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)
Tehachapi · CA, USA
Tehacipi, CA: Lights sighted and missing time noted.
El Paso · TX, USA
A noiseless, round object with colorful bright lights, hovering in the desert of northeast El Paso Tx. by McGregor Range.
West Palm Beach · FL, USA
An "out of the body" experience
Victoria (Canada) · BC, Canada
Large red and orange sphere, balanced on a rock in 1987.
Roseburg (7 miles northwest of) · OR, USA
Two small glowing oval orange objects and one larger triangle craft in rural Oregon.
Alstead · NH, USA
sitting in a car in a open field, keeping in mind this is in a town where we are in the hills. the field during the day has
Louisburg · NC, USA
Large black triangular object with lights on each side and at the points making no discernible noise.
Wappingers Falls · NY, USA
2nd of 2
Liverpool (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Orange, gliding ball of light shone into my bedroom window.
Wytheville · VA, USA
A bright white object was sitting still in the sky while a half dozen smaller red lighted craft buzzed about.
Manilla (RR#1) (Canada) · ON, Canada
We could clearly see the craft and observed in detail it's structure,no sound was made by it and the lights that were flashing were not
Minnetonka · MN, USA
White light moves west to east, suddenly stops, then moves south at a high rate of speed.
Otto · MO, USA
bright blue ball of light.
Essex Junction · VT, USA
A large orang/red 6ft diameter sphere aproached, hovered and slowley left the area of my patrol car at IBM Essex Junction, VT.
Raleigh · NC, USA
Huge triangle passes over oblivious, sleeping capital
Burnet · TX, USA
Silver saucer object hovering on hill
Bolingbrook · IL, USA
Thin black triangle, moving slowly over field in suburban Chicago.
Osawatomie · KS, USA
Many colorful balls of light over Osawatomie to Canada
Itta Bena · MS, USA
I saw a UFO one fall night in the shape of a golden circle.
Yonkers · NY, USA
Silent rectangular football field sized object fling at about 1000 feet with 6 groups of lights on bottom and across stern
Cheltenham (Melbourne) (Victoria) (Australia) · Australia
Sighting of the Mother ship "UFO" Charman Rd Cheltenham Vic , Australia 1987-1988
Eastchester · NY, USA
huge dark dimly lit Triangle slowly passes over Platform Tennis Courts in Eastchester NY
Baker · MT, USA
bright light came out from behind a cloud and split off into 6 smaller lights leaving at a high speed
Swansea (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Triangular lights seen over Swansea and Port Talbot
Swansea (UK/England) · United Kingdom
many witness slow moving huge triangular craft