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)
Beacon Falls/Naugatuck · CT, USA
lights moving very slow with no noise approx. 300 yards away
Annandale · NY, USA
Late summer 1985 large object hovering over Annandale NY
Carmel · NY, USA
My 2 books detail what I experienced that night
Green River (No. of) · WY, USA
I saw unexplainable lights in the same area & the same time frame that livestock was being mutilated.
Coconut Creek · FL, USA
Two ships, 500 feet away, over Tradewinds Park and as large as 2 to 3 football fields each
Austin · TX, USA
Chevron flew 5 mph, 150 yards from me, 200 feet off the ground.
Norwalk · CT, USA
Was in back yard of a house in the neighborhood playing. My friends saw it first. I saw it and lost time. Ended up in a different locat
Sparta · WI, USA
this object was spherical, luminous,slowed down,and fast when it left.
Amherst · MA, USA
Drum like Object with Vertical Rectangle Light Panels.
Rancho Bernardo · CA, USA
The craft was clearly visible no more than 25 feet directly in front of us at about 15 - 20 feet above ground.
Cimarron · NM, USA
three males observed a low altitude craft pass silently overhead and was then joined by three others in incredible aerial manuevers. l
Alexandria · MN, USA
Blocked Memory
Black Diamond · WA, USA
Object landed in our field,some type of persons on board looking cloned or identical with unpigmented white skin.
Wilburton · OK, USA
WE SAW AN OBJECT THAT LOOKED LIKE THE WAHINGTON MONUMENT MOVE VERY SLOWLY ACROSS THE SKY
Houston (Canada) · BC, Canada
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: It split into two balls of light and each ball of light "shot" off at an incredible rate of speed.
Dayton · VA, USA
Baseball size yellow ball of light right outside my window, dancing, then rapidly shot into night sky.
Near Westport ny · NY, USA
Spinning saucer with very bright lights. Quite large- about the size of a small house.
Bridgewater · MA, USA
UFO, 1985 Bridgewater Mass, two eye witnesses hoovering in sky, silent and massive
Kirkland · IL, USA
one large light moved slowly across the sky at a very high altitude. four smaller lights seemed to come from within the large light as
North Tonawanda · NY, USA
Sighting witnessed during Persaides meteor shower.
Sagamore Hills · OH, USA
I saw a rectangular football field size object, covered underneath with dozens of colorful lights, gliding over the trees and road.
Arlington · WA, USA
Close Call with Huge Triangular Craft
Winnemucca (north of) · NV, USA
Big black crystal w shiny top panel hovering high over mountain N of Winnemucca noontime Aug '85
Ramona · CA, USA
3 bright shiney luminecent like objects houvering in the horizon over san diego 1985.
Eau Claire · WI, USA
bright light graduating from middle of craft from dim to bright at top. two strong outboard lamps