Close Encounters of the First Kind in 1980

2 January 1980 17:50 - Cerpy-En-Valois, France -   22cm orange glowing ovoid rises up from field, flash and away.

3 January 1980 20:30 - Van Nuys, California , USA -   Huge domed disc drops 50 feet above car, tilts, shoots up. two discs join it.

10 January 1980 06:00 - Fabbrico, Italy -   Brilliant orange glowing hat-shaped disc at 15-10m altitude. Flies to the north silently. Separate observer in same area.

10 January 1980 17:50 - Ganges, France -   Silent metallic disc, no features, 100m over vinyards, tilts toward witness, then continues on.

10 January 1980 Night - Chesapeake, Virginia , USA -   A flying disc was observed. Multiple independent witnesses. One disc was observed by one male witness (Miller).

13 January 1980 21:03 - Red Wing, Minnesota, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One object was observed by five female experienced witnesses at a building (Simanski).

28 January 1980 19:10 - Grandrieux Nw, France -   4m diameter cylinder-saucer follows car up and down N377, object was ringed with square windows.

3 February 1980 02:00 - Val D' Ajol, France -   Orange disc rise up in front of car, leads way down road, then moving rapidly to the north.

3 February 1980 02:50 - Weckolsheim, France -   An object was observed. It buzzed a witness. One object, about 80 feet across, was observed by three witnesses on a road for over one minute.

7 February 1980 21:00 - Redmond, Oregon, USA -   An object was observed. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object was observed by two witnesses, a married couple, for over 15 minutes (Winters).

8 February 1980 - Sierre, Switzerland -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentifiable object was observed at close range.

11 February 1980 Before midnight - Concepcion N, Penco, Lirquen, Chile -   UFO landed in waters of the bay, floated 10 minutes, shining searchlights that lit whole bay. Suddenly ascended over mountains east. Trail of smoke hung in air two hours.

13 February 1980 07:10 - Etauliers, France -   Customs Agent incident.

In mid-February 1980 20:30 - Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia -   Huge, hovering craft over car. Had three big round lights, with smaller colored light on one side.

In mid-February 1980 22:30 - Hornsby Heights, New South Wales, Australia -   Saucer, 100 feet diameter, hung over paddock. Had vast number of windows at its base, white with dark sides, yellow lights, at its center seemed to be a door. Witnesses ran afraid.

21 February 1980 23:15 - Stamford, Connecticut, USA -   Dog barked incessantly. Grandmother and 12-year-old watched oval of light, four times size of moon, pendulum swing motion. Girl dreamt being abducted aboard spaceship.

In March 1980 - King City, Missouri, USA -   An object was observed. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object, about 5 feet across, was observed by two witnesses, a married couple (Wells).

8 March 1980 21:30 - Wilmington, North Carolina, USA -   Animal reaction: small dog howled as if ears hurt. UFO illuminated car.

13 March 1980 00:25 - Trenton, New Jersey, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and aerobatic performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One object was observed by two female witnesses in a yard. A noise was heard.

15 March 1980 Around 2000 - Bannock, Ohio, USA -   Construction Worker incident.

18 March 1980 21:00 - Seixeda, Spain -   Yellow light, flew low, chased motorcyclist, emitted rays, gave off yellow and red flashes, size of light would grow and shrink.

19 March 1980 Evening - La Coruna, Spain -   Motorcyclist incident.

20 March 1980 21:00 - New Castle, Kentucky, USA -   Animal reaction: dogs bark. Very bright cigar-shaped object 20 feet over yard. three legs underneath object. Shot straight up.

24 March 1980 Around 1900 - James, Georgia, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One object was observed by 19 witnesses for ten minutes.

24 March 1980 21:40 - Leyr, France -   Metallic 20m long cylinder with two truncated green beams of light moves to the north slowly over highway D913 at 50m altitude.

25 March 1980 22:15 - Fairborn, Ohio, USA -   Fuselage UFO with dome, green and red lights, crossed white beams, hovered over quarry, disappeared behind hill. Badly decomposed remains of cow found in plastic tub at site.

