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)
Electric City · WA, USA
Three Egg shaped objects flew thru the Coulee. There was a large one and two small objects flying together.. They all flashed colors of
Whitmire · SC, USA
2 Objects in the Sky!!
Cheyenne · WY, USA
A witness near Cheyenne, Wyoming, reported being followed by a silent, circular flying object for forty-five minutes in June 1970.
Beaverton · OR, USA
Will never forget.
West Jefferson · NC, USA
Eight orange, glowing orbs in a V-shaped formation were reported over West Jefferson, North Carolina, appearing at the same time on several nights in June 1970, each lasting ten to twenty minutes.
Hazard · KY, USA
A disk-shaped object that changed color was reported landing near Hazard, Kentucky, in June 1970, reportedly disrupting radio communication during the twenty-minute encounter.
Poughkeepsie · NY, USA
Approximately at 15:00 my friend spotted object in sky. He said to me "hey there is one of those UFO's they talk about". I thought he
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IN · USA
In Indiana in June 1970, witnesses described a bright, unidentified object that lit the area like daylight, left a mark on the ground, and produced a deep humming or whirring sound.
Honolulu · HI, USA
A witness in Honolulu, Hawaii, described a spherical object patrolling the coastline skies in June 1970, ruling out a shooting star, meteor, or scheduled airliner, in a sighting lasting only seconds.
Bradenton · FL, USA
This was contact. I police patrolman. On patrol. Entered woods to relieve self. On way in, noticed leaves vibration, and low humming. L
Elsmere · DE, USA
Elsmere Delaware Linden ave Park Large round not helicopter blades many colored flashing lights all the way around it, black I beleive
Baltimore · MD, USA
A dome-shaped object displaying multiple colors and a sparkling appearance was reported over Baltimore, Maryland, in June 1970, observed for about five minutes.
Martinsville · VA, USA
Dancing orb in the sky.
South-central PA (a field outside small town) · PA, USA
Witnesses in a field in south-central Pennsylvania reported what first seemed like a plane crash in June 1970, though a cone-shaped object was involved instead, in a ninety-minute event.
Kent · WA, USA
We saw a saucer silently pass over our panicking horses and then our barn. Had alternate flashing lights a round it, blue and green
Jackson · MS, USA
The Visitor With The Large Head
Atlantic Ocean · Unknown
Lights seen by sailors on watch at night above a US Navy ship in the Atlantic in 1970, stationary & extreme speed with 90 degree turns
Houston · TX, USA
Saucer flew over house in Houston
Oak Ridge · TN, USA
I was standing in front of my house with my friends when the glint of something mettallic caught my eye. I looked up and saw what I ca
La Grange · IL, USA
Saucer sighting
New York City (Bronx) · NY, USA
Another witness in the Bronx described the same solid silver pyramid-shaped object spinning about one hundred feet above Public School 54's yard in May 1970, for around five minutes.
New York City (P. S. 54) · NY, USA
Dozens of witnesses at a New York City schoolyard, including P.S. 54, reported a silver pyramid-shaped object spinning in place about fifty feet overhead in May 1970, for roughly three minutes.
New York City · NY, USA
P.S.154 Sighting in the South Bronx
Kansas City · MO, USA
A brilliant greenish light suddenly appeared within a gray cloud over Kansas City, Missouri, in May 1970, visible for about ten seconds.