1961: May UFO & Alien Sightings

Date: May (first week) 1961
Location: Union Mills, Indiana
Time:
Summary: Hemispherical UFO with “portholes”, on road; took off as car approached.
Source: NICAP UFOE, XII

Date: May 1 1961
Location: Auburn, WA
Time: 2200 Duration: 5 min
Summary: My Grandmother has been dead for a year, and I thought I would report a sighting that she had in the early sixties. Her house sits on a hill overlooking the Puyallup Valley and the valley between Sumner and Auburn. I was just a small child at the time (6 or 7). I was asleep and she did not wake me. The craft that she saw was sunset pink with portholes all around the centerline of the craft. She said that there was some type of fire at one end (ship was in and out of the clouds). The valley is about 1 1/2 mile wide at that point, and she seemed to feel that it was the length of the width of the valley. That seemed pretty big to me, maybe it was close than she thought it was. She seemed to think that it was over the city of Auburn itself. She said she watched it for about five minutes and then it shot away to the northeast. If this is the case, it flew in close proximity to the ATC northwest control center in Auburn. Maybe there is a record of it. My mother and she had also seen ufo’s in the daylight in the same general area.
Source: NUFORC

Date: May 3 1961
Location: Union Mills Indiana
Time: 2200
Summary: Approximate date. A hemispherical craft with portholes, resting on a road, took off when a car came near it. Estimated diameter was 4 m, height 2.5 m, bearing “fluorescent lights.”
Source: Magonia 518

Date: May 4 1961
Location: Pharr Texas
Time: 2045 Duration: 120 seconds
Summary: Watching movie with date. The glowing wedge zipped overhead high above us. As we watched it, it broke up into six smaller but same shaped glowing wedges that zipped off in all directions.
Source: NUFORC

Date: May 4, 1961
Location: South Pacific Island
Time: 01:00 Duration: 01:00 to 03:00
Summary: My dad was called into the radar shack on a secret island in the south pacific early in the morning, around 03:00. the radar operator stated the object was hovering about 200 miles out from the base. my dad was the security chief of the base, as well as the fire chief of the base. Am reluctant to disclose anything vital for security reasons. He asked the radar operator if their was any military operations around from naval vessels to which the reply was NO. He then asked if any helicopters could be out their as well, once again NO. While watching the 300 mile screen the object moved to a position above the island in 2 to 3 rotations of the radar, indicating incredible speed. The object then hovered above the island for a few minutes at a high altitude. my dad then asked where the nearest airbase was, which he already knew but had to ask, which was Honolulu Hawaii. honolulu was over 2500 miles away. while ascertaining what to do the object took off at incredible speed and did the impossible. the object while leaving at speeds estimated at over 12,000 miles per hour did a 90 degree turn. I am reporting this because my dad is old and would never report it. in just 2 rotations of the radar the object was gone off screen. Btw my dad held a top lvl 20 security clearance so i am reluctant to go into too much details even though it was a long time ago. I personally eye witnessed the forced downing of a UFO in between the 2 islands of Kauai and Niihau Hawaii on about 7-1-1972 or 1973. their is more but dont know how much space is available.
Source: National UFO Reporting Center

Date: May 15 1961
Location: Parris Island, SC
Time: 0400
Summary: I was a boot and in-charge of a squad sized detail of marines, as we marched to the chow hall while on mess duty. While we were marching, we all just stopped as we saw three bright lights approach us over water (04:00 hours am). The three lights seemed to come in close to us, and glow brighter as they approached. All of a sudden, they grew smaller, and flew off in three different directions at great speed. I THEN continued taking the troops to the mess hall. While there, one after the other marines who were with me, approached me and said (summary) “you must tell the drill instructor what we saw.” I had no hope of surviving the day IF i told the drill instructor what we saw. But when we arrived back at the barracks, I went to the drill instructors door, knocked, and he came out. After all the usual harassments, he told me to step into his office.
Once I told the drill instructor what happened, he did the unexpected, and closed the door and talked to me like a human. He invited all of the other troops who were with me into his office (after calling the other drill instructors into his office). The other boots went in one-by-one, and also came out unscathed. <> IF YOU KNOW Parris Island,… that is saying something. The next day, I was called into the drill instructors office again, and there were two men in suits and sunglasses there. They asked me the same type of questions, and dismissed me. I never heard of anything after that, but searched for years (project bluebook, etc…).. for the incident. FOOTNOTE: I was promoted to PFC on Parris Island. I am sure it was not because I was the BEST marine in my platoon (platoon 311, 3rd battalion). If anyone knows anything, they should feel free to contact me at ((e-address deleted. Please submit a report to NUFORC, using our Online Report Form. PD)) Signing off at <> May 22, 2006 @ 23:22 hours
Source: NUFORC

