UFO Sightings in the 1970s
3,165 UFO sightings reported during the 1970s, peaking in 1978 (441 reports); most often described as disk.
- Total sightings
- 3,165
- Span
- 1970–1979
- Peak year
- 1978 (441 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1970–1979 · peak 1978 (441 reports)
Peoria · IL, USA
Saw a U.F.O. over backyard at very close proximity to house located across from airport. Saw first hand object and passengers inside.
Lufkin (general area · east Texas), TX, USA
A report from the Lufkin, TX area in April 1973 described a family's reported encounters with glowing objects over several decades, involving three family members, lasting 15 minutes.
Levittown · NY, USA
A report from Levittown, NY in April 1973 described multiple glowing red, disk-shaped objects moving west, lasting about 5 minutes.
Houston · TX, USA
Perfect disk with lights on edge; one side red, one side green: no sound No clouds, disk blocked out stars, moving S.to N.
Fort Payne · AL, USA
It was round with colored lights all around it 50-75 yards in leanth 1972 in Fort Payne, AL. I was very close about 150 yds..
Goose Creek · SC, USA
A report from Goose Creek, SC in April 1973 described a light-blue, disc-shaped object with an aircraft-like silhouette on its underside, lasting 3 minutes.
Mayfield · KY, USA
A report from Mayfield, KY in April 1973 described a cigar-shaped, silvery object that appeared to follow a moving car before speeding away, lasting about 30 seconds.
Glenolden · PA, USA
A report from Glenolden, PA in April 1973 described a large, brownish-gray oval object witnessed by multiple people, lasting 5 minutes.
Cold Lake (Canada) · AB, Canada
Strange lights
Oakcliff · TX, USA
A report from Oak Cliff, TX in April 1973 described a spinning, disk-like object seen by family and friends, lasting 30 minutes.
Rockland · MA, USA
Military jet pursuit.
Grand Chenier · LA, USA
Have always felt certain it was a meteorite, It was a burning ball of fire about 3 to 4 foot in diameter. This object hit the earth. Af
Ocean Springs · MS, USA
A report from Ocean Springs, MS in April 1973 described a triangular object with two white lights at the front and several more at the rear, lasting 5 minutes or so.
london · United Kingdom
i am 85 years old and soon to leave this world and i wish to let the world know of my abduction in 1973 i have been telling this experi
Santa Fe (near · on highway), NM, USA
A report from near Santa Fe, NM in March 1973 described an unusual episode a motorist experienced while driving at night; no object shape was described, lasting 10 minutes.
Winston-Salem · NC, USA
A report from Winston-Salem, NC in March 1973 described a fast-moving light that made an abrupt 90-degree turn before vanishing, lasting 15 seconds.
Upper Hutt (New Zealand) · New Zealand
Witnesses in Upper Hutt, New Zealand, reportedly thousands of people, described a circular object hanging silently above the town for about two and a half hours in 1973.
St. Augustine · FL, USA
A witness in St. Augustine, Florida reported a white light merging with a brighter white light before both ascended straight up, during a sixty-second sighting in March 1973.
Richfield · UT, USA
My life being being taken.
Plain · WA, USA
A witness in Plain, Washington reported cube-shaped objects landing and releasing small, shiny, silvery spheres, with large three-toed, bird-like footprints later found in the snow, in March 1973.
New Orleans · LA, USA
My husband and I stopped early one morning on a highway to look at a bright object, the object was a large round silver thing.
Inkster · MI, USA
A witness in Inkster, Michigan reported a fireball flying at a sustained altitude across the sky from east to west, during a five-minute sighting in March 1973.
Hartford · CT, USA
A witness in Hartford, Connecticut reported wedge-shaped, triangular objects flying in formation just above the hood of their car at dusk while driving on the highway, in March 1973.
Reasnor · IA, USA
A witness in Reasnor, Iowa reported a disk-shaped object hovering silently above the clouds for about an hour during a daytime sighting in March 1973, according to the original account.
Sacramento · CA, USA
A witness in Sacramento, California reported a slowly rotating, cylindrical object roughly 75 feet above an intersection, during a twenty-second sighting in March 1973.