Disk UFO Sightings
8,198 Disk-shaped UFO sightings recorded worldwide since 1931, peaking in 2004 (337 reports); most commonly reported in United States.
- Total sightings
- 8,198
- Span
- 1931–2030
- Peak year
- 2004 (337 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1931–2030 · peak 2004 (337 reports)
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Waynesborough · VA, USA
Several students at a military school in Waynesborough, Virginia reported a saucer-shaped object from the drill field, observed for about five minutes in April 1950.
Moody · TX, USA
UFO in central Texas, 3 spacemen on the ground. ((NUFORC Note: Witness describes himself as a medical professional, Ph.D.. PD))
Post · TX, USA
A witness near Post, Texas reported a disk-shaped object appearing very close to the ground, observed for about 10 seconds in September 1949.
Steilacoom · WA, USA
AS A GIRL OF ABOUT NINE AND MY SISTER WHO WAS EIGHT AND OUR FATHER WERE DOWN AT THE WATER, AT DUSK SITTING AND LOOKING OUT, ALL ALONE.
Fairbanks · AK, USA
A witness in Fairbanks, Alaska reported an enormous, metallic, disk-shaped object in the sky, observed for about two minutes in July 1949.
Anchorage · AK, USA
A witness in Anchorage, Alaska reported a disk-shaped object that appeared to have operational difficulties before crashing, observed for about three minutes in June 1949.
Little America (near) · WY, USA
One night as a child, I saw a little man in a green dome working at a machine with all sorts of dials near Little America.
Seattle · WA, USA
UFO Hovers over Seattle sky
Brownstown · IN, USA
A disk-shaped object was reportedly captured on film during the 1948 Centennial Parade in Brownstown, Jackson County, Indiana, on November 7, 1948.
Borger · TX, USA
A witness in Borger, Texas reported a dull, silver, disk-shaped object flying west at high speed with no sound, observed above a swimming pool for 8 to 10 seconds in June 1948.
Kelseyville · CA, USA
A witness in Kelseyville, California reported the first of a series of family sightings, with a disk-shaped object observed in 1948, duration unknown.
Modesto · CA, USA
My grandmother woke me up to go to the front house get my uncle to check on the bright blueish light out behind our cottage. I was sca
Saranac Lake · NY, USA
A witness in Saranac Lake, New York reported six to seven disk-shaped objects, observed for about six minutes in August 1947.
Maywood · CA, USA
1947 UFO sighting Date: ? sometime in early summer Time: after dark (between 7 - 9 pm) Place: Maywood IL not far from O’hare Airbase (n
Philadelphia · PA, USA
Witnesses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania reported six disk-shaped craft that drew people out of their homes to look up, observed for three to five minutes in July 1947.
Johnston City · IL, USA
A 13-year-old witness in Johnston City, Illinois reported watching an object in the sky on a warm July evening in 1947, observed for about 45 seconds.
Las Vegas (East of) · NV, USA
A witness reported a large, saucer-shaped disk east of Las Vegas, Nevada, observed for about five minutes on July 15, 1947.
Hazelton (Northeast of) · ID, USA
A witness northeast of Hazelton, Idaho reported a huge, silver, saucer-shaped object with no sound, exhaust, or visible lights, observed in daylight for about 10 minutes in July 1947.
Minneapolis · MN, USA
A witness in Minneapolis, Minnesota reported a gray, disk-shaped object in the sky around 5 p.m. in July 1947, an event later mentioned by a local radio newscaster, observed for 19 minutes.
Winona (approx. 20 miles NW of) · MN, USA
A witness near Winona, Minnesota reported two unmoving, round objects positioned side by side overhead, above drifting clouds, observed for about 15 seconds in June 1947.
Madison · WI, USA
Witnesses in Madison, Wisconsin reported three disk-shaped objects appearing in the west, stopping overhead, then proceeding east at high speed, observed for two to three minutes in June 1947.
Syracuse · NY, USA
A witness in Syracuse, New York reported observing the night sky and seeing many unidentified objects crossing the upper atmosphere, over more than an hour in February 1947.
Yokahama (Japan) · Japan
A witness in Yokohama, Japan reported a flying disk-shaped object in the sky after World War II, observed for about 30 minutes in January 1947.
Yokohama (Japan) · Japan
This is a follow-on to the report I made several years ago. An article about the Brazilian Air Force carried an artist image: It is t
Alice · TX, USA
An extremely noisy disc.