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)
Bridgeport · CT, USA
The craft was HUGE! Its diameter was big enough to fit a couple of good sized houses under it. Had windows, all the way around the to
Jacksonville · AR, USA
Luminious at a distance, very fire like ( massive blaze, orangish-red glow, turning amber up close. Very quiet. Triangular shape,
none · FL, USA
USS John F. Kennedy: Fireball and siver object viewed from U.S. Navy aircraft carrier
Yazoo City · MS, USA
Two oval crafts with amber colored lights seen in1977.
Bhandara (near Nagpur) (India) · India
Orange ball, fast moving at low altitude with no sounds
Palatine · IL, USA
Oval shaped object flies over Palatine, while it hoovers; over a private school called: Little City.
Des Plaines · IL, USA
Grandma's UFO
Winamuccha · NV, USA
I saw a vehicle from another planet in May of 1977,
Freeland · MI, USA
stelth looking object. No sound & it hovered just 100-150 feet above us. Lights in a sequence on bottom.
Denver · CO, USA
two lazer like lights, one 6-12 inches off the ground, one dollar sized on the ground.
Kinder · LA, USA
Multiple Daytime sighting of silver spheres.
Kemah · TX, USA
A white "star" in the sky began to spiral and zig zag in the sky then zoomed off and disappeared.
Lake Guadalupe (Mexico) · Mexico
It was silent and metalic and reflective.
Salem · OR, USA
Slowly moving cigar-shaped object with unusual flashing lights seen in Salem, OR in 1970's.
Kilmarnock (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Whisper quiet hovering craft.
Elmont · VA, USA
silver disk near Elmont Elementary School in 1977
Minneapolis · MN, USA
The red and green lights were in a triangular configuration and just hovered above the airport with no sound
Marana · AZ, USA
That's NOT the moon!
Mettacahonts · NY, USA
Circular object with many lights moving very slowly at low height over rural upstate New York in the late 1970s
Marshall · IL, USA
totally black object in the sky
Meridian · ID, USA
It passed over our house and the other houses dead center of them at such a slow speed, I couldn`t figure how it could stay in the air,
Los Angeles · CA, USA
I was only 6 but I'll never gorget the silent metal stick that silently flew over me as I waited in the car that night on my birthday.
Meridian · ID, USA
It passed over our house and the other houses dead center of them at such a slow speed, I couldn`t figure how it could stay in the air,
Watertown · NY, USA
My friend and I were on our way to my summer place in Canada and had pulled off I-81 for a rest stop. We were looking at how beautiful
Bratenhaul · OH, USA
Police, myself and others stood 200 feet from UFO in Bratenaul, Ohio