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)
West New York · NJ, USA
August 1979, sighting in broad daylight over the Hudson river, near New Jersy.
Tarboro · NC, USA
Triangle craft seen in Eastern North Carolina.
Iwakuni (Japan) · Japan
Single strange light travels at great and varying speeds, making sharp turns and disappears into the moon.
Wenatchee · WA, USA
Huge silver ship passed slowly overhead, silently heading for impact with a mountain. It simply vanished.
Beach Haven Terrace (Long Beach Island) · NJ, USA
Fireball flying parellel with the horizen,then exacuting a 90 deg. turn over the horizen.The setting; approx. 10:10pm on Long Beach
Gaithersburg · MD, USA
silver gold disc flew over Montgomery County Fairgrounds left to right, did a 90 degree upwards and disappeared
Phoenix · AZ, USA
20+ ft diameter clear crystalline sphere traveling slowly and silently a few hundred ft above and parallel to ground
Painesville (Township) · OH, USA
ATTN: This is for Peter Davenport
Clay City · KY, USA
Hovering sphere with flashing lights seen over a farm in Powell County, Kentucky.
Dekalb · IL, USA
Firesball hovering over cornfeild,,looks like red/orande with molten dribble..goes back & forth across field and then rises and novas
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Mother and two children recall ufo experience
Lake Wateree (on) · SC, USA
On a midweek night in late August 1979, I, my oldest son Eric, his friend who was home on leave from the Army and Mr. Lee Grant, owner
Leeds · West Yorks (UK/England), United Kingdom
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: My wife and I have seen two flying saucers.
Cass City · MI, USA
It happened out in the middle of nowhere and it lasted only five minutes.
Stone Mountain · GA, USA
While traveling along a country road one night from Snellville to Stone Mountain, we saw an aircraft slowly moving toward us. My husba
North Platte · NE, USA
Star gazing with a friend during meteror event we watch the stars. The background of the sky was midnight blue. Nearly 10:30 pm the b
Chicago · IL, USA
Radioacive Neon Bats ?
France (rural; northern ) · France
I am reporting this on behalf of my father, who was a 23 year old teacher at the time.Driving back through rural Northern France to
Maxwelton Beach (South Whidbey Isl.) · WA, USA
Hello. I do not think that this 'sighting', if that is what it can be called, will be of any use to you because it happened so long ag
Florence · MS, USA
Around midnight came to a T section silver disc was hovering treetop level above trailer & zoomed up & to the left & disappeared with n
Basseterre (St. Kitts) · St. Kitts
5 lights in tandem came from the sky and after suddenly turning at a 45 degree angle in tandem disappeared toward the sea!
Chico (Hwy 70 at 179 junction) · CA, USA
A large slow moving craft was observed, first at a distance as a bright light, then passing directly overhead.
Chico · CA, USA
A huge solid black mass, silently glided directly over us from the NNE going SSW then did a perfect 90 degree turn directly over us and
East Orange · NJ, USA
When I was about seven years old, saw a flying saucer with lights outside my window, telepathically asked me if I was alone
Waldorf (West Germany) · West Germany
Cigar Shaped UFO near Waldorf West Germany. ((NUFORC Note: Sighting by military officer and flight attendants. PD))