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)
Hudson · NH, USA
((HOAX??)) THREE OF US SAW LIGHTS IN THE SKY AND LOST AT LEAST ONE HOUR . 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Zaandam (Netherlands) · Netherlands
UFO-report from a sighting near Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Nuriootpa (Australia) · Australia
Fireball inclour size approximately 500 yards across, landed and vertically lifted out of sight
Salem · NH, USA
Approx. noon of this day in October. I was relaxing on my car and just la
Elmont · NY, USA
A memory I will never forget that happened meny years ago.
Brighton · MI, USA
round revolving lights reflecting on the fog
Kannapolis · NC, USA
A close encounter!
Dyersburg · TN, USA
NW TN TRIANGLE.
Alpine · AZ, USA
DURING A HUNTING TRIP IN THE MOUNTAINS,WE MADE CAMP AND LATE THAT NIGHT I SAW THE FOLLOWING. A BRIGHT LIGHT THAT CAME FROM THE SOUTHEAS
Atlanta · GA, USA
A saucer shaped ship was seen from about 50 yards away. It hovered.
Redondo Beach · CA, USA
phx lights and reproductive organs missing
Greenwich · CT, USA
Had no control on tv. ash tray killd itself. the obkect was one big light.
Des Plaines · IL, USA
Sighting in Illinois
Shelby Township · MI, USA
Witnessed 2 Mich State Troopers run from close encouter of second kind.
Coeur d'Alene · ID, USA
Object raised vertically from lake and zips off horizontally like a lightning bolt.
Port St. Joe · FL, USA
Sighting In Florida
Cherokee · NC, USA
Unknown white orb followed by approxmately 4 known objects
Haena · Kauai, HI, USA
Six bright blue light orbs dance above the ocean just off Haena, Kauai in 1978.
Candia · NH, USA
Very large object seen in mid October 1978
Warren · RI, USA
Light over T F Green Airport.
Birmingham · AL, USA
Is there a 4 way stop sign in space for UFO.
West Seneca · NY, USA
two triangler, dark grey objects hovering at tree top level.
Adelaide (Australia) · Australia
Sighting in South Australia during the seventies
Virginia City · MT, USA
While elk hunting South of town I sighted a huge object which was shiny like mylar or a mirror but seemed metalic. It was shaped like a
Monroe · NC, USA
Coming home from grocery store on a brisk fall evening I noticed something in the sky to the NW of our location. Stopped car to take pi