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)
Butte · MT, USA
Flying car above butte civic center.
Butte · MT, USA
UFOs sighted in butte
Lake Wales · FL, USA
A witness in Lake Wales, Florida reported a disk-shaped object that appeared to use flashing lights resembling a police signal, seeming to pull them over, during a sighting of about five minutes.
Gasconade · MO, USA
Colored fog on ground. Mom wouldn't let me go outside to see what it was. I am a Nuc. Engr.Sisters & Person not yet born then has see
Abbeville (Lake Secession) · SC, USA
I had a close incounter with a UFO/(saucer/disc). Craft hoovered about ten feet over my head, backed off, lowered to eye level, then r
Logansport/Kokomo. · IN, USA
Bright light front end of diesel train shape hovering /from distant star to huge craft overhead/passenger windows no soun no wings/tail
Richmond (Canada) · BC, Canada
A witness in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada reported a disk-shaped object with rainbow-colored lighting traveling around its surface in December 1968, during a five-to-ten-minute sighting.
Candler · NC, USA
Light traveling toward and away from mountain top and tv tower on Mt. Pisgah shoots straight up at incredible speed and disappears
Joshua Tree National Park · CA, USA
Multiple silent flashes in the sky.
Hollywood · CA, USA
Abduction from bed in 1968.
Juneau · AK, USA
A witness in Juneau, Alaska described an earlier encounter with a half-moon-shaped object that reportedly shone a light beam through a bedroom window in December 1968, lasting about fifteen minutes.
Juneau · AK, USA
A witness in Juneau, Alaska reported a half-moon-shaped object that projected light into their room in December 1968; the witness described being briefly unable to move, over fifteen minutes.
Enid · OK, USA
A pilot near Enid, Oklahoma reported a bright flash of light between the ground and their aircraft, appearing to travel perpendicular to their flight path, over fifteen seconds in November 1968.
Mediterranean Sea (near Malta) · Malta
A witness aboard the USS Shangri-La near Malta in the Mediterranean Sea reported an object in November 1968 that stopped in mid-sky, turned about 45 degrees, and then vanished from sight.
Nacaome (Honduras) · Honduras
In the summer of 1965 in November 5 about 16:00 hour in a sun shine afternoon, I was working in my parents crops plantation (corn-water
Exeter · RI, USA
A witness in Exeter, Rhode Island reported a triangular object with three lights, described as isosceles in shape, in November 1968, during a five-minute sighting.
San Diego (Allied Gardens) · CA, USA
I AWAYS HAD THE FEELING I WAS " NOT" TO TALK ABOUT THIS, " TO ANYONE-
Vernon · CT, USA
It was November 1968 in Vernon Connecticut. I was 13...and I received a phone call from my friend across the street. He told me to go i
Ocean off Miami · FL, USA
A witness reported three greenish lights over the ocean well off the coast of Miami, Florida in November 1968, observed for about five minutes.
Kent · WA, USA
At daybreak, object (with recessed light in nose, and soundless) passed by us in the low clouds. It was barely getting light enough to
Locust Fork · AL, USA
A witness in Locust Fork, Alabama reported a smaller light-like object emerging from behind a mountain and appearing to merge with a larger object in November 1968, during a three-minute sighting.
Boston · MA, USA
as i woke up in the early morning a bright redish orange light bathed the living room,at first i thought it was a fire but the light wa
Hastings · MN, USA
A witness in Hastings, Minnesota reported a triangular object that left a perfect semicircular vapor trail while turning overhead, a sighting logged for October 1968 and lasting five minutes or more.
Lima (Peru) · Peru
A witness in Lima, Peru reported a circular object hovering over a park before departing at high speed in October 1968, during a sighting lasting two to five minutes.
Kennebunkport · ME, USA
While at the boathouse at St.Athonys one night we noticed what at first we thought was a bright star getting larger.It seemed to dart a