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)
Trinity village · CA, USA
satellite in orbit takes sudden right angle turn and disappears.
Alton · IL, USA
I was called to the back porch by my grandmother and she showed me the lights in the sky. ((MO INVESTIGATORS GROUP REPORT. PD))
UK/England (Lincolnshire) · United Kingdom
strange couple of objects
Boca de Uchire (Venezuela) · Venezuela
Round silent mirror white/green object flying low over the river heading towards the sea.
Sebastopol · CA, USA
Glowing red ball Sebastopol,CA
Venice Beach · FL, USA
Venice Beach sighting orange lights
Mankato · MN, USA
black submarine shapes oject at ligh speed and orange blasts
North East Orlando (near Altamonte Springs) · FL, USA
My dad and I were traveling on I - 4 heading towards Deltona (Where my parents live) when I heard a whistleing noise that was increasin
Buras · LA, USA
Disk shaped silent craft with 7 lights passed directly overhead of 3 witnesses, appeared high and huge.
Carrollton · MS, USA
Round large object on Hwy 82 in Carroll County
Blythe · CA, USA
Lights over Calufornia desert simular to Phoenix
Potomac · MD, USA
Large orange ball traveled fast in night sky and then disappeared
St. Augustine · FL, USA
Hovering Sphere over the ocean
Albuquerque · NM, USA
Silent sphere with multicolored lights floats slowly over Albuquerque then shoots north then west out of sight.
Walnut Creek · CA, USA
I was a young child and had very scary nightmares and now I have realized they were the result of an abduction.
Peru · Peru
Three light blue/green objects, diamond shaped, triangle pattern over the Andes in Peru, move extremely fast. 5 witnesses
Lakeline · OH, USA
2 Lights Over Lake Erie - 1988
Lackawanna · NY, USA
spotlight at night, 90' away, no sound or wind.
Chesterfield · VA, USA
Circular object with round lights hovering above the intersection of Qualla Road and Newby’s bridge Road in Chesterfield County.
Owego · NY, USA
Large Shaped disk, redish flame around disk.
Eden Prairie · MN, USA
Woke up at 300 am , compelled to go over to window, bright star light approaches windowshade.
Atlanta (north of · Highway 85), GA, USA
The craft was shaped like a dumb-bell
Murwillumbah (Just north of) (Australia) · Australia
It was huge and it came down and hovered over the cane feilds just north of Murwillumbah in New South Wales Australia.My wife and i wer
Pensacola · FL, USA
UFO's that looked like stars moving quickly.
Omaha · NE, USA
U.F.O hovering over trees in Nebraska