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)
Udorn (Thailand) · Thailand
Witnesses reported a bright, zig-zagging spherical light over a USAF air base in Udorn, Thailand, during a 30-minute sighting in January 1968.
West Monroe · LA, USA
Witnesses near West Monroe, Louisiana, reported a light that appeared overhead and seemed to follow their vehicle into town, during a 20-minute sighting in January 1968.
Da Nang (Viet Nam) · Viet Nam
Witnesses near Da Nang, Vietnam, reported a silent, slow-moving light that eventually accelerated away very quickly, during a ten-minute sighting in January 1968.
Wheaton · MD, USA
Woke up by loud noise, parents said to come out and see the object. i was 9 or so at time. i remember red sphere hovering in one place
Amherst · MA, USA
Witnesses in Amherst, Massachusetts, reported several disk-shaped objects, some moving and some in stationary formation, blinking on and off in ways they linked to their own thoughts, in 1968.
Tucson · AZ, USA
driving home from old tucson w/ parents looked out window(night)to left saw a round shape with dif. colored lites around come up above
Jacksonville · FL, USA
A witness in Jacksonville, Florida, reported losing about three hours of time during an encounter in January 1968, without an initial sense that anything was unusual.
American Falls · ID, USA
Witnesses near American Falls, Idaho, reported a large, glowing green, disk-shaped object with a round underside visible from below, during a 20-second sighting in January 1968.
El Escorial (Spain) · Spain
Two children in El Escorial, Spain, reported an object in the sky and described losing track of about two hours of time, in a sighting reported for January 1968.
Anjean · WV, USA
We were standing by our car parked at Anjean, WV waiting for my brother after a good day of ruff grouse hunting. The first saucer came
Memramcook (Canada) · NB, Canada
Witnesses near Memramcook, New Brunswick, Canada, reported a car-sized, flashing light that silently followed overhead during a sighting lasting about 15 minutes in January 1968.
Cameron Parish · LA, USA
Jan/Feb. 1967 or 1968, sphere, gold, yellow, orange, solid color, 25 to 50 feet off the ground about 1/2 a football field away from us.
Gloucester · NJ, USA
Myself and a girlfriend were laying in the backseat of a car parked on a lonely street next to a power house, old factories, and a wate
Carpinteria (Santa Barbara County) · CA, USA
Witnesses in Carpinteria, California, reported three large spherical objects moving slowly westward, hovering, and then each disappearing in turn, during a ten-minute sighting in January 1968.
Dayton · OH, USA
Witnesses near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, reported a very large white saucer-shaped object being pursued by a B-52 bomber, during a ten-minute sighting in January 1968.
on plane wing · NY, USA
A passenger reported a shiny, silver, disk-shaped object appearing to sit on the right wing of an airplane over New York, during a 30-second sighting in January 1968.
Broadview Heights · OH, USA
A witness in Broadview Heights, Ohio, reported a slow, bright, descending star-like light with no trail or explosion, an event witnessed twice over 15 years, in December 1967.
La Plata · MD, USA
Witnesses in La Plata, Maryland, reported two circular objects, one large and one much smaller, displaying bright, rotating colors during a ten-minute sighting in December 1967.
Toledos · Madalena (Portugal), Portugal
A witness recalled, at four years old, seeing an unidentified object just outside their home in Toledos, Madalena, Portugal, in December 1967, though further details were not recorded.
Bithlo · FL, USA
On the evening of December 30, 1967, shortly after dusk, I observed along with two other witnesses, a circular craft, approximately 40
Vaucouleurs (LorFrance · France
Witnesses near Vaucouleurs, France, reported a light that moved slowly across the sky, stopped, then shot vertically upward almost instantaneously, during a two-minute sighting in November 1967.
Port Orchard · WA, USA
We were living in Port Orchard, WA, at the time, in the neighborhood of Parkwood. It was the night before Thanksgiving, when my twin an
Tiburon · CA, USA
Witnesses in Tiburon, California, reported a silent, teardrop-shaped object outlined in white light with three circular white lights in its dark interior, during a sighting in November 1967.
Fort Polk · LA, USA
A military formation at Fort Polk, Louisiana, reported an unidentified object during a sighting lasting five to ten minutes in November 1967.
Liverpool (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Witnesses in Liverpool, England, reported a silent, silver-and-red, cylinder-shaped object resembling a wingless plane hovering nearby, during a five-minute sighting in November 1967.