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)
Middletown · PA, USA
It had a super bright light on the bottom and was a silver color with a couple of rect. windows and shot right up to the moon and behin
Lake Arrowhead · CA, USA
My husband, 3 children, and I moved to LK Arrowhead in 1971. We were both Fine Artists. We wanted to get away from Los Angeles, the sch
Lima (Peru) · Peru
i woke up and i saw this thing about 20 floors up not moving.
Tallmadge · OH, USA
ufo lights seen in Tallmadge, Ohio ,beginning on 2-05-79
Helena · MT, USA
Saucer shaped object hovering on ridge between two mountain peaks..about 300 yds out.
Huntersville · NC, USA
UFO near switchyard of nuclear power plant.
Louden County · VA, USA
While driving saw a disc shaped object very briefly. My girlfriend wgo was with me also saw it. The interesting thing about is that we
Alexandria · VA, USA
white light over Alexandria at night grew in intensity-took three pictures
Grover Beach · CA, USA
Grover Beach UFO coming from ocean
Meadville · MS, USA
Very bright, fast moving light spreeing across sky.
Pismo Beach · CA, USA
An enormous triangle hovered over me for at least seven minutes.
San Francisco · CA, USA
Giant Orange Orb- Scoop marks - Bright lights in room.
Tallmadge · OH, USA
Slow moving triangular shape---at least the light pattern,seen in tallmadge ohio 2-5-79
Hwy 80 · CA, USA
This event was called into the Air Force at 7:00 AM 01/01/1979 and all 4 witnesses gave personal detailed information.
Silvertown (american name) · South Korea
Visitation Experience in Korea and other events
Orange · CA, USA
In Broad daylight saucer appeared 50 feet above after I looked up to see what the humming and deep bass sound was
Redondo Beach · CA, USA
Low-altitude disk flying slowly; red lights around perimeter.
Norman · OK, USA
Encounter, clear recall of it
Toronto (Canada) · ON, Canada
Can’t say for sure the date or year, I was about 14 at the time, sitting on my porch with my neighbors they were about 9, 11 years old
Humnoke · AR, USA
Bright light on ground about two miles from house. Was emitting huge radiant various colored lights that could have been seen from hund
Key West · FL, USA
A small unexplainable hovering object I spotted as a child of 10 while walking home from school one day in the 70s
Los Angeles · CA, USA
Fireball passing through outer atmosphere about sunset.
Clines Corners/Tijeras (between) · NM, USA
25 minute event of a Triangle shaped object seen by many on Interstate 40 in New Mexico, between Clines Corner and Tijera,New Mexico
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
enormous triangle gliding silently overhead
Houston · TX, USA
I saw a grey rectangular patch against blue sky, thru binoculars.