UFO Radar Sightings in 1978

5 January 1978 - Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA -   V-formation of ten lights passed plane

11 January 1978 - Los Angeles, California, USA -   Sphere flew below Cessna 150

12 January 1978 Night - Puigmajor,Spanish-American Stn, Spain -   Space Track Station incident.

19 February 1978 13:20 - Minnesota, USA -   Multiple radar. Huge unidentified radar blip dodges and beams radar beams. Travelled in excess of 3400 mph, shot up and down.

In mid-April 1978 Around midnight - Ahvaz, Iran -   Airliner incident.

27 April 1978 - Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada -   An object was tracked by radar and sighted visually. An unidentified object was tracked by radar and sighted visually.

27 April 1978 - Bagotville Cfb, Quebec, Canada -   An object was tracked by radar and sighted visually. An unidentified object was tracked by radar and sighted visually by military witnesses at an airfield.

14 May 1978 - Ocala, Florida, USA -   Navy radar tracks UFO, citizen visuals

14 May 1978 22:30 - Pinecastle Track.St, Florida, USA -   Navy Personnel incident.

14 May 1978 22:30 - Apalachicola River, Florida, USA -   Captain incident.

24 June 1978 - Wisconsin, USA -   Radar-Visual sighting.

24 June 1978 22:48 - New Lisbon, Wisconsin, USA -   Wonnacott NC577 incident.

8 August 1978 21:40 - Belton, Missouri, USA -   Radar/visual confirmation.

17 August 1978 22:30 - Nemuro Channel, Japan -   3 reports of same UFO.

23 August 1978 20:10 - Tofta, Sweden -   Radar/visual confirmation.

27 August 1978 13:40 - Provincetown Nnw10M, Massachusetts, USA -   Radar/visual confirmation.18' diameter silver disc, near collision with light plane. Ground radar confirmed presence of bogey.

24 September 1978 21:00 - Portland, Maine, USA -   Police incident.

10 October 1978 18:00 - Thil, France -   6m diameter ovoid with green halo.

21 October 1978 Night - Chesapeake, Kanawha Apt, West Virginia, USA -   An object was tracked by radar and sighted visually. An unidentified object was tracked by radar and sighted visually by a male witness at an airport (Givens).

7 November 1978 - Adriatic Sea, Italy -   An object was tracked by radar. An unidentified object was tracked by radar only by a group of witnesses on the ocean (Merlini).

23 November 1978 18:00 - Heathrow Airport, UK -   Airline Crew incident.

24 November 1978 Evening - Heathrow Airport W 12M, UK -   Tristar Airline Crew incident.

20 December 1978 23:45 - Woodbourne, New Zealand -   ATCs and pilots see lights pacing plane. Explanation: Coincidenc.

21 December 1978 - New Zealand -   Radar and visual sighting by one crew, photos

21 December 1978 03:26 - Marlborough, Se Blenheim, New Zealand -   Circular strobe type white flashing light, directly ahead of aircraft.

21 December 1978 Pre-dawn - Wellington, New Zealand -   Objects were tracked by radar. 10 objects were observed (Cordy).

21 December 1978 Morning - Christchurch, New Zealand -   An object was tracked by radar and sighted visually. Multiple independent witnesses. One object was observed by more than two male witnesses, two of them experienced observors (Powell).

22 December 1978 01:20 - Kaikoura Coast, New Zealand -   Argosy incident.

30 December 1978 23:50 - Cook Strait, New Zealand -   Motion pictures, radar. Several luminous objects, one oval shaped (100m long). Explanation: Coincidenc.

31 December 1978 00:10 - Kaikoura, New Zealand -   Several sightings and radar contacts. Best was 32 miles out of Christchurch. Film footage at 2:51 AM showed oval lights with rings of light. Bell shape with bright bottoms, less bright tops.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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