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)
Antalya (Turkey) · Turkey
I have never seen such an object in my life , movies and TV.
Kent Cliffs · NY, USA
Disk shaped UFO hovering with red and white alternating lights with planes in chase
Waterloo · IA, USA
Bright light over my naborhood that made no noise at all but wasnt from here,woke me from a dead sleep.
Englewood · FL, USA
LOOKED LIKE SEVEN STARS IN V FORMATION MOVING HIGH RATE OF SPEED,FASTER THAN A SATALITE,AND SEEMED TO BE FARTHER OUT THAN A SATTALITE
Rocky Point · NY, USA
Boy restricted in bed while sleeping, As if sheets were pulling him down......While hearing distinguished sound.
California desert/laughlin Nevada · CA, USA
Glowing ball of light
Austin · TX, USA
Up close sighting of UFO then confirmed by helicopter pursuit in Austin, Texas.
Peekskill · NY, USA
Massive, low flying, slowly moving craft that emitted no sound.
Mt. Morris · NY, USA
Large closing bar of light in night sky '89/'90. NY
Grandview · MO, USA
It seemed like minutes passed, but only seconds.
Stillwater · OK, USA
Rectangle Shaped Object observed hovering over plowed field SE of Stillwater, OK.
Sierra Madre · CA, USA
odd sighting at Mount Wilson
Contoocook · NH, USA
A small yellow whitish light sphere flyin and hovering with blue lights forming a ladder seen in Contoocook NH late evening in the fall
Oak Ridge (over classified Y12 facility) · TN, USA
Huge Saucer with lights seen, over Oak Ridge, hovered, lights changed, and suddingly disappeared .
Miami · FL, USA
Dark boomerang shaped UFO hovers over MIA airport then flies upward past arriving airliner
McAlpin · FL, USA
Silent orange rotating light over McAlpin, Florida field.
Clarksville · IN, USA
Small brightly defined light, changing colors, zig-zagging across sky for 5 mins, then disappearing.
Yountville · CA, USA
Dark metallic disc no lights or noises it moved slowly, smoothly and then sped away very quickly.
San Diego · CA, USA
The silent object had three orange ball-shaped lights that seperated from eachother as it flew over the mountain.
Elk Park · NC, USA
Huge triangle craft hovering silently 40 ft. above highway 19-E. 6 witnesses, craft seemed to be aware of our presence.
Corpus Christi · TX, USA
I was fishing on Padre Island. I saw sparks falling from the sky. ((NUFORC Note: Date is approximate. PD))
Chappaqua · NY, USA
Hudson Valley UFO, summer late 1980s
The Dalles · OR, USA
I was watching a single light such as an airplane might do when it is coming at you, but it didn't move it just sat there, it was about
Redmond · OR, USA
It's been a long time since and have never officially reported it to anyone. I've talked about throughout the years. I use to fight Fo
Martinsburg · WV, USA
Seen an object very high in the sky, moving at a high rate of speed to the south and jumping side to side while continuing to move forw