The Crestview Elementary School UFO Incident
- By
Marcus Lowth
- August 6, 2018
- October 11, 2021
- 8 min read
- Expert Opinion
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- UFOs, Close Encounters
Although it generated some state media attention at the time, the UFO sighting over Crestview Elementary School in April 1967, an incident with hundreds of witnesses, was largely forgotten about until the Internet provided a platform for it in the early 2000s. Many of the witnesses were young children at the time. Now, in the twenty-first century and as adults, the event is still clear in many of their minds.
A depiction of a UFO over a school
In fact, what perhaps makes this incident even more intriguing, is the very fact that the witnesses were so young at the time of the encounter. The vast majority are still alive today. And now, with an apparent desire among at least some of them to find an explanation for what they saw...
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Marcus Lowth
Marcus Lowth is a writer with a love for UFOs, aliens, and the Ancient Astronaut Theory, to the paranormal, general conspiracies, and unsolved mysteries. He has been writing and researching with over 20 years of experience.
Marcus has been Editor-in-Chief for several years due to his excellent knowledge in these fields. Marcus also regularly appears as an expert on radio talk shows including Troubled Minds and Unexplained Radio discussing these topics.
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I remember the sighting and looked it up on Google over 1 year ago. I was only 8 year’s old but I will never forget running out of school to the school yard and saw it. I also saw a shinny black one just 5 years ago or 6 years ago right above me in north Miami. I read the scriptures now and the space ships are a form of transportation. ( EVIL SPIRIT WORLD ) very dark place I was at till Jesus pulled me out of that life. He is in complete control.
I interviewed a teacher that saw it ..I was. A nicap ufo member she said it was not a helicopter… children were very upset..she said it had no sound, markings or windows….I believe her..
hey do you still have any of you interview online ? could you link it please, thanks
Exceedingly interesting.
Reminds me of the “Miracle at Fatima” in Portugal in the early years of the 20th century. It was a message for the very young.
My names spencer from the uk(born in 1968)I’ve watched this episode many times on Close Encounters as shown on the Quest clip above.Its a fascinating story which features way too many eye witnesses and although they are mostly children it is extremely believable due to the fact of how close the sightings were and the crafts ability to fly through trees at great speed without any damage to the trees or craft.Its probably one of my favourite episodes on Close Encounters which I watch on a regular basis and the fact that its still talked about today over fifty years later shows the enduring fascination that people who were there have and others like myself have aswell.
I was there too. I was in fourth grade sitting in my classroom. I saw kids screaming and yelling and running into the school. We did not have air conditioned back then and our windows were open. After School, we rode our bikes to a nearby field a distance from the stadium that would be built years later for the Dolphins. This the field that I’m talking about. I saw about three silver saucer like things in the sky. It was too high up in the sky to describe it. It did not move like an airplane or a helicopter across the sky. It seemed more like zigzag. I saw men in uniform. I think it was the Air Force. My brother and my dad saw burnt grass where it perhaps landed. Although, they did not see it land.
The Hill that was in that field (We called it the O.C’s) was an indian burial mound. They flattened it when they built the stadium. So UFO’s over a burial mound. Double weird.
I considered you “lucky” to witness the phenomenon. Science needs evidence and obviously you plus hundreds of other children at the time had definitive proof that “they” exist. Whoever said they were helicopters were fools and lying thru their teeth. They should be ashamed of themselves. I wish to see one myself.
This is an amazing story that was covered up by the local police and military. I want to write a new article about this event but not sure how best to contact the witnesses. Any idea how I can do this? I live in Fort Lauderdale
thanks
Noel Ramos
My sister was on the play ground that day. She said it is a vivid memory for her. Like it was yesterday.
I think she was in the second grade.
It really happened.
I remember my mother taking me to the school to see the burnt oval markings on the ground.
Any witnesses willing to talk about it now? What happened to Johnathan?
I was born in 1967. I grew up in Opa-Locka. I don’t remember any Crestview Elementary School in Opa-Locka, especially not one as big as in the picture. However the elementary school I did attend was Opa-Locka elementary. It is about as big as the school in the picture. My mother saw the same UFO reported in 1967, but she saw it hovering beside her house just above her roof. She said it was shaped like a cigar or a blimp and was chrome with lights shooting out from all around it. The lights were in sync with the humming sound music coming out of it. She was terrified that it was so close and thought it was going to suck her through the window. She ran in the bedroom and locked the door and hid under the sheets until it left. Other friends saw it that night as well. One witness from Opa-Locka that saw it that same night called into the Coast to Coast AM Art Bell show, and said it shows up in Opa-Locka about every ten years.
I was in 5th grade at crestview elm. When the UFOs came in 1967
Our teacher only let us look for a moment I saw the oval shaped craft. We had to sit down so I did not see the cigar shaped ufos.when I got home my parents said they saw cigar shaped objects .when school let out all kid s ran into field but barracade stop us cold .
We could see in the distance army usaf state troopers looking with binoculars where we could not see !
Hello ma’am I would like to know more about your experience and talk to others who was there, I have a pic of a ufo over my house and messages from our brothers from the stars that I would like to share
The school sighting is dramatized on the Science Channel show Close Encounters, episode War of The Worlds, season 2. It’s on the Sci Go app.
I would say the Crestview sighting is arguably genuine (in that it wasn’t a military test etc.) – why would they do so right in front of the school? As for the UFO phenomenon in general, I am, like everyone else, am still searching for what the truth to it all might be 🙂
Hi Marcus, for starters so you know how you could help. This phenomenon at Crestview Elementary show’s how far beyond our knowledge these visitors are. 1st. No doubt they have extreme superb Telepathic Skills. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been so freewheeling considering the limited imagination of children. On the contrary, if they were adults. These visitors were extremely friendly for the same reason. Peace
Hi Marcus, What do you take off the UFO’S phenomenon? What have you discovered of their behavior in general as a whole? I need to know before I’m able to comment. Thanks, Paup