2 April 1980 - Cordoba, Argentina -   Blue-white light paced plane. Object travelled with plane, not parallel but diagonally, towards La Rioja. Object flew away at 90 degrees, diminished to red point. ATC as crew to verify what it was.

6 April 1980 21:00 - Sturbridge, Ct I-86 Exit I-90, Massachusetts, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One object was observed by two witnesses, a married couple,, typical age 29, on a highway for over three minutes (Meara, W and B).

6 April 1980 Night - Lodz, Poland -   Three bright balls hovered over house, spread blinding light. Frightened, couple locked themselves in house and came out only the following morning, when the three spheres had gone.

9 April 1980 23:30 - Kembs Nw, France -   An object was observed from a car. One object was observed by several witnesses on a road for 20 minutes.

17 April 1980 02:30 - Sauk Center, Minnesota, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One object was observed by one male witness in a yard for over 15 minutes (Weiner). A noise was heard.

18 April 1980 - Anchorage, Alaska, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One object was observed by numerous witnesses.

27 April 1980 - Auckland, New Zealand -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One object was observed by four male teenage witnesses (McGuire).

2 May 1980 10:20 - San Jose, California , USA -   Park Ranger incident.

7 May 1980 20:30 - Chepes Km29, Argentina -   Busload of passengers and driver saw large UFO, shaped "like a house", with many multicolored lights coming from small windows.

9 May 1980 07:00 - La Joya, Mariano Melgar Afb, Peru -   Peruvian AF Su-22 incident.

9 May 1980 Around 2100 - Bargersville, Indiana, USA -   Red balls of light size of lemons climbed up, across, down telephone lines, then up another pole. Dog whined and barked. Red balls of light moved across woman's back and hair.

11 May 1980 03:20 - Giulianova, Italy -   Dark cigar flies to within 100m from 5 witnesses. Makes hissing sound, flies back out to sea.

15 May 1980 00:40 - Wirral M53, UK -   Object shaped like two curved artillery shells side by sideclose to ground. two shielded beams of light projected downward on ground.

In mid-May 1980 20:00 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA -   Unusual spacecraft 15 feet above me. Stationary, solid matter. Did not hover.

29 May 1980 02:30 - Newport, Yaquina Bay Jetty, Oregon, USA -   Witness reported to police object on beach, 20 feet long x 6' wide, glowed when kicked. two cops arrived, could not identify the object but reported no glowing. When officer returned in daylight object gone

In June 1980 - Punta Arenas, Chile -   Lan Boeing incident.

4 June 1980 05:30 - Abasto, Argentina -   Two brothers commuting saw strange luminous object in sky, no noise, 12m diameter, emitted white and reddish flashes, overflew fast, stopped over observers, rapidly to the north.

In early June 1980 15:00 - Hopsten N, Germany -   USAF F-111E incident.

14 June 1980 17:40 - Punta Arenas, Chile -   Lan Chile Boeing incident.

14 June 1980 19:00 - General San Martin Apt, Argentina -   UFO landed on runway for 20 minutes, when plane started taxiing object took off and flew in the direction of the Moon. After plane took off a luminous beam followed same route as the plane.

14 June 1980 19:00 - Junin W20Km Hwy7, Argentina -   UFO approached car from behind, forcing driver to pull over. Circular object, dark in center with luminous white points around rim, descended with vertical, circular motion to 1.5m, trail of white smoke.

14 June 1980 19:01 - Cordoba, Argentina -   Objects were sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. More than three objects were observed by four witnesses on a highway.

In mid-June 1980 10:30 - Wapello, Iowa, USA -   Craft sucking water from pond.

15 June 1980 23:30 - Aptos, California , USA -   Nautical UFO. Teenage couple stroll on beach, see 4' long unlit cigar-shaped UFO drift toward ocean, 50m altitude. Silent. Dropped into water without splash. On surface yellow light from upper part.

