The Loch Ness Monster: Nessie’s history, searches and evidence
From a medieval story to environmental DNA and reports in 2026: what is known about Nessie and why the question still attracts investi…
Insufficient evidence#0087
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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.
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Murchison: space rocks and organic chemistry
A witnessed fall supplied samples for research into chemistry preceding life.
An explanation exists#0084
Sudan: an asteroid predicted before impact
Observations in space were connected to a fireball and recovered meteorites.
An explanation exists#0082
Maunakea: a spiral after a rocket launch
A night-sky camera recorded an expanding luminous spiral.
An explanation exists#0080
Bering Sea: a fireball recorded from orbit
The aftermath of a powerful airburst was studied above a remote marine region.
An explanation exists#0078
Kaikōura: film, lights and radar returns
A sequence of observations became famous through footage filmed aboard a freight aircraft.
Insufficient evidence#0076
Carancas: the meteorite that made a crater
A witnessed 2007 fall linked to a crater and laboratory-studied fragments.
An explanation exists#0074
Hessdalen: lights under instrumental observation
A winter campaign attempted to turn reports of lights into testable measurements.
Insufficient evidence#0072
Trans-en-Provence: a landing account and a ground trace
A single-witness 1981 account investigated by the gendarmerie, GEPAN and laboratories.
Insufficient evidence#0070