{"type":"events","slug":"1973-us-ufo-wave","title":"U.S. UFO Wave","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1973-us-ufo-wave","description":"Numerous close encounters across the United States in 1973 sparked press coverage and government interest","date":"1973-08-01T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Sighting"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":3,"status":"unknown","lat":37.0902,"lng":-95.7129,"connectionCount":2,"content":{"markdown":"## Flurry of activity\n\nReports of hovering lights, humanoid beings, and radar returns increased dramatically in late 1973. Cases like the Pascagoula abduction and Coyne helicopter sighting drew national headlines.[^1][^2][^3]\n\n## Calls for investigation\n\n[MUFON](/organizations/mufon) and [NICAP](/organizations/nicap) logged thousands of reports while members of Congress asked the Air Force for explanations. The wave subsided by early 1974 but influenced later civilian research networks.[^4][^5]\n\n\n[^1]: [NICAP: The 1973 UFO Chronology](https://www.nicap.org/chronos/1973fullrep.htm)\n[^2]: [CUFOS: 1973 - Year of the Humanoids](https://cufos.org/PDFs/books/1973-Year_of_the_Humanoids.pdf)\n[^3]: [APRO Bulletin, November-December 1973](https://noufors.com/Documents/Books%2C%20Manuals%20and%20Published%20Papers/Specialty%20UFO%20Publications/A.P.R.O.%20Bulletin/apro_nov_1973.pdf)\n[^4]: [National Archives catalog: EX OS 5 Unidentified Flying Objects 1/1/1973-](https://catalog.archives.gov/id/471647292)\n[^5]: [CUFOS Bulletin, Fall 1977: reported UFO levels in 1973](https://cufos.org/PDFs/CUFOS_Bulletin/Bulletin017.pdf)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"organizations","slug":"mufon","title":"MUFON","url":"https://disclosdex.com/organizations/mufon"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"organizations","slug":"nicap","title":"NICAP","url":"https://disclosdex.com/organizations/nicap"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1973-us-ufo-wave","title":"U.S. UFO Wave","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/1973-us-ufo-wave","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"witnesses":["Numerous close encounters across the United States in 1973 sparked press coverage and government interest"]}