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)
Hagerstown · MD, USA
Football sized saucer over Hagertown MD in summer of 1974
Bridgeport · CT, USA
Saw a huge round object hovering with red light in center,no sound.Took off at a high rate and disappeared
Claremont · NC, USA
1 of 3 UFOs followed my car after we watched them hovering for a few hours.
Cohasset · MA, USA
Satellite like- bright object, ultra high speed, erratic behavior, 2 separate years, same place, same general time.
Windsor (Canada) · ON, Canada
possible abduction case. Giant 3 foot high spides in my friends back yard
Solitude · IN, USA
saucer viewed from side with lights or portholes, by 3 witnesses. ((NUFORC Note: Report by Mr. Francis Ridge, UFO investigator. PD))
Solitude · IN, USA
saucer viewed from side with lights or portholes, by 3 witnesses.
Napa · CA, USA
It was early evening, I was eight years old playing down the street (MacCloud St.) at my friends house when an adult nieghbor started p
Peebles · OH, USA
the object, made no sound, and changed from a big , bright, light to a small green light and moved very fast,,,,
Marquette · MI, USA
We had no idea what it was and did not speak of it for years.
East Liverpool · OH, Unknown
((HOAX??)) NONE
Garrison · NY, USA
Two 15 year olds see flying disk in the Hudson Valley
Bardstown · KY, USA
yellowish gold saucer with lights hovering over house
Wilmington · NC, USA
Looks like a Star Wars ship,without the top, smooth, silent, no lights, large and low to the ground..
Le Pegue (France) · France
South of France UFO night watch in mid 70's (true story)
Japan · Japan
while in the navy me and another guy were military police on a navy ship standing watch on the midnight to seven shift. we were at the
Ymuiden (Netherlands) · Netherlands
Purple light moving south to north at least at 1300 miles per hour
Cebu City (Philippines) · Philippines
A huge craft, (observed during nightime) like one entire city in the sky or millions of jetplanes flying in formation (no sound)
Lakeside to North Bend · OR, USA
Cone shaped light
Ore City · TX, USA
Very large glowing object and then some smaller ones
Colorado Springs · CO, USA
I witnessed a UFO sighting over 30 years ago. I have told this story for over the years and never knew who to go to until tonight afte
Oakville (Canada) · ON, Canada
Egg shaped object small perhaps 9 to 10 feet silent hovering.
Tucson · AZ, USA
UFO emerges from behind a single cloud
Terrytown · LA, USA
A large hot dog shape object, glowing red orange, just like the color of an electric stovetop. Object was seen floating above the Cres
Langbank (Canada) · SA, Canada
When I lived in Whitewood Saskatchewan in the early 1970s, everyone in our remote rural area heard about and saw photos of crop circles