Carancas: the meteorite that made a crater
A witnessed 2007 fall linked to a crater and laboratory-studied fragments.
An explanation existsPuno, Lake Titicaca region
Atlas of mysteries
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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
Giant squid: a camera in the deep
The animal was known from bodies long before its first photographs in its natural habitat.
An explanation existsPacific Ocean, Ogasawara Islands
Ivory-billed woodpecker: the disputed Arkansas return
Brief footage and encounters in flooded forest led to a rediscovery claim, but the bird's identification remained disputed.
Under reviewBig Woods, Cache River basin, Arkansas
Kerala’s red rain
Residents collected red water containing settling particles; cultures linked them to terrestrial algae rather than established extraterrestrial life.
An explanation existsChanganassery and other Kerala districts
The Lorimer burst: milliseconds in an archive, recognized six years later
Parkes recorded the pulse on July 24, 2001; archival analysis discovered it in 2007. It became the first known fast radio burst, although the specific source object remains unidentified.
Under reviewRadio source near the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud
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
Chupacabra: Puerto Rico, 1995
Livestock deaths and Madelyne Tolentino’s account gave a recognizable shape to a new blood-feeding monster.
UnverifiedCanovanas, Puerto Rico
Peekskill: the meteorite that struck a car
Amateur cameras captured the fireball, while a surviving stone pierced a parked car's trunk and became a museum specimen.
An explanation existsPeekskill, New York