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)
Camden · AR, USA
Crazy
Wedgefield · SC, USA
Wedgefield SC sighting
Myrtle Beach · SC, USA
2 lights zig zag in sky
Columbus · NE, USA
The year & month is estimated above, but the exact date will coincide with sightings of lights all over the midwest.Radio reports the n
Vandergrift · PA, USA
Dark round large disk like shape with colored lights in the center,silent , just above tree tops.
Camp Pendelton · CA, USA
UFO observed in Camp Pendelton,California-1981
Fremont (Niles Canyon) · CA, USA
I saw two diamond shaped craft slowly descending vertically, disappearing behind the hill on the other side of the canyon.
Hollywood · FL, USA
A silent, slow moving oval craft followed my four diamond shaped objects.
Providence · RI, USA
A sighting at a distance of 30 feet
North Bend · OR, USA
My wife, my self and my two boys,ages about 13 and 9 were coming home from town. We turned off of No. Bay Dr onto No.Way, we saw what l
Stuttgart (Germany) · Germany
2 sightings in Germany
Kulpmount · PA, USA
3 triangle craft buzz us at low attiltude. ((NUFORC Note: We are unsure whether this is a serious report. PD))
Point Barrow · AK, USA
I am trying to find out who else saw it , or where the other witnesses are
none · NV, USA
I am a very practal person I have never before this encounter seen anything I couldn't explain. I was driving an 18 wheeler across the
Morrow · OH, USA
UFO sighting 1981 near Lebanon Ohio, large hovering object with pattern of red light-observed for 5mins
Huntsville · OH, USA
I was driving west on rt.33,i noticed there was a lot of stars out that night and very clear.When i got to the exit i wanted to go home
Reading (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Bright silver disc flying alongside Concorde, before flying off at extreme speed
Baldwin · WI, USA
I saw 3 cloud-like circles floating silently just above the treetops.Heading S-N.
Foxton (New Zealand) · New Zealand
I wa on the roof of my parents house when i heard my younger brother yelling out.
Wellston · OH, USA
large tiangular craft hovering over the trees, dim light, then going very slowly towards the east. i was amazed!!!
Crawford · CO, USA
fire ball
Red Bluff · CA, USA
unknown lights flying across sky
Hendersonville (over Old Hickory Lake) · TN, USA
age = 40 - 49 location = Over Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville TN.description = I had been playing racquetball with my best
Aberdeen · WA, USA
Cylindrical craft crashes near Aberdeen WA
Seattle (downtown area) · WA, USA
Dark rectangle moved slowly across sky with swaying motion, possible telepathy with 2nd observer