Other Flying reports from the 1980s
23 cases, best-documented first. Page 1 of 1.
We map claims, not creatures. A case is what some source says someone saw or heard, with the link to that source. It is not proof that anything was there, and a retelling counts once, not as a second sighting.
Other Flying · Adair County, Oklahoma · 1986
Witness reports seeing a large, silver, reflective object in the sky that grew larger as it approached, then suddenly vanished without a trace.
Other Flying · New Britain, Islands Region · 1989
Witness reports seeing a large, featherless, soaring bird-like creature with a long beak and crest while walking on a path in Papua New Guinea.
Other Flying · Burke County, North Carolina · 1983
Witness reports seeing a half-bird half-man creature with wings and combat boots running alongside a barn and then following their car.
Other Flying · Harlev, Region Midtjylland · 1985
Witness reports seeing a transparent, igloo-shaped flying object hovering 50 meters up with two men inside.
Other Flying · Papua New Guinea · 1989
Witness reports seeing a large flying creature with broad wings and a crest in November 1989 while walking near [name]'s house.
Other Flying · 1989
Witness recalls from hypnosis that there were two of the creatures outside their window.
Other Flying · 1989
Witness recalls from hypnosis that creatures were hiding under the kitchen table.
Other Flying · 1980s
Witness recalls seeing a tall woman in a red dress among others in the snow.
Other Flying · 1985
Witness reports seeing a metallic red bug-like creature levitating under an oak tree in his grandmother's house.
Other Flying · 1988
The narrator and their sister witnessed a metallic, almond-shaped object hovering above the fence before shooting up into the sky.
Other Flying · South Texas Medical Center, Texas · 1983
South Texas has repeatedly been the scene of big bird reports for decades.
Other Flying · Чорнобиль, Київська область · 1986
Workers and residents of Pripyat reported seeing a strange bird-like figure with red eyes flying above the town before the Chernobyl disaster.
Other Flying · Harlingen, Texas · 1982
Witness reports [name] saw a large bird-like object with a hide-type covering and fin fly over Highway 100 near Harlingen, Texas.
Other Flying · Vikarbyn, Dalarnas län · 1985
A woman reports that as a five-year-old child, she was visited by blue-white light creatures that lifted her out of bed for five consecutive nights.
Other Flying · Nyhammar, Västra Götalands län · 1987
Witness reports that [name] and a friend saw three red glowing orbs fly towards them at a water tower in Nyhammar.
Other Flying · Gävle, Gävleborgs län · 1987
Witness reports seeing four brick-shaped cubes of light in the snow near her house that sent rays of light upwards.
Other Flying · Hidalgo County, Texas · 1982
An ambulance driver reported seeing a large birdlike object flying low with a rough texture and no feathers.
Other Flying · Town of Cherry Valley, New York · 1980s
Witness reports encountering multiple cloaked entities flanking him and a larger one sitting in front of him near a creek.
Other Flying · 1983
[name] told United Press International that he saw a creature he now refers to as a pterodactyl-like bird.
Other Flying · 1988
Two boys followed giant three-toed footprints into Hockomock Swamp and encountered a massive bird-like creature with half-human features that flew away.
Other Flying · 1985
Witness reports that Ann-[name] saw a light phenomenon forming the shape of an 'H' over treetops while driving.
Other Flying · Maryland · 1980s
Campers near the Appalachian Trail heard mechanical screeching and found trees with large claw marks the next morning.
Other Flying · 1980s
The narrator's brother reports seeing a black, red-eyed winged creature with a cow's tail wheezing at him while crossing a field and forest in the 1980s.