Date: Fall 1960
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Time: Evening
Summary: One object was observed by more than one male witness for 12 seconds (Flippin).
Source: Herb, Gert
Date: Fall 1960
Location: Cologne (Koln), Germany
Time: Before 2300
Summary: Nocturnal lights were reported.
Source: UFO Nachrichten (Veit)
Date: October 1960
Location: Monongahela Forest, West Virginia
Time:
Summary: Car approached hairy ape-like creature near the road. Car motor stopped. When large bus backed up on road to help motorist, it frightened the creature. Motor on auto then began to run. Objects were observed. Electromagnetic effects were noted. An unidentified object at close range and its occupants were observed by one male witness on a highway (Priestley). One hairy pongid was seen.
Source: FSR
Date: October 1960
Location: Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland
Time:
Summary: One object was observed by numerous witnesses.
Source: Hobana, Ion UFOs from Behind the Iron Curtain Bantam Y8898, New York, 1975
Date: October 1960
Location: Flagstaff, Arizona
Time:
Summary: A daylight disc was observed by a male witness at an observatory (Giglas).
Source: Eberhart, George M. A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies Greenwood Press, Westport, 1980 ISBN:0-313-21337-2
Date: October 1960
Location: Yucca Valley, California
Time:
Summary: An unidentifiable object was observed at close range.
Source: Eberhart, George M. A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies Greenwood Press, Westport, 1980 ISBN:0-313-21337-2
Date: October 1960
Location: Yariguarenda Jungle Argentina
Time:
Summary: New apparitions of a monstrous “cyclops.” An unidentifiable object and its occupants were observed at close range.
Source: Magonia 510
Date: October 1960
Location: San Cataldo, Sizilien, Italy
Time: 21:00
Summary: Close encounter with a an unidentified craft and its occupants. One object was observed by four witnesses.
Source: Condon Committee
Date: October 1960
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Time: 21:00
Summary: One object, larger than a star, was observed by two witnesses for 36 seconds (Nelson).
Source: Musgrave, John Brent
Date: October 1960
Location: Minnetonka, Minnesota
Time: Around 2100
Summary: Flying discs were observed. Three discs, twice the size of the moon, were observed in clear weather by one male 13-year-old witness on a farm for six seconds (Lysen).
Source: CUFOS
Date: October 1960
Location: Berkh Biysk, Russia
Time: 23:00
Summary: Single cloud on clear day. Glowed and moved, emitted beams of light. Objects were observed. Gravity effects were noted. Two luminous cloud-like objects were observed in clear weather by 50 witnesses on a river for five minutes (Novikov).
Source: Zigel, Felix
Date: October 1 1960
Location: Rockville, Maryland
Time: 19:30
Summary: One object was observed by two experienced male witnesses (as reported to the police) (Atwell).
Source: NICAP
Date: October 3 1960
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Time: Day
Summary: A daylight disc was observed by a male witness (Brickner).
Source: Eberhart, George M. A Geo-Bibliography of Anomalies Greenwood Press, Westport, 1980 ISBN:0-313-21337-2
Date: About October 3, 1960
Location: Tasmania
Time:
Summary: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation newscast (October 10): “The sighting of six flying saucers and a ‘mother ship’ has been reported from the Australian island state of Tasmania. A Church of England minister says he saw the mysterious craft nearly one week ago, but was reluctant to report them. The clergyman finally did report the matter when other people in the area said today, they too had seen strange objects in the sky.”
Source: NICAP UFOE
Date: October 4 1960
Location: Staroleka, Poland
Time: 22:00
Summary: Nocturnal lights were reported in a city.
Source: APRO
Date: October 4, 1960: The Cressy Cigar
Date: Oct. 5, 1960
Location: Mount Kisco, NY BBU 7057
Time: 7:37 p.m.
Summary: E. G. Crossland saw a bright, star-like light move across 120° of sky. One star was observed by one witness for 20 minutes (Crossland, E G; Cuevas).
Source: Berliner
Date: October 7 1960
Location: Weaver, Alabama
Time:
Summary: One object was observed by numerous witnesses (as reported to the police).
Source: NICAP
Date: October 9, 1960
Location: Longpoint, IL
Time:
Summary: Minister and others saw a golden, elliptical UFO hover, move away.
