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)
Stockton · CA, USA
ball of fire in summer sky
Cottonwood (30 min.west of Sedona) · AZ, USA
My family and I were sitting on our front porch, faceing west about 10:30 p.m. As dusk was turning to night we abserved a bright light
Ritter · OR, USA
I was on a fishing trip with a friend . It was getting dark and we were looking upat the sky with my bionacers when i notched two white
Skelmersdale (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness and their partner in Skelmersdale, England, reported a dark red, spherical object in June 1970, observed for several minutes.
Hopewell · VA, USA
Saucer shaped object enters river.
Veagus (Puerto Rico) · Puerto Rico
Pseudo sunrise / sunset at 03:30
Naha (Okinawa) (Japan) · Japan
Just a Grunt on Guard Duty (USMC)
Burlingame · CA, USA
A disk-shaped object was reported hovering over Burlingame, California, for more than an hour in June 1970 before moving slowly and then rapidly accelerating away.
Bennington · VT, USA
A witness near Bennington, Vermont, in June 1970 reported a disk-shaped object and described experiencing what felt like telepathic communication during the six-minute encounter.
Bennington · VT, USA
A disk-shaped object was briefly reported over Bennington, Vermont, in June 1970, visible to a witness for roughly one minute before disappearing from view.
Hilmar · CA, USA
discription: object was a typical 2 pie pans placed lip to lip configuration, was seen hovering about 1/4 mile away at about 30-40 deg
Oshawa (Canada) · ON, Canada
green fiery oval shaped craft
Rogers Dry Lake · CA, USA
A large, white, oval-shaped object was reported hovering over an aircraft landing near Rogers Dry Lake, California, in June 1970, for about thirty seconds.
Chicago · CA, USA
UAP near DT Chicago along Lake Michigan
Fulton · NY, USA
A clear, spherical object roughly the size of a soccer ball or larger was reported floating slowly past a witness in Fulton, New York, in June 1970, over about five minutes.
Columbus · OH, USA
I SEEN A UFO WHEN I WAS ABOUT 13 YEARS OLD. THE YEAR WAS ABOUT1970, IT WAS IN THE FALL IN COLUMBUS OHIO. AT FIRST I THOUGH I SAW A BL
Zagreb (Croatia) · Croatia
3 object wants to bee seen
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Park Slope Brooklyn around 7 to 8p.m. a summer night I was 10 yrs old me and my friends saw a round shape saucer with multi color light
Gainsborough (UK/England) · United Kingdom
AS CHILDREN AGED ABOUT 10YRS OLD PLAYING IN THE STREETS AROUND OUR HOMES IN GAINSBOROUGH LINCOLNSHIRE ENGLAND ,I/WE SAW A LARGE ROUND
Medford · MA, USA
A round, white, saucer-shaped object with lights on its underside was reported over Medford, Massachusetts, in June 1970, seen on two occasions and making no sound.
Meycauayan · Bulacan (Philippines), Philippines
Witnesses in Meycauayan, Bulacan, Philippines, described two lights moving up, down, and back and forth at extraordinary speed in June 1970, within about fifteen to twenty seconds.
Westfield · IA, USA
A witness in Westfield, Iowa, reported a disk-shaped object hovering very close to a house's roof in June 1970, for about five minutes.
Russia · OH, USA
A witness in Russia, Ohio, described a star-like light making rapid turns, accelerating and decelerating unpredictably, during a five-minute sighting in June 1970.
Lynnwood · WA, USA
Life's storys the way i kinda remember it.
Cleveland (Lakewood) · OH, USA
I was asleep with my mom and little brother when for some wierd feeling I opened my eyes .I was faceing a window and looked outside to