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)
Winding Stair Camp Ground · OK, USA
We could see the very bright white light outside our camper but no shadows only objects in the light and carbled lanquage
Trinidad · CA, USA
A witness in Trinidad, California reported a light initially thought to be a satellite that changed directions too quickly for normal orbital motion, during a ten-minute sighting in November 1972.
Crescent City · CA, USA
A witness in Crescent City, California reported high-pitched tones during what they believed was an unidentified object encounter, in a brief thirty-second sighting in the early 1970s.
Hiawassee · GA, USA
A witness in Hiawassee, Georgia reported a red, glowing, circular object over the North Georgia mountains during a two-minute sighting in November 1972.
Ottawa (Canada) · ON, Canada
I have lived with this event my whole life and to this day even as a retired Military Air Traffic Controller, I remember the event like
Tucson · AZ, USA
A witness in Tucson, Arizona reported a dark triangular object that seemed to be searching for something and reportedly approached an Air Force base's security perimeter, in November 1972.
Lebanon · TN, USA
A witness in Lebanon, Tennessee reported an oval-shaped object over a friend's house at 9 p.m. on November 20, 1972, during a sighting lasting about an hour.
Sweet Home · OR, USA
A witness in Sweet Home, Oregon reported lightning-like flashes from a hovering cloud formation, with waves of cloud moving in and out silently, during a sighting in October 1972.
Potwin · KS, USA
Iwas abducted around age 7 or 8. They came will I WAS Asleep. they look into my room from the hall. They took me to a room. I think the
Denton · TX, USA
A witness in Denton, Texas reported a slow-moving object that split into two parts, one speeding away while the larger part moved slowly in the opposite direction, in October 1972.
Convoy · OH, USA
Bright object followed close behind our car. It was above the road, then up in the air hovering Made no sound. Vanished!
Mosheim · TX, USA
A witness in Mosheim, Texas reported a classic, saucer-shaped disk object during a sighting lasting twenty to thirty minutes, dated around October 1972.
New Washington · OH, USA
A witness in New Washington, Ohio reported a white, oval-shaped object initially mistaken for a street light, during a two-minute sighting in October 1972.
Monroe · WA, USA
A witness in Monroe, Washington reported a rectangular object about the size of a large car, with no windows, moving in a stop-and-go pattern, during a fifteen-minute sighting in October 1972.
Pickens/Pumpkintown · SC, USA
Witnesses in the Pickens/Pumpkintown area of South Carolina reported a slow boomerang-shaped object with four bluish-white lights per edge, emitting a hum, over thirty-plus minutes, October 1972.
Greenville/Florence · SC, USA
A witness in the Greenville/Florence area of South Carolina reported being followed at night by a bright light while driving, in incidents involving a car and a truck, each about five minutes.
Fortuna (foothills) · CA, USA
Witnesses in the foothills near Fortuna, California, reportedly hundreds of people, described a huge, self-illuminated sphere with a translucent field, during a ninety-minute sighting, October 1972.
Eatonton · GA, USA
A witness in Eatonton, Georgia reported a disk-shaped craft with lighted panels that illuminated one at a time in a counter-clockwise pattern, during a sighting in October 1972.
Bricktown · NJ, USA
this UFO was about 200 Yards away at an angle of about 50 degrees. I could clearly see the multi-colored lights of orange, yellow, etc
Harlan County · KY, USA
On october 10, 1972 myself,my 5yrs.daughter,2 neices and 2 nephews were playing tag in the back yard .When we looked over on the ridge
West Bloomfield · MI, USA
A witness in West Bloomfield, Michigan reported a disk-shaped object so close that their car battery reportedly dropped to zero amps, stalling the engine, during a two-minute sighting, October 1972.
Toronto (Canada) · ON, Canada
observed tarnished, oval shaped object with black symbols on side travelling south at a steady speed towards Lake Ontario
North Tarrytown · NY, USA
Fall of 1971 or 1972 between 1pm and 4pm. Place: North Tarrytown, New York. I was 10 or 11 years old, playing in yard with younger b
Long Bink (Viet Nam) · Viet Nam
A witness at a military post near Long Binh, Vietnam reported an unusually camouflaged object flying low and slow, during a thirty-to-forty-five-second sighting in October 1972.
New Albany (Floyd or Harrison County?) · IN, USA
A witness near New Albany, Indiana reported a disk-shaped object during a hayride on a farm, in a sighting from 1972 of undetermined length.