Date: May 1960
Location: Toonpang, New South Wales, Australia
Time:
Summary: Flying discs were observed. Five discs were observed by five male experienced witnesses.
Source: Lorenzen, Coral E. UFOs: The Whole Story Signet T3897, New York, 1969
Date: May 1960
Location: Edwards AFB, California
Time:
Summary: Reported encounter with inhuman beings involving teleportation. Abduction by aliens was reported at an airfield.
Source: Eberhart, George M. A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies Greenwood Press, Westport, 1980 ISBN:0-313-21337-2
Date: May, 1960: Michelin men seen in Cádiz province, Spain
Date: Early May 1960
Location: Puy-de-Dome, France
Time: 02:00
Summary: Baker working at night heard rumbling. Saw object 30-45′ diameter on hillside, red, blue, yellow light tubes, ladder. Small man wearing green jacket, boots, helmet.Tube intense light hard to breathe. One multi-colored disc, about 40 feet across, was observed by one experienced male witness at a fairground for over four minutes (Tichit). A rumbling sound was heard. One 3.5-foot-tall dwarf, wearing a green suit and helmet, was seen.
Source: Webb, David HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports
Date: May 1 1960
Location: Sverdlovsk, Ukraine
Time: 08:35
Summary: An object was observed. It buzzed a witness. One object was observed by one experienced male witness. Powers U2 incident.
Source: Schoenherr, Luis
Date: May 3 1960
Location: Virginia
Time: Afternoon
Summary: An abduction of a witness was reported. Telepathic phenomena were said to have occurred. An abduction by alien entities was reported by one male witness (Monroe).
Source: Robert, Monroe
Date: May 4 1960
Location: Botucatu, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Time:
Summary: Giant cigar-shaped object crossed skies over town, tremendous speed gone in 30 seconds. A giant cigar-shaped object crossed the skies over the town of Botucatu, Brazil during the daytime. It moved at a tremendous speed and was gone from sight in 30 seconds.
Source: Lorenzen, Coral E. UFOs: The Whole Story Signet T3897, New York, 1969
Date: May 4 1960
Location: Bedford, Massachusetts
Time: 21:20
Summary: Planetarium technician saw thin beams of white light come from sight. Red sphere appeared, pulsing. One red ball was observed by two witnesses, a married couple, in a town for five minutes (Oates).
Source: NICAP
Date: May 4, 1960: Elliptical UFO with portholes
Date: May 5 1960
Location: Fredericia, Vejle, Denmark
Time:
Summary: An unidentified object at close range was observed by two witnesses.
Source: Wegner, Willy UFO-Landinger I Danmark FUFOS, Copenhagen, 1975
Date: May 5 1960
Location: Mallorca Island, Spain
Time:
Summary: Astronomers see spinning triangular UFO, 0.25 apparent size of Moon. A triangular object was observed. One triangle, larger than a star, was observed by more than two witnesses at an observatory for over three minutes.
Source: Hatch, Larry
Date: May 5 1960
Location: Virginia
Time: Night
Summary: An abduction of a witness was reported. Telepathic phenomena were said to have occurred. An abduction by alien entities was reported by one male witness (Monroe).
Source: Robert, Monroe
Date: May 6 1960
Location: Bovrup, Denmark
Time:
Summary: An unidentified object at close range was observed by three witnesses.
Source: Wegner, Willy UFO-Landinger I Danmark FUFOS, Copenhagen, 1975
Date: May 6 1960
Location: Vila Ezio, Brazil
Time: Before 2100
Summary: One bullet-shaped object was observed for over three minutes
Source: Lorenzen, Coral E. UFOs: The Whole Story Signet T3897, New York, 1969
Date: May 7 1960
Location: Ovando, Montana
Time:
Summary: A hovering object was observed. One object was observed by two experienced male witnesses on a highway for 30 seconds (Kincel).
Source: Schoenherr, Luis
Date: May 7, 1960
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada BBU
Time: 1:10 a.m. CST
Summary: A visual observation was made of two white points of light that traveled north, stopped, then proceeded east and stopped. The sighting started at Regina Airport, Saskatchewan, Canada. The objects were observed on FPS-20 and FPS-6A radars and an F-101B was scrambled after the objects but no observation was made. Jamming was experienced. The length of the observation was approximately 1 hour.
Source: Dan Wilson, McDonald list
Date: May 13, 1960
Location: six-state area of Brazil
Time: 7 p.m.
