UFO Timeline

 

There was an alleged Mercury 9 UFO report involving astronaut L Gordon Cooper on 16 May 1963.

This incident is Case 79 in Isaac Koi's "Top 100" article,  since it was referred to in 35 of the books covered by that article.

This incident has also featured in a list of cases produced by British ufologist Gary Heseltine for the Fortean Times in 2007 as part of a survey of various researchers of the ten cases from 1947 onwards that interested them the most.

 

 

 

On 16 July 1963, a crater 8 feet in diameter was found on Roy Blanchard’s Manor Farm, Charlton, near Shaftesbury, Dorset, England. Some writers have linked the presence of the crater to UFOs. (Commonly referred to as the “Charlton crater”).

 

 

 

 

The “Doctor Who” (also known as “Dr Who” and “Dr. Who”) television series began broadcasting on the BBC in Britain in November 1963.

 

 

 

 

On 10 December 1963, a UFO allegedly crashed at RAF Cosford, near Wolverhampton, England