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)
Desert Center (north of) · CA, USA
White light, aprox 10 to 15 miles away, moving in the formation of a square.
Whitman · MA, USA
I was walking my dog up our front walk that's when I saw this huge round thing with lights hovering between two trees..
Whitman · MA, USA
As I was walking my dog up our front walk that
Houghton Lake · MI, USA
Orange lights over Houghton Lake MI
Forest Park · GA, USA
Stingray-like drone shaped craft, solid bright white, no engines, no windows, no wings, no rudder, no exhaust, no markings flying low.
Syracuse · NY, USA
3 LIGHTS IN THE SKY FORM A TRIANGLE
Tampa · FL, USA
Tampa, Fl. 7/5/79, Saucer shape object lit from underneath moving west toward the international airport or Tampa bay.
Pichacho Peak · AZ, USA
oddly-shaped craft suspended between sides of the saddle-back mountain, Picacho Peak, AZ
Pasadena · MD, USA
July 1979. It was in the eastrern sky. A formation of about 10 crafts. formations within formations diferent colors in each formation.
Saugus · MA, USA
I saw a ball, off white, irregular borders similar to a fireball. It circled the area a number of times. Then, the object began to slow
Kansas City · MO, USA
I was camping out hoping to see Skylab come down when I saw a red arrow move across the sky.
Santa Clarita · CA, USA
Up close over backyard pool
Honeoye Falls · NY, USA
Cigar shape ufo with gateway
Motherwell (UK/Scotland) · United Kingdom
HBCCUFO CANADIAN REPORT: The objects were both orange in colour and seemed to shimmer with long flowing tendrils.
Los Angeles (300 mi. W of; at sea) · CA, USA
5 light doing incredible maneuvers over the Pacific Ocean. ((NUFORC Note: Report from Coast Guard lookout. PD))
Cumberland · KY, USA
Something raceing accross the sky up high with the stars and then it stopped. Changed directions we can not currently do.
Arcadia · WI, USA
Blimp like object moving 300 feet above a small town main street causing dogs to bark in the middle of the night.
Haifa (Israel) · Israel
Oval shaped dark metallic red object moving at mach speed.
Clackamas · OR, USA
Lights in the fog
Hattiesburg · MS, USA
Sensation of loud noise, crash, and time stopping
Lansing · MI, USA
seen a strange object standing still in the ski shoot off at about a 15 degree angle and out of sight in about 2 seconds
Fairmount · IN, USA
Cigar shaped craft - similar sighting listed in same area
Yorktown · IN, USA
Burnt circle in field
Apple Valley · CA, USA
Daytime / air to air near miss / sighting
Deoghar (India) · India
Multiple white couloured, perfectly round, full-moon like (without spots) objects crossing the sky from east to west....equal sizes.