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)
Ferndale · CA, USA
Silhouette, or dark object of craft appeared on moonless, starlit-night, backlit by glow straight overhead, appeared to be approaching
Akron · OH, USA
I think I saw either an alien transport or God doing something wonderful.
San Antonio · TX, USA
i was about six or seven and my family and me were sitting next to a window at home eating when a type of dark ball hit the screen wind
London · ON, Canada
No sound, one light in front tip of triangle and moved extremely slowly.
Lodi · NJ, USA
Spheres of Light in Night Sky Around October 1977
Louisville · KY, USA
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: Pilot Sighting Of Unusual Light.
Hancock · MD, USA
UFO and Biological Entity seen by four children over two days
Biloxi · MS, USA
Silent black triangular object flying at low level near Kessler AFB.
Orlando · FL, USA
we were camping in a friends yard fairly dark night as I recall . we saw 5 disk shapes flying in a v formation the had a greenish w
Kennewick · WA, USA
Huge circular orbs of flaming red light flew above the river right in front of me one night while I was camping.
East Haven · CT, USA
Weather or NOT a Balloon!!!
Brampton · ON, Canada
Glowing green, rotating cone shaped object
Los Banos · Laguna (Philippines), Philippines
While satellite gazing at night, three objects moving in the upper atmosphere stopped completely for a second, then proceeded in differ
Winnipeg (Canada) · MB, Canada
Black Triangle hovers over car in city (soundless), street lights went out, "whoosh" acceleration, then street lights back on.
Christmas Valley · OR, USA
Strange incident in 1977
Quaker City · OH, USA
Three silver discs hovering over a streetlight/power pole
Ft. Wayne · IN, USA
Close Encounters of the ??? Kind
Hope · MI, USA
Slow moving object changing colors then in a matter of seconds was back where it started and descended slowly behind the tree line.
Deer Park · OH, USA
While trick or treating with Mom, my Grandma pointed out a large dull yellow ball of light that suddendly appeared on Gardner Ave which
Middletown · PA, USA
This is a comment about this report.
Bourbonnais · IL, USA
BOLIDE RELATED UFO
Plano · TX, USA
Low ufo disc seen by 5 in broad daylight.
Everett · WA, USA
Two Objects in late afternoon, camouflaging themselves in the clouds, translucent, traveling east above 45th ave., then north, then rap
Arlington · VT, USA
grayish color sphere shaped craft,no lights, and two more smaller crafts came out of the rear of the larger craft.
Middletown · PA, USA
Adamski type craft visible for 5 mins 500' above Swatara Creek. Portholes, red light, ion-blue glow on bottom. Craft accellerated into