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)
Concordia · MO, USA
Ball of light in Concordia, MO- 1980
Hansville · WA, USA
Spotted glowing disks off to east over Mukelto area. They were pulsating. Suddenly flashed, blinked, rose straight up & half of them f
Kansas City · MO, USA
Summer of 1980...First and thankfully last encounter. Kansas City, Missouri
Orlando (South-southeast) · FL, USA
Saw a multi-colored, rectangular object flying through the sky from the NE to the SW...
Morgan Hill · CA, USA
ufo sighting in small town on the busiess holiday weekend.
Brewerton · NY, USA
They're here.
Bodenham · TN, USA
Disc shaped craft with flashing red and green lights in a circular motion noticed and witnessed going down. With a pulsating humming so
Brick · NJ, USA
Five spheres witnessed in the evening sky in Brick, New Jersey.
UK/England · United Kingdom
the sightings that are beeing reported today, I and my workmates saw back in november 1980. we saw one main sphere and others coming to
Atlantic Ocean · NC, USA
Flying light flew across sky, stopped, zig zagged, turned red, then flew back up and disapeared.
Todmorden (UK/England) · United Kingdom
1 craft was seen at close range no more than 30 feet away looked like a hovercraft with a bank of dark black windows dull silver in col
Maynardville · TN, USA
A late night viewing of a bright, white light during a camping trip leads to an unusual physical manifestation.
Royal Oak · MI, USA
after leaving work at (15 mile and Crooks Rd)about 12:30am I travaled south on Crooks Rd for about 15 mts stopping for a red light at C
Fort Wayne · IN, USA
Crystal clear view of object-very mechanical and unimaginably fast.
Southwest Harbor · ME, USA
Large round white light.
Dam B Lake (Just north of; ntersection of Angelina River) · TX, USA
Two slow moving luminous flying craft observed along a high power transmission line in East TX.
Elko · NV, USA
Spotted aluminum-colored square-shaped blinking lights which disappeared, car stopped & red/orange ball followed us.
Tekamah · NE, USA
Standard running light, hovers, flies slow, climbs fast and absolutely no sound and no jet engines flames.
Black Creek Community · GA, USA
Large, oval, bright orange object descending into woods.
Bridgeport · CT, USA
I was sitting on my front porch and noticed a bright light in the distance over the trees. I mentioned it to my fiance and he said it w
Clinton Township · MI, USA
Circular shaped craft with flashing lights.
Pima (north of; on Indian reservation) · AZ, USA
Bright object in the sky in remote arizona mountains.
Louisville · KY, USA
I did not know how to report so i found this sight i am now 52 and most passegers are in there 68 -70.
Samsonville · NY, USA
25 foot craft hovering above my house.
Savannah/Register (between) · GA, USA
very low , triangle shaped craft, with no sound