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)
Greensboro · NC, USA
Silent, rotating disk with alternating red and white light panels, approxomately 20 feet in diameter, 30 to 40 feet off the ground.
Rochester · NY, USA
A witness in Rochester, New York reported a disk-shaped craft with spinning lights during a ten-minute sighting in June 1972.
Lowell · OH, USA
one incredibly large, silent luminous vessel hovering like a large shallow soup bowl inverted over another of the same size and shapec
Provo (south of) · UT, USA
A witness south of Provo, Utah reported a strange, bright cloud that traveled alongside their car for several miles before speeding off as a silver, saucer-shaped object, in June 1972.
Atlantic Ocean (in-flight) · Unknown
((HOAX??)) CIGAR SHAPE FLYING OBJECT. IN 1972..ACROSS FROM MY PLANE ABOUT 150'. ((anonymous report))
Pocono Mts. · PA, USA
I was pulled off the road(rt.80). Fighting sleep what i saw was as in a dream. I was pulled from the cab of my truck. Bright light all
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
I was stopped at a stop sign. A Nike Site was on my left. A saucer the size of a small car hovered over the hood of my car and then b
Arlington Heights · IL, USA
I was at a stop sign on my way home to Rolling Meadows, between the Hospital and the Nike Site. A disk or saucer appeared above the ho
Los Angeles · CA, USA
A mother and her children in Los Angeles, California reported multiple lights performing maneuvers over the ocean near Santa Monica during a one-hour sighting in June 1972.
Oregon City · OR, USA
A witness in Oregon City, Oregon reported a black, triangular object with rounded edges, rimmed with small lights and unevenly lit underneath, during a six-to-ten-second sighting in June 1972.
Williamsport · PA, USA
A witness in Williamsport, Pennsylvania reported a cigar-shaped object during a two-minute sighting in June 1972, noted as an addition to an earlier report from the same witness.
Clarksville · IN, USA
A witness in Clarksville, Indiana reported a slow-moving, cigar-shaped object lit along its side, traveling west to east over Interstate 65 silently for about fifteen seconds in June 1972.
Millerton (Coleman Station Rd.) · NY, USA
While driving home from work, a huge saucer shaped craft descended from the night sky, and hovered over the tree tops, 50 feet from my
Buffalo · NY, USA
A witness in Buffalo, New York reported a disk-shaped object hovering over a lamp post, with red lights circling around it, in June 1972.
Albany · NY, USA
A witness in Albany, New York reported a cigar-shaped object over the Hudson River during a brief ten-second sighting, dated to around June 1972.
Fort Beaufort (South Africa) · South Africa
Police officers near Fort Beaufort, South Africa reportedly fired shots at an egg-shaped object during a sighting lasting about two hours in June 1972.
Loomis & Folsom Lake · CA, USA
A family near Loomis and Folsom Lake, California reported multiple unidentified objects in the sky above the lake area throughout the summer of 1972.
Arroyo Seco · CA, USA
((HOAX??)) the hum of a green dimond shaped light
Gagetown (army base) (Canada) · NB, Canada
Witnesses near the army base at Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada reported disk-shaped objects, described as distinct from helicopters, during a fifteen-minute sighting in June 1972.
Fairfield/Benicia (near) · CA, USA
Witnesses near Fairfield and Benicia, California reported a large fireball moving slowly and low in the sky, illuminating the area for miles, during a three-minute sighting in June 1972.
Roanoke · FL, USA
Stars that were moving in Formation.
Roanoke · VA, USA
Witnesses in Roanoke, Virginia reported several star-like lights moving together in formation across the sky during a five-minute sighting in June 1972.
Burnsville · NC, USA
A witness in Burnsville, North Carolina reported seeing the same type of circular object on two separate occasions in their life, each sighting lasting five to ten minutes, one dated to 1972.
Billings · MT, USA
A witness in Billings, Montana reported three blue, round fireball-like lights that split off in three different directions during a thirty-second sighting in June 1972.
Continental Divide · USA
A witness near the Continental Divide reported an oval-shaped object during a sighting lasting three to five minutes in June 1972, describing the encounter as personally life-changing.