Wolfgang, the link to the 1968 incidents sounds like it may connect to what I saw. Rather similar in a number of respects. My sightings did not occur around the time of the blackout in '65. I think 1968 is probably the year, all right.

Guest - "Contact" may have been made even at a governmental level already on a number of occasions. That doesn't mean we get to hear about it on the media. It's a highly classified subject. The aliens could have any number of reasons for not revealing themselves to humanity in a totally open fashion. They may even have a moral restriction against interfering in our societies against the implicit will of our own governments. In other words...leave us fairly much alone until we are willing and ready for full contact.

Or...we may not be all that important to them.

Anything is possible.