Date: 1961
Location: Irkutsk, Russia
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Summary: An object was observed and photographed. One object was observed by one female witness
Source: Steiger, Brad Flying Saucers are Hostile Award A234S, New York, 1967
Date: 1961
Location: Australia
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Summary: Close encounter with a an unidentified craft and its occupants. An unidentifiable object and its occupants were observed at close range.
Source: Pereira, Jader U. Les Extra-Terrestres Phenomenes Spatiaux, Paris, 1974
Date: 1961
Location: Summerville, South Carolina
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Summary: Ghost lights were observed. One object was observed.
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Date: 1961
Location: Death Valley, California
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Summary: Flying discs were observed. Two discs were observed by one witness for two minutes (Schell).
Source: UFO Nachrichten (Veit)
Date: 1961
Location: Pennsylvania
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Summary: An object was observed and photographed. One object was observed.
Source: UFO Nachrichten (Veit)
Date: 1961
Location: Highway 2, near West Virginia
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Summary: Close encounter with a an unidentified craft and its occupants. An unidentified object at close range and its occupants were observed by two witnesses on a highway.
Source: Keel, John A. UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1970
Date: 1961
Location: Hemmet, Denmark
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Summary: An unidentified object at close range was observed by two witnesses.
Source: Wegner, Willy UFO-Landinger I Danmark FUFOS, Copenhagen, 1975
Date: 1961
Location: Tegucigalpa, Distrito Central, Honduras
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Summary: One object was observed by nine witnesses (Jones).
Source: APRO
Date: 1961
Location: Pease AFB, New Hampshire,
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Summary: One object was observed by a male military witness in a yard.
Source: Fuller, John G. Incident at Exeter: The Story of Unidentified Flying Objects over America Today G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1966
Date: 1961
Location: Montcel, France
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Summary: Close encounter with a an unidentified craft and its occupants. An unidentifiable object and its occupants were observed at close range.
Source: Delaire, J. Bernard UFO Register Volume 7 (1976) Data Research, Oxford, 1976
Date: 1961
Location: USA
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Summary: Abduction of transport plane, no return. Reported encounter with inhuman beings involving teleportation. One object was observed by 26 military witnesses in a warplane
Source: Steiger, Brad Flying Saucers are Hostile Award A234S, New York, 1967
Date: 1961
Location: Moscow, Russia
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Summary: A flying disc was observed from a car. Electromagnetic effects were noted. One disc was observed by several experienced witnesses on a railroad.
Source: SATCU, Xenolog , Timaru ISBN:0-8092-3121-2
Date: 1961
Location: Nantucket, Massachusetts
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Summary: An object was tracked by radar. One object was observed in foggy weather on the ocean.
Source: Contact U.K.
Date: 1961
Location: Edwards AFB, California
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Summary: An object was observed and videotaped. Animal reactions to the object were reported. One object was observed at an air
Source: Newspaper
Date: 1961
Location: Millaa Millaa, Queensland, Australia
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Summary: One object was observed by 60 witnesses.
Source: Newspaper
Date: 1961
Location: Fort Sill, Oklahoma
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Summary: A hovering object was observed. One object, the size of a star, was observed by more than one witness at a military facility (Trupp).
Source: Herb, Gert
Date: 1961
Location: Fort Pierce, Florida
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Summary: An object was observed. It buzzed a witness. One object was observed by more than one male witness, one of them an experienced observor (Burns).
Source: Flying Saucers Magazine (Palmer)
Date: 1961
Location: Mount Vernon, Illinois
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Summary: Hovering objects were observed. Three objects were observed by a group of female witnesses (Hampton, L).
Source: Skylook
Date: 1961
Location: Swinton, UK
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Summary: A hovering object was observed. One object was observed by two witnesses, a married couple, on a river for over three minutes.
Source: Northern UFO Network (Irlam)
Date: 1961
Location: Sverdlovsk, Russia
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Summary: Disappearance: mail delivery plane with seven people disappeared from radar. Aircraft found undamaged, in position impossible to have landed. UFO radar tracked, 100 feet circle of scorched ground found. Antonov An-2P incident.
Source: APRO
Date: 1961
Location: North Highlands, Mcclellan AFB, California
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Summary: Three lights in row to the west, stopped overhead, lot of little yellow lights moved around among them, then one to the east while other two remained motionless. Cigar-shaped objects were observed. Several formations of objects were observed by one witness at an airfield for a few seconds (Vandeventer, W).
Source: Newspaper
Date: 1961
Location: Auburn, Oregon
Time: Around 0200
Summary: Cluster of little stars and a large one, moved to the north high up. Mental message: if you are manned please move to right. Cluster moved right with 90 degree turn, then reversed back to resume flight to the north. Flared 3x Cigar-shaped objects were observed. Telepathic phenomena were said to have occurred. Several formations of objects were observed by one witness in a forest (Vandeventer, W).
Source: Newspaper
Date: 1961
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Summary: Gene Hurley passed away some time ago, but his memory is still with us strong. He claimed to know these men. They are not men of God, he told us, but they are not men of evil. They’re from Pleiadian. Somewhere nicer than this.” D.H.
Source: El Disco
Date: 1961
Location: Taitung City, Taiwan
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Summary: Taken by Wang Shi-lin in 1961 in Taitung City, this is the first known photograph of a UFO in Taiwan. Photo courtesy of
Source: TUFOA
Date: 1961
Location: Kowloon, China
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Summary: Photo taken by RAF radar operator over Tai Mo Shan, highest mountain in New Territories. Couldn’t locate object on radar. Photo of dark black ring on light sky. An object was observed and photographed. One object was observed by six male military witnesses, typical age 22, at an electric plant (Desalvo).
Source: Flying Saucers Magazine (Palmer)
Date: 1961
Location: Stover, Missouri
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Summary: An object was sighted that had an appearance and performance beyond the capability of known earthly aircraft. An unidentified object at close range was observed by one male witness (Blackman).
Source: Phillips, Ted R. Trace Cases
Date: 1961
Location: Saratov, Russia
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Summary: Abduction, language communication, traces/artifacts. Occupants of the craft were seen. An abduction of a witness was reported. Ground traces were found. One object was observed by a female witness for three days.
Source: Steiger, Brad Flying Saucers are Hostile Award A234S, New York, 1967
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