# 1963: The Year UFOs, Beasts, and Dark Forces Swept Three Continents

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Podcast: [Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/weird-darkness-paranormal-true-crime-stories-475827)
Published: 2026-06-30T00:20:21+00:00
Episode link: https://weirddarkness.com/1963DarkForces
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A gigantic cigar-shaped craft shadowed a NATO airliner over the Atlantic in 1963, the same year similar motherships appeared over Australia, Canada, and the skies of a Britain overrun by headless creatures and desecrated churches. EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/1963DarkForces READ or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p87kmst FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: A “gigantic cigar-shaped UFO” is spotted over the Atlantic in 1963, but the witness is so terrified by her experiences that it takes her twenty years to come forward to tell her story. And in that same year, elsewhere in the United Kingdom, people were dealing with dark, paranormal, even satanic forces - with numerous events that still remain unexplained. CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)… 00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding 00:01:18.783 = Show Open 00:02:35.157 = The 1963 Atlantic UFO – Part 1 00:16:32.034 = The 1963 Atlantic UFO – Part 2 *** 00:32:15.933 = 1963: Dark Paranormal Forces Invade The UK – Part 1 *** 00:50:26.206 = 1963: Dark Paranormal Forces Invade The UK – Part 2 *** 00:56:44.362 = Show Close *** = Begins immediately after inserted ad break LISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps *No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast* SOURCES and RESOURCES: “The 1963 Atlantic UFO Encounter” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/z2j2zp88 “Dark Paranormal Forces Invade The United Kingdom” by Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p93a79s (Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or ha…

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