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)
New Market · AL, USA
Witnesses near New Market, Alabama, reported disk-shaped objects flying in a V-formation over northern Alabama during a one-minute sighting in the summer of 1967.
Enid · OK, USA
Proof in MY MIND!!!
Maryville · TN, USA
Star dancing UFO
Hallandale/Hollywood · FL, USA
I observed a bright light in the distance that seemed to be making some very strange/irregular/quick movements across the night sky. T
Fallon · NV, USA
Witnesses in Fallon, Nevada, reported a glow on the horizon around 11 p.m. on May 10, 1967, followed by hovering, multicolored disc-shaped objects observed for about 20 minutes.
Kent · WA, USA
Witnesses in Kent, Washington, reported a disk-shaped object that seemed to shift from clear glass to a purple-silver mix to solid silver, during an eight-minute sighting in 1967.
Columbus · OH, USA
Witnesses in Columbus, Ohio, reported a fast-moving lead object trailed by three others during a brief 15-second sighting in May 1967.
Gainesville · FL, USA
An equilateral triangle with a red glowing light on each corner (one each corner--three total. solid sillouette dark shape about the si
Belvedere · CA, USA
Witnesses in Belvedere, California, reported a teardrop-shaped object outlined in white light with three white circular lights inside a dark interior, during a ten-second sighting in May 1967.
Palm Wells · CA, USA
Witnesses near Palm Wells, California, reported small, lighted spherical objects hovering just above the ground about a quarter mile away, in a sighting lasting ten minutes in May 1967.
Monroe · LA, USA
My cousin's husband abd I were night fishing and saw a single light looking like a large star moving across the night sky at a pretty g
El Paso · TX, USA
My Dad was a radar specialist.
Opa Locka · FL, USA
Witnesses reported three oval-shaped objects above Crestview Elementary School in Opa-Locka, Florida, in April 1967, with the sighting lasting about two hours and drawing several hundred observers.
Opa Locka · FL, USA
A report sought to verify an account of an object landing in the yard of a Miami-area elementary school in Opa-Locka, Florida, in April 1967, with the sighting reportedly lasting hours.
Las Vegas · NV, USA
Witnesses in Las Vegas, Nevada, reported a pulsating, round light that alternated between white and blue during a two-minute sighting in April 1967.
Tampa (18 miles of) ?? · FL, USA
I WAS BORN IN 1951,SO I WAS 16 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING. I LIVED AND STILL LIVE ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF LAKE THONOTOSASSA.I
Homestead · FL, USA
Witnesses near Homestead, Florida, reported an object with red lights along its side and a white light in front, moving slow over water and fast over land, during a two-hour sighting in April 1967.
Miami (and vicinity) · FL, USA
A witness in the Miami area of Florida reported tracking unidentified objects alongside USAF F-4 Phantom jets on radar during an extended sighting lasting about five hours in 1967.
Valdosta · GA, USA
Witnesses near Valdosta, Georgia, reported a disk-shaped object that moved through the sky in a darting, hummingbird-like manner and appeared roughly the size of a Volkswagen Beetle, in April 1967.
Albany · GA, USA
I observed 7 bright lights moving in formation above the former Turner Air Force Base, in Albany Georgia, in the spring of 1967. I ca
middle of desert · TX, USA
Witnesses in a desert area of Texas reported a triangular arrangement of lights rotating around a common center, accompanied by numerous smaller lights, during a 45-minute sighting in April 1967.
Miami · FL, USA
A follow-up report on the Crestview Elementary School sighting described a disk-shaped object observed over Miami, Florida, for about ten minutes on April 7, 1967.
Nashville · TN, USA
Eleven young adults in Nashville, Tennessee, reported a dark, khaki-colored disk-shaped object above the treetops in daylight, then followed it by car as it spiraled away, in April 1967.
Westbury (Long Island) · NY, USA
Sighting April 14, 1967
El Paso · TX, USA
Witnesses in El Paso, Texas, reported a lighted chevron-shaped object crossing the night sky during a 15-minute sighting in April 1967.