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)
Eugene · OR, USA
Large Black colored triangle shaped ship. Eugene, OR 1984
Arvidsjaur (Sweden) · Sweden
"Leadlight" with saucer behind.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Bright green light that had no origin and caused power outage
Cowansville · PA, USA
Myself and 3 other people saw a very large triangular space ship appear over the treeline along the edge of a field on our farm.
Griffin · GA, USA
7 large yellow lights with red center estimated by distance to be at least 400 feet across, seen form top of hill just above tree line
Greenville · VA, USA
Seen 6 bright objects flying over mountains behind our house in v shape formation
Alton · ME, USA
Mother Ship sighting in 1984
Newburgh · NY, USA
3/24/84 Newburgh NY circle 25min One large mass. Longer than a football field. Saw it for 25min.
Mettacahonts · NY, USA
Slow moving football-field sized object caused traffic jams on rural Rt. 209 from Ellenville to Marbletown NY.
Rosendale · NY, USA
Mass sighting in 1984, two newspaper reports about it, police and other reputable peole also made reports.
Griffin · GA, USA
When I was a child ,I looked up into the sky and saw a huge brown ball with spikes passing over.
Columbia/Denmark (between; on US 321) · SC, USA
Large object with lights at tree top level.
Brighton (UK/England) · United Kingdom
LAYING ON THE BEACH AT BRIGHTON MY MUM AND I SAW A TRIANGLE SHAPE OBJECT STATIONARY ABOVE US ABOUT 30 FEET IN THE AIR. IT WAS SO CLOSE
Indio · CA, USA
Orb sighting over Trilogy polo club home in indio, CA. ((Starlink satellites??))
Marlow · NH, USA
Orange fireball with strange movement
Guadalajara · Jalisco (Mexico), Mexico
it happend while on a road to guadalajara jalisco mexico my 3 brothers ans sister are witnesses of seeing 5 objects flying very high in
Ein Geidi Beach (Israel) · Israel
I was a working in Israel on a kibbutz in 1984. I spent a weekend on a beach called Ein Geidi which is a reaort on the Dead Sea. We wer
Fayetteville · NC, USA
I stood there watching as the sun finally started to show its face throughthe sky, a light blinded me. Then.... it was gone.
St. George · UT, USA
Eight lights all different colors traveling accross the sky in a uneven V formation with small vapor trails.
Idaho (I-90 interstate) · ID, USA
Amazing Sight and Long Encounter time - Shape Change of Object
Valier · MT, USA
10-15 lights were seen in the sky south of Valier, MT
Bozeman · MT, USA
Driving on I-90 East toward Bozeman at 6:45 a.m. over the mountains a huge cigar shaped white object (looked like sun reflecting off of
Kirkland · IL, USA
((HOAX??)) Dammed scared and we all went home. Noone believed us and we just didnt talk about it anymore
Abu Dhabi (UAE) · United Arab Emirates
Object captured by camera over Abu Dhabi
Rolla · MO, USA
Strange yellowish lights seen southeast of Rolla, Missouri