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)
Tongeren (Belgium) · Belgium
UFO (probe? ) light green glowing in my room when I woke up
Presidio (rural · 15 MILES SW of), TX, USA
STEADY GREEN LIGHT VERY SIMILAR TO AUREOLA BOREALIS SEEN WERE NORMALLY PITCH BLACK BLACK DARKNESS SHOULD BE ;WENT OUTSIDE (WE WERE INS
Eatonton · GA, USA
Several lights coming straight toward the dock where we were fishing slowly turn and fly over the trees.
Yosemite Forest (Yosemite Valley) · CA, USA
Close Encounter With Aliens and a UFO
Flint · MI, USA
Sleek Triangle Object, Two rows of lights
Plant City · FL, USA
Summer 1985 sighting
Biala (Bulgaria) · Bulgaria
((NUFORC Note: Witness submits a cryptic report regarding the apparent sighting of a disk. PD))
Haledon · NJ, USA
V shaped craft sighted twice over rural area.
Carlsbad · NM, USA
This is my UFO experience in 1985 I work for a potash company out of Carlsbad New Mexico is about a 30 min. to the road that heads to t
Birmingham (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Hazy human figured object following us through the park with technology and intelligence
Greenville · VA, USA
To describe the object as unbelievable is an understatement.
Phoenix · AZ, USA
Trip to Pheonix Mountains result in Sphere shaped object Sighting.
Belle Chasse · LA, USA
ON OR ABOUT THE DATE INDICATED. MY SON, WIFE AND MYSELF WITNESSED A LARGE HEXAGON SHAPED OBJECT IN THE NIGHT SKY. COULD NOT TELL THE EX
Birch Bay · WA, USA
Birch Bay Craft Observed by Young Girls
Holmdel · NJ, USA
Large v shaped object buzzes house and shines lights in window while people eat and viewers seem non existant to all others in house.
Trumbull · CT, USA
Large, slow moving...low, dull humming noise as it went overhead. Lights grouped in three's - red/wht/red
Georgetown · TX, USA
Computer rendering of Triangle shaped object seen over Georgetown Texas in 1985
Georgetown · TX, USA
Large, triangular shaped object with lights on bottom silently passes over my house, matches Austin couple's description
Belleville (near) (Canada) · ON, Canada
Outside of Belleville, a large disc flew toward us, hovered in mid air for a couple minutes then flew away.
Griffith · IN, USA
Me and my freind Joe Crowley drove a car and went to a deep area path beyond Griffith Park to a vast area of weeds and trees, as we wen
Copalis Beach · WA, USA
I was visited by at least five alien men in 1985
Ironton · MO, USA
unblinking bright white light (star looking) moving at incredible speed changing direction instantly
New Castle (Canada) · NB, Canada
Triangle black no lights seen for 1 min. Two jets chasing the ufo.
Concord · CA, USA
2 crafts-one was 30 feet across, blinking red, green,blue,orange,white; second was football-field size but triangular.
Mercer Island (Seattle) · WA, USA
I was on my way to work on 3rd shift. I driving across Mercer Island. I noticed several were slowing or pulled off to the side of the