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In February 1961, four Finnish pilots observed a luminous phenomenon resembling a glowing disk with blurred edges. The object, the size of a full moon…

In February and June 1961, a 15-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, reported four sightings of unidentified flying objects. The first was a white light t…

In February 1961, a witness in Union, Maine, observed a fireball as bright as burning magnesium. The object left no trail or smoke and moved in a flat…

In February 1961, a civilian in San Angelo, Texas, observed a bright object moving in a straight line toward the north. The witness described it as ve…

In February 1961, a boy from Vernon, Texas, reported seeing an unidentified flying object over the city. The case was brought to Altus Air Force Base,…

In February 1961, a witness in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, reported a red-orange object with a visible trail for 6 to 8 minutes. The object moved in a str…

A 1961 report describes a bright amber-colored object seen near Cape Canaveral. The sighting mentions a one-foot diameter object that rapidly ascended…

In February 1961, a fighter pilot reported an unusual object while flying over Montana. The object was cigar-shaped, ranging in size from a dime to a …

An observer in Nevada reported an aerial explosion on February 21, 1961, 40 miles west of Burns Junction. The sighting occurred at 07:30 UTC, and alth…

A pilot reported a white object resembling a star during a flight near Baltimore, Maryland, on February 21, 1961. The object was observed for 10 minut…

A civilian observer reported a shiny, bright object that passed just 600 feet away, making a sound like a thousand jet engines. The object, no brighte…

An observer at Webb AFB in Texas reported a bright light in the sky on February 22, 1961. The object appeared as a luminous flash lasting approximatel…

In February 1961, witnesses in Silver Bay and Gilbert, Minnesota, observed a bright, cone-shaped object emitting vivid red, green, and blue colors. Th…

In February 1961, an aerial observation report documented an unidentified object in the North Pacific. The sighting occurred near the coordinates 47°N…

In February 1961, an observer at Misawa Air Base in Japan reported a bright object in the sky that was observed for almost an hour. The witness descri…

In February 1961, an explosion in the sky over Saudi Arabia produced a sound similar to a sonic boom, followed by a dense white cloud of smoke that la…

A bright meteor was observed on February 19, 1961 near Torrejon, Spain. Military witnesses reported an object descending rapidly from the east-southea…

In February 1961, a witness at Tyndall AFB, Florida, reported a bright elliptical object resembling a "grapefruit" in size. The object moved west to e…

In February 1961, a pilot near Guam observed a bright spherical object with a magnitude similar to Venus. The object, initially white, turned reddish …

In February 1961, an object was detected by radar in Yuma, Arizona, for almost two hours. The report describes an object that was slowly descending, l…

In February 1961, a civilian observer in San Bernardino, California, spotted a round, white object that appeared as a pinpoint in the northern horizon…

An oval-shaped, yellowish object was observed by six military personnel near Herndon, Virginia, in February 1961. The phenomenon was seen for one hour…

In February 1961, a civilian in Arlington, Virginia, reported observing an unidentified flying object. The witness, an engineer with navigation experi…

In February 1961, a woman in Bark River, Michigan, observed a bright red object the size of an orange. The object projected light rays forward and mov…

In February 1961, an officer at Fort Meade base in Maryland recorded an unidentified aerial phenomenon detected by radar. The object appeared suddenly…

In February 1961, a witness in Portland, Oregon, observed a round, white object the size of a grapefruit that appeared at about 45 degrees altitude an…

In February 1961, a farmer in Wyoming discovered a mysterious object in a field. The object showed no signs of explosives and did not pose a threat to…

In February 1961, a military crew observed an unidentified object for 20 minutes over the Atlantic at high altitude. The object was visually spotted f…

In February 1961, the radar at Waverly Air Force Station in Iowa picked up an unidentified object for 10 minutes. The radar detected the object 40 mil…

In February 1961, a police officer in Williston, North Dakota, observed a mysterious object for over an hour. The object appeared as a white circle wi…

In February 1961, an officer at Adair AFS, Oregon, observed a bright star-like object. The object appeared suddenly at an elevation of 40 degrees and …

In February 1961, a pilot in Honolulu, Hawaii, reported an unusual aerial phenomenon that caught the attention of military authorities. A fine contrai…

In March 1961, a witness in San Bernardino, California, reported a mysterious object that appeared as a bright sphere, slightly larger than the planet…

In February 1961, two witnesses several miles apart in Ohio saw a luminous object described as a blue-white ball with a tail. The object appeared from…

In March 1961, a witness in Great Falls, Montana, observed a luminous phenomenon in the sky that lasted about 5 to 10 seconds. The object was not seen…

In February 1961, two witnesses in North Dakota observed a luminous object alternating between white and red. The object appeared at low altitude and …

A military observer at Aviano Air Base in Italy reported a luminous object that split into several parts during the night of March 3, 1961. The witnes…

On March 4, 1961, an observer in Lakenheath, England, spotted an object falling toward Earth. Moving from west to east, approximately 20-25 miles away…

In March 1961, a sheet of aluminum alloy measuring 3/4 inch by 18 feet was found in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The object was discovered on the ground, a…

In March 1961, an orbiting object was observed in the Atlantic near coordinates 4255N 4330W. It was described as resembling a first magnitude star, se…

In March 1961, a ship in the Atlantic reported the observation of two flying objects. One appeared on the starboard side and the other on the port sid…

In March 1961, a witness in Portland, Oregon, observed a star-shaped object the size of a dime. The object appeared at an altitude of 45 to 50 degrees…

In March 1961, a civilian in San Bernardino, California, observed a round, white object the size of a pinhead held at arm's length. The object remaine…

In March 1961, an aircrew in the Pacific reported a mysterious pencil-shaped object, red and white, that disintegrated in the air. The phenomenon was …

In March 1961, a witness in Dallas, Texas, reported an unidentified flying object that crossed the sky from east to west at an extremely high speed. T…

In March 1961, a United Airlines pilot reported a round, white object the size of a half-dollar. The aircraft, a DC6B, was flying near Heppner, Oregon…

A bright circular object was observed near RAF Upper Heyford in England in March 1961. Witnesses described it as white or yellowish, ranging in size f…

In March 1961, an unidentified light was observed near Minot, North Dakota, at an altitude of 1,000 feet. The light changed colors from white, green, …

In March 1961, an officer of the Royal Australian Air Force and his son reported a bright object traveling at high speed in a low arc across the horiz…

In March 1961, a witness at Carswell AFB, Texas, reported seeing two bright silver, round objects the size of nickels. The objects appeared side by si…