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)
Newnan · GA, USA
Two couples in Newnan, Georgia reported an unidentified object and an apparent period of missing time during an encounter in 1972; further sighting details were not specified.
Greenville · SC, USA
Craft[ very bright green in color ] rose up above trees in a highly wooded area,zig zagged[like a climbing stairs motion]floated direc
Bilxoi · MS, USA
It was about 10:00 pm on a warm June night. I was riding my bike near the Ancient Oaks subdivision golf course in North Biloxi. This wa
Texas City · TX, USA
My sighting was along time ago and some details are hard to remember.One summer nite i was takeing my sister to pick up some clothes fr
Winnebago · IL, USA
A witness in Winnebago, Illinois reported a triangular object during a thirty-minute sighting in June 1972, describing an impression that it reacted to their conversation.
Sierra Vista · AZ, USA
Round bright object chase.
Moreland · KY, USA
A witness in Moreland, Lincoln County, Kentucky reported a ball of light in the sky during a twenty-minute sighting in June 1972.
Vienna · MO, USA
A witness in Vienna, Missouri reported a cigar-shaped craft with colored portholes moving slowly over the treetops during a ten-minute sighting in June 1972.
Wigan (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness in Wigan, England reported a small, white, round object traveling silently across the sky from north to south during a five-second sighting in June 1972.
Tate · GA, USA
Small domes underneath a black background...electrical charges between them. Small bolts of lighning underneath.Slight humming. Flew so
Asheville · NC, USA
Large, white star or planet-shaped object that appeared to divide in 2 parts, circling each other, slowly, then accelerating until stop
Lyndhurst · OH, USA
A witness in Lyndhurst, Ohio reported an oval-shaped object during a thirty-second sighting in June 1972, noting it resembled another report from nearby Beachwood.
Anderson · CA, USA
A witness in Anderson, California reported two round, reddish-orange, metallic disk-shaped objects flying overhead during a roughly seven-second sighting in June 1972.
Millerton · NY, USA
it desended at a tremendous rate of speed, stopped abruptly above the trees, suddenly a beam of blue white light lit up my car
LaCoste · TX, USA
A witness in LaCoste, Texas reported a circular object high in the upper atmosphere producing a pale green, pulsating cloud as it slowly spiraled downward and disappeared, in June 1972.
Broadelbin · NY, USA
A witness in Broadelbin, New York reported unidentified lights during a sighting lasting over two hours in the summer of 1972.
Allentown · PA, USA
A witness in Allentown, Pennsylvania reported a pink, glowing, boomerang-shaped chevron object moving across the night sky during a roughly five-minute sighting in June 1972.
Ohio City (near) · OH, USA
A witness's parents near Ohio City, Ohio reported a disk-shaped object retrieving a decorative jack-o-lantern drone from a wooded area, in June 1972.
Two Egg (Mariana County) · FL, USA
my friends (ship)
Torrington · CT, USA
Close-up sighting of a flying saucer.
Saskatchewan (southwestern) (Canada) · SK, Canada
Unearthly Metalic Disc
Danvers · MA, USA
Witnesses in Danvers, Massachusetts reported a disk-shaped object hovering at about 500 feet with lights on its underside near Route 114, during a four-to-seven-minute sighting in 1972.
Union Grove · AL, USA
A WWII veteran along with several Army and National Guard members in Union Grove, Alabama reported unidentified objects in formation during a two-hour sighting in June 1972.
Welland (Ontario) (Canada) · ON, Canada
A cigar shaped craft the size of a football field, very slowly came hovering over our neighbourhood and stayed for 1/2 hour.
Chermont · FL, USA
A witness in Chermont, Florida reported an unusually shaped object that hovered at a consistent distance before quickly zooming away, during a sighting in June 1972 of uncertain length.