AARO: a historical review of UAP investigations
An open report on investigated programmes and claims, whose findings must be read within their stated scope.
An explanation existsOfficial historical review
Atlas of mysteries
Items: 143UFOs and UAP
Sightings, declassified records and video analysis.
NASA publishes its independent UAP report
A document about data quality and research methods, not confirmation of alien craft.
An explanation existsPublic scientific report
GOFAST: screen speed and the parallax effect
A useful case in which apparent speed depends on camera motion and distance.
An explanation existsAtlantic off the US east coast
GIMBAL: image rotation and the limits of a clip
The well-known infrared clip requires distinguishing sensor imagery from the motion of an object.
Insufficient evidenceAtlantic off the US east coast
Stephenville: testimony, a corrected statement and FAA radar data
The January 8, 2008 reports led to disputed military statements and a civilian analysis of radar data obtained through FOIA. The records' existence does not itself confirm an extraordinary …
Under reviewStephenville and Dublin, Erath County, Texas
FLIR / Nimitz: what the recording actually shows
One of three historical Navy clips officially released by the Pentagon in 2020.
Insufficient evidencePacific Ocean off the US west coast
Project Condign: a classified assessment, a defence question and a plasma hypothesis
A 2000 Defence Intelligence report assessed the military relevance of UAP reports. Its proposed plasma mechanisms are not established explanations for every sighting.
Under reviewUK airspace; Ministry of Defence assessment
The Phoenix Lights: two events within one famous evening
On March 13, 1997 observers saw an earlier moving formation and a later row of bright lights. The flare explanation for the later display should not automatically be assigned to every earli…
Under reviewPhoenix and central Arizona
Petit-Rechain: a triangle photograph and its maker's admission
A photograph attributed to spring 1990 became an emblem of the Belgian wave. In July 2011 its maker told RTL-TVI that he had photographed a suspended polystyrene model.
Manipulation detectedPetit-Rechain, near Verviers
The Belgian wave: gendarmes, triangles and the limits of a radar record
Reports in 1989–1990 prompted an F-16 interception. The military acknowledged a failure to identify the phenomena; radar locks did not establish an extraterrestrial vehicle.
Under reviewEupen, Brabant and other Belgian regions