Year Report

UFO Sightings in 1968

468 sightings reported across the United States in 1968, from the National UFO Reporting Center databank.

Total sightings

468

vs. 1967

+11.2%

421 → 468

Top shape

Disk

120 reports

Top state

57 reports

Monthly breakdown

reports / month

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

148

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Top shapes

1968

Disk 120

Circle 63

Light 51

Cigar 38

Sphere 32

Unknown 31

Top states

1968

CA 57

TX 27

NJ 24

OH 23

PA 19

GA 16

Notable reports

outliers

Longest duration

1209600s

Monmouth Junction, NJ · 1968-06-01 · light

Object orbiting Jupiter

Most witnesses

300 observers

Bishop, CA · 1968-06-15 · disk

Bright light several thousand feet over the Owens Valley near Bishop, California. Attacked by airplanes and left at high speed

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