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 …
Under review#0171
OPEN ARCHIVE
Observations
Documented events, historical claims and public reports. Event dates and review status are listed separately; unidentified does not mean extraterrestrial.
Event year, not the article publication date.
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 photograp…
Manipulation detected#0169
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 recor…
Under review#0167
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 disp…
Under review#0165
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…
Under review#0163
JAL Flight 1628: lights over Alaska and a disputed radar return
A cargo Boeing crew reported unusual lights. The FAA preserved communications and interviews, attributing an extra ground-radar target…
Under review#0157
Tehran: two F-4s and an American report of unsuccessful interceptions
A US military channel preserved Iranian accounts of a bright object, radar contact and instrument failures. The document establishes t…
Under review#0155
Cussac: a childhood account reconstructed eleven years later
Two children reported a bright object and four small figures. GEPAN's later reconstruction preserved their memories but did not measur…
Under review#0153
Valensole: a farmer's account and marks in a lavender field
A farmer reported an unfamiliar craft and two figures in a field. Gendarmes documented his account and ground marks; GEIPAN later clar…
Under review#0151