Date: May 1961
Location:
Time: 1830 Duration: 15 minutes
Summary: Two purple spheres hovering next to each other for 13 min, spread apart and reunited before separating and moving west. No of observers: 40
Source: NUFORC

Date: May 19, 1961 BBU
Location: About 7 miles W of Bay Minette, Alabama
Time: 10:18 a.m.
Summary: Man checking mast of a ship saw an oval aluminum or silver-like object with tapered edges reflecting sunlight to the NNE at 20° azimuth 60° elevation traveling to SSW at 200° azimuth 60° elevation, no sound or trail. (Hynek-CUFOS-Willy Smith files
Source:

Date: May 19, 1961
Location: Long Beach, Calif.
Time:
Summary: Twelve shiny UFOs maneuvered erratically over the area at 3:50 p.m., with an odd fluttering motion; then two loud “skyquakes” were heard.
Source: NICAP UFOE, XII

Date: May 20, 1961 BBU
Location: Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama
Time: 3:30 a.m. CST
Summary: An object oval in shape the size of a dime with a tail and silver colored, was sighted in the sky SE of the sunrise. Weather radar detected an object moving east at 150 knots.
Source: McDonald list

Date: May 20, 1961 BBU
Location: Tyndall AFB, Florida
Time: 2:50 a.m. local time.
Summary: A round rusty-orange colored object was observed near the Drone Launching Area. The object moved up and down and would gain altitude rapidly. The object seemed to float. Four Air Policemen saw the object. RAPCON was painting the target that the Air Police at the launching site had called in. An F-102 fighter was scrambled to run on the object. The object was traveling at 2-4 mph and then up to 45 mph. The fighter was getting a sporadic paint on radar. A helicopter was scrambled due to the slowness of the object. An AF GCI radar also tracked the object between 2,000 and 10,000 feet. Total time of observation was approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Source: UFOE, III; 85 pages of documents by Dan Wilson

Date: May 20 1961
Location: Hollywood Maryland
Time: 1700 Duration: 60 seconds
Summary: My family and I, on returning to our home from a short drive, saw a perfect multi-colored pastel circle above us in the sky. It began to descend and seemed so close my mother said, “Pray, children.” She was terrified. And at her words we literally cowered near the ground. This transpired over a period of only a few minutes. My family did not discuss this further. I have never disclosed the incident to anyone other than one family member who does not recall it. ((name deleted)) No of observers: 5
Source: NUFORC

Date: May 22, 1961 BBU7417
Location: Tyndall AFB, Florida
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Summary: Mrs. A. J. Jones and Mrs. R. F. Davis saw big silver-dollar disc hover and revolve, then suddenly disappear.
Source: Berliner

Date: May 23, 1961
Location: Bronson and Cross City, Florida
Time: 5:05 a.m. EDT
Summary: A round or oval-shaped object with a green halo was observed moving ESE. The speed conformed to light aircraft. Object picked up at Cross City on AN/FPS-6A height finder at 6:00 a.m. EDT (1000Z) from then until dawn. Radar picked up object at 160 degrees at 45 miles & 8400 feet. Altitude varied from 6 to 10 thousand feet while being tracked. When target locked on, antenna would hunt violently. When moved a few degrees in either direction the hunting would stop. When hunting occurred the scope would be cluttered. Tracked for two hours.
Source: Dan Wilson