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)
Orem · UT, USA
while noticing the stars over my head disappear in the shape of a triangle three lights became visable and a center docking entrance,as
San Diego · CA, USA
Was lying by pool and looking up at how pretty the clouds were. I watch the planes come over us all the time. Well, I noticed a blac
Dilworth · MN, USA
Older sister and I witnessed 3 orange, glowing, bell shaped shaped objects in northern sky. No sound.
Marion · MA, USA
((HOAX??)) A star viewer discloses a shape around one star and it had entered our atmosphere in retrograde. ((anonymous report))
Nome · ND, USA
my brother and i witness a green light and followed it on foot and the craft was moving at great speed to 1 end of the town to the next
Crestwood · KY, USA
Red lights going toward a larger, stationery ,white light and then disappearing. I counted about 17 or so in 1982.
Palm Desert · CA, USA
Five golden (like harvest moon) saucer-shaped objects flying in V-formation from West to East over distant mountain range (15 miles?)
Mount Kisco · NY, USA
light blue sphere connected to glowing red/orange cylinder at rear, travelling south.
Mason City · IA, USA
While helping on paper rout, early morning, right orange globe went down off to my right.
Wiley · GA, USA
I witnessed 3 large diffused flashing lights just above the tree line near Tallulah Falls, Georgia.
Murphysboro · IL, USA
I saw a beam of light hit the ground,about 1 foot wide
Ripley · TN, USA
The three of us watched a large object with flashing multicolor lights in neighbors field for 45 min to an hour
Calion · AR, USA
It was black with a bunch (100 or more) small white lights (Like a christmas tree/decoration) and hovered silently.
Calion · AR, USA
Hovered then shot off like a missle
Sebastopol · CA, USA
Personal hum vibration experience, Larger than aircraft carrier, 1000ft., slow moving, quiet, some lights
Richmond (Canada) · BC, Canada
Light witnessed first on ground or o horison moving back and forth for a long duration. The light then paused for a moment. and then as
Republic of South Korea · South Korea
Cone shaped, silver, smooth craft with lights hovering through military field site.
La Crosse · WI, USA
I saw a disk hoovering over a Parking lot with aprox 30 others. Lights revolving around it. Motionless.
Lost Creek · WV, USA
Two lights moving slowly at tree top level around our house with no sound.
Eidson · TN, USA
We saw multicolored lights in the night sky in Eidson TN in fall 1982 that were the shape of a football-field-size parallelogram.
Janesville · WI, USA
2-3 football fields in length in the sky lights all over it. in the middle of Janesville.
Gilbert · WV, USA
Qualified witness observes three lights maneuvering strangely in the western sky.
Slidell · LA, USA
Shape shifting, color changing UFO
Luray · VA, USA
While sight seeing upon the summit of Old Rag Mountain in the Shenadoah Mountains myself and a friend encounterd an individual that app
Dixie · ID, USA
High mountain Idaho sighting, disc shaped revolving lights underneath,like a memory game,30 ft across.