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)
Tupelo · MS, USA
Cruise type missle seen in civilian airspace
Novato · CA, USA
A huge round saucer silently gliding 5,000-6,000 feet above me
Gibraltar · Gibraltar
It was a typically hot Summer´s evening in Gibraltar. I enjoyed walking my dog and on this particular day I had chosen a relatively qui
Portsmouth · NH, USA
Low flying disc shaped UFO
St. Joseph · MO, USA
orange florecent or glowing light the shape of a doorway seen above large tree , and feeling like something happened to us.
Dayton · TX, USA
Texas, 1989, Orb in upper Earth atmosphere--ridiculous movements--impossible speeds
Tilburg (Netherlands) · Netherlands
I saw a triangular shaped object rotating slowly in the sky..Had four lights in it...
Highlands · NC, USA
Large low altitude object seen by many in NC mountains as lights went out.
Ponoka (Canada) · AB, Canada
I knew the second I saw it , it was a UFO
Birmingham (UK/England) · United Kingdom
a green fizzing ball the size of the moon travelling low and fast in the night sky ..
North Lake (Canada) · NB, Canada
Bright full moon, surrounded by haze but it wasn't the moon. It began moving to our left. Changing shape as it moves. Always had a &quo
Ft. Carson (near); I-25 south · NM, USA
While I was driving my car an unknown object wiith the force of the sun thousand times and wright flew over my vehicle and with an unkn
Cleveland · OH, USA
FISHING ON LAKE ERIE, SAW A SAUCER LIKE OBJECT, FOR ABOUT 20 SECONDS, THEN VANISHED
North Kingstown · RI, USA
Bright light, sunny afternoon sky, Aug. '89. Stationary for 2 hrs. plus, highly visible, eerie.
Grahamsville · NY, USA
LARGE AIRCRAFT CARRIER FLOATING APPEARANCE WITH NO SOUND
Accokeek · MD, USA
While traveling on the same road for three consecutive nights, at about the same time each night, all power on my vehicle suddenly stop
Key West · FL, USA
ON OR ABOUT THE DATE LISTED ABOVE I,ALONG WITH MY FAMILY, WERE DRIVING HOME FROM THE BEACH WHEN MY WIFE ,WHO WAS LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW
Hebo · OR, USA
Ball of orange light over Mount Hebo, OR
Cedar Rapids · IA, USA
I think my sighting as a child may have something to do with my current abilities
Laramie · WY, USA
Small dark speck paces airliner, seen from ground.
Green Bay · WI, USA
This is an event that me or my wife never reported to anyone but friend's and family.We live in an upstair's apartment of a two story h
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) · Saudi Arabia
I DID NOT SEE THE UFO IT SELF, BUT I SAW THE PLACE IT LANDED IN 3 EVEN SPOTS BLACK LIKE IT WAS PLASTED OFF . THE STRANGE THINGS IS CLOT
Poipu · HI, USA
Triangle object, 3 lights @ each corner, larger red/yellow light in center
Walterboro · SC, USA
Large black, circular U.F.O. in the night sky in the Summer of '89.
Tupelo · MS, USA
The object was a football shaped object with no lines it had a pulsating green haze and a trail of green light.