The 1964 UFO Wave
- By
Marcus Lowth
- November 17, 2019
- November 12, 2021
- 25 min read
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- UFOs, Waves
All of the UFO waves of the modern UFO era had their own certain angle of uniqueness to them. And 1964 was no different. For example, although there are several accounts on record previously, the 1964 UFO wave appeared to lean heavily to encounters that featured strange aerial vehicles landing on the ground close to the respective witnesses as opposed to sightings of strange lights in the distance. What is perhaps also worth noting is how the UFO wave of 1964 appeared to have a “flick of the switch” feel to it, with very few sightings (by comparison) in the first three months of the year, before a sudden and absolute explosion of activity thereafter.
1964 was one of the busiest years for UFO sightings
It is perhaps al...
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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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In 1964 My entire family saw a flying saucer in SLC Utah. We were all sleeping out in our back yard. My mother and Father have passed away but my brother and sister still to this day remember almost the exact same details. It was only a few blocks south of our house where we lived on about 1500 south and 5th east. My dad yelled “what is that” and pointed up. It was about 150 to 200 feet across. It hovered for a few minutes and then suddenly three arrow type objects shot out in a sun ray type pattern to the East mountains. Then it hovered for a few more minutes and in an instant shot to the south west and was gone in less than a couple of seconds. It went from a still/hovering to disapprearing at a speed that seemed virtually impossible. We never told other people for years in fear that others would consider us crazy.
I have seen UFOs on three occasions. The first was when I was 13 years old (1964) living in SLC, UT. My whole family (mom, dad, 4 brothers and sisters) saw a flying saucer directly over our house about a quarter mile high. It was silver/metallic, probably about 50-100 feet in diameter. It was just floating in the air without sound. We watched for about 5 minutes when it shot out three missle like objects each about 10 feet long. It then darted off in a SW direction and disappeared within a couple of seconds without a sound. I did not see what happened to the missles as by the time I looked back from watching the saucer disappear, they were no where to be seen.
The second sighting was about 2005 at night on US Hwy 93 about 20 miles south of Wickieup. I was traveling South when off to the right about 30°s I saw fireballs in the sky. The appeared to appear and disappear in different places. I pulled over to watch for a few minutes, but then l realized I was all alone on the road, and I got scared and drove away.
The third time was in 2011 when I was living in Tonapah, NV. It was night and my wife and I were traveling South on Hwy 95 near Beatty, NV. We saw multiple colored lights off to the left towards the area 51 range. The lights were stationary, but shut off and on intermittently. We watched for at least 10 minutes when there was a very bright and massive flash of light behind the mountains (Telichi Peak), like a big explosion, but we didn’t hear any sound. We then drive away. There was one other car pulled over and watching the lights also, but we did not talk to them.
1963-64/ ? i clearly remember a craft floating in the air over the farm we lived on the cows ran away my mom and my two brothers stood like in a daze as it just hovered silent i remember brilliant lights and then it was gone i am 62 years old and can`t forget that night in1963-1964 i was very young but can not forget to this day we lived in missouri then and it was late in the evening when i saw what l saw