1966 Missouri

Taken over Roaring River on November 22. 

A hunter and two of his friends were camping on the river when an unknown flying object was seen rising from near their campsite.

Their tent had just been destroyed, with some of their possessions on fire, as well as a tree or two close by.

It is believed that the UFO was the cause of the destruction. 

One of the men was able to take two photos as the UFO sped away, with one being too blurred, and the one you see here, which is of good quality.

1966 Michigan

Taken during the Midwest wave of 1966.

One of the best accepted UFO photographs.

The so-called "swamp gas" explanation given by Air Force investigator J. Allen Hynek would stay with him for some time.

Prompted by the lack of an explanation, and knowing that there was something to the Michigan wave, the US air Force used the idiotic explanation for the sightings.

Hynek would later regret the explanation, and go on to become one of the most revered UFO researchers of all time.

1966 Michigan

The "Swamp Gas" case.

This is the case that convinced skeptic J. Allen Hynek, that he must now publicly admit that there is something real in the UFO reports.

At about 10:30 PM, a resident of the women's dormitory at Hillsdale College reported a strange object in the sky.

County Civil Defense director William E. Van Horn responded and confirmed that a bright, glowing object was indeed bouncing across a nearby hollow and then became airborne.

Hynek, who died in 1986, dismissed the Hillsdale sighting as "swamp gas."

Within two weeks, however, he changed not only his opinion about the sighting, but also sides in the UFO debate.

1966 Utah

The pilot of a twin engine C-47 "Skytrain" transport aircraft of the USAF captured this red object on photograph in July, 1966, at 11:00 AM.

The aircraft was flying over the Rocky Mountains, at about 40 kilometers southwest of Provo, Utah.

The Condon commission, which concluded that UFOs are not worthy of scientific investigations, did analyze the negative at the time and concluded that the photograph shows an ordinary object thrown in the air.

Exhaustive investigation of the photograph concluded the UFO in the photograph is a real object.

1966 Australia

A Polaroid photograph of a UFO tipped vertically on its side taken by a businessman from his garden a few minutes after 2 PM on April 2 above the Melbourne, Australia, suburb of Balwyn.

The Victorian Flying Saucer Research Society (VFSRS) of Moorabbin, Australia, carefully studied the photograph and environment and concluded the photo showed "no sign of multiple exposure, montage or any other tampering."

The photo  has been published on page 138 of the book "UFOS: A Pictorial History from Antiquity to the Present."

1965 New Mexico

Taken on April 18. 

I have few details of this photo. 

For 1965, it is a fairly good picture, quality wise. 

It shows a discoid shape UFO with a top, and even an antenna can be seen on top.

Thanks to ofnava, we have the following information; 

It was taken in Alburquerque, New Mexico, by Paul Villa. 

It is one in a sequence of 8 photos.

1965 Oklahoma

A large wave of UFO sightings occurred in 1965 in the U.S. From coast to coast, strange low flying objects were reported almost nightly by people of all ages and walks of life.

As the year progressed, the number of reports rose dramatically.

On the night of August 2, 1965, thousands of people in 4 midwestern states witnessed spectacular aerial displays by large formations of UFOs.

That same night a multi-colored disc was photographed in Tulsa while several persons watched it perform low altitude maneuvers.

This picture was extensively analyzed, pronounced authentic, and later published by Life magazine and many newspapers.

Some UFO researchers believe this to be a hoaxed photograph, using a Christmas tree ornament.