Military encounter Bagram Air Force Base Triangle Sighting Bagram Air Force Base, Afghanistan 2002 evidence Documented Massive silent triangular craft estimated at 500 feet across hovered over Bagram AFB in June 2002, blocking out stars during its passage.
Open the book Massive silent triangular craft estimated at 500 feet across hovered over Bagram AFB in June 2002, blocking out stars during its passage.
Mass sighting Arthur Kill Lights Arthur Kill, between Staten Island and Carteret, New Jersey, USA 2001 evidence Contested At least 15 witnesses, including a police lieutenant and drivers who stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike, reported a formation of golden-orange lights over the Arthur Kill in July 2001; no official explanation was ever…
Open the book At least 15 witnesses, including a police lieutenant and drivers who stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike, reported a formation of…
Photograph or film Bonsall UFO Video Bonsall Moor, near Bonsall, Derbyshire, UK 2000 evidence Contested A Derbyshire woman's camcorder video of a disc-shaped, light-emitting object over Bonsall Moor in October 2000 became one of the best-known UFO videos in the UK, but its reported £20,000 sale and its significance remain…
Open the book A Derbyshire woman's camcorder video of a disc-shaped, light-emitting object over Bonsall Moor in October 2000 became one of the best-known…
Other COMETA Report France 1999 evidence Documented High-level French military and defense officials publish landmark official report concluding the extraterrestrial hypothesis is the most probable explanation for documented UAP phenomena.
Open the book High-level French military and defense officials publish landmark official report concluding the extraterrestrial hypothesis is the most…
Radar and visual Prestwick Airport Radar Incident Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK 1999 evidence Contested In February 1999 an air traffic controller at Prestwick Airport in Scotland tracked a fast-moving, unexplained object on radar; RAF air defence investigated, impounded the radar tapes, and found no corroborating…
Open the book In February 1999 an air traffic controller at Prestwick Airport in Scotland tracked a fast-moving, unexplained object on radar; RAF air…
Photograph or film Black Knight Satellite Low Earth orbit (STS-88 / International Space Station), USA 1998 evidence Debunked A conspiracy theory built on a December 1998 Space Shuttle photo of an unidentified object, linked to 1899 radio signals, 1950s-era satellite reports, and a 1973 analysis that its author later disavowed. NASA and…
Open the book A conspiracy theory built on a December 1998 Space Shuttle photo of an unidentified object, linked to 1899 radio signals, 1950s-era…
Radar and visual Arica Radar-Visual UFO Incident Chacalluta International Airport, Arica, Chile 1997 evidence Contested In the early hours of 31 March 1997, control-tower staff at Arica's Chacalluta airport reported three luminous objects that were reportedly confirmed on radar; the Chilean civil aviation authority publicly acknowledged…
Open the book In the early hours of 31 March 1997, control-tower staff at Arica's Chacalluta airport reported three luminous objects that were reportedly…
Other CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs Langley, Virginia (CIA headquarters), USA 1997 evidence Documented A 1997 internal CIA history by historian Gerald K. Haines reviewed four decades of the agency's involvement with UFO reports and concluded that U-2 and OXCART reconnaissance flights accounted for over half of the…
Open the book A 1997 internal CIA history by historian Gerald K. Haines reviewed four decades of the agency's involvement with UFO reports and concluded…
Other Heaven's Gate Mass Suicide Rancho Santa Fe, California, USA 1997 evidence Documented Thirty-nine members of the Heaven's Gate movement died in a rented Rancho Santa Fe mansion over several days in March 1997, believing a UFO trailing Comet Hale-Bopp would carry their souls away.
