1963: January UFO & Alien Sightings
Date: January 1 1963
Location: Markleville (Alpine County), CA
Time: 1000 Duration: 1 minute
Summary: In 1963 an Elementary School in Alpine County California witnesses a flying saucer at 40 feet. When I was in 1st grade in about 1963 our family lived in Alpine County California, our school was very small about 20 people for 1st through 6th grades. One day at school during recess our whole school, including my sister and teachers witnessed a flying saucer. This air craft swiftly came from the clouds dropped down to about 40 – 50 feet of the school yard and hovered for about a minute. We all stood and stared in awe. It left just as quickly as it came and looked as if it crashed behind a mountain. One of the teachers called the local sheriff and reported the incident. He drove the area that this craft could have crashed at and saw nothing unusual. In 1997 my family including my father and sister revisited our old school site. The school as since burned down. But my father is a friend of the sheriff that was called that day. He asked him if he remembered this incident. He admitted that he didn’t remember that particular incident, but that was because he had been called out on numerous calls involving unidentified flying objects. Besides my sister, we have not spoken with anyone about this incident since it happened. I guess it was “swept under the rug.” Have you heard of any similar instances in that area? I’d appreciate any updates or information you could give me. Thank you, ((name deleted)) No of observers: 20
Source: NUFORC
Date: January 1 1963
Location: Mendota, CA
Time: 1533 Duration: all day
Summary: Mother stated saw disc ufo hovering above her while hanging clothes me my brother were 3 and 4 years old. Mom stats rushed us into the house then stated told our dad he said your crazy . Following day when my dad came home from work mom went out side pointed at ufo then what is that dad told mom get in side. They both have told these moments to both of us. For me I’ve had two encounters. Around the same time frame, I was sitting on top of our couch watching my mom and someone else looking for me running back and forth mom stating he is here somewhere find him. To this day my mom will not tell me how long did she lose me for. Second time Around 2008 I was Kerokaning near my fathers work Friday night midnight said by to my father see you am work part time with him weekends Drove off on to the freeway next thing I woke up on railroad tracks am. Did not have jacket or my keys. I was in disbelief of what happened. So I figured to back track toward the train track deli where I could last remember to go towards I walked about three miles then saw my car on the opposite side of the on coming traffic pointed towards on coming traffic. With all my windows down keys in the ignition got in just wanted to get home when I got home roommate came outside to greet me yelling at me where have you been everybody is looking for you your bosses came by she stated your going to get fired you didn’t go to work today are you going tomorrow ? I was speechless it was Monday afternoon. Went to work still dazed boss quietly asked if I was ok I said I think so. She stated if I needed more time off due to over lapse of time on the books told me I could take a few months off ? I’ve never took time off work not even a vacation in 15 years. I was always first one there last one to leave. That’s why all the drama due to I lost three days of unaccountability of time. Also I’ve had surgery under my arm pits due to stress and my MD had to get another opinion of what was in my arm pits they both looked like unbelievable sight he said just close him up and tell him to use antibiotic soap for now on entire body I was half under anesthesia but was able to see and hear their conversation. I had a sliver like object in the palm of my left hand I had asked a MD what is that he said there was nothing there but I could see it and it would hurt when touched or bumped I know deep in my heart I was taken twice. I’ve told my brother and mom this about a year ago I could not held it in no longer knowing what my mom and dad experience my brother told me not to say anything to anyone. Since what’s been happening with all sighting and other abduction cases. I had to release my story.
P.s I had found a book of ufo sightings different areas of course mine Mendota Ca in 1963 I also printed out total sighting in multiple areas on record.
Source: NUFORC
Date: January 1 1963
Location: Helena (near), MT
Time: 2200 Duration: 1 hour
Summary: Diamond Shaped UFO Blocks USAF Runway This is a second hand story. My brother, who still wishes to remain anonymous, was a USAF sergeant and air traffic controller of the Strategic Air Command from approximately 1958-1963 when this event occurred. I do not know what time of the year it was but suspect December 1962-February 1963. He worked in the tower at night at a very busy SAC Air Base during the height of the Cold War. I believe that the base may have been Maelstrom as he lived with his family in Helena, Montana, and may have been home to a fighter wing, MATS wing and perhaps a refueling wing. I think that their primary SAC aircraft were B52’s. In a moment when we were alone in 1986, upon my questioning about UFO’s and his time in the USAF, he related this story: He said that at night while awaiting the return of a flight of nuclear-armed (They always were then) SAC bombers a diamond-shaped group of flashing colored lights, semi-solid, settled into a hover just some feet off of the threshold of the primary landing runway as a squadron of returning bombers approached making landings impossible. While the bombers were rerouted, the security force “surrounded” the object with their armored vehicles and men, training their weapons on it but maintaining hold-fire discipline. He described the object as “big as a house”. I do not recall the length of the event but believe it was an hour or more. Apparently the Air Police could not stop spectators from appearing from all corners of the base. The base was completely off-line and all work halted except of course by the Security Force. My brother was privy to all internal radio communication from his position in the tower. After the object departed (I do not recall his description of that if he gave it.), their aircraft were called back from their havens and the base made an attempt to achieve normalcy. Evidently they had difficulty in this, as within a few days my brother, a sergeant with a good record, was dismissed from the highly regarded Strategic Air Command and given only days to pack up his family and leave for his new assignment with Training Command (He taught an entire generation of USAF and Army air controllers.), where his career languished for ten years. His only “crime” seems to have been being a witness to this event. He said that many others received the same treatment and that he never saw anyone from that base again and believed that was the USAF’s intention. He further stated that his marriage broke up as a result of this transfer and some further USAF harassment that he did not specify. He felt that to some degree, perhaps intentionally, the Air Force intentionally encouraged the dissolution of his marriage. He returned to the active Air Force ten years later, still a controller this time in the Tactical Air Command and finished his 30 year career as a Master Sergeant. He then worked perhaps fifteen years as a contract controller at the NASA base (Elington Field or Elington AFB) in Houston. He is clearly a quality witness to this event and is highly regarded in his field as demonstrated by both his USAF career and length of time employed at Elington Field (NASA) and though now fully retired he will not discuss this matter further.
