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)
Pacific Ocean (western) · Pacific Ocean
Witnesses aboard a boat in the western Pacific Ocean reported an unidentified object in the water about two feet away that made a sharp turn at high speed during a five-minute sighting in 1966.
Terre Haute · IN, USA
Close Encounter with Scanning Object
Clifton (near) · TX, USA
I think I was Taken and accidently put in a different space time and then it was corrected.I have no memery of anything else.
Ferndale · MI, USA
Police officers in Royal Oak and Ferndale, Michigan, reported watching an oval-shaped object from the roof of the Royal Oak Police Station during a one-minute sighting in September 1966.
Delta Junction · AK, USA
Witnesses in Delta Junction, Alaska, reported a long cigar-shaped object with portholes and bright orange coloring at its ends, observed for about 15 minutes in September 1966.
Canoga Park · CA, USA
Witnesses in Canoga Park, California, reported a blue cigar-shaped object seen over a home during a five-minute sighting in September 1966.
Toledo · OH, USA
Witnesses in Toledo, Ohio, reported a glowing orb-like object hovering about 20 feet above onlookers for roughly 20 minutes in September 1966.
Huntington · WV, USA
Witnesses near Huntington, West Virginia, reported a triangular object with red lights that moved from a hover to extremely high speed in an instant, observed in two towns in September 1966.
Chicago · IL, USA
Witnesses in Chicago, Illinois, reported a cigar-shaped object during a ten-minute sighting in September 1966, noting that no aircraft were reportedly flying in the area at the time.
Granby · CT, USA
My Name Is Gerri, As far as I could remember I have wanted to tell my story so when I called the HOT line I was so excited that someon
Los Banos · CA, USA
Witnesses near Los Banos, California, reported seeing two egg-shaped objects in daylight during a two-to-three-minute sighting in September 1966.
Red Oak · IA, USA
Beeping sounds and unidentifiable greenish, foggy light that flooded area for approx. 3 min. in the early morning hours.
Norfolk · VA, USA
My dad Lcdr Lund said it was real later in my life, this was a Navy Secret.
Coventry · RI, USA
It was night and we all saw a hugh silver highly shiny circle craft not more than 100 feet away from us it was an incredible thing to
Hohonfels (Germany) · Germany
Hohenfels training facility USAEURO
Huntington · WV, USA
Witnesses near Huntington, West Virginia, reported two circular objects that made sharp 90-degree turns without changing speed during a one-minute sighting in September 1966.
Columbus · OH, USA
Witnesses in Columbus, Ohio, reported a glowing orange circular object that hovered silently and motionless in the sky for a few seconds in August 1966.
Moshi (Tanzania) · Tanzania
We still do not have the technology to acieve what these objects did judging from the capabilities of our current space and aircraft
Garden City · MI, USA
Witnesses in Garden City, Michigan, near Detroit, reported a cigar-shaped object described as football-shaped during a brief sighting lasting five to seven seconds in August 1966.
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
AUGUST 6, 1966 BETW EEN 12;30A.M.+ 1.45 A.M. MYSELF AND TO FRIENDS MY PARENTS SISTOR ALL WHERE PRESANT ONE SAUCER ABOUT A QUATER MILE A
Welland (Canada) · ON, Canada
Near Welland, Ontario, Canada on August 7, 1966, a witness reported an orange sphere moving erratically at rapid speeds across the sky, over about 15 minutes.
Newcastle · DE, USA
((HOAX??)) I was in bed and i would hear something, then gone this went on for years.
Ovando · MT, USA
In the Blackfoot Valley near Ovando, Montana in August 1966, a witness reported an oval-shaped object in the sky, observed for about 20 minutes.
Caseyville · IL, USA
UFO in trouble?
Renton · WA, USA
Near Renton, Washington on August 14, 1966, a witness reported an oval-shaped object circling a Boeing 727 as it approached landing at Boeing Field, Seattle, over about two minutes.