UFO Sightings in the 1980s
2,718 UFO sightings reported during the 1980s, peaking in 1989 (333 reports); most often described as disk.
- Total sightings
- 2,718
- Span
- 1980–1989
- Peak year
- 1989 (333 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1980–1989 · peak 1989 (333 reports)
Oklahoma City · OK, USA
Floating titanium, metallic, football-shaped UFO seen up close. ((NUFORC Note: Witness is former Boeing empl. PD))
Tucson · AZ, USA
a bunch of us were outside building a gazebo & working on the garden when i was on the roof of the gazebo taking a break... looking alm
Pinelands · NJ, USA
We were having a bonfire in the woods. Then this light was coming towards us there was no sound or anything. Then it just came and was
Seattle · WA, USA
1980 Sighting with Memory Loss Seattle, Washington at Boeings & I-5
Seiling · OK, USA
930pm looked into night sky and saw 4 circular objects flying through the sky, stop, circle around, and speed off ...disappearing.
Middle Valley · TN, USA
approx. 150' for all three sides, no apparent front or back. yellow to white glow at the three corners. magenta in center, no apparent
Caquas (Puerto Rico) · PR, Puerto Rico
Traveling through air Pockets time travelers ?
Sault Ste. Marie (Canada) · ON, Canada
Bright glowing orb follows two young men as the walked down road in Sault ste Marie ontario
Barnsdall · OK, USA
football shaped white object traveling south to north east of Barnsdall, Ok . Probably summer 1980
Caribbean Sea (USS W.S. Sims) · Caribbean
U.S. Navy destroyer escort dispatched to Puerto Rico to observe unknown underwater contact which remained undetermined.
Edmonton (Canada) · AB, Canada
Objects & Beams of Light in Symetrical Pattern Fly across the sky.
Yacolt · WA, USA
Small disc shaped object dropped into view less than 40 feet away from observers.
Southampton (UK/England) · United Kingdom
silver domed saucer spotted in southampton england 1980
Wapello · IA, USA
Craft sucking water from pond.
Mentor · OH, USA
ufo in the summer of 1980 in mentor ,ohio no sound ,about the size of a football feild then left fast on a angle up then gone
Columbia (central--over center of campus) · MO, USA
Summer of 80 or 81--just pre-dusk. Dark amber light with indistinct edges cruises due east over center of U campus. "Closes in on sel
Petosky · MI, USA
Green orb in Michigan.
Sterling · VA, USA
Glowing UFO over Sterling, VA
Point Mugu · CA, USA
The craft were brightly lit, had hovering ability, and were lightning fast.
Nashville · TN, USA
A large dumbbell shaped ufo appeared, and then it seemed to be engaged (as if in violation of something) by three smaller triangle ufos
San Francisco · CA, USA
Two Unidentified Flying Objects.
El Paso · TX, USA
Saw light travelling across skyI saw a white light at very high altitude travelling across the sky.I thought it was a satellite unt
Waterford · MI, USA
time lenght about 1 hour
Berlin · CT, USA
Round white light moving at animatedly fast rates. ((anonymous report))
Bridgeton · NJ, USA
The UFO flew directly over our heads at roof top level,speed approx 5 mi per hr. emitted no sound.with non flashing multi colored light