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)
Bourbonnais/Bradley · IL, USA
A blue, oval shaped craft with glowing panels through the center flying in odd patterns and hovering around the area.
Keys · FL, USA
Metallic vertical blimp-shaped object
Isabela (Puerto Rico) · Puerto Rico
Second hand report. My grandfather, grandmother and aunt witnessed a ufo flying low. ((anonymous report))
Denison · IA, USA
Red Geometic "Amebia"
Miami Beach · FL, USA
10 bright lights move slowly north across south beach sky in 1975
Miami · FL, USA
Corroborating Witness
Anderson · SC, USA
no noise, with no light, but with white glow, no markings, very close to ground and moving slow 1974-75
Windsor · NC, USA
Disk-shaped object with glowing red dome hovered a few feet from the ground, came close, then shot off.
Lancaster · PA, USA
Both my wife and I worked at the Park City Mall, and were just coming home from work on a warm, humid summer night. We lived in an apa
Clines Corner/Vaughn (between; on Hwy 285) · NM, USA
A meteor entered earth's atmosphere, making a bright trail of light across the sky E towards the W.
Taupo (New Zealand) · New Zealand
It was a clear sky, no moon, I was 20kms from this huge electric green light bulb that appeared in the nothern sky - from where I was s
Granville Summit · PA, USA
4 lights speeding very fast across sky silently
Angeles Crest Forest · CA, USA
A light follows a car with further light anomaly events in a forest.
El Monte · CA, USA
it was a dark winter eve. 2 round disk appeared on the horizon and flew from SW traveling NE very fast no noise. im a pilot
Spain
Famouse historical case TAE's (former airline) Supercaravelle was the first aircraft involved in the incident. Flight JK-297 had taken
Greenwich · CT, USA
this was a long time ago about 1974-1976 dont know. then i found this site and decided to report it
Alexandria · VA, USA
Pretty sure this was nothing other than a Meteor but it hit probaly a few miles from my house or thats the way it looked at least ..was
Reno · NV, USA
A disk shape hovering over my apartment building in broad daylight in a busy city.
Jacksonville · NC, USA
Silent rocking 4ft silver sphere hovering 2ft of the ground with tremendous takeoff speed.
Lodi · OH, USA
It was about 2:00AM I was seven years old, I look out the window when I herd a noise that was behind the the house it was a round red l
Wayne · NJ, USA
Hovering Silver Metalic Disk
Holmen (near Brookners Pond) · WI, USA
saw disk fly in and hover above pond,the pond is about 100 foot dia.We were sitting on the pier,exceptionaly close,you could see every
Little Rock · AR, USA
I came to a four way stop sign headed east, I looked to my left and noticed something in the sky, low moving fast about in a 15 degree
Denton · TX, USA
bright red, heart shaped vehicle flying above tree tops mid-afternoon on a clear, sunny day day
Pomeroy · WA, USA
saucer shaped very white.