Source: NICAP UFOE, VII
Date: October 10 1960
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Time:
Summary: Cigar-shaped objects were observed. Seven cigar-shaped objects were observed by one experienced male witness.
Source: NICAP
Date: October 10 1960
Location: Forest-Bruxelles, Belgium
Time: 22:00
Summary: One object was observed by three witnesses for ten minutes.
Source: Bonabot, Jacques Catalog of Belgian Cases
Date: October 10 1960
Location: Orland Park, Illinois
Time: Night
Summary: Flying discs were observed. More than two discs were observed by one witness in a residential area.
Source: NICAP
Date: October 11 1960
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Time: Before 0600
Summary: Nocturnal lights were reported (Vanstone).
Source: UFO Nachrichten (Veit)
Date: October 12 1960
Location: Plymouth, New Hampshire
Time:
Summary: Two objects were observed by one experienced witness.
Source: NICAP
Date: October 12 1960
Location: Fish Lake, Indiana
Time: 23:00
Summary: A hovering object was observed. One object was observed by three witnesses (Parrett).
Source: Hartle, Orvil R. A Carbon Experiment Author, La Porte, 1963
Date: October 15 1960
Location: Wildwood, Oregon
Time: 07:55
Summary: An unidentifiable object was observed at close range.
Source: Vallee, Jacques
Date: October 15 1960
Location: Hurley, Wisconsin
Time: Daytime
Summary: One object was observed by two female witnesses for 20 minutes.
Source: Lorenzen, Coral E. UFOs: The Whole Story Signet T3897, New York, 1969
Date: Oct. 15, 1960
Location: Cressy (30 miles from), Tasmania BBU
Time: 22:40
Summary: Spherical 75′ object flying at great speed at 36,000′ USAF pilot and navigator of RB-57 saw a spherical 75 feet object flying at great speed at 36,000 feet. One ball was observed by two witnesses.
Date: October 16 1960
Location: Dry Creek, Oregon
Time: Around 1500
Summary: Flying discs were observed. They moved with a falling-leaf motion. A group of discs was observed by one experienced male witness (Kohl).
Source: NICAP
Date: October 18 1960
Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Time:
Summary: Slow moving cigar-shaped object, similar to aircraft; bright orange rear portion with rest dull gray.
Source: Hervey, Michael UFOs Over the Southern Hemisphere Robert Hale, London, 1975 ISBN:0-7091-4724-4
Date: October 20 1960
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Time:
Summary: This is one of those “hard to be sure” images. It was taken on October 20 of 1960, and seems to show a large oval light source. No object is actually seen, but then again… where there’s smoke, there’s fire. The object seems to be moving from left to right, as you can see a trail of some type to its right in the full size image.
Source:
Date: October 20 1960
Location: La Vaure, France
Time: 19:00
Summary: Luminous rectangle at 4m altitude, 10m away. two helmeted occupants seen inside UFO. An object was observed. Occupants of the craft were seen. Multiple independent witnesses. One luminous rectangular object, about twenty feet away, was observed by one male witness in a yard for over one minute (Faure). Two round-headed beings, each wearing a helmet, were seen.
Source: Webb, David HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports
Date: October 23 1960
Location: Datil, New Mexico
Time: Night
Summary: Objects were observed from a car. Four objects were observed by two witnesses, a married couple.
Source: Lorenzen, Coral E. UFOs: The Whole Story Signet T3897, New York, 1969
Date: October 24 1960
Location: Ludwigsburg, Germany
Time: 19:30
Summary: Nocturnal lights were reported (Peters; Rieger).
Source: UFO Nachrichten (Veit)
Date: October 24 1960
Location: Pico Rivera, California
Time: 22:01
Summary: One object was observed by four witnesses for ten minutes.
Source: Condon Committee
Date: October 26 1960
Location: La Quiaca, Argentina
Time: 22:00
Summary: One object was observed.
Source: Vallee, Jacques
Date: October 27, 1960
Location: Lexington, KY
Time: 17:50
Summary: Attorney saw disc hover, move away. A hovering flying disc was observed. One disc was observed by two male witnesses in a city for ten minutes (Kissinger).
Source: NICAP UFOE, VII
Date: October 30 1960
Location: Crescent City, California
Time:
Summary: Six objects were observed by 13 witnesses (Boulden; Howland).
Source: Project Bluebook
Date: October 1960
Location:
Time:
Summary:
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