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)
Gladstone · MI, USA
UFO with Lights in Bay View Location on Little Bay de Noc Shore line
Gladstone · MI, USA
UFO with Lights in Bay View Location on Little Bay de Noc Shore line.
Milford · CT, USA
Strange craft over house, possible abduction
Wilton · CA, USA
Two lights, one amber, one green, taking turns passing each other, very fast, high up
Raytown · MO, USA
shiny disk shaped with a raised dome on top in the middle,rotateing light[white] moved around bottom.
Greenfield · IN, USA
Bright Spherical light seen over Hancock County field, disappears
McIntosh · MN, USA
I now make sure the boat trailer lights always work
Hat Creek · CA, USA
Do not have a clue what took place with my friend and I
Eureka · CA, USA
Rode the schoolbus with friend Joel to his house after school. When we stepped off the bus, we saw a shining craft in the sky, an elong
Yonkers · NY, USA
Moved slowly over rooftops in early evening,
Yuba Village (Somalia) · Somalia
I saw a formation of red and golden lights coming from behind a mountain chain near where the Indian Ocean meets The Red sea.When the o
Oklahoma City · OK, USA
Unusual spacecraft 15 feet above me. Did not hover, it was stationary, solid matter, as though it were a solid fixture.
Oklahoma City · OK, USA
Unusual spacecraft 15 ft obove me. Stationary, solid matter. Did not hover.
St. Cloud · MN, USA
Saturn shaped U.F.O.
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Stationary silver ball very high in daytime May 1980 observed approximately 45 minutes.
Denver · CA, USA
In 1980 my brother and I saw a reddish glowing oval shapped object
Little Rock · AR, USA
Bright intense light awoke us at 2:00 am in Little Rock; 1980
Dekalb · IL, USA
Circular object with alternating flashing lights with a bright beam of light focused on a tower.
Costa Mesa · CA, USA
Pulsing, mercury in appearance, spinning on an axis. Looked as if maybe living or organic in nature.
Leamington Spa (UK/England) · United Kingdom
FOR STEELING, IT WAS APPROX 12 TO 15 FEET HIGH AND WAS PURE LIGHT SHAPED LIKE A SQUARE ARMED AND LEGGED ROBOT,
Seattle · WA, USA
Metal triangle seen over Boeing field in 1980.
Alameda · CA, USA
I had been moving in to our new apartment in Alameda, California. I was relaxing on the beach overlooking the San Francisco Bay south o
Middletown · OH, USA
Red ball of light turns white then red and floats away into the sky,very close to it,only about 25 ' up
Dayton · OH, USA
Cigar shaped craft outruns fighter jets
Hyderabad (India) · India
Bell shaped Cloud appears over Indian city, three smaller ones appear below it, they all merge together forming a bright orange ball