Open the book Thirty-nine members of the Heaven's Gate movement died in a rented Rancho Santa Fe mansion over several days in March 1997, believing a UFO…
Painted illustration Phoenix Lights Phoenix, Arizona, USA 1997 evidence Contested On the evening of March 13, 1997, between 10,000 and 20,000 witnesses across Arizona and Nevada observed two distinct unidentified aerial phenomena — a massive, silent V-shaped formation of lights traversing the state…
Open the book On the evening of March 13, 1997, between 10,000 and 20,000 witnesses across Arizona and Nevada observed two distinct unidentified aerial…
Painted illustration Phoenix Lights Phoenix, Arizona and Nevada, USA 1997 evidence Contested The Phoenix Lights of March 13, 1997 were a series of widely witnessed aerial phenomena involving 10,000–20,000+ witnesses across Arizona and Nevada, comprising two distinct events: an unexplained V-shaped craft and…
Open the book The Phoenix Lights of March 13, 1997 were a series of widely witnessed aerial phenomena involving 10,000–20,000+ witnesses across Arizona…
Other Sturrock Panel Pocantico Conference Center, Tarrytown, New York, USA 1997 evidence Contested A privately funded 1997 scientific workshop, convened by Stanford physicist Peter Sturrock and sponsored by Laurance Rockefeller, reviewed the physical-evidence claims in UFO reports and concluded that some cases…
Open the book A privately funded 1997 scientific workshop, convened by Stanford physicist Peter Sturrock and sponsored by Laurance Rockefeller, reviewed…
Radar and visual Boston Stump radar incident Boston, Lincolnshire, and The Wash, England, UK 1996 evidence Contested On 5 October 1996, police patrols near Skegness reported lights, and an air traffic controller saw a stationary radar return over Boston that the Ministry of Defence later attributed to St Botolph's church spire, the…
Open the book On 5 October 1996, police patrols near Skegness reported lights, and an air traffic controller saw a stationary radar return over Boston…
Painted illustration Falkland Hill UFO Incident Newton of Falkland, United Kingdom 1996 evidence Contested Four witnesses near Falkland, Scotland reported a large triangular craft, columns of colored light, and hundreds of small grey beings emerging from fibrous 'cocoons' in a blue mist, across three separate visits to the…
Open the book Four witnesses near Falkland, Scotland reported a large triangular craft, columns of colored light, and hundreds of small grey beings…
Crash and retrieval Hungarian 'Roswell' Claim Hungary (exact site unknown) 1996 evidence Fringe A documented Hungarian Air Force fighter crash in September 1996 became the basis of a later, unverified claim that a fighter pilot collided with a UFO and that alien bodies were recovered.
Open the book A documented Hungarian Air Force fighter crash in September 1996 became the basis of a later, unverified claim that a fighter pilot…
Painted illustration Skinwalker Ranch Skinwalker Ranch, Utah, USA 1996 evidence Contested A remote Utah ranch that became the focal point of systematic government-funded investigation into anomalous phenomena including UFO sightings, radiation anomalies, and unexplained biological events.
Open the book A remote Utah ranch that became the focal point of systematic government-funded investigation into anomalous phenomena including UFO…
Photograph or film STS-75 Tether Incident Earth orbit (Space Shuttle Columbia), USA 1996 evidence Contested Space Shuttle Columbia's Tethered Satellite System tether broke in orbit, and video cameras captured multiple bright, circular objects moving in organized patterns around the damaged tether.
Open the book Space Shuttle Columbia's Tethered Satellite System tether broke in orbit, and video cameras captured multiple bright, circular objects…
Painted illustration STS-80 Space Shuttle Observation Low Earth Orbit, USA 1996 evidence Contested Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts photographed and filmed unidentified objects during orbital operations, including cone-shaped objects imaged near Earth's limb.
Open the book Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts photographed and filmed unidentified objects during orbital operations, including cone-shaped objects…
Painted illustration Varginha UFO Incident Varginha, Brazil 1996 evidence Contested Mass sighting in Minas Gerais where multiple witnesses reported a small humanoid creature with red eyes and crown protrusions, followed by alleged military recovery operations.
Open the book Mass sighting in Minas Gerais where multiple witnesses reported a small humanoid creature with red eyes and crown protrusions, followed by…
Painted illustration The Varginha Incident Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1996 evidence Contested In January 1996, three young women in Varginha, Brazil, reported encountering a terrified, foul-smelling humanoid creature in a vacant lot; within weeks a military police officer who allegedly captured the being was…
Open the book In January 1996, three young women in Varginha, Brazil, reported encountering a terrified, foul-smelling humanoid creature in a vacant lot;…
Painted illustration Varginha Incident Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1996 evidence Contested On 20 January 1996 three young women in Varginha, Brazil reported a crouching, dark-skinned, red-eyed creature, spawning rumors of a military capture that an Army inquiry attributed to a misidentified local man.
