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)
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
above-city sighting of oval-shaped U.F.O. during meteor shower
Seattle · WA, USA
Saw a triangular light formation on an aerial object with a light pulsing in the middle pass directly overhead on the Puget Sound
Scottsdale · AZ, USA
1 UFO 30 degrees off horizon due west of Scottsdale, AZ. Red, White, Blue, Green flickering lights. Hovered for about 20 minutes. Mo
Lawton · OK, USA
My girlfriend and I were lying on the ground looking at the stars, we noticed a large object with 6 rings of lights, dull like far away
White Bear Lake · MN, USA
It was a good daytime sighting. We both saw the same thing.
Tucson · AZ, USA
I am apparently being watched, because my family is from Roswell, NM. 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Edmonton (Canada) · AB, Canada
large black triangular shape had three lights red, white and blue, hovered a few minutes, no sound…
Asheville · NC, USA
pre-awarenees would see UFO -- falling star - changing to dancing light - then very high speed departure
Kittery · ME, USA
HI, THIS IN IT'S SELF IS NOT A VISUAL BUT A CONTACT OF AN ALIEN TYPE BEING WITH MY DAUGHTER IN OUR OWN BACK YARD IN THE SUMMER OF 1987.
Iowa · LA, USA
A bright light came through the ceiling and paralyzed me and my friend.
Mt. Laurel · NJ, USA
Ball of Light moved up from trees into the sky, stops and shoots off so fast it left a streak of light behind it.
Coos Bay · OR, USA
Dome type object went straight up with a little round object along side and below.Object kept moving up and down side to side and chang
Atlantic Ocean (Bermuda Triangle) · Atlantic Ocean
About halfway between British Virgin Islands and North Carolina, on sailing vessels, at night, star size light zigzagging at great spee
Llandovery (UK/Wales) · United Kingdom
Fairy lights at speed and fold over UFO
San Francisco · CA, USA
Abduction case,with 1 twist. Aliens left unearthly communications object as proof of contact! 500 Lights On Object0: Yes
Olympia · WA, USA
sighting years ago in WA
Miami · FL, USA
Sighting near turkey point nuclear power plant Miami, Fl.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Moon appears to split in half
Alton · IL, USA
Strange lights dancing in the sky.
Austin · TX, USA
Seen through, which had become transparent.
New York City (Staten Island) · NY, USA
Three fast moving violently churning out of place red and black clouds
Redding · CA, USA
rectangular craft trails auto for over 100 miles.
Segno · TX, USA
disklike object, missing time,and haunted memories.
Ithaca · MI, USA
The light's
Syracuse · NY, USA
5 oval lights on craft (red, white, green) underneath lights 4 round red lights-seen when the sky was dark and clear Syracuse, New York