1962: May UFO & Alien Sightings

Date: May 1962
Location: Argentina
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Summary: At least twelve UFOs sighted in May. Official reports and newspaper chronology given NICAP by Argentine Embassy include four sightings by Argentine Navy pilots, two reported landing cases.
Source: NICAP UFO Evidence, See Section XII; Argentine Chronology.

Date: May 1962
Location: Jujuy Argentina
Time: 0400
Summary: Approximate date. Four people whose car had run out of gas, were waiting in a drizzling rain when a bright light, first thought to be from a car, approached them. It turned out to be a low flying object that landed. It was round with a blinking light, and stayed there about one hour before taking off at high speed
Source: Magonia 532

Date: May 12 1962
Location: Pampa Province Argentina
Time: 0410
Summary: ). V. and G. Tomasini
and H. Zenobi saw an object on the ground 100 m away from the road. It looked like a railroad car and was illuminated. As they came close to it, the object took off, crossed the road at low altitude, rose with a flame, and separated into two sections that flew away in different directions. It made a humming noise and was seen on the ground for one min. Within a circle 60 m in radius, grass was burned, insects were carbonized, and the ground was “petrified.” Sample analysis was done by the Puerto Belgrano Naval Base.
Source: Magonia 533

Date: May 13 1962
Location: Oncativo Argentina
Time: 0400
Summary: Dozens of witnesses in Oncativo, Cordoba, Carranza, and Los Molinos Dam observed a very luminous, elongated object with a bright trail. Soon thereafter, fog filled a wooded section near Oncativo, and a landed object resembling a small house was observed.
Source: Magonia 534

Date: May 15 1962
Location: Acoma, NM
Time: 2100 Duration: 30min.
Summary: On this date my Mother and cousin and I were traveling west on the interstate 40 , between albuquerque and the lava fields outside acoma. as we were traveling My cousin and I observed a light on the horizon. It appeared stationary but was getting brighter.As time went by the light we realized was moving toward us going east. By this time my Mother also saw it and thought it was a plane that was going to land on the freeway because of trouble. My Mother pulled the car over to the side of the road stopped the car and turned off the engine. As it got closer instead of one bright light there were 4 and it was almost above us. We got out of the car and there was no noise at all no crash nothing it just disappeared.We also realized that the nearest landing strip was approp.90 miles away. Then the light just shot off in a northerly direction. that was the first of many unexplainable lights I saw in the sky. My family is from Az and as kids and later as young adults we would through a sleeping bag down and fall asleep watching ufos.
Source: NUFORC

Date: May 1962
Location: Toms River, NJ
Time: 2100 Duration: 3 minutes
Summary: Me, my sister, and our best friend were lying on a blanket on a late Spring night in 1962. I was about 11 years old, my sister would have been 10, and our friend would have been 9. We were “star gazing,” looking up at the beautiful night sky. Suddenly, a round dark object with lights all around it (I think they were clear lights, but they might have been colored…I don’t remember) came softly whirring by. It seemed to hover over us for a few seconds, and then whirred on into the night. I don’t remember if it came back or not, it might have. I have never spoken about this incident before today, but when I watched a fascinating program on Larry King Live/CNN last night I realized that other people have had these same experiences, so now I don’t feel alone.
Source: NUFORC

Date: May 1962
Location: Pittsburg, OK
Time: 2130 Duration: 20-30 secs.
Summary: I was a young boy, appx. 10-11 yrs. old at the time of my sighting and living in a small, farming community in SE Oklahoma. I was an airplane enthusiast and modeler at the time, but UFO’s were not in my vocabulary. I had never heard the term before. One spring evening, probably late May or early June (appx. 1962-63), I went to bed at 9:00 pm which was my normal routine. My bed was placed next to my window (which faces west) and, as usual, I would stare out into the night sky prior to falling asleep. This time, just as I was drifting off to sleep, I saw an unusual object floating in the sky, seemingly just outside my window. Coming fully awake, I was startled to see a large, circular red light, appx. the size and color of a traffic light as seen from about 100 ft. away, hovering at a height appx. 50-60 ft. above the ground. On either side of the large light were two smaller red lights, about one-fourth the size of the central light, and angling upwards at about 45 degrees so that the entire object appeared V-shaped. I continued to watch the object for appx. 15 secs. at which point the following occurred; the large, central light dimmed to about half its former luminosity and the four smaller lights winked out completely leaving only the large light visible. Appx. 2-3 secs. later, the four smaller lights repapered only this time in a straight line, two above and two below the central light. The smaller lights were also dimmed this time to match the brightness of the central light. I continued to watch this arrangement for appx. 15 more secs. before the lights winked out completely. I remember that my window was open that night and at no time did I ever hear any noise from the craft nor did it change position while in view. I also remember there being a stiff breeze that evening as evidenced by the rustling of the tall grass in the field directly behind my back yard which would seem to rule out a balloon of some kind. I also believe that all of the lights correlated to just one object and not that all of the lights were individual objects.
Source: NUFORC

Date: May 18, 1962
Location: Pompano Beach, Florida
Time:
Summary: Cigar-shaped UFO, brilliantly lighted below, dark on top. Hovered, sped away.
Source: NICAP UFO Evidence, VII

