UFO Sightings in the 1970s
3,165 UFO sightings reported during the 1970s, peaking in 1978 (441 reports); most often described as disk.
- Total sightings
- 3,165
- Span
- 1970–1979
- Peak year
- 1978 (441 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1970–1979 · peak 1978 (441 reports)
Morgantown-Martinsville area · IN, USA
Seven witnesses in the Morgantown-Martinsville area of Indiana reported an unusually shaped object during a one-minute sighting in the summer of 1971.
Atlantic Ocean (CV-67 U.S.Navy) · Atlantic Ocean
Crew aboard a U.S. Navy vessel in the Atlantic Ocean reported a communications failure followed by a large glowing spherical object hovering over the ship for about five minutes in July 1971.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Fast flying object in Santa Barbara
Liberal · KS, USA
Witnesses in Liberal, Kansas reported a cigar-shaped object low over a nearby lake following July 4th fireworks in 1971, during a sighting lasting fifteen to twenty minutes.
Colorado River Highway · AZ, USA
ARIZONA DESERT HWY, JULY (4) weekend. WE were camping all week-end at a dry riverbed in the COLORADO RIVER. GOIN HOME, WE LEFT CAMP
New Orleans · LA, USA
A witness in New Orleans, Louisiana reported observing what were described as roughly a thousand saucer-shaped objects crossing the sun through a telescope over a ninety-minute period in July 1971.
St. Cloud · MN, USA
I was 15 at the time, and lived on a farm. Finished supper and walked out of the house to work in the barn. Between the out buidings I
Medford · OR, USA
Witnesses in Medford, Oregon reported an oval-shaped object during a ten-minute sighting in July 1971; the original account gave few further details of its appearance.
Danese · WV, USA
Witnesses in Danese, West Virginia reported an object at an estimated 1,500 mph that stopped instantly, showing bright search-light-like lights silently, for about five minutes in July 1971.
Toronto (Canada) · ON, Canada
Witnesses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada reported a multicolored fireball emitting sparks and making no sound during a brief three-second sighting in July 1971.
Genoa · WV, USA
Two siblings in Genoa, West Virginia reported a cigar-shaped object moving quietly and very slowly overhead for about five minutes in July 1971.
Philippine Sea (at sea) · Philippine Sea
Navy ship meets UFO mother ship at sea.
Big Rapids · MI, USA
Witnesses in Big Rapids, Michigan reported an oval-shaped flying object observed for about ten minutes in July 1971, which the account says was eventually pursued by SAC aircraft.
Steelville · MO, USA
Orange light over Steelville MO in 1971
Hancock (vicinity) · MI, USA
Three very bright nocturnal lights on approx 40-degree angle. Approx 150-200 yds from 1st to 3rd light. Approx 1 mile from observers, a
Wauwatosa · WI, USA
Witnesses in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin reported a disk-shaped object that hovered silently except for a humming noise, during a ten-minute sighting in July 1971.
Kelso · WA, USA
Witnesses in Kelso, Washington reported a large black triangular object about 150 feet overhead, moving slowly with a low sound around 4 a.m., during a twelve-minute sighting in July 1971.
Manchester · CT, USA
Bue lights in Manchester Ct. Sky 1971
New Goshen · IN, USA
stars moving in the night sky
Tucson · AZ, USA
just after midnight ,craft travling about 45 mph,at 100ft from north to south on the west side of the waste dumps at pima mine 30 mile
Allentown · PA, USA
((HOAX??)) floating,glowing torus of light seen in neighboring yard.
Sutton (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness in Sutton, England reported a disk-shaped object during a two-hour sighting in July 1971, noting that a photograph of the object was published in a local newspaper.
Puyallup · WA, USA
I looked up to identify the source of the sound and saw an object with multicolored lights that were flickering in a sort of pattern.
Bolivar · MO, USA
Witnesses in Bolivar, Missouri reported a silent, fluorescent orange cigar-shaped object with a pink glow around its edges that vanished instantly after about a minute in July 1971.
Salem · OR, USA
"ENCOUNTER AT HAYSVILLE CORNFIELD"