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)
Lake Victor · TX, USA
A witness in Lake Victor, Texas reported a large, bright blue spherical light at very low altitude during a brief five-to-eight-second sighting in November 1971.
Knox · NY, USA
A witness in Knox, New York reported a disk-shaped object hovering overhead and shining a bright beam of light down on them, during a one-minute sighting in November 1971.
Vindoen Island (Sweden) · OH, Sweden
A witness near Vindoen Island, Sweden reported an enormous disk-shaped object, estimated at about one kilometer wide, glowing yellow, during a nine-minute sighting in November 1971.
Sundsanvik (Sweden) · Orust
A witness in Sundsvik, Sweden reported a disk-shaped object with golden and white synchronized lights, a ruby-red glow, and a dark blue star-like light, for about ten minutes in November 1971.
Pasadena · CA, USA
Powerless over UFO sighting.
Kitchener (Canada) · ON, Canada
A very bright , horizontal elliptical disk aprox. the length of a yardstick held at arms length, hovered one hundred feet away.
Lexington · NC, USA
A witness in Lexington, North Carolina reported a green, oval-shaped light over a local church, coinciding with nearby power lines going down, during a thirty-second sighting in October 1971.
Menands (Albany) · NY, USA
Witnesses in Menands, near Albany, New York reported a large, black, boomerang-shaped chevron object gliding silently overhead for about three minutes in October 1971.
Bristol · CT, USA
i was just a baby up at fallmount,past central high school,wolcott st..i was told by my family dad,mom and 4 brother that when i was ju
Lago Vista (near Austin) · TX, USA
went outside & in night sky looking east{est.} saw 15 to 25 objects looked like stars appeared same distance as stars, but brighter tha
Bremerton · WA, USA
I was walking into my home one day at dusk and as i looked up saw these strange objects in the sky. I ran in and got my camera and took
Tinley Park · IL, USA
Saw a disc shaped craft with 3 lights
Litchfield · CT, USA
Mothership over Litchfield CT
Bristol · CT, USA
A witness in Bristol, Connecticut reported a very large triangular object over the west end of town during a five-minute sighting in October 1971.
Holliston · MA, USA
Fast moving bright light that hovered and bolted in non typical directions and speed; Holliston, Ashland, Framingham; fall 1971 or 1972
FREEWAY BY AIR FORCE BASE · CA, USA
A witness near a California freeway by an Air Force base reported what first looked like a flare, then a cigar-shaped object roughly five stories tall, over thirty minutes in September 1971.
Humboldt · IA, USA
A witness in Humboldt, Iowa reported a cigar-shaped object resembling a large blimp that appeared from a clear sky, descended, landed, and vanished within about 45 seconds in September 1971.
Dexter · ME, USA
I was thirteen then. My grandmother, mother and I were having an ice cream in the car outside a diner. About 45-50 degrees south we saw
Buffalo · NY, USA
A witness in Buffalo, New York reported a silent, unmarked, arrow-shaped triangular object flying low over the University at Buffalo in under a minute, in September 1971.
Orono · ME, USA
Witnesses in Orono, Maine reported a rectangular object about 30 to 40 feet long with sharply defined corners, glowing red from within while hovering, for over five minutes in September 1971.
Forest Grove · MI, USA
A witness in Forest Grove, Michigan reported a huge dark, circular object above their home on a clear, full-moon night, during a sighting lasting about twenty-five minutes in September 1971.
Indianapolis · IN, USA
Crescent-shaped object seen in 1971
Delta (Canada) · BC, Canada
A witness in Delta, British Columbia, Canada reported a spherical object that moved in a wave-like pattern and appeared to change color as it accelerated away, in September 1971.
Mojave Desert (remote area of) · CA, USA
A witness reported their vehicle being buzzed by a disk-shaped object in a remote part of the Mojave Desert, California, during a ten-second sighting in September 1971.
San Antonio · TX, USA
Witnesses in San Antonio, Texas reported an oval-shaped, lighted phenomenon that appeared and reappeared several times during a one-minute daylight sighting in September 1971.