Year File · 1960 57 cases on file
Year File

1960 · paranormal events

57 catalogued cases recorded in 1960.

37 UFO 10 Other 4 Cryptid 3 Apparition 1 Possession 1 Haunting 1 Poltergeist
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Source document: PURSUE doc 167
UFO 1960

1960 UAP Sighting — AARO Records

Unknown location

Ronald Bracewell envisioned that physical artifacts might carry messages from extraterrestrial civilizations. This suggests a potential method of communication beyond direct signals.
Source document: PURSUE doc 196
UFO 1960

1960 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D196P39)

Unknown location

AARO identified another spike in UAP reports in 1960, likely due to observers misidentifying new technological advancements and testing as UFOs. This is considered a common and understandable occurrence.
Source document: PURSUE doc 213
UFO 1960

1960 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D213P39)

Unknown location

AARO identified another spike in reported UAP sightings in 1960. This increase is likely attributed to observers unknowingly witnessing new technological advancements and reporting them as UFOs. AARO assesses this misidentification as a common and understandable occurrence.
Source document: PURSUE doc 214
UFO 1960

1960 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D214P39)

Unknown location

AARO identified another spike in UAP reports in 1960, which they believe was likely caused by observers misidentifying new technologies being tested. These advancements and tests were part of extensive experimentation conducted at national laboratories across the United States.
Source document: PURSUE doc 1
UFO 1960

1960 UAP Sighting — FBI Files

Unknown location

The witness observed an object and sent details to the Harvard College Observatory. The observatory determined the object was not man-made, but the witness concluded it was a camouflaged missile designed to appear as a meteor or flying saucer. The witness believes they determined
Page 5 of the 95th Bombardment Wing History (March 1960), from the Air Force records transferred to the National Archives.
UFO 1960

95th Bomb Wing History, 1960: A Glowing UFO Over a B-52 at Biggs AFB

Biggs AFB, El Paso, Texas

Three sentries at Biggs AFB reported a glowing bluish-white object passing within eight feet of a parked B-52 on alert in March 1960. The wing's full AFR 200-2 message, with its checks of radar, Holloman and White Sands, is bound into the history.
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