Summary: UFO sightings in a six-states area of Brazil on May 13, 1960, one of which in the state of Ceara, when at 7 p.m., more than one hundred witnesses are said to have observed a dark gray and circular craft, 20 meters in diameter, with a powerful light, maneuvering and hovering in the sky. The next day, around 4 a.m., a farmer named Raimondo Sulino, or Raimundo dos Santos or maybe Raimundo Sulino dos Santos, reportedly saw two craft, not described, posed on the beach, or, depending on the versions, landing on the hill close to a farm called Capin Acu in Paracuru, in this same state of Brazil.
He approached until some unspecified distance, and saw several small “entities”, of human appearance, of pale skins, who were in blue uniforms with white helmets. These “entities” made friendly gestures at him, but he was frightened and run away. He came back later with other men, and traces, not described, allotted to these craft were reportedly found. The majority of the summaries published afterwards in the ufological literature do not mention anymore that these “entities” were in blue uniforms with white helmets and apparently nobody considered the possibility that the witness might have failed to recognize two military helicopters posed in the night at a certain distance.
Source: Passport to Magonia
Date: May 13 1960
Location: Dudley, Worcestershire
Time: 22:20
Summary: One object was observed by one witness.
Source:
Date: May 13 1960
Location: Bad Gandersheim, Niedersachsen, Germany
Time: Before 2300
Summary: Nocturnal lights were reported (Goldstein).
Source: UFO Nachrichten (Veit)
Date: May 14 1960
Location: Dubuque, Iowa
Time:
Summary: Flying discs were observed and photographed. Three discs were observed at a lake.
Source: FSR
Date: May 14 1960
Location: Nome, Alaska
Time:
Summary: More than two objects were observed by several witnesses.
Source: FSR
Date: May 14, 1960
Location: Paracuru Brazil
Time: 0400
Summary: ). Raimondo dos Santos saw two craft land on hill near a farm called Capin Acu. He went near them and saw several small beings, pale- looking, making friendly gestures. He ran away. The creatures wore blue uniforms and white helmets. The previous day at 1900, over 100 witnesses had observed a dark-gray, circular craft, 20 m in diameter with a powerful light, maneuvering and hovering. Two silver discs, about 80 feet across, around 300 feet away, were observed in clear weather by one experienced male witness on the shore briefly (Alves.Santos; Dos Santos). No sound was heard. Two 3-foot-tall pallid beings, each wearing a blue suit and helmet, were seen.
Source: Magonia 505; Humanoids 37; LDLN 58
Date: May 15 1960
Location: Casterton, South Australia, Australia
Time: 18:50
Summary: Red light 10 feet in diameter paced family in their car, stayed in front of car for 15 miles. A red light 10 feet in diameter paced the Lewis family in their car in Casterton near Mount Gambier, South Australia at 6:50 p.m. It stayed in front of their car for 15 miles.
Source: Hervey, Michael UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere Robert Hale, London, 1975 ISBN:0-7091-4724-4
Date: May 16 1960
Location: Bridgenorth Salop
Time: 04:05
Summary: One aircraft-like object, the size of the moon, was observed by three witnesses for over three minutes (Davis).
Source: BUFORA
Date: May 17 1960
Location: between the towns of Taboleiro and Nazare, Brazil
Time: 18:30
Summary: At 18:30 a huge round gray object followed a donkey herd between the towns of Taboleiro and Nazare, Brazil at the location marked as (3). The UFO had a light on its top, and flew low and silently. It rose vertically as it flew off. Two men herding donkeys chased by huge round object at low altitude. Chased them for 18km, keeping same distance. After 20 minutes climbed out of sight very fast.
Source: Rogerson, Peter World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports
Date: May 17 1960
Location: Acarau, Ceara, Brazil
Time: 19:00
Summary: At 6:30 p.m. two men herding donkeys in Taboleiro de Nazare, Ceara State, Brazil were chased by a huge round object at low altitude for about 20 minutes. It pursued them for 18 kilometers, keeping same distance. Finally, after it flew away by climbing very quickly out of sight. Ten minutes later a luminous green ball of light was spotted along the coastline in Acarau, Ceara State, Brazil. It stopped offshore, then followed the coastline to the southeast. Another light followed along after it a short time later.
Source: Hatch, Larry
Date: May 18, 1960
Location: Wellington, N.Z.
Time:
Summary: Cigar-shaped UFO with “portholes.” One cigar-shaped object was observed in a city for two minutes.
Source: NICAP UFOE, XII
Date: May 18 1960
Location: Los Angeles, California
Time: 15:10
Summary: A flying disc was observed. One disc was observed in cloudy weather by one male witness at an electric plant (Ruiz).
