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)
New Orleans · LA, USA
Strobe cloud hiding object over NOLA east.
Chicago · IL, USA
I SAW A UFO WITH OVER 500 WITNESSES AND IT WAS REAL AND IT WAS LARGE AND ROUND.
Yakima · WA, USA
Huge search light beam from 4 miles high in the sky illuminating a one mile diameter circle on the ground.
Australia (out back) · Australia
I got PROOF of an ENCOUNTER.
Willow Beach · AZ, USA
The object was a brillant white light standing out against the bright arizona sky
Hudson · MA, USA
Not sure of the eact month or year of this sighting but it was in the fall of 74 or 75. Was walking home around dusk and saw a bright l
Cardiff (UK/Wales) · United Kingdom
back in 1974 I was 19 at the time and lived in a suburb of Cardiff Wales UK called Ely, and in the distance there was a wood called Ca
Hudson · KS, USA
The light chased us.
Fulton · MO, USA
I saw a golden orange diamond shaped object traveling south in the sky in mid october 1974 near Fulton MO
Oran · MO, USA
Saw triangle shaped craft, light on each corner, low overhead, few hundred feet above. As craft went by saw light on top. Soft noise l
Colorado Springs (North of) · CO, USA
Sun bright object seen high in the sky near Air force Academy disappears in seconds!
Missisauga (Canada) · ON, Canada
Huge glowing orange orb hovered above ground. Orb flew away in arc less than 2 seconds.
Oak Creek · CO, USA
follow-up information concerning flying pencil shaped object; original posting date 02/02/04
Memphis · TN, USA
Cigar in Memphis 1974.
Bath · OH, USA
Strange animal sounds and what appeared to be a plane crashing before seeing huge craft hovering over tree across from our home. It
Big Sandy · TX, USA
Triangle, colored lights, cow mutilations, disappeared.
San Francisco (south of) · CA, USA
A pulsing light that ascended at 90 degrees
La Junta · CO, USA
we saw a glowing green pencil shaped object going from south to north. it moved out from behind one hill only to disappear behind anot
Hopkinsville · KY, USA
Three saucer shaped craft with sequentially flashing multicolored lights followed young couple who experienced lost time
San Jose · CA, USA
The Santa Clara Valley is bordered on the east by the Hamilton mountain range, and on the west by Santa Cruz mountain range. At the so
Houston · TX, USA
We watched a UFO at night through binoculars.
Owensboro · KY, USA
it was roughly 13 lights in a triangle shaped formation flying in a zig-zag pattern from north to south. speed was unknown, except they
Oneonta · AL, USA
Big, round , with lights, but no sound, moving slow,
Eastland · UT, USA
At the time this was happening, I told myself that no one will ever convince me that this did not happen, ever!
Rockford · IL, USA
Bright white light, very fast, no sound or sonic boom, impossible maneuvers, too fast for aircraft