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)
Woodburn · IN, USA
Hugh rectangular object hovered over my home.
Cuba City · IL, USA
Triangle of lights with a red drone(?) spotted over Southern Wisconsin.
Independence · MO, USA
Other
Lynn Center · IL, USA
silver saucer in day time over house
Jamul (east of) · CA, USA
round glowing fireball traveling northt to south and straight up and straight up and down
Spanaway · WA, USA
On a Late september nite We were Abducted my Mom and I. in Spanaway ,WA. on 23 /09 1974
Kalama · WA, USA
Bright disk shaped light, it made no sound. The edges were sharp and clear.
Baskin · LA, USA
Hello sir I may be 30 years late but i have to tell someone that will believe me. I`ve tried to tell my story and all i got was my let
Puerto Rico · Puerto Rico
Gold sphere traveling at tremendous speed sighted over Puerto Rico in Fall of 1974
Wilton · CT, USA
I was anywhere from 6 to eight years old when it happened. I was awakened from bed by bright lights and low rumbling noise. I looked
UK/Scotland · United Kingdom
Silver circular Craft above hay field
Kent (UK/England) · United Kingdom
hovered for ten seconds then sped off and vanished in a spilt second
Grafton · MA, USA
Circular silver object with bright lights hovered over our heads at tree top level before whooshing off
Chester · CA, USA
Three white lights in equilateral triangle move across night sky, multiple witnesses, summer camping trip 1974.
Clarkston · GA, USA
I would like to start by saying the date is a best guess. I was in 3rd or 4th grade, and I know it was the end of summer, and along w
Pemberton · NJ, USA
10 year old local boy sees UFO
Springfield · OH, USA
Small fleet large craft over Ohio
Lexington · KY, USA
WE WERE CHASED BY A UFO .
Campbell · CA, USA
Sighting of a pair of triangular UFO's over the SF Bay Area, August 1974In the summer of 1974, I saw a pair of triangular objects
Warren · OH, USA
WE SAW IIN THROUGH THE EYES OF KIDS AND I WOULD NOT LIE ABOUT THIS WE SAW TO VERY VERY BIG DISK SHAPE SHIPS IN 1975
Morganfield · KY, USA
light objects dart side to side buting on show
East Haven · CT, USA
Police officers observe UFO 2 nights consecutively in August of 1974
Mentor · OH, USA
It wasn't just a light, a shape or a "ball". This thing had the mechanics, details and lights. And of course it was dead silent!
Lake Zurich · IL, USA
The objects I saw changed me forever
Spokane · WA, USA
I was 11 years old and happened to be in a car with my mom, and we saw a bullet shaped craft with flames comming out of the rear. I hav