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)
Anaheim · CA, USA
A witness in Anaheim, California described a disk-shaped object roughly 50 feet in diameter that made no noise and stayed stationary overhead, in a sighting lasting 20 minutes or more in June 1963.
Canada · Canada
A witness in Canada reported a silent, black triangular object flying over their car in June 1963, in a sighting that lasted less than one minute.
Coventry (UK/England) · United Kingdom
A witness in Coventry, England reported a close-range sighting of a circular object in June 1963, describing an encounter that lasted about 15 seconds.
Honolulu · NC, USA
Witnesses in Honolulu reported a mass sighting of a disk-shaped object in the early 1960s, with the event in the case file dated to May 1963 and lasting about 20 minutes.
Jackson · OH, USA
Multiple residents in Jackson, Ohio reported an oval, disc-shaped object hovering over their neighborhood for several minutes in May 1963, with sightings continuing about 30 minutes.
Hazel · SD, USA
Witnesses near Hazel, South Dakota reported a brief unidentified object sighting in May 1963, described as corroborating a separate report from nearby Goodwin, South Dakota.
Hazel · SD, USA
Corrected version of previous submission which I had sublitted about two hours prior to this one... (I had the direction of flight path
Goodwin · SD, USA
Witnesses driving on a rural highway near Goodwin, South Dakota reported a bright light accompanied by a buzzing noise that caused their car to stop, in a sighting lasting about one hour.
Lynn · MA, USA
Witnesses in Lynn, Massachusetts reported a disk-shaped object in a sighting that reportedly lasted about six hours, dated to May 1963 in the case record.
New York City (Brooklyn) · NY, USA
Witnesses in the Sea Gate section of Brooklyn, New York described a silent object resembling a suspended water tower over nearby houses, in a sighting lasting about 10 minutes in May 1963.
Towson · MD, USA
Bright, rapidly moving object moving from east to west that reflected the sun as it made a slight turn to the Southwest.
Tishimingo · OK, USA
Multiple campers in Tishomingo, Oklahoma reported an object that appeared to change shape while maneuvering with lights in the sky for about three hours in May 1963.
Emporia · KS, USA
Witnesses in Emporia, Kansas reported a rectangular object in May 1963, with the sighting lasting about 60 seconds. No further details were recorded.
Tucson · AZ, USA
Witnesses in Tucson, Arizona described a triangular object flying south at roughly 100 feet altitude and 10 to 25 mph, moving in formation like geese, over about 10 minutes in April 1963.
Vero Beach · FL, USA
Vero Beach Fla, 1960's; low, huge hovering disk over highway shooting colored lights out the back with illuminated windows.
Russellton · PA, USA
Witnesses near Russellton, Pennsylvania reported a spherical object in April 1963, with the sighting said to have lasted about 10 minutes. No further details were recorded.
Lompoc/Vandenberg AFB · CA, USA
Witnesses near Vandenberg Air Force Base in Lompoc, California reported a disk-shaped object over a mountain during a Scout missile launch in April 1963, lasting about five minutes.
Alexandria · VA, USA
Witnesses near Mount Vernon in Alexandria, Virginia described four red lights moving toward the Potomac River in the early evening of April 1963, in a sighting lasting about 15 minutes.
Laurel · MS, USA
In the spring of 1963 I had just turned fifteen years old and had gotten my driver's liscense.A friend of mine and I had a double d
Normandy Park · WA, USA
Witnesses in Normandy Park, Washington described pencil-like cylindrical objects flying over the water in March 1963, in a sighting that lasted about five minutes.
Great Lakes · IL, USA
A witness at the Great Lakes Naval base in Illinois reported a large object flying slowly overhead during boot camp in March 1963, in a sighting that lasted about 15 minutes.
Clunes/Maryborough (near) (Australia) · Australia
Same event witnessed in Clunes Australia and Clunies in France ((NUFORC Note: More information requested of witness. PD))
Cape May Court House · NJ, USA
This incident happened in the early 60's and I still remember it like it happened yesterday. It scared the crap out of me!!!
Husten · TX, USA
Why?
Markleville (Alpine County) · CA, USA
Students at an elementary school in Alpine County, California reported a disk-shaped object at an estimated altitude of 40 feet in January 1963, in a sighting lasting about one minute.