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)
Neb.-Mo. Line (near · I-29 southbound), MO, USA
5 fireballs flying in formation
Zadar (Croatia) · Croatia
It was a summer evninig. I was taking a walk near the sea. I saw two fire balls in the sky. They were very big. They were flying and ju
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Close encounter at home
North Pole · AK, USA
Flash of light and loss of time
Norwood · MO, USA
Ball of Fire in Field and White Lights Darting in the Sky
Show Low · AZ, USA
He mentally told me "its ok were just passing through"
Winnipeg (Canada) · MB, Canada
2 spere's tumbeling across the sky on a partly cloudy day
Baker · CA, USA
Ball of light (3' wide) paces car on right side of freeway, then bolts 90 degrees to horizon at unbelievable speed
Tucson · AZ, USA
One extremely large, dark gray triangular shaped object with no lights or markings on it over Tucson, AZ. (1988)
Yardley · PA, USA
U.S. Government tape of UFO's
Tucson · AZ, USA
I saw a very large, dark gray triangular shaped object in daylight, which was not identifiable.
Sarnia/Blue Point area (Canada) · MO, Canada
White light followed our car as we drove home from Sarnia to Blue Point
Arcadia · CA, USA
Our dog was barking at something. His bark was the bark as if he didn't want to leave the porch but wanted to summon someone in the fa
Socorro (north of) · NM, USA
Witnessed triangle shaped object with flashing lights and luminescent orb at 2:30 AM.
Morganton · NC, USA
Sphere accelerates at high rate.
Piscataway · NJ, USA
Trapezoid shape craft with 5 lights hovering and no engine sound in Piscataway, NJ
Jacksonville · FL, USA
I saw object but my family did not even though they were with me.
Rome (near) · NY, USA
Orange spheres near Rome, NY
Denton · TX, USA
Mass sighting of spaceship.
Monroe · WA, USA
sighting from the past
Sainte-Anne of Madawaska (Canada) · NB, Canada
Bright orange sphere
Fort Wayne · IN, USA
An object that was just above the trees, hovering and taking off in a split second, out of sight.
Corona · NM, USA
lights seen outside Corona NM
Connell · WA, USA
glowing oval-shaped aircraft were seen flying at fast speeds and shifting direction and stoping without slowing down periodically troug
Van Nuys (Colbath Ave.) · CA, USA
saw black sphere floating in yard 5 ft away.no light no sound.told everyone i knew.saw it on the news 2 days later filmed in orange cou