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)
London Mills · IL, USA
I was working at the Mecco mine near London Mills, IL on 10/05/68. Fall was dry so need for pumps in the strip mine after a rain was
Nunda · SD, USA
My uncle had a close encounter in 1968
Hawthorne · CA, USA
A witness in Hawthorne, California reported a round, orange object with what appeared to be polished metal edges in October 1968, observed for about five minutes.
Brevard · NC, USA
Three witnesses in Brevard, North Carolina reported a silent, red-orange glowing mass floating past them during the 1960s, with this sighting logged in October 1968 and lasting about three minutes.
Buffalo · NY, USA
A witness in Buffalo, New York reported a fluorescent green, cigar-shaped object at close range, about six feet away, silent and lasting about two minutes, in October 1968.
Betty Creek · GA, USA
I am truly not a hoaxer. Merely trying to get some information about an inc. That occurred around 1968. October 14th.
Hastings · MN, USA
A witness in Hastings, Minnesota reported a silent triangular object leaving a perfect semicircular vapor trail as it turned around overhead in October 1968, during a two-minute sighting.
Crystal Lake · IL, USA
A witness in Crystal Lake, Illinois reported a cigar-shaped object hovering over a farm field in October 1968, observed for about thirty minutes.
Portland · OR, USA
A witness in Portland, Oregon reported a large cigar-shaped object holding a 45-degree upward angle before suddenly vanishing from view within minutes, in October 1968.
Bancroft (Rural area near) · WI, USA
A witness in a rural area near Bancroft, Wisconsin reported two steady, non-blinking white lights performing a high-speed 75-degree ascent in October 1968, lasting about one and a half to two minutes.
Pacific Ocean (1500mi.sw of U.S.mainland) · Pacific Ocean
A witness at sea roughly 1,500 miles southwest of the U.S. mainland reported a bright, white, soundless circular object with no visible trail, during a thirty-second sighting in October 1968.
Fort Polk · LA, USA
A witness near Fort Polk, Louisiana reported a star-sized light that split into two lights mimicking each other's movements in October 1968, during a thirty-minute sighting.
Shadyside · MD, USA
sighting
Ashtabula (Saybrook Twnshp.) · OH, USA
In Oct.of 1968,a saucer shaped craft was hovering over a home at 1:00 am in the morn..It was a still and desserted state routethat nigh
Bullskin · PA, USA
A witness in Bullskin, Pennsylvania reported a disk-shaped object that angled itself to match their roofline, hovering silently close to the house in October 1968, during a two-minute sighting.
Fleetwood (UK/England) · United Kingdom
Witnesses in Fleetwood, northern England, reported multiple moving lights in the night sky in October 1968, forming a loose formation observed for about twenty minutes.
Wayne · MI, USA
A witness in Wayne, Michigan reported a gray oval-shaped object hovering silently about 200 feet above a hamburger stand in October 1968, remaining visible for about an hour.
Lakeland · FL, USA
Witnesses in Lakeland, Florida reported a flying saucer-shaped object in October 1968, an account later reported in the local Lakeland Ledger newspaper; the sighting lasted about fifteen minutes.
Walla Walla · WA, USA
black objects oveer walla walla
Springfield · MA, USA
A witness in Springfield, Massachusetts reported an unexpected sighting of a disk-shaped object fully illuminated by bright, circling lights in October 1968, lasting about five minutes.
Miami · FL, USA
Miami UFO Sighting
Loring AFB · ME, USA
ufo incident over Loring AFB
Gulf of Mexico · LA, Gulf of Mexico
I would like to know if anyone else from the USCG Venturous has reported this.
Tracy · CA, USA
the light were first notist in the north west at about a 45 degre angle, the secend light sas seen in the south east at about the same
Santa Rosa · CA, USA
A witness in Santa Rosa, California reported a large orange circular object moving slowly and silently across the sky in September 1968, during an eight-second sighting.