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)
Scottsbluff County (rural; western) · NE, USA
Popped up over hill out of nowhere, bright lights flashing
Fall River/North Tiverton · RI, USA
ABOUT 150 FEET IN THE SKY WAS THIS MAGNIFICENT GLOWING WHITE OVAL SHAPED OBJECT BRIGHTER THAN A FLUORESCENT LIGHT, IT HOVERED.
Riverside · RI, USA
UFO EXPERIENCE (PHENOMENA) TUESDAY JANUARY 18, 1977
Coventry · RI, USA
Huge wing craft - 1000 feet in width hovered over house, no noise or lights
Rural · MT, USA
Lights in the night sky tracked us after completing maintenance on an ICBM
Naples · FL, USA
Three of us walked down to the bay of Naples to see the sunset. The sky was still light. All of us saw a craft in front of us hovering
Milford · CT, USA
Saw five craft and observed signaling after work.
Monrovia · IN, USA
after being followed by a ufo, a beam of light shown down on my sister
Hull (UK/England) · United Kingdom
SMALL OBJECT DARK GREY TO BLACK, APPROX 18 - 24 INCHES ACROSS, ABOUT 12 INCHES IN HEIGHT, WAS STATIONARY AT ABOUT 40 FEET IN THE AIR, S
Davie · FL, USA
I have checked your log report and found that the sighting I reported shortly after December 6, 1976, was not filed. I am dismayed but
Warren · OH, USA
UFO has been hovering over my town house for more than a week they said they are preparing for a world war. There has been mass cloud
Sydney (NSW · Australia), Australia
Two objects of light shoot silently across the night sky.
Minnetonka · MN, USA
Disc shaped object, silent, with 2 search light beams, floating through airspace in Minnetonka, Winter or 1976.
Seymour · CT, USA
Saw a silver disk with white lights move slowly then hover just above treeline and then it disappeared.
Seymour · CT, USA
Saw a silver disk with white lights move slowly then hover just above treeline and then it disappeared
Junction City · KS, USA
saw large diamond shaped craft fly almost directly over head at night (bright moon w/thin clouds) . Craft made humming sound that wasn'
Worcester · MA, USA
Large disk with white strobe lights around its parameter
Hiawassee · GA, USA
Red, glowing circle over mountains of North Georgia
Winslow · ME, USA
two disks edge on with light on botom flying in formation.
Conshohocken · PA, USA
Cloud turning different colors for several minutes.
Wheaton · IL, USA
New Years Eve 1976 after 10:30 pm. We were traveling westbound along Warrenville Road, in Wheaton, IL. We saw a bright light, emitting
Fujisawa (Kanagawa prefecture)(Japan) · Japan
A big, black, round, & spinning UFO with a WAVY EDGE slowly moving across the sky in a straight line in Japan.
Tuckahoe · NY, USA
RED/WHITE LIGHTS REVOLVING AROUND DISK SHAPE. 3 WITNESSES.
Muskego · WI, USA
Recalling my first UFO sighting....1976
Wilmington · DE, USA
Silent hovercraft 35-50 feet above ground with searchlights beaming down on houses makes a 90 degree turn and vanishes.