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)
Catskill · NY, USA
On my way across the rip van winkle bridge with my mother as a passenger we stopped my truck when we saw multiple dark gray football sh
Albany · NY, USA
UFO Sighting Occurred: 11/?/1975 approx 8:00pm EST Location: Albany, NY Shape: Bright, White light Duration: approx 30 seconds I just
Anderson · IN, USA
Large craft with lights and whirring sound. Object stopped mid air. Lights sequenced. Object darted and stopped twice.
Girard · OH, USA
low flying oval light with zig zag bands on it .
Townsend · MA, USA
Bright object resembling a full moon with strobe like chaser lights going around the bottom. Used a spot light then left.
Miami · FL, USA
The object ws sighted from the cockpit of a Choey Lee sloop, docked by a condo on a causwat between Miami & Miami Beach. It first appea
Miami · FL, USA
UFO lights in night sky, one came down and was wittnessed by young girl.
Miami · FL, USA
At 01:00 hrs looking out my room window I saw about 14 lights moving in the sky, they began to pair off and move in diffrent direction
Hudson · NY, USA
I was alone, travelling north east on a local side road (Harry Howard Ave.) coming out of Hudson and on my way home from one of our bus
Yonkers · NY, USA
A fast object in the night sky
Unspecified location in WV · WV, USA
Mercedes shaped red UFO
Reno/Stead · NV, USA
Disk shaped craft hovering above house in Stead, Nevada
Waterloo (Belgium) · Belgium
Dull metallic 9-inch sphere follows perfectly linear path at 5-10 mph about 50 feet AGL.
Kincheloe Air Force Base · Michigan, MI, USA
Shaped like the letter "A", flew directly over top of us at est 500 ft.
Maricopa · AZ, USA
Group of 4 Orange Objects land near hills just west of small town of Maricopa Arizona... Oct, 1975
Monroe · LA, USA
Metallic silver orb floated over Northeast Louisiana University dorms.
North Charleston · SC, USA
Several Flashing UFO lights over Charleston Naval Base in S.C.
Perth (w. of; Southern Cross) (Western Australia) · Australia
fire ball and min min
Warwick · RI, USA
Silent enormous disc shaped craft.
Greenwich · CT, USA
It was a living thing.
Rockville · MD, USA
Floating abduction out of bed into a silver saucer; US military human beings on board, some kind of head surgery performed.
Rockville · MD, USA
Abduction middle of night encounter human atired in US Military Uniforms (Airforce) experience some type of Brain Surgery!
Polland Junction · AZ, USA
4 of us saw the object while living near Prescott Arizona
Killeen · TX, USA
Odd occurance over Ft. Hood, Texas
Marion · KS, USA
We saw a green object zoom across the sky going at least several thousand mile per hour.