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)
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
Witnesses in Santa Rosa, California, reported an orange-red circular or spherical object that appeared about 15 to 20 percent larger than a full moon, during a seven-second sighting in 1967.
Woodland Hills · CA, USA
I noticed a light that appeard to be above the Sepulveda Mullholland pass area. The light moved vertically and horizontally stopped and
Viet Nam (central) · Central Viet Nam
A witness in central Vietnam reported an object moving in a zig-zag pattern across the night sky before shooting straight up and disappearing, during a 10-to-15-minute sighting in 1967.
Tipp City · OH, USA
Witnesses in Tipp City, Ohio, reported a light object, later noted in Project Blue Book records, that followed their car for about half a mile before shooting upward, in September 1967.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
A property search and a "close encounter" with unknowns?
Lone Rock · WI, USA
I had just had my car tuned-up that day and my mother and I were on our way to work at an ammunition plant, 2nd shift. When the car qu
Brawley · CA, USA
Witnesses in Brawley, California, reported a disk-shaped object hovering about 20 feet above a canal, appearing to draw water from it, during a 20-minute sighting in August 1967.
Far East · Far East
A witness in the Far East reported an oval-shaped object performing what was described as an impossible maneuver at extreme altitude, during an 18-minute sighting in August 1967.
Marathon County · WI, USA
A family in Marathon County, Wisconsin, reported a close, extended encounter with a disk-shaped object at their rural farm, in a sighting reported for August 1967.
Roseburg · OR, USA
Witnesses near Roseburg, Oregon, reported three round, spherical objects with swirling red, blue and green lights, silent but emitting sparks from beneath, during a 15-minute sighting in 1967.
Coxsackie · NY, USA
Witnesses in Coxsackie, New York, reported a greenish-red, hazy circular object hanging in the sky, likened to a searchlight beacon, during a three-to-five-minute sighting in August 1967.
New York City (Queens)(Middle Village) · NY, USA
Witnesses in the Middle Village section of Queens, New York City, reported a diamond-shaped object that lit up the sky while quickly passing by, during a sighting in the late 1960s.
Downey (North American Aviation) · CA, USA
Witnesses near North American Aviation in Downey, California, reported a light in the sky exhibiting remarkable acceleration, during a sighting lasting several minutes in August 1967.
Sturgeon Bay · WI, USA
This has happened so long ago but the event is very clear yet. It was an evening, on the way home from watching a movie, I approached
Davis Park · NY, USA
Witnesses at Davis Park on Fire Island, New York, reported three dim lights in a triangular pattern about 400 feet high, moving slowly from west to east along the shore, in August 1967.
Calgary (Calgary) · AB, Canada
Witnesses in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, reported a close observation of a hovering, saucer-shaped object about 75 feet above the ground, during a sighting lasting about five minutes in 1967.
Bagsværd (Denmark) · Denmark
I WAS CARVING,THEN SUDDENDLY MY LITTLE GIRL AND SON SAID THATS NOT AN AIRPLANE, SO MY WIFE ASKED ME WHAT IT WAS..... THE CRAFT CAME STR
Fort Smith · AR, USA
An account presents research findings on a chevron-shaped object sighting reported over Fort Smith, Arkansas, in August 1967, with the observed event lasting about 30 seconds.
Fort Smith · AR, USA
Hundreds of witnesses reported teardrop-shaped unidentified objects over Fort Smith, Arkansas, during a sighting lasting three to four hours in August 1967.
Fort Smith · AR, USA
A military pilot recounted a mass sighting of a chevron-shaped object over Fort Smith, Arkansas, part of multiple related events over three to four days in August 1967.
Angra (Portuguese Azores) · Azores
UFO and alien sighting in the Azores.
Middlesboro · KY, USA
Witnesses in Middlesboro, Kentucky, reported an oval-shaped object with a gray underside that appeared as large as the field they were standing in, during a sighting in August 1967.
Babylon · NY, USA
A witness in Babylon, New York, reported a circular object with lights around its perimeter hovering overhead during a two-minute sighting in August 1967.
Alamosa · CO, USA
Witnesses in Alamosa, Colorado, reported a light object that disappeared following a flash of blinding light, during a 20-minute sighting in August 1967.
Oxford (UK/England) · United Kingdom
2 unidentified lights