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)
Rochester (outside of) · NY, USA
Outside Rochester, New York in August 1966, witnesses reported objects appearing to fly in from the west, stop briefly, then vanish, over about ten minutes.
Amherst · NY, USA
Near Amherst, New York in August 1966, a witness reported a saucer-shaped object over their house making a quiet whirring sound, observed for about 20 minutes.
Galesburg · IL, USA
Huge Disk Hovering Over Neighbor's Home
Seattle · WA, USA
Summer 1966, 10:30pm, 4 witnesses, round/dome shape object appeared , approached then hovered in the sky approx. 200' approx 15 mins.
Bass Harbor · ME, USA
In Blue Hill Bay near Bass Harbor, Maine in August 1966, a witness reported a disk-shaped object, observed for about five minutes.
Beverly · OH, USA
IT WAS A WARM SUMMER NIGHT.THERE WAS 6 OF US IN MY NEW COBVERTIBLE.WE WERE ALL 16-17 YRS OLD AND NO WE WERE NOT DRINKONG OR SMO
Nr. Town of Porthmadog (UK/Wales) · United Kingdom
silver colour, no sound, completely still but could move backwards, forwards and sideways watched 5 mins or more then just disappeared
Big Sur · CA, USA
I was at Nepethe Lodge in the Big Sur area with a friend of mine and we were having dinner. I looked up at the sky and thought I was s
Indianapolis · IN, USA
Red light in tree
Seatac · WA, USA
Near Seatac, Washington on August 22, 1966, a witness reported an unidentified object at night accelerating away at extremely high speed, observed for about two minutes.
New Paris · OH, USA
Near New Paris, Ohio in August 1966, witnesses reported a triangular object hovering so low and slowly that they thought it might land, over about five minutes.
Grovertown · IN, USA
did i see rockets flying over my house
Portsmouth · United Kingdom
Near Portsmouth, England in August 1966, a witness reported a solid, rectangular airframe-like structure in the sky, observed for about three minutes.
Rochester · NY, USA
Near Rochester, New York in August 1966, a witness reported a disk-shaped object descending from the clouds, hovering briefly for 15 seconds, then slowly rising back into the clouds.
Dover · DE, USA
Within about an hour's drive of Dover Air Force Base, Delaware in July 1966, a witness reported a disk-shaped object in the sky, observed for about five minutes.
Heathrow/London (UK/England) · United Kingdom
UFOs at Heathrow Airport 1966
New Salem · PA, USA
In New Salem, Pennsylvania in July 1966, a witness reported an oval-shaped object with flame visible at its rear, observed for about 30 seconds.
Jarrettsville · MD, USA
Two large, 30' diameter spheres of light appx. 30' apart, appx 20-30' overhead, seen by 60? people, passing slowly overhead silently, n
New Salem · PA, USA
4 adults and 2 children witness spherical object with apparent flame coming from rear, flying across sky in front of them silently.
Milton · WV, USA
One light into two
Malden · MA, USA
Near Malden, Massachusetts in July 1966, a witness reported a blue-white sphere brighter than any star, making regular 90-degree turns in the sky, over more than 30 minutes.
Grand Prairie · TX, USA
Fast moving silent craft over water
Cape Rosier · ME, USA
On July 4, 1966 near Cape Rosier, Maine, a witness reported a glowing green ball-shaped light moving across the horizon, for approximately one hour.
San Jose · CA, USA
Saw a bright star, thought it was Venus. Looked around and saw Venus. This object then got alot brighter and swelled and then vanished
Interlachen · FL, USA
Near Interlachen, Florida on July 6, 1966, a witness reported an orange fireball rising from the ground into the sky, observed for about one minute.