17 June 1980 Around 2300 - Petoskey S70M, Michigan, USA -   Objects were observed from a car. Five objects were observed by six witnesses for over 15 minutes (Doan).

21 June 1980 - Lumut, Malaysia -   Small flying disc with windows.

21 June 1980 01:30 - Assumption, Illinois, USA -   Two low and slow orange domed discs circled and hovered. Shone beam toward ground 5 minutes. Unnatural quiet. Her dog never barked. two minutes after natural sounds returned.

In Mid- 1980 18:10 - Elsmere, Delaware, USA -   Silver disc with convex bottom, red and orange flashing lights, followed mother, two daugthers home. Rim rotating, treetop level, shot up street, then back over house.

In July 1980 Night - Sassano, Italy -   Big white bottle descends to ground level. Turns red, takes off suddenly.

5 July 1980 23:50 - Naveksvarn N, Sweden -   Nautical UFO. Large silent orb drops to surface of Lake Navsjon. Changes colors.

13 July 1980 03:00 - Butzbach, Germany -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentified object at close range was observed by four male witnesses at a campsite.

18 July 1980 22:20 - Pine Bush, New York, USA -   Seven deltas cavort and land, followed closely by witness. Follow witness in her car, want to be seen.

27 July 1980 22:35 - Upper Hutt, New Zealand -   Objects were observed. Animal reactions to the objects were reported. Four objects were observed by several male witnesses, typical age 16.

2 August 1980 21:00 - Norton AFB, California , USA -   An object was observed. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object, the size of the moon, was observed by two experienced witnesses at an airfield (Janesick).

3 August 1980 Before 2100 - Fairview Valley, California , USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One object, about 5 feet across, was observed by two witnesses, a married couple, in a yard.

3 August 1980 21:02 - Norton AFB, California , USA -   Controllers incident.

8 August 1980 23:50 - Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, USA -   Sandia Security guard drove jeep in Coyote Canyon, approached on foot, had clear view of round disc at Manzano Weapons Storage Area. RF: radio did not work, UFO shot straight up at high speed.

9 August 1980 00:20 - Sandia Labs Kirtland Afb, New Mexico, USA -   Disc lands behind "HQ CR 44" Nuclear Storage Building

17 August 1980 23:00 - Pinols, France -   An object was observed from a car. One object was observed by two witnesses for five minutes.

18 August 1980 18:00 - Baltic Island, Estonia -   Large double cube-shaped object on ground with sweeping beam. Polymorphs into domed saucer.

19 August 1980 - Lezay, France -   An object was observed from a car. One object was observed for over three minutes.

20 August 1980 - Honfleur, France -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One object was observed by 12 witnesses for over one minute.

31 August 1980 00:20 - Ashbourne, UK -   Unusual objects were sighted by multiple witnesses, that had unconventional appearance and aerobatic performance. More than one disc was observed for 44 minutes (Lister). A humming sound was heard.

In September 1980 05:00 - Shelby, Montana, USA -   Short-duration sighting by father and son driving in country. Saw two lights approach from behind. Flew 50 feet over auto and out of sight.

In September 1980 21:20 - Vasterhankmo, Finland -   Wits 1km apart, Hurin on boat, Bergfors ashore. Disc descended near boat 150m away, 3-4m above water, hovered 5min, glowing, vibrating. Changed to zeppelin shaped when ascending to depart. Mild shock.

31 August 1980 23:00 - Pozzuolo, Italy -   Animal reaction: dogs frantic. White glowing disc maneuvers, stops, turns orange color, rises, zigzags.

4 September 1980 13:15 - Red Bluff, California , USA -   Cessna 172 incident.

5 September 1980 03:40 - Tropy, Poland -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentified object at close range was observed by six witnesses.

5 September 1980 23:00 - Plestin, France -   An object was observed from a car. One object was observed by seven witnesses for two minutes.

8 September 1980 Around 0500 - Waukomis, Oklahoma, USA -   An object was observed. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object was observed by two witnesses, a married couple, for 30 minutes (Reed).

