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)
Downers Grove · IL, USA
A flying-saucer-shaped object was reported traveling across the daytime sky over Downers Grove, Illinois, in June 1970, for five to ten minutes.
Maui · HI, USA
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Mannheim (West Germany) · Germany
While serving as a military pilot in West Germany(1969-1970),I lived in a high rise apartment building. Standing next to an open window
Burnaby (Canada) · BC, Canada
The reports above you…
Not sure · CA, USA
Single craft
Eureka · CA, USA
silver globe spotted over humboldt bay
Kalispell · MT, USA
A silver, cigar-shaped object was briefly reported over Kalispell, Montana, in June 1970, visible for only about one second.
Princess Anne · MD, USA
A bright orange, oval object with vertical stripes or ribbed markings was reported over Princess Anne in eastern Maryland in June 1970, observed for about five minutes.
Huntington · NY, USA
absolutley no sound, super fast
West Ocean City · MD, USA
A light was reported north of Ocean City, Maryland, in June 1970, around the same time as a related sighting in nearby Princess Anne, lasting under a minute.
Pollok · TX, USA
A witness near Pollok, Texas, described a moon-like object on the ground in June 1970 that rose into the sky and streaked away like a falling star, during a fifteen-minute event.
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) · Brazil
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Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) · Brazil
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Geneseo · IL, USA
Early morning abduction
Houston · TX, USA
Saucer very low to ground
Oxford · IN, USA
Unknown Radio Broadcast 1970
Milford · CT, USA
Witnessed a silver disk in 1970
Vancouver (Canada) · BC, Canada
Disc in sky
San Bruno Mountain Ranges (near canyon) · CA, USA
Near the San Bruno Mountain Ranges on the California coast, a witness in June 1970 described a fast-moving, illuminated disk-shaped object traveling along the coastline for about ten minutes.
Yorktown Heights · NY, USA
Multi lights over Yorktown
Chicago · IL, USA
A bright white, circular disk-shaped object was reported descending along the outside of a high-rise on Chicago's lakefront in June 1970, for about five minutes.
CT/RI border · RI, USA
Back in 1969 or maybe 70, can't really remember the date, my wife and I were on our way to Rhode Island from Connecticut. We left in th
River Pines · CA, USA
A gray-to-silver saucer-shaped craft was reported flying directly toward and over a vehicle near River Pines, California, at an altitude of only a few feet in June 1970, lasting about ten seconds.
Snowbank Lake · MN, USA
A silver, hammered-metal disk-shaped object was reported over Snowbank Lake, Minnesota, in June 1970, observed for about eight minutes.
Malibu Canyon · CA, USA
POSSIBLE ABDUCTION