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)
Lisle · IL, USA
Large disk, with lights running around it, floated very low and silently across a field near Lakeside Dr in Lisle, IL.
Uxbridge · MA, USA
Was driving South on Route 146 through Uxbridge, MA (Approx. 5 miles N of the Rhode Island border.) I was alone. Observed a bright whit
Cairo · NY, USA
Silent Triangle viewed for half an hour.
Pipestone · MN, USA
1970's sighting of small UFO that hovered, maneuvered, split into two objects, then rejoined and flew off.
Miami · FL, USA
1975 SIGHTING-CLOSER ENCOUNTER-2000
Springfield · PA, USA
Six or seven white lights in a row that turned red, then back to white and quickly flew away
Albany · NY, USA
Starlike objects
Oscoda · MI, USA
A witness near Oscoda, Michigan reported flashing lights that hovered before suddenly climbing into the sky, observed for two to three minutes in the late summer of 1975.
Odessa · TX, USA
I have more than one event to report, but I will do them seperately and chronilogically. The first event I remember occurred in either
San Gabriel · CA, USA
Cigar or oblong shaped object, just sat there in orange and reddish brown clouds. Never did anything and we went to bed.
Columbia · MS, USA
Small stationary light grew brighter as if nearing Earth for two hours, began moving south slowly over approximately one hour, then spe
Fort Polk · LA, USA
I witnessed this event when I was 17 years old and had just entered the army. I was awaiting what was called the catttle trucks to tra
Cullowhee · NC, USA
Dancing Lights over College Campus
Cullowhee · NC, USA
In 1974 I was in Walker dorm on the 7th floor where I went to school at Western Carolina University, in the little mountain village of
Presque Isle · ME, USA
cigar shaped lights pass over Presque Isle and disappear over airport (when closed)
Pauncetony · PA, USA
strange man appears in heh woods
Palmdale · CA, USA
The disc-shaped craft seemed to sense my presense as it zoomed toward my house.
Beaumont · TX, USA
Watched star like object on the horizan go up in an arch and then approach me and fly close enough so I could see the pilot.
Tegucigalpa (Honduras) · Honduras
I could have reached out and touch the UFO
Nashville · TN, USA
While fishing at Old Hickory lake,I observed one small light moving slowly up the lake. At first, I thought it was a large object that
Davenport · IA, USA
On this particular clear sky evening in rural Iowa. I was leaving our farm and goin on a date in town. I was 17 at the time and was goi
Alpine · TX, USA
Mysterious lights in the sky around Alpine, Texas
Oil City · PA, USA
Bright lights in the sky seperated by several miles moving in odd geometric directions--changing course instantly
New Orleans · LA, USA
Hugh blinking red light over New Orleans East.
Olney · Buckinghamshire (UK/England), United Kingdom
My sighting happened a long time ago in 1974 at the time i was twelve years old and had never heard of u.f.o.s let alone seen one.Some