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)
Goldsboro · NC, USA
craft seen near Seymore-Johnson AFB, N.C., 1960
Avon Lake · OH, USA
((Repeat Report: 3 people had an "inter-active "encounter" with three UFO lights that were within 15 feet of us for over 20 minutes.
Amarillo · TX, USA
Texas Panhandle UFO's
Bedford (Canada) · ON, Canada
Iridescent blue light passes over farmer at tree top level on a summer night in the early 60s
Melbourne (Australia) · Australia
1960 @ 30DEG ABOVE HORIZON 3 TRIANGULAR OBJECT IN SKY WITH ORANGE TAILS BEHIND ALL FLYING @ LEVEL
Upland · CA, USA
VERY BRIGHT, THE SIZE OF THE MOON!
Salt Lake City · UT, USA
I saw the craft in daylight hoovering over me. I viewed it for several moments and then it went straight up at an incredible speed, to
Great Bend · KS, USA
MISSOURI INVESTIGATORS GROUP Report: One night I saw a White cube that glowed like a light bulb.
Seattle · WA, USA
OBJECT WAS OVAL IN SHAPE AND HAD MANY LIGHTS ON THE INSIDE PERIMETER. THE COLOR WAS LIGHT GREEN, LIKE THE OLD LUMINOUS WATCHES THAT GLO
Yakima · WA, USA
Shaped like an old fashioned oil derick-about 100 feet tall-stationary-made of pure light. We watched it,along with two or three other
Mardin (Turkey) · Turkey
Lightening object
Palmdale · CA, USA
Summer 1960 saucer with flashing lights (antenae?) hovered above Lilac View Street then shot straight up and out of sight.
Sacramento · CA, USA
Brother sees ship and occupants...maybe more.......
New Jersey (southern) · NJ, USA
Cigar shaped object dropped pieces of heated metal. I acquired one of the pieces in 1962. Photograph to follow.
Chadd's Ford · PA, USA
Fast moving, silent cylinder.
Santiago (Chile) · Chile
((HOAX??)) Was raining, full of cumulus nimbus ,i was about 6 years old , looked over my head i saw this 3 lights.
Victoria (Canada) · BC, Canada
I was a teenager, 15 or 16 years old, at the time of the sighting. I was standing at a bus stop, in the late afternoon.
Hermosillo · Sonora (Mexico), Mexico
I was in the northwest side of the town of Hermosillo Sonora (State)Mexico when i saw the Sphere up on the sky north east of the town i
Watervliet · MI, USA
3 Saucers seen hovering in daylight; seen clearly enough to see the lights revolving around the middle
Vassalboro · ME, USA
Multi experiences with unknown.
Avon Lake · OH, USA
Three people had an "inter-active encounter" with three UFO lights that were within 15 feet of us for over 20 minutes.
Silverfdale · WA, USA
UFO seen by 12 year old girl sleeping out near Trident Submarine Base
Avon Lake · OH, USA
Mysterious "white lights" react to external stimuli.
Santa Ana · CA, USA
Saucer shaped craft seen June 1960 over Santa Ana, California
Cape Canaveral · FL, USA
It was as if a huge ball of light zoomed down from the sky and just disappeared before my eyes.