Open the book On 20 January 1996 three young women in Varginha, Brazil reported a crouching, dark-skinned, red-eyed creature, spawning rumors of a…
Painted illustration Yukon Mothership Incident Klondike Highway, Yukon Territory, Canada 1996 evidence Contested On the night of December 11, 1996, more than thirty witnesses spread across 200 miles of remote Yukon highway independently reported a massive, silent craft with rows of rectangular lights — one of the most thoroughly…
Open the book On the night of December 11, 1996, more than thirty witnesses spread across 200 miles of remote Yukon highway independently reported a…
Photograph or film Alien Autopsy Film Camden Town, London (filmed); broadcast worldwide, UK 1995 evidence Debunked A 1995 black-and-white film purporting to show a US military autopsy of an alien from the 1947 Roswell crash was broadcast worldwide by Fox; its producer, Ray Santilli, admitted in 2006 that it was a staged…
Open the book A 1995 black-and-white film purporting to show a US military autopsy of an alien from the 1947 Roswell crash was broadcast worldwide by…
Radar and visual BA5061 Pennines airmiss Over the Pennines, approaching Manchester Airport, England, UK 1995 evidence Documented A British Airways Boeing 737 on approach to Manchester reported a solid, wedge-shaped object passing within feet of the cockpit; both pilots saw it, but radar showed nothing and the UK Civil Aviation Authority's airmiss…
Open the book A British Airways Boeing 737 on approach to Manchester reported a solid, wedge-shaped object passing within feet of the cockpit; both…
Military encounter Bariloche UFO Incident San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina 1995 evidence Documented Commercial aircraft carrying 102 passengers encounters bright unidentified object for 17 minutes on final approach to Bariloche; multiple ground witnesses and airport instruments register electromagnetic interference.
Open the book Commercial aircraft carrying 102 passengers encounters bright unidentified object for 17 minutes on final approach to Bariloche; multiple…
Sighting Caso Bariloche Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina 1995 evidence Contested On the night of 31 July 1995 an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 727 approaching Bariloche during a citywide blackout reported an intercepting light that forced a high-risk evasive maneuver; Argentina's Air Force later…
Open the book On the night of 31 July 1995 an Aerolíneas Argentinas Boeing 727 approaching Bariloche during a citywide blackout reported an intercepting…
Painted illustration Gapyeong Disc Sighting Gapyeong-gun, South Korea 1995 evidence Contested Munhwa Ilbo photojournalist Kim Sun-gyu photographed a white disc-shaped object near Seoul, later corroborated by Korean Air Force pilot sighting.
Open the book Munhwa Ilbo photojournalist Kim Sun-gyu photographed a white disc-shaped object near Seoul, later corroborated by Korean Air Force pilot…
Crash and retrieval Salta UFO Flap and Alleged Crash Joaquín V. González, Salta Province, Argentina 1995 evidence Contested A months-long 1995 Argentine UFO wave culminated in a reported explosion and smoke column over Serranía Colorada near Joaquín V. González, Salta, that local lore has since dubbed the "Roswell Argentino."
Open the book A months-long 1995 Argentine UFO wave culminated in a reported explosion and smoke column over Serranía Colorada near Joaquín V. González,…
Other Yatzitz Incident Yatzitz moshav, near Ramle, central Israel 1995 evidence Fringe Two men reported a large, unidentified figure near the Yatzitz moshav; a Border Police search the next morning found deep footprints tracked for about 8 km, which skeptics attributed to camels.
Open the book Two men reported a large, unidentified figure near the Yatzitz moshav; a Border Police search the next morning found deep footprints…
Painted illustration Ariel School UFO Incident Ariel School, Ruwa, Zimbabwe 1994 evidence Contested Sixty-two schoolchildren aged 6–12 witnessed a UFO landing and humanoid beings on the grounds of their private school near Harare, Zimbabwe.
Open the book Sixty-two schoolchildren aged 6–12 witnessed a UFO landing and humanoid beings on the grounds of their private school near Harare, Zimbabwe.
