UFO Sightings in the 1980s
2,718 UFO sightings reported during the 1980s, peaking in 1989 (333 reports); most often described as disk.
- Total sightings
- 2,718
- Span
- 1980–1989
- Peak year
- 1989 (333 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1980–1989 · peak 1989 (333 reports)
Bastrop · TX, USA
The sphere moved in an absolute straight line just above the tree line.
West New York · NJ, USA
Two perfectly round, silver spheres fly over NYC and Hudson County in a westerly direction...
Old Bethpage · NY, USA
Mass Sighting over Long Island; 50 thousand calls to 911.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Sacramento Calif. August 1988 in the evening craft shining bright light on Arden Park
Howard · WI, USA
At that time, I looked up and we both said it is a flying saucer or a UFO.
Whittier · CA, USA
UFO sighting one summer night back in the late 1980's.
Nominingue (Canada) · QC, Canada
Luminous circle raising slowly, then exploding.
Danbury · CT, USA
I threw rocks at a UFO for about a half an hour
Holbrook · NY, USA
We saw circular object w/ multi-colored lights fading from one set to another floating west-east after dropping down from sky.
Clinton · MS, USA
A colorful ring of lights hovering over someones house, then it moved away making no sound over the trees...
Posen · MI, USA
Warm summer clear night. My grandmother saw them first and asked what are thoughs Lights in the sky? I said what lights there is no lig
Haddam · CT, USA
A very large circular objects about the size of two football fields stood above the ground for about an hour it was glowing green and j
Basking Ridge (near) · NJ, USA
Daylight NJ i78 large chevron shaped craft 50 plus eye witnesses
Tashkent (Uzbekistan) · Uzbekistan
When I was lying on the bed in our yard of our house, it was nearly midnight, and I was slightly going to sleep. I don`t know suddenly,
Amity · PA, USA
Beam of light with no sound; no indication of light source; eerie radio broadcast afterward.
Shobonier · IL, USA
i was around 6 or 8 i lookede out of the van and there it was , i told my parents but they didnt believe me so i never talked about it
Plymouth · OH, USA
While driving on ST. RT. 61 between Shelby and Plymouth I spotted a huge triangle shaped object.
Benton · ME, USA
Reflective spherical object on or above my car going with the flow and then took off with now noise and no lights.
Denver · CO, USA
Brillant bright lights from the sky
Whitmire · SC, USA
The UFO I saw was on the FOX network!
Suzhou · Jiangsu (China), China
one shining spiral moves fast from southwest to southeast, view from suzhou, jangsu, China, 5 minutes
Jamesville · NY, USA
I was scared by an errie encounter with a blue light that entered my bedroom through the window at night.
Johnstown · PA, USA
It was a clear night with a bright moon. I was a passenger in a car with a friend of mine driving. As we drove along, I noticed somet
Union · SC, USA
A round circular craft with bright lights followed me home and hovered over my front lawn.
Montreal (Canada) · QC, Canada
Bright metallic triangular or pyramidal object moving at great speed while it changed direction and altitude, apparently very high.