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)
Taichung (Taiwan) · Taiwan
"Tailpipe Charlie"--Silver disc follows two F-104 fighter jets.
Bellevue (Yarrow Point) · WA, USA
The saucer hovered over us, it was huge, orange and silent.
Petaluma · CA, USA
Saw darting object in the night sky, move fast, stop, move fast stop. Then it flew low over my house and I heard the UFO.
Knoxville · TN, USA
Object traveld along side my car for a mile a close range.
Ridgecrest · CA, USA
Saucer shaped UFO, lights, no sound, 20 minute observation
Fayettville · TN, USA
a friend and i were riding home one night,and comeing through a patch of woods on each side of the road ,i glanced out the passenger si
Onyx · CA, USA
friend and i were walking home on a dark night. there was a storm building, the cloud were very low. they were touching the mountain to
Eglin AFB · FL, USA
My father and I witnessed a UFO at Eglin AFB.
Bartlesville · OK, USA
On a fall evening, after returning from a scout meeting I witnessed a object perform some extreemly unusual aerial feats, at at least p
Raleigh/Garner · NC, USA
Large Triangle object in sky over North Carolina
Selma · NC, USA
Six aircraft moving at high rates of speed in an acrobatic formation then dissapearing in a star burst
Saratoga · CA, USA
Saratoga , Ca. sighting 10/25/1986 report has gone missing from NUFORC.
Decatur · IA, USA
It continued on straight path about 100' in air for about 8 seconds. then went straight up for about 2 seconds and out of sight.
Decatur City · IA, USA
static electric shocks felt on the short hairs of my body
Riverdale · GA, USA
Many witnesses to ufo sighting
Maysville · GA, USA
Triangle shaped ship over Georgia in the 1980's.
Oak Harbor · WA, USA
Possible military test craft in Oak Harbor, Washington.
Valparaiso (Chile) · Chile
Mass sighting of a shiny metallic sphere
Santiago · Chile
Circle in the sky, Santiago Chile, 19-20 hrs. 2 -3 days before Atlantis was Launched, 86',87' not sure.
Virginia Beach · VA, USA
Two creatures or aliens in Bay Colony, no UFO.
Calypso · NC, USA
UFO of spherical red and yellow lights hovers over family leaving them with no memory of incident
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
A clear bright starry night. Very nice indeed with great air quality that night.I was on duty and doing guard. The premises are outdoor
Tyler · TX, USA
Large ship with no sound and no lights passing over my apt complex
Calypso · NC, USA
In 1986 NC, a red and yellow glowing object appears to mother, son, and daughter leaving them without memory of it
Humacao (Puerto Rico) · Puerto Rico
On this day me and my family went to visit family friends in the east coast of Puerto Rico,near a public beach (about 4 blocks away) me