UFO Sightings in the 1960s
1,727 UFO sightings reported during the 1960s, peaking in 1968 (288 reports); most often described as disk.
- Total sightings
- 1,727
- Span
- 1960–1969
- Peak year
- 1968 (288 reports)
- Dominant shape
- Disk
1960–1969 · peak 1968 (288 reports)
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
Reddish ball shaped objects.
Santa Barbara · CA, USA
A witness in Santa Barbara, California reported five white lights hovering in formation in July 1968, which they stated were not weather balloons, during a five-minute sighting.
Cincinnati · OH, USA
A witness in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio reported a fast-moving disk-shaped object over the riverfront in July 1968, observed for more than half an hour.
Hillsborough · NJ, USA
A witness, then about eight years old, reported seeing three multicolored spherical objects of different sizes while playing outside in Hillsborough, New Jersey in July 1968, over two minutes.
Vega · TX, USA
A witness in Vega, Texas reported a disk-shaped object displaying counter-clockwise flowing lights in July 1968, observed for about five minutes.
Tampa Bay · FL, USA
We were crossing the Courtney Campbell Causeway in a traffic jam the causeway has a bunch of Brazilians for barbecuing and the beaches
Milford · MA, USA
A witness in Milford, Massachusetts reported a huge glowing red sphere descending from the sky and hovering in July 1968, during a brief fifteen-second sighting.
Otis Air Force Base · MA, USA
A high-altitude point-source of light was observed by telescope and binoculars for 15-20 min. by Air Force pilot officers from ground l
Otis Air Force Base · MA, USA
Witnesses reported a bright light over Otis Air Force Base, Massachusetts in July 1968; F-4 fighter jets were reportedly scrambled in response, with the sighting lasting more than an hour.
San Miguel Naval Base (Philippines) · Philippines
Witnesses at San Miguel Naval Base, Philippines, reported a bright light descending over the ocean and vanishing beneath the surface in July 1968, never reappearing, during a five-minute sighting.
Thomasville (USAF long range radar facility) · AL, USA
Air intercept between UFO and BOMARC missle test firing from Elgin field in Florida. intercept occured over gulf of mexico in 1968 (cla
Houston · TX, USA
A witness on Telephone Road in Houston, Texas reported a disk-shaped object in the summer of 1968 that they said left them temporarily unable to move, during a fifteen-minute encounter.
Rumson · NJ, USA
A witness in Rumson, New Jersey, near Fort Monmouth, reported a disk-shaped object in 1968, part of a series of reported sightings in the area, observed for about half an hour.
Augusta · GA, USA
Witnesses in Augusta, Georgia reported a large, dark triangular object hanging silently and motionless in the night sky above their backyard in July 1968, observed for about ten minutes.
Nashville · IN, USA
it was cigar shaped there were other witnesses it was silent and it appeared silver it hovered 8 minutes and disappeared in an instant
Tehran (Iran) · Iran
I was 6 years old when I saw a ufo diamond shape with gray color and purple light hovring in sky moving at first slowly and suddenly s
Aurora · OH, USA
My father and I saw a huge saucer shaped craft hovering over our front yard, then move away over the treeline. ((anonymous report))
Quantico Marine Base · VA, USA
A Coast Guard duty controller reported a cigar-shaped object relayed by a duty radioman near Quantico Marine Base, Virginia, in July 1968, during an encounter lasting about two hours.
Perth Amboy · NJ, USA
A witness in Perth Amboy, New Jersey reported a circular object hovering over a drive-in theater in July 1968, during a two-minute sighting.
North Little Rock · AR, USA
A witness in North Little Rock, Arkansas reported a circular object that was reportedly pursued by jets in the late 1960s, with this sighting logged in July 1968 and lasting about fifteen seconds.
Norwich · CT, USA
A witness in Norwich, Connecticut reported a close encounter with a small humanoid figure in a child's bedroom in July 1968, during which a television reportedly lost its picture, over two minutes.
Bena · VA, USA
was walking inthe back feild when it was clear skie me and my brother sean ashadow look up sean a ship flying across the feild at tree
Pyramid Lake Indian Reservation · NV, USA
extremely manueverable pulsating white light over Pryamid Lk. shoots straight up into the heavens after investigating(?)the lake over 2
Phoenix · AZ, USA
bright light, missing time
Seattle · WA, USA
A witness in Seattle, Washington reported a stationary, silent circular object with intensely bright, pure-colored lights in July 1968, observed for about ten minutes.