UFO Sightings in 1972
239 documented sightings throughout the year
239
Total Sightings
California
Top State
disk
Top Shape
Year-Over-Year Change
162
1971 Sightings
+47.5%
Change
239
1972 Sightings
Monthly Distribution
5
Jan2
Feb10
Mar3
Apr15
May80
Jun37
Jul28
Aug21
Sep22
Oct9
Nov7
DecCommon Shapes
All Shapes →Top Locations
All States →Top Sightings
View All →San Diego (marine Base Camp Pendleton), CA
10.0
Pulsating object moving over Marine base.
Mar 22, 1972•fireball•
Los Angeles (echo Park), CA
10.0
Bright light and circle of blue sky
Sep 15, 1972•disk••Effects
Convoy, OH
8.0
Bright light follows car in Convoy, OH
Oct 1, 1972•light
Stone Mountain, GA
8.0
Bright light surveys the road.
Jul 1, 1972•circle
Sinop (turkey)
8.0
Two spheres rising from mountain tops
Sep 5, 1972•orb•
Schaumburg, IL
8.0
Strange oval shape craft.
May 15, 1972•oval•
Vienna, MO
8.0
Cigar-shaped object with colored port holes hovers and hums.
Jun 1, 1972•cigar•Effects
Conway, NC
8.0
Silver disk descends silently into farmland.
Jun 30, 1972•disk•
Tucson, AZ
8.0
Triangle shape with a beam of light.
Nov 8, 1972•triangle•Effects
Hutsonville, IL
8.0
Disk hovering near power plant
Jun 30, 1972•disk
Quick Facts
- Total Sightings
- 239
- Avg Credibility
- 6.48
- Peak Month
- June
- Top State
- California
- Top Shape
- disk