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)
Cherokee Village · AR, USA
Bright light - 12ft Sphere
Old Greenwich · CT, USA
Witnesses in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, reported a glowing blue, disk-shaped object hovering over railroad tracks and wires during a 30-second sighting in October 1967.
Midland · TX, USA
I remember this event very distinctly. However I am unsure of the date. It’s approximate. However I am very sure it was during a Hal
Ada · OK, USA
Witnesses in Ada, Oklahoma, reported an extremely fast-moving, multicolored circular light during a brief 12-second sighting in October 1967.
Avon · CT, USA
((HOAX??)) Machines From Elsewhere: Robots and UFOs Avon CT September 1967.
Brownsvile · TX, USA
example of military coverup
Bentonia · MS, USA
A witness in Bentonia, Mississippi, reported an intensely bright light that did not illuminate the surrounding ground, then shot rapidly across the sky, during a five-minute sighting in 1967.
Winchester · KY, USA
We observed the craft approaching the city limits from the SE at a slow pace and as we approached the intersection of Highway 15 and Ma
North Royalton · OH, USA
what did we see?
Crestone (near Alamosa) · CO, USA
Saw 3 house size balls of fire come straight down, turn to fly horizontal straight at us for 40 miles in 3-4 seconds then pass out of s
Corydon · KY, USA
A witness in Corydon, Kentucky, reported a silver disk-shaped object passing from east to west during a sunny afternoon sighting lasting about 30 seconds in September 1967.
Beatrice · NE, USA
sighting of disc in Beatrice Nebraska
Baltimore · MD, USA
A witness in Baltimore, Maryland, reported an unusual-looking object and described possibly losing track of time, during a five-minute sighting in September 1967.
Dublin (Republic of Ireland) · Ireland
Witnesses in Dublin, Ireland, reported a circular object roughly 20 to 25 feet across hovering in the sky during a seven-minute sighting in September 1967.
Hermosa Beach · CA, USA
Witnesses in Hermosa Beach, California, reported five red, glowing cigar-shaped objects during a sighting lasting one to two minutes in September 1967.
Portsmouth · OH, USA
Starting with a single craft flying at altitude of no more than 600-800 feet, on a heading from N to S, flying over my sister's house,
Atlanta · GA, USA
Cigar shaped UFO with lights all around it stationary in the sky for 10 min, then moved and stationary for 10min, took off-gone in sec.
Brownville · ME, USA
Witnesses in Brownville, Maine, reported three metallic, circular objects on the western horizon during a three-minute sighting in September 1967.
Caribou · ME, USA
Witnesses in Caribou, Maine, reported three separate sightings, a disk-shaped object, a zig-zagging star-like light, and a bar of light, with one lasting about ten seconds in September 1967.
Cook Inlet (at sea) · AK, USA
I am 80 years old and want to tell what went on. It was about sept. 1967, I was a crewman on the m/v Camron, a support vessel for a jac
Cedar Point · KS, USA
A witness in Cedar Point, Kansas, described this as one of three light-related encounters they had experienced, with this particular sighting lasting about five minutes in September 1967.
Birmingham (UK/England) · United Kingdom
toddler speaks of Space men and Space craft
Chiloquin · OR, USA
It was steel gray, simigloss exterior.It was a disk. the sun was behind the horizon.It was dusk. the craft was hovering over the ri
Schofield Barracks Military area · HI, USA
Witnesses at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii reported a luminescent, disk-shaped light traveling at a tremendous rate of speed during a brief six-to-eight-second sighting in September 1967.
Lackland AFB · TX, USA
Witnesses at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, reported a light that changed colors, appeared to release a smaller light, and made a U-turn, during a roughly one-minute sighting in September 1967.