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)
Orange/Anahiem · CA, USA
A saucer-shaped object was reported over Angel Stadium in Orange/Anaheim, California, during the summer of 1971, visible for about one minute.
Chuluota · FL, USA
Light in the sky that stopped time
Santa Clara · CA, USA
A pink, disk-shaped object was reported appearing to evade both private and military aircraft over Santa Clara, California, in June 1971, during an encounter lasting about two hours.
Karnes County · TX, USA
A circular object was reported over an open-pit uranium mine in Karnes County, Texas, in June 1971, observed for about three minutes.
Castlefod (UK/England) · United Kingdom
I sighted the three objects at 11-30pm. They approached from the north. They came directly towards me until at one point they were virt
Oshawa (Canada) · ON, Canada
Witnesses in Oshawa, Ontario, reported three circular objects directly overhead, close enough to almost touch, in June 1971, during a three-minute sighting.
Hoquiam · WA, USA
ufo hoved long time
Sunnyvale · CA, USA
Two teenage girls in Sunnyvale, California, reported a hard-to-describe, box-shaped object floating nearby in June 1971, an encounter they found frightening that lasted about five minutes.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
Four hazy, circular white lights were reported flying in formation over Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara, California, at 1:00 a.m. in June 1971, visible for about two seconds.
Vandenberg AFB · CA, USA
Disk-shaped objects were reported flying low over Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in June 1971, described as buzzing the high-security facility.
East Boston · MA, USA
Three oval-shaped objects were reported hovering over a street hockey game in East Boston, Massachusetts, in June 1971, watched by the players for about a minute.
Morrice (near) · MI, USA
We were walking and came to the corner of S. Corey Rd. and Lovejoy Rd. when all of a sudden over our right shoulders we saw the craft.
Inyokern · CA, USA
A huge, black spherical object with sparking edges was reported flying in a straight line near Inyokern, California, in June 1971, visible for about forty seconds or more.
Ashland · VA, USA
A driver near Ashland, Virginia, reported two separate saucer-shaped object sightings in June 1971, along with one occasion describing a humanoid figure.
Dayton · OH, USA
Dayton, Ohio sighting
Seattle · WA, USA
4 "non-flashing" red lights in a diamond formation hovering above the Space Needle in Seattle-1971. ((NUFORC Note: Pilot report. PD))
Lewisburg · WV, USA
A witness near Lewisburg, West Virginia, observed a triangular object hovering silently for about fifteen minutes one night in May 1971.
Cherokee · AL, USA
i was 13 when this event (i am 43 now ). we were returning home from visting friends when i was looking out at the sky. i saw a bright
Molson · WA, USA
As a boy retrieving milk alone at a local farm near Molson, Washington, in May 1971, a witness looked up and glimpsed a circular object for about two seconds.
New Martinsville · WV, USA
A color-changing light was reported following a car near New Martinsville, West Virginia, in May 1971, for about ten minutes.
Trier (Germany) · Germany
A circular object was reported over Trier, West Germany, in May 1971, making sharp ninety-degree turns without changing speed, within about fifteen seconds.
Cowpens · SC, USA
A round, cone-shaped object with lights around its edges was reported over Cowpens, South Carolina, in May 1971, observed for ten to twenty minutes.
Drexel Hill · PA, USA
May 1971(approximately 1-2am) Clear skies.I was 12 years old when I snuck out of my house and went to a local park. as I walked to
Irmo · SC, USA
it was flying at 150 feet moving slow and flew over our house it was round with moving diffent collored lights around the edge.
Kennett Square · PA, USA
A disk-shaped object performing striking aerial maneuvers over Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, in May 1971 reportedly merged with two other objects before speeding away, during a twenty-minute sighting.