and fairly low. As it crossed my position in front of me I could make out a shape with two points of light at each end. It continued north and then made a turn to the east and appeared to circle to the south as I lost sight of it. The shape was moving faster relative to the planes in the sky as I am situated on a flight path to midway airport and o’hare. I have seen military jets up close and didn’t hear the tell tale afterburners.
November 9, 2023 · 7:24 PM · FORMATION
IdentifiedEden Prairie, MN
I was walking my dog with my father on the loop around my neighborhood, hidden oaks and basswood streets, when we saw a ring of 11 white orbs. We live in Eden Prairie, MN. I was watching from in front of the entrance of my neighborhood and the sidewalk/path near it. [NUFORC annotation: Searchlight - Certain]
November 9, 2023 · 6:45 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalBatavia, IL
Standing in the Wendy's parking lot looking westbound over the Chase Bank parking lot at approximately 6:45 p.m. on November 9th, I witnessed 19 lights in a straight line appear out of the dark sky slowly float eastbound. The line of lights slowly changed brightness like the dimming of a dining room light in different sequences and then in gradation from one end to the other in a repeated pattern. As the single line of lights traveled eastbound overhead and higher into the sky the 19 lights starting at the most northern point started to dim out of existence until the last light went dark. This display of lights occurred for approximately 5 to 10 minutes. [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 9, 2023 · 6:15 PM · FORMATION
Little Rock, IL
It appeared fixed in the black sky for 15 seconds. I was driving and couldn’t pull j er due to traffic. I rounded a bend and it appeared in a different area of the sky at the same elevation. It’s possible it was in the same location and just appeared to move due to orientation of the road but I don’t think so. Then it simply disappeared
November 9, 2023 · 5:58 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalWestminster, MD
A straight line of lights were moving slowly across the evening sky. Never saw anything like it. They all moved in a line following one another, some were solid and others were blinking. Only lasted maybe a few minutes if that. Their were many and not a small amount again moving in a straight line, slow! [NUFORC annotation: Starlink - Probable]
November 8, 2023 · 6:29 PM · FORMATION
Seattle, WA
I don’t think they were airplanes, but there were many lights above the horizon moving individually. It wasn’t close to the airport, and there were planes I could see around.
November 5, 2023 · 7:52 PM · FORMATION
Santa Fe, FL
While driving towards Worthington Springs, FL from Lacrosse, FL with my husband, at 7:52pm, I noticed 2 bright, warm white lights in the sky. I compared it to headlights on a close hill, as it appeared much nearer than planets, stars, planes, etc. I had my husband pull up plane finder to see if any planes/helicopters were the culprit as we do have a nearby airport(but this still would have been very low for a plane.) I knew it was either stationary or moving towards us, as I couldn't see any movement. My husband took pictures but they are poor and do not show the formation. There is no cell tower in this area either. I lost sight of it behind the trees for a bit, then saw it again over a field. Here, I was able to get a view from the underside. (Horrible sketch attached.) It was 3 large, white, warm toned lights in a triangle formation, with smaller lights speckled about, all the same color. It was dark surrounding all these lights, but I cant tell you for certain that this was "a craft" as opposed to a product of my mind. I did understand it to be such. This did not look like any aircraft we know of or could Google. It appeared to be slowly moving in the direction we came from at this point. I kept driving and lost sight again, never seeing it cross the road in my rear view mirror. This object also did not have any sound and was visible for 4 minutes without much movement. It was definitely larger over the field, but we were driving toward it, so it's hard to tell what the movement distance/speed really was. It began about penny size then was golfball at second appearance. It was no longer there on our trip back ~20 minutes later. I will attach a picture from when we first saw it, but it isn't worth anything as it just appears as a blob of white light. (You will see two poles on the side of the road, mid photo. Look immediately above those. Other lights visible are reflections from my dash.) Terrible sketch shows the underside(I originally tried to draw it at an angle, like I saw it, but I can't.) I tried to illustrate the darkness around the lights. The positioning is all accurate. Feel free to text me about this. I'm not putting "I'd like to be contacted" because I feel like that's a waste of your time, but if you need anything, message me.
November 4, 2023 · 7:27 PM · FORMATION
Probable conventionalClayton, NC
Saw flashing lights in night sky that were in a formation. It was flying fairly low [NUFORC annotation: Aircraft - Probable]
November 1, 2023 · 12:50 AM · FORMATION
Culver Town, KY
I seen the light do multiple things disappear come back go into mist shoot up real quick start falling down look like it was blowing up it was crazy it changed colors went into different object shapes legit crazy experience I have it all on record