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)
Waynesburg (outside of) · PA, USA
3 orange discs witnessed by 4 people in Greene County, western Pa. in the summer of 1986
Phoenix · AZ, USA
one fireball in the sky then 3 black shapes come from the fireball and floted and three more black shapes come from fireball some moved
Seattle · WA, USA
Pure round white light 20 feet in diameter floated directly over us at tree top level after midnight.
Peterborough (Canada) · ON, Canada
The date and time is pretty general, but I vividly recall waking up during the night and moving to sit in the bay window of my bedroom.
Chicago · IL, USA
1986 saucer with white lights over chicago downtown disappears after 10 seconds
Las Vegas · NM, USA
luminous object hangs in air, disappears rapidly in the distance
Lake Elsinore · CA, USA
craft sighted over elsinore with multi-lights and no sound
Palos Verdes Peninsula · CA, USA
Strange, angular object clearly seen flying over Palos Verdes Peninsula in California.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
My friend and I were relaxing in a park during the summer of 1986 not far from a friends house where we had left about a half hour earl
Smith · KY, USA
Two sets of 3 red lights (arranged like a triangle) apparently belonging to 2 objects. They came close together then flew away in diffe
Elmvale (Canada) · ON, Canada
Flew with purpose as if it were pre-programmed
Pecos · NM, USA
Large craft, suondless hovers quietly over mountains near Pecos NM
East Sparta · OH, USA
Large low flying craft with clear bottom
Gloucester · Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Black circle in sky, then shot off up wards in to the high sky
Tucson · AZ, USA
Lights and beems over AZ desert
San Marcos · TX, USA
Was looking at all kinds of sites that came up on the Yahoo web site. It talked about how people are looking at UFO sites. It reminde
New Haven · CT, USA
"Black Triangle" spotted in CT back in mid-eighties
Apple Valley · CA, USA
Three bright lights moving in a triangular pattern and then seperating
East Longmeadow · MA, USA
Lighted cigar shaped object East Longmeadow.
Austin · TX, USA
In broad daylight almost cloudless afternoon a large fat oval "craft" instantly appeared and disappeared from less than 1000 ft from my
Kingwood · TX, USA
White, diamond-shaped craft with military escort
Adak · AK, USA
I just watched a show on tv on the history channel. There was an event where an Japanese airliner reported an ufo sighting south of the
South Windsor · CT, USA
My brother and I were on top of our employer's building when i noticed a sphericle white light roughly 10 to 50 miles away. I thought i
UK/England · United Kingdom
6 years old wedding outside in dark no body around ship over head for seconds and flies off
Euclid · OH, USA
Unknown craft on the waters at Lake Erie