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)
Folkston · GA, USA
I left home in Macclenny Fla and drove north on rt. 23/121 into Georgia around 2am I came to a crossroads just out side of Folkston Ga.
Oak Harbor · WA, USA
alien in the woods
Lahti (Finland) · Finland
Hearsay (my granddad now dead) saw greenish light travelling above road (good visibility to road) for 2-3 minutes. No sound.
San Rafael · CA, USA
A report from San Rafael, CA in June 1973 described a large, oval object seen near the county civic center by the reporter's sister and family, lasting 20 minutes.
Gary · IN, USA
A report from Gary, IN in June 1973 described a black, cigar-shaped object with smaller objects appearing to rise up to and detach from its underside, lasting 20 minutes.
Gainsville · GA, USA
A report from Gainesville, GA in June 1973 described a silver-gray, sphere-shaped object that moved slowly and silently, lasting 7-10 minutes.
Rio Piedras (Puerto Rico) · PR, Puerto Rico
Was already dark at 6pm; asking a girl for a date in the company of another friend, in the middle of the street, like an instict I look
Eddington · ME, USA
dark circle dim lights from above showed shape stopped in it's path when we spotted it took 90% turn quick stopped turned parrellel too
Landis · NC, USA
UNKOWN BRIGHT LIGHT-1973 NORTH CAROLINA
Bogota (Colombia) · Colombia
Fireball over Bogota Colombia
Fredericktown · MO, USA
One of my most unusual encounters
Austin · TX, USA
Played with by a UFO
Pensacola · FL, USA
I have not told this but to a few friends ... ..Me and my dad ( who is now 77 ), my cousin along with a few campers years ago ( 1973
Honolulu · HI, USA
UFO at Kam Drive-In Honolulu Hawaii
North Bay (Canada) · ON, Canada
A report from North Bay, ON, Canada in June 1973 described a glowing red, cylinder-shaped object flying northeast at night, lasting 2-3 minutes.
Larchwood · IA, USA
A report from Larchwood, IA in June 1973 described a diamond-shaped object seen by a family of five while driving near a TV transmission tower at the Iowa-South Dakota border, lasting 10 minutes.
Brockton · MA, USA
Flashing Lights and Spacecraft landed
La Porte · TX, USA
A report from La Porte, TX in June 1973 described a saucer-shaped object with a glowing orange light that vanished behind a cloud in broad daylight, lasting 1 minute.
Clearfield · PA, USA
Daytime large ball of light shoots into the middle of the sky and stops for a few seconds then shoots off over the horizon at 120 deg.
St. Charles · MO, USA
Bright lights in the sky, 3 or 4 that we watched for some time before noticing in the soybean field right next to our house, a Huge sph
Moody · MO, USA
A report from Moody, MO in June 1973 described a humming sound lasting about 30 seconds followed by a sudden burst of light shooting upward, lasting 2 minutes.
Irwin · PA, USA
A report from Irwin, PA in June 1973 described five red lights arranged in a pentagon pattern, moving west, lasting 5 minutes.
Wilkes-Barre · PA, USA
ufo abduction
Blackhawk · CO, USA
Description: It was,, i believe, the summer of 1973,, my brother and i,, were born in california, my brother was born in 1959,,, I
Mechanicsburg · PA, USA
cars lined up for days along silver spring road articles were written in the newspaper (strange lights) i saw the ufo 50 ft away.