13 September 1980 02:30 - Round Mountain, Texas, USA -   Campers see delta shaped UFO at 125' altitude, hums, to the north slowly (I.e. away from LBJ ranch)

17 September 1980 Before 0400 - Ghent, Minnesota, USA -   An object was observed from a car. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object was observed by two experienced male witnesses (as reported to the police) for over an hour (Thompson).

22 September 1980 03:43 - Caribbean Sea, Caribbean -   Near collision with blue-green body with horizontal row of 5-6 steady white lights, presumed by flight crews to be windows. Distance under 1 mile, estimated size 50 feet UFO changed course when plane flashed lights.

26 September 1980 04:30 - Washington, Indiana, USA -   An object was observed from a car. Multiple independent witnesses. One object was observed by three female witnesses, typical age 19, as reported to the police, on a road (Southerland).

5 October 1980 03:00 - Dagang, China -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. One cone-shaped object was observed by three witnesses at an oil field for over one minute.

In early October 1980 Night - Monroe City, Lucky Point, Indiana, USA -   Group of UFO watchers had large triangle, size of a house, come overhead, voice announced "The time is near!" Radio frequency interference: humming on FM scanner, tingling sensations, white powdery residue on soybeans.

8 October 1980 After 2200 - Olds S, Alberta, Canada -   Private Investigator incident.

16 October 1980 23:30 - Labatut, France -   An object was observed. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object, about 80 feet across, was observed for over three minutes.

21 October 1980 23:30 - Cressier, Switzerland -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentifiable object was observed at close range.

26 October 1980 Around 1900 - Green County, Indiana, USA -   Farmers incident.

29 October 1980 Evening - Middletown, New York, USA -   Triangle object hovers silently at tree top level, seen again 15 minutes later, shines four light beams down on witnesses in car.

In November 1980 - Amapa, Brazil -   A car with three passengers was followed by a plate-shaped object with lights around rim. It hovered above a sports module facing a hotel.

In November 1980 - Macapa, Aragari River, Brazil -   70 people at ferry crossing watch solid, cloud shaped UFO emerge from river, hover 5-6 m altitude for four minutes, then proceed at moderate speed toward ocean. Passed within 30m of one witness.

3 November 1980 21:00 - Sterling City Se, Texas, USA -   Two witness a UFO in the middle of US87. UFO jumps up to avoid collision with car.

7 November 1980 - Macapa, Brazil -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentifiable object was observed at close range (Nunes; Silveira).

11 November 1980 14:30 - Yunan Province, China -   An object was observed from a car. One dull cylinder was observed at a mountain for over three minutes. No sound was heard.

14 November 1980 18:30 - Heidelberg, Germany -   Students incident.

In 1981 Daytime - Venezuela -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentified object at close range was observed by two experienced male witnesses (Finol).

5 December 1980 - Mckean County, Pennsylvania, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentified object at close range was observed by two witnesses.

10 December 1980 01:30 - San Pedro Channel, California , USA -   Two independent witnesses from Hollywood. Cloud-cigar maneuvers erratically, pink glow.

11 December 1980 22:00 - Saddle Brook, New Jersey, USA -   Delta shaped UFO follows car from here to New Milford, several witness.

12 December 1980 21:00 - Hull, Wisconsin, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentified object at close range was observed by two female witnesses, typical age 15 (Shields).

17 December 1980 - Greenup County, Kentucky, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentified object at close range was observed by six witnesses.

18 December 1980 23:30 - Sao Jose Do Rio Pretc, Brazil -   Four witnesses, animals run, 10" silver orb.

27 December 1980 - Greenup County, Kentucky, USA -   An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentified object at close range was observed by five witnesses.

27 December 1980 01:50 - Martlesham, UK -   Nocturnal light follows car, shoots up, local cows stampede. Many independent witnesses.

27 December 1980 03:00 - Raf Woodbridge, UK -   USAF security patrol outside backgate of RAF Woodbridge, hovered at treetop level, round with red light on top, several blue lights underneath. Yellow mist. Landed in field, illuminating ground, shot up.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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