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)
Little Rock · AR, USA
Witnesses in Little Rock, Arkansas, reported an orange, circular object hovering in the sky before being pursued by Air Force jets, during a two-minute sighting in August 1967.
Chicago · IL, USA
Witnesses in Chicago, Illinois, reported a triangular object flying low and slowly along power lines and railroad tracks at dusk, during a two-minute sighting in August 1967.
Albuquerque · NM, USA
three terrified kids
Scarborough (Canada) · ON, Canada
Witnesses in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, reported a silver, torpedo-shaped object with two smaller silver spherical objects circling its midsection, during a sighting in August 1967.
Westford · MA, USA
It appeared to be a satellite until it descended over us at a low altitude and just hovered at 500ft until it ascended and continued on
Melbourne · FL, USA
Contact but not a vehicle sighting; 1967 evidence of collusion.
Burien · WA, USA
Witnesses in Burien, Washington, reported lights moving at extremely high speed over Puget Sound during a two-minute sighting in August 1967.
West Middlesex · PA, USA
On a hot August night, my mom and I went down to the store for milk. (I was 12). It was 1967.Going out our road, my mom judged w
Ellsworth · ME, USA
Witnesses in Ellsworth, Maine, reported a silent, teardrop-shaped object with a sectional front end during a five-minute sighting in August 1967.
Sag Harbor · NY, USA
Witnesses in Sag Harbor, New York, reported a silent, green, globe-shaped object at close range, within about 200 feet, during a one-minute sighting in August 1967.
Abilene (near) · KS, USA
Blimp shaped ufo, with loss of time.
Lee Vining · CA, USA
Witnesses near Lee Vining, California, reported a large, silent, disk-shaped object hovering above their campsite, blocking about 75 percent of the starry sky, during a 20-minute sighting in 1967.
Gula · AK, USA
Circle
Camden · NJ, USA
Witnesses in Camden, New Jersey, reported a dark object over Newton Creek that changed shape, from round to oval to a thin line before vanishing, during a five-to-ten-minute sighting in 1967.
Novomikhailovka (USSR) · Russia (USSR)
Witnesses near Novomikhailovka, in the former USSR, reported a fireball-shaped object over the Black Sea shore during a two-to-three-minute sighting in August 1967.
Edgartown · MA, USA
WHITE SPHERE STOPS OVER HOUSE
Huron · IN, USA
While traveling west on Ind st hwy 60, my ex-wife and I saw a cigar shaped object houvering over the intersection of u.s. hwy 50 and In
Azusa Canyon (?) · CA, USA
Witnesses near Azusa Canyon, California, reported a light or object that appeared to blot out stars in a patch of sky, creating what looked like a dark gap, during a sighting in August 1967.
Poconos · PA, USA
Camp counselors in the Poconos region of Pennsylvania reported a spherical object hovering above them during a five-minute sighting in August 1967.
Pittsburgh · PA, USA
i looked up at the stars as it was getting darker. as i did i noticed a small point of light moving high across the sky. as i watched i
Fort Lauderdale · FL, USA
Witnesses in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, reported a cigar-shaped object that shot across the sky, then stopped abruptly and began glowing while appearing to grow in size, in August 1967.
Princeton · ID, USA
A teenager in Princeton, Idaho, reported observing a disk-shaped flying object during a 30-minute sighting in August 1967.
Playa del Rey · CA, USA
Oval light (the size of a five story building) sighted from shore had no reflection on water, no sound and traveled at breakneck speeds
Chapel Hill · NC, USA
From the window of our bedroom looking out between two electrical wires, a light moved up and down between the wires unlike any explain
Fort Mitchell · KY, USA
Witnesses in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky, reported a saucer-shaped object that changed positions, wobbled and stopped, observed for 15 minutes beginning around 9:31 p.m. on August 29, 1967.