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)
Corydon · KY, USA
A witness in Corydon, Kentucky reported a silvery, saucer-shaped object crossing overhead at 200 to 300 feet, tipping from side to side silently, during a ten-second sighting in September 1968.
Colorado Springs · CO, USA
A witness in Colorado Springs, Colorado reported what they described as a large sphere accompanied by three smaller objects moving around it, during a three-to-five-minute sighting in September 1968.
Tontitown · AR, USA
A witness near Tontitown, Arkansas reported a mysterious illuminated cloud-like object appearing over a national forest in September 1968, during a sighting lasting about a minute and a half.
White Owl · SD, USA
UFO analyzes missile site.
Oelwein · IA, USA
a cigar shaped craft with muti-colored lights around it traveling toward the southwest absolutely silently and at a rather slow speed.
covington · KY, USA
It was a clayish looking metal circle big as a convience store over the car for miles spinning an silent my father was scared
Martinez · GA, USA
When LESS then a few feet from you. You know it's REAL!
Burnaby (Canada) · BC, Canada
I have never reported this but have seen anything like it before... It was just before dusk and I looked up and saw this golden oval ob
Lanigan (Canada) · SA, Canada
A witness near Lanigan, Saskatchewan, Canada reported a diamond-shaped object emitting long, faintly dark, transparent rays of light in September 1968, during a ten-to-fifteen-second sighting.
Dublin (Republic of Ireland) · Ireland
Dublin Rialto 08 Ireland
Edison · NJ, USA
Three witnesses in Edison, New Jersey reported seeing a light descend into nearby woods in September 1968; upon investigating, they found what appeared to be a saucer-shaped object, over half an hour.
Edison · NJ, USA
Three witnesses in Edison, New Jersey reported a disk-shaped object in September 1968, observed during a thirty-minute sighting.
Edison · NJ, USA
This object was seeen by three people of good reputation who were at a gas statiion in the Clara Barton section of Edison, New Jeresey.
Corpus Christi · TX, USA
Metal implants.
Baytown · TX, USA
A witness in Baytown, Texas reported a light that moved sharply downward, then sideways, then downward again toward the ground in August 1968, during a three-minute sighting.
Coxsackie · NY, USA
A witness in Coxsackie, New York reported a circular object that hovered silently before shooting off to the southeast in August 1968, during a one-minute sighting.
Panama City Beach · FL, USA
A witness in Panama City Beach, Florida reported a light over the Gulf of Mexico resembling Venus at dusk, growing brighter as more lights appeared, during a four-hour watch in August 1968.
Georgetown · SC, USA
A witness in Georgetown, South Carolina reported a massive burst of glowing colors in the sky as darkness fell in August 1968, during a sighting lasting fifteen to twenty minutes.
Pollack Pines · CA, USA
Controlled Zigzagging Stars.
Lake Dorothy (Central Cascade Mtns.) · WA, USA
Witnesses near Lake Dorothy in the Washington Cascades reported three to four bright disk-shaped objects hovering over power lines and illuminating the lake in August 1968, over eight minutes.
Cherry Hill · NJ, USA
A witness in Cherry Hill, New Jersey reported a large circular object making zig-zag movements in the sky, visible for over twenty minutes, in a sighting logged for August 1968.
Memphis · TN, USA
Ref Shere Observed In 1968.
Eugene · OR, USA
A witness in Eugene, Oregon reported a large cigar-shaped object that blended colors from red to white in August 1968, remaining visible for about three to five minutes.
Vineland · NJ, USA
Fireball and missing time
Niantic · CT, USA
A witness in Niantic, Connecticut reported a black disk-shaped object against a twilight sky shortly after sunset in August 1968, during a brief five-second sighting.