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)
Banning · CA, USA
My son and I saw two triangular craft hovering about 100 feet above the roadway.
Coolidge · AZ, USA
UFO's or not
None · CO, USA
A square doorway (bay door?) opened in the night sky, two craft came out, disappeared over the horizon and the doorway closed.
Irvine · CA, USA
Watch a bright star at twilight it descended and split off into two over the bay with no sound two objects with neon lights underneath.
Lemoore/I-5 corridor · CA, USA
Lemoore/I-5 corridor, red light with many planes flying around the object. Moved quickly to the west.
Golden Shores/Topock · AZ, USA
Constellation above us began to move toward the Phoenix,AZ direction at a slow pace, no noise. Looked as far away as other stars. Disap
Palo · IA, USA
A bright light floated slowly ( and silently) over the barn.
Tuttle · OK, USA
Lights over Oklahoma City
Sedona · AZ, USA
-daytime triangular craft over Sedona
Talladega (Super Speedway) · AL, USA
Rectangular object with rounded edges approx 20-30,000 ft alt seen above superspeedway
Richmond · VA, USA
Cigar shaped object hovered, moved slowly for a short distance, then disappeared in a moment.
Denver · CO, USA
Light observed above Jefferson County, Colorado moves from over-head stationary position to beyond the East horizon in seconds.
Tucson · AZ, USA
We chased Giant Gray Cubes through the desert near Tucson, AZ.
Tucson · AZ, USA
We pursued two giant gray flying cubes for 20 minutes
Wichita Falls · TX, USA
One sunny afternoon I saw a flat bottom thick gray disk slowly moving east observing this over a minute.
St. Petersburg (Russia) · Russia
Garyish UFO in St. Petersburg, Russia
Tazewell · VA, USA
me and my friend seen this thing come out of no where and it stayed only in one spot for seconds it moved at speeds i have never seen z
Malvern · AR, USA
Observed bright light approaching from west, drawing closer proved to be 3 separate lights on triangular craft, which passed directly o
Louisiana · LA, USA
I was hitch hicking. It was late and I walked off the main highway on a paved road that ran perpendicular. I had walked about half a
Tyler · TX, USA
The Abduction of a Little Girl
Hooksett · NH, USA
A strange, hovering craft making sharp turns.
Interstate 40 · AZ, USA
UFO low and slow eastbound over I-40 between Flagstaff and Albuquerque
Manassas · VA, USA
3 lights in triangle shape or form silently zipps over Manassas, VA
Barneveld · NY, USA
large tringular object in the sky over my home
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Fireball object SouthWest of Ridgecrest, CA, drops below hills and disappears.