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)
Marianna · FL, USA
Flying Disk seen in Fl Panhandle
Batesville · MS, USA
Shiny Silver Sphere seen for about 10 minutes in rural North Mississippi circa 1975
Scituate · RI, USA
Object with orange lights moves straight up in sky to nothingness.
Williston · ND, USA
Missing Time
Nesconset · NY, USA
Large quiet craft, moving at a very low altitude, heading east over Suffolk County, New York.
Anniston · AL, USA
Blue and round.
Swannanoa · NC, USA
Mother and children witness dome-shaped object with lights ascending from the ground and hovering overhead
Monroe · NY, USA
Flying saucer lifts off from field without a sound or trace.
Montpelier/Burlington (between) · VT, USA
1970s cop sees massive UFO in rural Vermont
Ryegate (south of) · MT, USA
10/15/75. Round shape, extremely bright white light, took off (up) when I told it to "come get me".
Collinsville · AL, USA
It was like something out of star wars
Greenwich · CT, USA
i made me feel it was a living thing. that it was alive
McDermott · NV, USA
A large, glowing ball that changed colors, and drifted overhead and to the South and West of me.
Watkins Glen · NY, USA
Large wheel of no substance flickering and copying itself.
Enterprise · AL, USA
Very low, very slow flying, silent, black trapezoid viewed by 4 family members for about two minutes
Indian Rocks Beach · FL, USA
Shooting star stops, reverced direction, loops back and then shoots off into night.
Baytown · TX, USA
THE OBJECT KEPT PACE WITH OUR CAR ALL THE WAY HOME.
Muscatine (area approx. 7mi south) · IA, USA
A formation of approx. 16 round fire orange guided craft entered the western sky at "10 o'clock" attitude. As I was watching the clear
Limestone · ME, USA
Loring AFB 1975 Sighting
Cleves · OH, USA
As I was driving down Bridgetown Rd. to pick up my son from Taylor High, while going down hill, I saw an object in the sky, it was the
Allen · KY, USA
seen while searching for family members during trick or treat on 31rst of october. heard weird sound, saw streams from rear of craft.va
Kent · CT, USA
Very low flying object with spinning multicolors. Craft did not seem to spin and had fire coming from rear. Low muffled fire sound.
Tacoma · WA, USA
I was on Halloween in Tacoma Washington by asarco smelter and object was at vantage point to observe. We seen and ran to almost 20
Lincoln · NE, USA
My friend and I were trick or treating along our neighborhood route which took us past our school. The school being located on the nor
Independence · MO, USA
disk shape revolving around tv tower