Source: Flying Saucers Magazine (Palmer)
Date: May 19 1960
Location: Dillingham, Alaska
Time:
Summary: Silver-colored round object 20-25 feet wide with hanging appendages hovered at 50-100 feet distance at 12 foot altitude, sucked up trash cans and grass, carried them about 300 feet then dropped them. One ball, , was observed by several witnesses.
Source: Sparks Database of Bluebook Unknowns Version 1.7, Dec. 31, 2003
Date: May 19 1960
Location: Sydfyn, Denmark
Time: 21:30
Summary: An unidentified object at close range was observed by one witness.
Source: Wegner, Willy UFO-Landinger I Danmark FUFOS, Copenhagen, 1975
Date: May 19, 1960
Location: Siracusa Italy
Time: night 23:00
Summary: salvatore Cianci, jeweler, and his wife, were driving near this Sicilian town when a creature about 1 m tall appeared in the headlights. It wore a shining coverall and a diving helmet and had two short wings. Mrs. Cianci suffered from shock.
Source: Magonia 506
Date: May 20 1960
Location: South Australia, Australia
Time: 20:30
Summary: Nocturnal lights were reported.
Source: Hervey, Michael UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere Robert Hale, London, 1975 ISBN:0-7091-4724-4
Date: May 20 1960
Location: Val Poschiavo, Switzerland
Time: 22:40
Summary: Viewed through binoculars. Blimp-like cigar with colored beams of light. Flew to the east and to the west over town. One blimp-like object was observed by one witness in a town for 14 minutes.
Source: Hatch, Larry
Date: May 21 1960
Location: Lexington, Kentucky
Time: 22:00
Summary: One torpedo-shaped object, about 10 feet across, was observed by two witnesses in a yard for over three minutes.
Source: Hatch, Larry
Date: May 21 1960
Location: Virginia
Time: Night
Summary: An abduction of a witness was reported. Telepathic phenomena were said to have occurred. An abduction by alien entities was reported by one male witness (Monroe).
Source: Robert Monroe
Date: May 22 1960
Location: Tripoli, Libya
Time: Around midnight
Summary: Electromagnetic effects were noted. An object, the size of the moon, was observed (Barton).
Source: Villard, O.
Date: May 22 1960
Location: Palma.Mallorca, Spain
Time: 09:33
Summary: An object was observed and photographed. One delta-shaped object, larger than a star, was observed by more than two experienced witnesses at an observatory for two minutes. No sound was heard.
Source: APRO
Date: May 22 1960
Location: Virginia
Time: Night
Summary: An abduction of a witness was reported. Telepathic phenomena were said to have occurred. An abduction by alien entities was reported by one male witness (Monroe).
Source: Robert Monroe
Date: May 22, 1960
Location: Majorca Isle, Mediterranean Sea
Time:
Summary: Palma Observatory reported morning observation of a white triangular UFO, about one-fourth the size of the moon, spinning on its axis.
Source: NICAP UFOE, VI
Date: May 24 1960
Location: Castroville, California
Time: 10:50
Summary: A daytime disc was reported (Scott).
Source: UFO Nachrichten (Veit)
Date: May 24 1960
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Time: 21:55
Summary: One object, larger than a star, was observed in clear weather by more than one male witness for six seconds (Larson).
Source: Herb, Gert
Date: May 24, 1960
Location: Ocumare del Tuy, Venezuela
Time: Night
Summary: Several doctors, a topographer and policemen saw three UFOs, in-line formation, which landed in a heavily wooded area on a hilltop; diamond-shaped scorched marking found at landing site. Three metallic ovoid objects, about 150 feet across, were observed by a group of witnesses (as reported to the police) at a mountain for five minutes.
Source: NICAP UFOE, VII
Date: May 25 1960
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Time:
Summary: An object was observed. Metallic traces found. One object was observed by two witnesses, a married couple (Laughter).
Source: Flying Saucers Magazine (Palmer)
Date: May 25, 1960
Location: Chinthurst Hill Great Britain
Time: 11:00
Summary: Vera Bowden, 35, saw a gray, elliptical object hovering at tree height over Broadwater Lake for 18 min. Then it left toward the west. One gray oval object was observed by three witnesses, typical age 35, at a lake for 20 minutes (Bowden).
Source: Magonia 507
Date: May 26 1960
Location: Kirkwood, Missouri
Time: Day
Summary: A daytime disc was observed by one witness at an airport.
Source: Phillips, Ted R. Trace Cases
Date: May 1960
Location:
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Summary:
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