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)
Gulfport · MS, USA
Orb of light enters body, awake temporarily paralyzed, followed by prophetic visions and drawings
Sadieville · KY, USA
THIS IS FROM MEMORY BUT POLICE REPORTS MAY BE ACCESSED TO CONFIRM THE EVENT. AN ELDERLY NEIGHBOR & HIS WIFE AWOKE ONE SUNDAY AM TO FIND
Griffin · GA, USA
UFO came down and went behind a hill 300 yards away.
New Bedford · MA, USA
Fireball possible abductee tests done? took me 27 years to come to terms!!
Germany · Germany
USAF Air Policeman witnesses UFO near Hawk missile site in Germany.
29 Palms · CA, USA
while in the marine corp. I seen two ufo's that looked oval and like chrome and moved together very quik.
SerlingHights · IL, USA
((HOAX)) Orange glowing objects low large and round saw many but these very large.
Hollister · CA, USA
Silver Disk Shape Object Flys over Motorcross Hill Climbers Heads in Hollister, CA
St. Petersburg · FL, USA
Personal confirmation that UFOs cloak themselves and could be in our skies at any given time of day or night.
Elmsford · NY, USA
u.f.o. thay are real
Salinas · CA, USA
UFO fly's over houses and lands a couple blocks away in a school baseball field.
Peru · Peru
Lima-Peru 1978 Two girls(17&13) spot a red hexagon shape w. red light floating ~ 12 ft above their heads.
Ashtabula · OH, USA
I am 30 years late reporting it. I was in the gulf area in Ashtabula Ohio with my sister and brother in law. It's hard to explain but t
Palos Verdes · CA, USA
Two to three large blue flashes, freeze seven boys in their tracks.
Guntur (India) · India
Whirls of celestial light,were falling from sky in the late evening,in 1970-80 in India,A.P.,Guntur
Bhandara (near Nagpur) (India) · India
Orange Ball at Northern Sky moving from West to East for a minute
Nashua · NH, USA
when i was about 10 yrsw old my dad sent me to the store for bread. i left the house and headed south 3 houses and turned left (east) f
Del Rio · TX, USA
I was driving back to base when I spotted a white light hovering over the runway.
Lake Havasu · AZ, USA
Triangular UFO with following craft - Lake Havasu, AZ
Taylor · MI, USA
Symbols on bottom in Michigan
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
It was clear as day and there was NO mistake
Vancouver (Canada) · BC, Canada
3 dark objects, size undetermined, in formation at extreme speed.
New York City (Queens) · NY, USA
Saucer that looked like Star Trek minus the tale, clear and 100 feet away.
Piscataway · NJ, USA
Hello. I am a 37 year old female. I have seen UFO’s two times in my life. The first time I saw a UFO I was around 1978 or 1979. I was a
Miami · FL, USA
Five bright, round, white lights in formation were seen, three together and two together, but then they suddenly disappeared.