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Cases by Decade: 1960s

UFO on Australian Beach (Vaucluse Beach) Featured Case

July, 19, 1965 - Vaucluse Beach, Australia

Disc-shaped object glowed as it sat on a beach. As witness approached the object, the object lifted off from the ground, quickly climbed in the air, and disappeared. Investigation revealed landing traces and effects on the nearby plant life.  View full report

Source: UFO Casebook   ID: 27
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Physical Trace, Animal Reaction, Landing, Witness Sketch

Gemini 4 / Astronaut James McDivitt sighting of cylindrical object in space

June, 1965 - 

In June 1965, Major James McDivitt saw, filmed, and photographed an object, which approached the Gemini IV (3rd June – 7th June 1965) capsule in which they were orbiting the Earth, passing over Hawaii. He stated: "It had a very definite shape - a cylindrical object - it was white - it had a long arm that stuck out on the side."  View full report

Source: Patrick Gross, UFOs at Close Sight (ufologie.net)   ID: 977
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Astronaut/Space

Planes chased by elliptical luminous object, EM effects over Japan

March, 21, 1965 - Himeji, Ieshima Islands, Japan

"Inaba was the captain of the Convair-240, with 28 passengers aboard, which encountered the oblong and luminescent object over the Ieshima Islands in the Seto Inland Sea at 7.06 p.m. on Thursday. Fearing a collision, Inaba turned the plane 60 degrees to the right, but the flying saucer made an abrupt turn and flew along with the plane for about three minutes."  View full report

Source: Tokyo Japan Times, March 21, 1965 (UPI), Mainichi Daily News (Tokyo), March 22   ID: 628
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  E-M Effects, Pilot/Aircrew

James Flynn Florida Everglades Encounter

March, 12, 1965 - Everglades, Florida, United States

James Flynn was camping when he saw an object with a large cone-shaped structure hovering near the ground; it was some 75 feet wide and 25 feet high. As he approached the object a beam of light struck him in the forehead, knocking him unconscious and temporarily leaving him partially blinded. There were physical traces on trees and vegetation, and animal reactions from Flynn's dogs.  View full report

Source: UFO Casebook   ID: 23
Case Type: MajorCase    Features:  Physical Trace, Physiological Effects, Animal Reaction, Landing

Sid Padrick Contact Case

January, 30, 1965 - Watsonville, California, United States

Sid Padrick described seeing a disc-shaped craft, “like two real thick saucers inverted,” some 50 feet in diameter and 30 feet from the ground. Padrick claimed that he then began to cautiously walk toward the craft. A door appeared and Padrick walked inside, and soon was conversing with a very human appearing gentleman wearing some sort of flying suit.  View full report

Source: Brent Raynes   ID: 963
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Witness Sketch, Contact, Humanoid/Occupant

County councillor reveals sighting of dome-shaped UFO in Cornwall, UK

1965 - Karslake, Cornwall, United Kingdom

Joan Vincent, County and Restormel Borough Councillor, revealed that she and her husband Roy had observed a mystery craft late at night during 1965 in a then rural area. The matter remained "virtually a family secret" over the years because the couple feared that they would be ridiculed if they told their story. The UFO was "a large, dome-shaped object that looked as if it were made of glass," estimated to be 50-70 feet across and 30-40 feet high.  View full report

Source: Ian Shepherd, Cornish Guardian (Bodmin, England), Nov. 26, 1998   ID: 729
Case Type: PressReport    Features:  Portholes/Windows, Witness Sketch, Witness Photo

Idaho 'Mining UFOs'

1965 - Spring Creek Ridge, Idaho, United States

Two men were camped on a bluff overlooking a valley. When they awoke in the early morning they noticed a shiny spot on the ore dump of a Spring Creek Mine across the valley. Using the scopes affixed to their rifles, they observed the "shiny object" which actually was one of four which were hovering over the ore dump. Protruding from the top of the objects were four hose-like devices which were inserted into the slag piles and were moving around.  View full report

Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 22 No. 2 (Sept/Oct 1973)   ID: 300
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Portholes/Windows, Multiple UFOs

Immense cone-shaped object crosses low over highway

December, 21, 1964 - Near Staunton, Virginia, United States

Horace Burns, a gunsmith in Harrisonburg, saw an immense cone-shaped object cross low over the highway ahead of him. "It was 125 feet in diameter, at least, and 80 to 90 feet high," he later reported. Its circular, sloping sides rose toward the top in six large, concentric convolutions that decreased in diameter and were surmounted by a dome.  View full report

Source: NICAP (National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomenon),   ID: 553
Case Type: StandardCase    Features:  Landing, Physical Trace
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