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)
Selden · NY, USA
Saw a star stop make two 90 degree turns then vanish
Whitesburg · KY, USA
I saw two large, rectangle objects, moving silently outlined with small lights at 3 and 5 hundred feet in air.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Las Vegas Orbs display " V" ariel perfomance in early morning sky
Island Lake · IL, USA
4 red laser like lines
Temple · TX, USA
cigar shaped ufo seen in Temple
Evansville · IN, USA
i was taking my girlfrienend home it was around 1035 i was going west on brodway i was comeing up a hill and just about to pass a old c
Galveston · TX, USA
i wrote to this site about 1 year ago and did not get a response from you.when i was 10 years old my mom called me and my brother a
Mcpherson/Lindsborg · KS, USA
Triangle Shape sighted. Two hours of time lost during the encounter.
San Antonio · TX, USA
We saw a UFO that night that was about 400 feet long that made no sound and had a beacon of light shining out of it like it was looking
Rialto · CA, USA
I stared staring at sky and see nothing but but lights of spheres. ((anonymous report))
Minneapolis · MN, USA
On 3-19-19 at 11:30 pm (CST) I viewed a "star" whose form was constantly changing, emitting points of light then fusing back
Agawam · MA, USA
Newtown Lights 1987
Schenectady · NY, USA
At dusk the craft lingered over land, close to the Knolls Atomic Power Lab, Schenectady, NY town of Niskayuna
Burnside · KY, USA
cant explain thank about it almost everyday for 23 years
Westminster · CO, USA
It appeared to be the shape of upside down teardrop. ((NUFORC Note: Possible helium-filled scientific balloon?? PD))
Stamps · AR, USA
It floated over highway 53 right over me.
Malibu · CA, USA
April, 1987 - Bright Bluish Crimson Ball flying over the Malibu Canyons
Lawrenceville · NJ, USA
Four octagon shape pods hooked together with pulsating lights. Most likely the bottom of the ship or objects body.
New York City (Manhattan) · NY, USA
Trianglar Dream sightings
Carolina Beach · NC, USA
I SAW WHAT I SAW
Butler · PA, USA
I saw an unmanned craft, 3' long fly 12' over my head slower than a man walks, then accelerate away at a great speed.
Huntingdon (Canada) · QC, Canada
Pulsating, emence light in Huntingdon QC
Perth (Australia) · Australia
On a warm fresh morning in the summer of 87 i saw it suspended off the ground approx 1000yrds from me next to a main digital communicat
Seal Rock · OR, USA
My wife and I are professional photographers and were doing some stock photo work at Seal Rock on the Oregon coast. I still don't know
Clearwater · FL, USA
This is not the flying spaceship UFO, but since it wasnt on the ground or identifiable this seemed the place to go. For 24 years I kept