{"type":"events","slug":"1982-1983-hudson-valley-wave","title":"Hudson Valley Wave","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1982-1983-hudson-valley-wave","description":"Hundreds in New York reported massive V-shaped formations of lights, inspiring a regional UFO frenzy","date":"1982-12-31T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Wave"],"updated":"2025-06-13T13:26:43.000Z","disclosureRating":3,"lat":41.5,"lng":-74,"connectionCount":3,"content":{"markdown":"## Boomerangs in the night sky\n\nBeginning in late 1982, residents along New York's [Hudson Valley](/locations/hudson-valley) witnessed silent, low-flying V-shaped craft with brilliant lights.[^1][^2] Police switchboards were swamped by calls describing objects as large as football fields.[^1][^2]\n\n## Parachuters or secret planes?\n\nSkeptics proposed ultralight flyers or advertising aircraft. Investigators from [CUFOS](/organizations/cufos) tracked dozens of reports and dismissed hoaxes as insufficient to explain the scale. The sightings tapered off after 1986 but remain a key wave in American UFO lore.[^3][^4][^5]\n\n\n[^1]: [The New York Times (Mar 25, 1984) - UFO Reports in Hudson Valley Get Serious Consideration](https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/25/nyregion/ufo-reports-in-hudson-valley-get-serious-consideration.html)\n[^2]: [Publishers Weekly review: Night Siege: The Hudson Valley UFO Sightings](https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780345342133)\n[^3]: [WorldCat: Night siege: the Hudson Valley UFO sightings](https://search.worldcat.org/title/night-siege-the-hudson-valley-ufo-sightings/oclc/16871736)\n[^4]: [Plane & Pilot: UFO Swarms of the Hudson Valley](https://planeandpilotmag.com/ufo-swarms-of-the-hudson-valley/)\n[^5]: [Skeptoid: Hudson Valley UFOs](https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4598)","readingTime":"1 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"locations","slug":"hudson-valley","title":"Hudson Valley","url":"https://disclosdex.com/locations/hudson-valley"},"direction":"mutual","weight":2},{"ref":{"type":"organizations","slug":"cufos","title":"CUFOS","url":"https://disclosdex.com/organizations/cufos"},"direction":"outbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/1982-1983-hudson-valley-wave","title":"Hudson Valley Wave","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/1982-1983-hudson-valley-wave","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"witnesses":["Hundreds in New York"],"evidence":["documents"]}