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)
Sanford · FL, USA
A witness in Sanford, Florida reported a large glowing fireball-like phenomenon emitting multiple colors in June 1968, observed for three to four minutes.
Binghamton · NY, USA
UFO saucer seen Binghamton, NY, 1968-69
Brisbane (Australia) · Australia
A witness in Brisbane, Australia reported a black triangular object with red lights and unusual markings in June 1968, during a five-minute sighting.
Dayton · OH, USA
I was 8. I was sleeping in a room with my two brothers. I woke up. I don't know why, I went to the window and saw a small ufo three fe
Chicago · IL, USA
A witness in Chicago, Illinois reported an oval-shaped object with no wings, tail, or struts and a blunt nose and tail, resembling an elliptical fuselage, during a four-minute sighting in June 1968.
Darmstadt (Germany) · Germany
UFO seen with contact and near abduction
Jasper · TN, USA
I know there flying saucer shape objects that go from setting still to out of sight in less than 2 sec.. ((anonymous report))
Scottsville · KY, USA
FOLLOW-UP REPORT FROM REPORT IN 2017.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
A vivid orb of light in a completely clear blue, mid-day 1960s Las Vegas sky moved irratically within a small radius above our house.
Camden · AR, USA
Orange ball observed by dozens
Corry · PA, USA
Observed pink/orange glowing ball "bouncing" along railroad tracks for length of @ 2 city blocks, then shoot straight up and disappear
Billings · MT, USA
A witness in Billings, Montana reported a round object with colored lights that disappeared instantly in June 1968, during a sighting lasting one to two minutes.
Fairfield · CA, USA
There real and this is the proof
Ash Grove · MD, USA
A witness in Ash Grove, Maryland reported a very large glowing orange sphere accompanied by several smaller red spherical objects in June 1968, observed over several hours.
Gadsden · AL, USA
It was like nothing I had ever seen before.
Winnie (near) · TX, USA
was returning to Houston from Port Arthur...near Winnie....clear night....cloudless sky....emerged from car....studied sky....a
Monmouth Junction · NJ, USA
Object orbiting Jupiter
Zanesville · OH, USA
A witness in Zanesville, Ohio reported a large disk-shaped object positioned above a tree in their yard in June 1968, observed for about five minutes.
Columbia · SC, USA
Two young witnesses in Columbia, South Carolina reported a triangular-shaped object floating in front of their house in June 1968, during a brief ten-second sighting.
Renton · WA, USA
A witness in Renton, Washington reported a huge orange ball over Lake Hills that appeared to change into a triangular shape near Boeing Field before disappearing, during a five-to-ten-minute sighting.
Mississippi (rural; hitchhiking) · MS, USA
Two witnesses hitchhiking in rural Mississippi reported a circular object in June 1968 followed by an unexplained nine-hour gap in their memory of the encounter.
Houston · TX, USA
A witness in Houston, Texas reported three lights arranged in a triangular formation revolving around each other in June 1968, during a thirty-second sighting.
Azores (at sea) · Azores
USS Scorpion sinking
Minot · ND, USA
in 1968 while standing at gi corner a cigar shaped ship moved above me moving at a speed as that of a zepplin. it had colored lights al
Rocky Mountains (east face of) · CA, USA
Witnesses reported an open-frame object flying eastbound about 100 feet above the desert floor near Interstate 80 by the Rocky Mountains in June 1968, during a twenty-to-twenty-five-minute sighting.