Source: NUFORC
Date: January 4 1963
Location: Rome Italy
Time: 1900
Summary: A well-known psychiatrist saw an object on the ground in a deserted city park. Shape: a dome upon a cylinder, bearing a series of round apertures and surrounded by a thick, roundish ring, set on a tripod landing gear supporting the base of the cylinder 1 m above the ground. Diameter: 5 m. Suddenly the ring started spinning rapidly, and a gust of air was felt as the craft rose a few m above ground, then disappeared in a split second.
Source: Magonia 557
Date: Jan. 5, 1963 BBU
Location: Nantucket Point, Long Island, New York
Time: 3 a.m.
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Source: Hynek UFO Rpt p. 45-46
Date: January 11 1963
Location: San Pietro Italy
Time: 2300
Summary: A 43-year-old farmer was awakened by restless animals and went out to calm them. Fifteen min later he saw an object land in a small square in the village, went toward it, was “paralyzed” when 10 m away. Two min later the craft, 4.5 m long, 1.5 m high, with a translucent upper dome showing two dark, moving figures, ascended in the direction of Brindisi, emitted a vertical beam of green light.
Source: Magonia 558
Date: January 10 1963
Location: Tambaram, Chennai (India), Tamil Nadu, India
Time: 0915 Duration: 3 minutes
Summary: A sphere of light with great intensity came from a distance, when my grandma was standing in her terrace, it striked across her head.. When she noticed it.. It stays for a while observed her and went so fastly.. Till this day she is perplexed about the encounter and her hair stands up in her hand while saying this
This is beyond her religion al beliefs and she has no clue about it. Next day it came in news article as unknown object witnessed in tambaram area in chennai.. It is during 1960s
Source: NUFORC
Date: January 20 1963
Location: Holyoke, MA
Time: 2200 Duration: 20 minutes
Summary: I was using a high power telescope (somewhere between 320-360 power) and was scanning down the terminator band on the moon when it was just a sliver, maybe just a couple hours away from a new moon. At this magnification and with the light hitting the moon at this extreme angle, terrain features stood out in vivid detail, shadows visibly moving by the second, but the field of view slid by completely within 30 seconds or so. In a valley about 2/3 down the sliver of light I saw 6-7 massive disks hanging absolutely motionless in the “air” within the valley, casting individual shadows against the mountain walls behind them. They had to be miles across to be seen at that distance, were brilliant reflective silver, totally featureless, and were arrayed near the walls at various heights from the valley floor. I observed them for about 20 minutes until the shadowline advanced over the valley and the objects disappeared in the darkness.
Source: NUFORC
Date: Jan. 24, 1963
Location: Lexington, Ky
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Summary: Post Office safety engineer saw a round UFO traveling east to west, and a delta-wing aircraft north to south. UFO’s line of flight intersected aircraft path at right angles.
Source: Report via Bluegrass NICAP Affiliate, Lexington, Ky.
Date: January 28 1963 BBU
Location: Shilton Great Britain
Time: 1720
Summary: Mary Sharp and Mrs. E. L. Sharp saw an object on the ground. It had four windows, emitted a yellow-orange light, and eventually left toward Rugby.
Source: Magonia 559
Date: January 28 1963 BBU
Location: Mamina Chile
Time: night
Summary: A former Chilean Air Force officer, who was driving a truck, observed two disk-shaped objects that followed him for over ten min.
Source: Magonia 560
Date: January 31 1963
Location: Ganado de Algosaray Argentina
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Summary: An object was reported to have landed. The Lopez brothers found traces in the grass and evidence of intense heat. Police investigation. A whitish powder was also found at the site.
Source: Magonia 561
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