Evidence-first UFO/UAP archive
Evidence-first, source-linked UFO/UAP archive.
NewsA researcher reported that a promised U.S. Air Force series has still not appeared in Record Group 615, while the National Archives' current public page lists transfers from several other agencies.
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Farmington UFO ArmadaUnited States / DISPUTED / Grade BUnited States / 1950 / DISPUTED / Credibility BBetween March 15 and 18, 1950, newspapers in Farmington, New Mexico, reported that numerous residents had watched formations of bright or silvery objects crossing the daytime sky. The event survives through contemporary press coverage and later witness interviews, but no verified physical evidence or definitive official resolution is public.
Portage County UFO chaseUnited States / DISPUTED / Grade BUnited States / 1966 / DISPUTED / Credibility BOn April 17, 1966, Ohio police officers reported chasing a luminous saucer-shaped object from Portage County into Pennsylvania. The Air Force treated the case as conventional, but later criticism from UFO investigators and scientific consultants kept it in the disputed case file.
Japan Airlines Flight 1628 UFO incidentUnited States / DISPUTED / Grade BUnited States / 1986 / DISPUTED / Credibility BOn November 17, 1986, the crew of Japan Air Lines cargo flight 1628 reported unusual lights and a large dark object while flying over eastern Alaska toward Anchorage. The case is historically important because it generated pilot testimony, air-traffic communications, radar discussion and a large FAA file later found in the National Archives, while skeptical reviews have proposed celestial, radar and cloud-related explanations.
Lakenheath-Bentwaters radar-visual incidentUnited Kingdom / DISPUTED / Grade BUnited Kingdom / 1956 / DISPUTED / Credibility BOn the night of August 13-14, 1956, radar and visual reports from RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk described fast, luminous targets that appeared over U.S.-used air bases in eastern England. The case remains important because it entered Project Blue Book and the Condon Report, where investigators treated it as a difficult radar-visual file rather than a simple light-in-the-sky story.
Red Bluff Project Blue Book UFO caseUnited States / UNRESOLVED / Grade BUnited States / 1960 / UNRESOLVED / Credibility BOn the night of August 13, 1960, California Highway Patrol officers Charles A. Carson and Stanley Scott reported a silent, illuminated object near Red Bluff and Corning. The case is valuable because it combines trained public-safety witnesses, local follow-up and a surviving Project Blue Book file, while still leaving important gaps about radar, astronomy and the Air Force's final reasoning.
Battle of Los Angeles UFO caseUnited States / EXPLAINED / Grade BUnited States / 1942 / EXPLAINED / Credibility BIn the early hours of February 25, 1942, anti-aircraft batteries around Los Angeles fired into the night sky after radar and air-raid warnings suggested a possible hostile target. No enemy aircraft was found, and the event is now widely treated as a wartime false alarm that later entered UFO culture through photographs, headlines and retellings.
Socorro / Lonnie Zamora UFO IncidentUnited States / UNRESOLVED / Grade BUnited States / 1964 / UNRESOLVED / Credibility BNew Mexico police officer Lonnie Zamora reported seeing an egg-shaped craft and two small figures near Socorro in 1964, making the case one of Project Blue Book's most investigated close-range reports.
Kecksburg UFO IncidentUnited States / DISPUTED / Grade CUnited States / 1965 / DISPUTED / Credibility CResidents near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania reported a fireball and a possible crash landing in 1965, after which the story grew into one of America's most debated alleged UFO recovery cases.
White object filmed moving over Highland Springs, VirginiaHighland Springs, United StatesA 28-second phone video posted on August 5 shows a small white target crossing a clear sky near Highland Springs; a route reconstruction shared in the source discussion points to a high-altitude aircraft.
Line of lights filmed crossing the night sky over Trepalle, ItalyTrepalle, Livigno, ItalyA two-minute vertical phone video records a narrow group of lights moving across the Alpine night sky near Trepalle, with a Starlink train identified in the same time window.
Bright white light filmed moving steadily over MontrealMontreal, CanadaA Montreal witness preserved a 14-second phone video of a bright white light crossing the night sky after reporting that it had changed direction before recording began.
Small reflective object filmed above North London as an aircraft passesNorth London, United KingdomTwo witnesses reported watching a small bright object over North London for about ten minutes and preserved a 22-second section of the original phone video.
Bright moving light filmed for two minutes over Hillsboro, OregonHillsboro, United StatesA night walker recorded a bright point moving across the sky above Hillsboro before the image enlarged and faded near the end.
Two descending lights filmed near EAA AirVenture in OshkoshOshkosh, United StatesA 25-second roadside video shows two bright, short streaks descending near the horizon during EAA AirVenture week in Oshkosh.
Two lights brighten and fade over Evans Head, AustraliaEvans Head, AustraliaA portrait video records two separated points of light above parked caravans, with one point fading as the other becomes brighter.
Two groups of lights filmed over Rio de Janeiro before dawnRio de Janeiro, BrazilA 31-second portrait video shows a short vertical-looking string of colored lights against the night sky; the witness said a larger red light was also visible below it.