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)
Natick · MA, USA
GIANT UFO - Natick, MA on Route 9 behind CAR WASH - either 1977 or 1978.
Natick · MA, USA
GIANT UFO - Natick, MA on Route 9 behind CAR WASH - either 1977 or 1978 additional confirmation.
Natick · MA, USA
GIANT UFO - Natick, MA ...Route 9 behind CAR WASH****MORE FOLLOW-UP INFO****April 1978
Chittenango · NY, USA
Red lights glaring over the sky of Town of Sullivan, Madison County, NY
São Paulo (Brazil) · Brazil
Por volta de 9:00 da manha descendo a serra de santos de trem,perto de paranapiacaba avistei entre a fenda um objeto de forma cilindric
Bluff City · TN, USA
Red Sphere shaped craft sited in the early morning hours in rural East Tennessee.
Pleasant Hill · OR, USA
Grandfather and grandson levitated in dump truck. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Richardson · TX, USA
Elongated wedge shaped UFO, smooth silver in color, in the daytime.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
red glowing object in daytime sky
Olongapo · Philippines
Gigantic sphere covered with triangula patterns of various and continously changing colored light, totally silent propulsion sys.
Westland · MI, USA
Approx 50-75 feet above us, 30-40 ft diameter, metal, saucer shaped UFO, colored lights all around, 2 bright white lights.
Padstow Heights (Austra;ia) · Australia
I was in a boat with a friend on Salt Pan creek and we were rowing a boat. As we passed a jetty I noticed what I thought was a duck sit
Tiffen Valley · OH, USA
Was with friend, hitchhiking from New Hampshire to Illinois. Police kicked us off of the highway and we wound up on back roads and in T
Silver Spring · MD, USA
Extremely large circular craft hovering over our apartment complex.
Eglin AFB · FL, USA
Group of USAF cadets and an officer saw a saucer at an air force base.
Los Gatos · CA, USA
Large elipsoid object (greenish hugh) hovering and slowly moving forward just above the treeline (approx. 150 feet) in Los Gatos foothi
Saint Clair Shores · MI, USA
Oval object, center portion having windows, internally lit with tall figures glaring out, seen in MI, spring eveng1978.
Stoughton · MA, USA
It was the day after the Blizzard of 78 in Massachusets
Yreka · CA, USA
Low flying large darkened triangle with no sound seen by nine policemen
Rose Hill · NC, USA
no noise, no lights, aircraft was hovering above my parents house without making any noise
Simi Valley · CA, USA
Miraculous angelic orb of incredible speed seen by two witnesses in Simi Valley, March, 1978.
Bellevue · WA, USA
My age was 8 at the time and I was in bed just starting to fall asleep. Mother was in the den calling me to come "see something". I did
Ozamis (Philippines) · Philippines
In the clear sky I saw a small circular disk move from one side of the sky to center and stayed steady for a few seconds. Then another
Lolo · MT, USA
The animals were in terror.
Mississippi (rural) · MS, USA
Not your typical saucer expectation.