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)
Stirling (UK/Scotland) · United Kingdom
mothership and three discs
East Providence · RI, USA
V shaped (Chevron shaped ) Craft appeared to just clear the top of the Water Tower
Jupiter · FL, USA
Bright Light outside of the house
Cheshire (UK/England · United Kingdom
It shone a little brighter than the other stars, which is what caught my attention.
Jacksonville · TX, USA
Mothership and three saucers left behind
Monterey · NY, USA
It was about 8 am, I was getting ready for work. I heard this tremendous roaring noise outside, went to the window to see what it was.
Kenton · MI, USA
I was 9 years old going up a hill to a friends house and as I was going up the hill my angle was up toward the sky and seen 3 balls in
Lexington · NC, USA
Night siting of a black trangle
North Brunswick (over) · NJ, USA
HUGE circular object which hovered over the North Brunswick, NJ intersection of Route 1 and Route 130 in the late 1970's or early 1980
New Brunswick · NJ, USA
object was disk-like with windows all around, huge as it hovered over the area during the clear day, traveling north on l8, observed on
Medford · OR, USA
While in flight landing at Medford from Klammath Falls, I spoted what appeared to be another aircraft flying the opposite direction. S
Downey · CA, USA
Very large silent slim chevron aircraft over Downey CA 1979
Buies Creek · NC, USA
While living on the edge of the campus of Campbell College in Buies Creek, NC I saw a large saucer shaped object on the ground.
California Hot Springs · CA, USA
saucer larger than a sierra nevada mountain
Lee's Summit · MO, USA
CANT EXPLANE NEVER HAD ANY THING HAPPEN LIKE THAT? QUICK FLASH AND IT WAS GONE? JUST A BRITELITE NO CRAFT? IT was so low? like it ALMOS
Thunder Bay (Canada) · ON, Canada
Flashing row of lights
Woodinville (N.E. 189th Street) · WA, USA
In 1979, a large circular light was seen over the neighbors house behind N.E. 189th Street in Woodinville.
Sydney (NSW · Australia), Australia
Green Ball travelling E to W 1,500 altitude. Entered cloud, changed direction.
Baker City · OR, USA
Large, cigar-shaped craft w / windows travelling south to NNE near Baker, Oregon @ appx. 22:00 on March 24th, 1979.
Windsor · CA, USA
Chrome cylinder hovers at vertical angle 5,000 or more up on a clear cloudless day. ((anonymous report))
Big Sur (Lucia) · CA, USA
triangular glowing, amber object lighting circle of ocean, leaving glowing light and dropping 2 glowing objects into ocean, silent,
North Webster · IN, USA
We had went to FT.Wayne ,IN. We left Ft. Wayne at 11:15pm to head home , we allways take ST RD Old 30 WEST out of Columbia City ,We was
Middletown · PA, USA
.TMI saved from completely melting down from UFO during the accident baffelling the scientist that said it didn't melt when it Did
Between Jackson Fla. & Atlanta Ga. · GA, USA
Saw from airplane window, seemed to be on the ground,but shoot straright up and was higher than the plane.
Jacksonville Flat & Atlanta (between) · GA, USA
An object sitting on the ground pulsating red and white then decelerating straight up to maybe 60,000 feet in less then three seconds.