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)
Rosemead · CA, USA
Myself and my friend observed a cigar-shaped craft hovering in a field. We observed the phenomnon for twenty minutes the left the field
Homeworth · OH, USA
A witness in Homeworth, Ohio (Columbiana County) reported a triangular-shaped object that appeared to brush against an apple tree in July 1968, during a sighting lasting five to ten minutes.
Qui Nhon (Viet Nam) · Viet Nam
Witnesses near Qui Nhon, Vietnam reported two high-altitude lights making abrupt turns, stops, and starts before shooting away at high speed in July 1968, during a seven-minute sighting.
Marion (Silver Shell Beach) · MA, USA
When I was 8 years old I saw a grayish blue box maybe 150 to 200 feet in the air.There seemed to be a door or square opening with s
Houston · TX, USA
At the corner of South Main and Hillcroft, my mother, sister and I went to a stable to feed our horse. I was 9 years old.
Fort Collins · CO, USA
A witness recalled, as a 12-year-old in Fort Collins, Colorado, being followed by a black cube-shaped object near an orchard in July 1968, during an encounter that lasted about ten minutes.
Columbus · MS, USA
on the night a buddy and me saw said ufo, it was approx. 5 feet above power lines going only about 5 miles per hour. It had no visible
Monterrey (Mexico) · Mexico
Witnesses in Monterrey, Mexico reported two brilliant circular objects displaying several colored lights crossing the night sky in July 1968, during a ten-minute sighting.
Stillwater · ME, USA
A witness in Stillwater, Maine reported a large green luminous object appearing in a field before it suddenly vanished into the night sky in July 1968, during a three-minute sighting.
Edmond · OK, USA
A witness in Edmond, Oklahoma reported a close-range disk-shaped object sighting in July 1968, describing it as resembling an electromagnetic-drive vehicle, during a fifteen-minute observation.
Martinez · GA, USA
Summer of 68 around 11pm.The moons glow so bright and the stars filled the night sky.My family and I lived on a farm. With many liv
Des Moines · IA, USA
a strange but non frigtening evet
Cleveland Heights · OH, USA
A witness in Cleveland Heights, Ohio reported an oval-shaped object in the sky during the 1960s, with this sighting logged in July 1968 and lasting about one minute.
Zell (farm outside of) · SD, USA
small disk shaped object, weaving in between high voltage lines, 20 to 30 feet over my head, broad daylight, dull gray in color and emi
San Jose · CA, USA
A witness in San Jose, California reported a circular, disk-shaped object with numerous lights hovering over a shopping center in July 1968, observed for one to two hours.
Oakland · CA, USA
A witness in Oakland, California reported a large cigar-shaped object hovering in plain sight on a clear day in July 1968 before it suddenly vanished, during a five-minute sighting.
Brainerd · MN, USA
A witness in Brainerd, Minnesota reported a very bright light on the surface of a lake that traveled quickly out of sight in July 1968, during a ten-minute observation.
Freeport/Rockford · IL, USA
A witness driving between Freeport and Rockford, Illinois reported a brilliant, round, disk-shaped object following their car for several miles late at night in July 1968, over ten to fifteen minutes.
Draffenville/Benton · KY, USA
A witness near Draffenville and Benton, Kentucky reported a red-orange, disk-shaped light at dusk in July 1968, observed for about five minutes.
Metuchen · NJ, USA
Daylight viewing of low oval metallic object gliding toward a second identical object, pausing then simultaneously shooting skyward
Washougal · WA, USA
A witness in Washougal, Washington reported a bright white, cylinder-shaped light appearing silently above a rooftop on two occasions in the late 1960s, each lasting only a few seconds.
Putnam County · NY, USA
A witness in Putnam County, New York reported a small green orb that moved as though guided intelligently in July 1968, during a thirty-minute sighting reported anonymously.
Vandenberg AFB · CA, USA
Witnesses reported cigar-shaped objects observed during missile launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California between 1965 and 1978, with individual sightings lasting about thirty minutes each.
Clovis · CA, USA
Witnesses in Clovis, California reported more than twenty cigar-shaped objects flying north over an Air Force base near Fresno in spring 1968, during a sighting lasting about one minute.
Danang (Viet Nam) · Viet Nam
Clear Star lit sky.Don't remember date, but was not close to rain season. North east sky why on duty at airbase was watching red tracer