Date: May 19, 1962 BBU
Location: Marksville, Leesville, Colfax, Louisiana
Time:
Summary:
Source: McDonald List

Date: May 1962
Location: Whitehouse (near), NJ
Time: 2300 Duration: 20 minutes
Summary: Was driving on Hwy 20 in that area, coming from an evening shift of working at Somerset Hospital as an LPN Nurse….planning to join friends as it was the weekend and I had the next day off from work. I was driving for about 15 minutes or so, when I was startled by a very bright light, seemingly behind my vehicle at first, than, above me. I tried to turn to my right to see what the light was…could hardly move my head. I started to feel an “electrical” and/or buzzing feeling in my entire body…my hands and arms especially. I could feel this feeling on the steering wheel as well…and I reached out to touch the dash board…all felt “electrical in nature. I suddenly felt the feeling of motion/rising…car and all…heard a voice telling me that all would be alright. The very last thing I remember is thinking, “Oh yes, now I remember, this has happened before”! I found myself in my car/opposite end of hwy and several minutes/miles down the road, in the wrong direction. No unusual marks or scars. Was not even upset or fearful, for some odd reason. Continued on to my destination. No sound other then a buzzing/humming sound from the light, was evident. No recollection of beings of any kind. Have had other such experiences throughout my lifetime. I am likely terminally ill and wish to tell of my many experiences. I can type up a report for you and send it snail mail, with other data/pics/info, if you like. I feel like these types of experiences should be documented or reported when possible. There is importance to same.
Source: NUFORC

Date: May 20, 1962
Location: Defiance, Ohio
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Summary: Scientist, others, watched maneuvering light source, brilliant blue changing to yellow.
Source: NICAP UFO Evidence, VI

Date: May 21, 1962
Location: England
Time:
Summary: Irish International Airlines pilot watched spherical UFO pass below aircraft.
Source: NICAP UFO Evidence, X

Date: May 22 1962
Location: Winifreda Argentina
Time:
Summary: A woman was hospitalized after her observation of a strange object that landed, and of the “ugly” giant beings who emerged from it. Approximate date.
Source: Magonia 535

Date: May 24, 1962 BBU
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Time: 5:22 p.m. local time
Summary: An object the size of Venus was observed by ground and airborne witnesses. The object was also observed on air route traffic surveillance radar. The object was round, white during the day, pink at sunset and dark at night. It was mostly stationary but had slight northeast movement during the day then returned to original position. The object was observed 20 to 30 degrees above horizon at Albuquerque. At Las Vegas, New Mexico the object was observed directly overhead. At Sante Fe, ARTCC personnel watched the object with binoculars. The object was also observed from a KC-135 tanker aircraft piloted by Capt. A. A. Picinich, heading and speed unknown. Page 2, part B, number 5 states presumed to have been in position at dawn 24 May 1952. Number 6. states over 9 hours.
Source: McDonald List

Date: May 26, 1962 BBU 7930
Location: Westfield, Mass.
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Summary: “Round, slightly oval, bright red object, giving off sparks from top and bottom. Center. . . yellowish or white. . .case is listed as unidentified.”
Source: Air Force Project Blue Book 1962 Summary.

Date: May 27, 1962 BBU 7931
Location: Palmer, Alaska
Time:
Summary: Two triangular UFOs, diving and climbing. Unidentified.
Source: NARA, Air Force Project Blue Book 1962 Summary

Date: May 1962
Location: Garland, TX
Time: 2000 Duration: approx. 10 min
Summary: IT WAS ABOUT DUSKY DARK I WAS A CHILD OF 10 AND I WAS OUT SIDE PLAYING THERE HAVE BEEN TALK ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS AND I WAS WATCHING THE SKY AND HAD BEEN LOOKING AT A STAR THAT APPEARED TO BE GETTING BIGGER AND BIGGER WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER CAME OUT TO GET ME AND I POINTED UP TO THE SKY WE WATCHED AS IT CAME CLOSER AND CLOSER AND WAS AT TREE LINE ABOVE OUR HOUSE. THE SAUCER SHAPE CRAFT WAS SO CLOSE THAT I COULD HEAR A WIRRING SOUND AND COULD SEE THE WINDOW AREA WHICH WAS CLOUDY WHITE THERE WERE DIFFERENT COLORED LIGHTS BLINKING AROUND THE SAUCER, IT JUST STAYED THERE FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN STARTED MOVING ACROSS THE TREE LINES AND IN A FLASH IT MADE A ZIG ZAG TYPE MANOUVER AND WAS GONE. AS I LOOKED AROUND I NOTICED MY MOTHER AND YOUNGER SISTER WERE ALSO OUT WATCHING. THE WEIRD THING ABOUT THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE IS THAT NO ONE EVER TALKED ABOUT IT WE WENT BACK IN TO THE HOUSE LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED. MY SISTER AND I TALK ABOUT IN KNOW BUT SADLY MY MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER HAVE SINCED PASSED ON AND IT WAS NEVER SPOKE ABOUT.
Source: NUFORC