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UFO Sightings
Cases, reports, timelines, and investigations. Classic encounters, mass-witness events, official records, reporting systems, hoaxes, and modern UAP context.
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Underwater UFOs: Can They Really Travel Between Air and Water?
An object vanishes at the waterline. Follow the real Navy-linked footage, official videos and competing explanations behind underwater UFO reports.
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What Is Inside the Buga Sphere?
A metal sphere, strange symbols and a claimed 12,560-year age. Watch the original Buga Sphere videos and explore what the scans could reveal.
with permission of Craig Lindsay / Sheffield Hallam University
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What Is the Diamond in the Calvine UFO Photo?
A diamond, a tiny jet and a photograph kept for 32 years. Examine the real Calvine UFO photo, original interviews and competing explanations.
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What Are the Black Triangles in Our Skies?
A pilot saw the stars disappear. Explore the new FBI black triangle UFO files, official illustrations and real footage behind the mystery.
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UFO Sighting Statistics: Shapes, Locations & Trends
Explore UFO sighting statistics by shape, U.S. location and reporting trend using sourced NUFORC, AARO and Otherworlders data with clear caveats.
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Tully Saucer Nest UFO Incident
Read what the original 1966 Tully UFO reports record about George Pedley's sighting, the flattened reeds, police inspection and the RAAF's waterspout theory.
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Frederick Valentich Disappearance
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Gulf Of Oman Cold Orbs
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The 1964 Puerto Rico UFO Incident
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Launceston-Hobart UFO Incident
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The Turner Paper: Australia's 1971 UFO Intelligence Memo
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Australian UFO Files
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Sea Fury UFO Incident
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Williamtown UFO Incident
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Woomera UFO Incident
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The Flaming Object Between Two Armies, 74 BCE
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The Stralsund Aerial Battle Of 1665
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The Declassified Australian UFO File That Mentions “Cat-Faced” Beings And Dwarfs
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The Robertson Panel & The CIA's Role in UFOs
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The 1952 Washington D.C. UFO Incident
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Broad Haven School Sighting
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Varginha Incident
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Flatwoods Monster
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Kelly-Hopkinsville Encounter
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Exeter UFO Incident
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UFO Sighting Tier List
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Northeastern Orb Sightings and the FBI UAP Videos
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USS Omaha Sphere
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GIMBAL UAP Encounter
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GOFAST UAP Encounter
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Falcon Lake UFO Incident
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Mantell UFO Incident: The 1948 Pilot Chase And Fatal Crash
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RB-47 UFO Incident
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UFO Sightings Map: Recent Reports, Hotspots, And Official UAP Files
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Nimitz Tic Tac Incident
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Ancient UFO Sightings And Historical Sky Phenomena
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Greece 2024 SWIR UAP Video and the 434 Knot Diamond Object
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Western U.S. Event 2023 and the Seven-Witness UAP File
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Apollo 17 Triangular Dots in the 2026 UAP Release
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10 of The Best UFO Books You Must Read
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Are UFOs Real?
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Glossary of Platforms to Report a UFO Sighting
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The Roswell UFO Incident
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What is a UFO?
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The Best Documented UFO Cases You Can Read For Yourself
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The Cash-Landrum Incident: Injuries, Helicopters, And The UFO Lawsuit
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Where Do UFO Sightings Go? UAP Reporting Explained
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Project Condign: Britain’s Quiet Conclusion on UFOs
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GEIPAN: France’s Official UFO Investigation Office
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The Condon Report
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AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office)
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NASA and UAP Research
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UFO Investigations
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Project Grudge & The Air Force’s Skeptical Turn (1949–1951)
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When & Where You’re Most Likely to See a UFO in the USA
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Project Magnet: Canada's UFO Study
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TR-3B and Stealth Tech, Fact or Fiction?
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UFO/UAP Sightings Report, First Half of 2025
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A Guide To The 2009 BAASS Ten Month Report
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Close Encounter Categories (CE-I to CE-V)
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Shag Harbour UFO Incident: Canada's Roswell
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10 Infamous UFO Hoaxes Exposed
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Prominent UFO Researchers
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The 2006 Chicago O'Hare UFO incident
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The Ariel School UFO Encounter: A 30-Year Retrospective
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Timeline of UFO Sightings in America
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How to Spot and Report UFO Activity
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20 Best UFO Documentaries, Ranked by Evidence
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Project Sign: The Beginning of Systematic UFO Investigations
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Analysis, U.S. Government's UAP Investigations, Volume 1
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McMinnville UFO Photographs
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The Lubbock Lights UFO Sighting:
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The Stephenville Lights
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The Belgian UFO Wave
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Operation Saucer
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The Colares UFO Flap
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The Kecksburg UFO Incident
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The Travis Walton Abduction
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The Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting
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What is Majestic 12?
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The Tehran UFO Incident
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The Westall UFO Encounter of 1966
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The Phoenix Lights
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The Chiles-Whitted UFO Sighting
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The Rendlesham Forest Incident
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Exploring the Psychosocial UFO Hypothesis
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Jellyfish UFO Footage: What the AARO Report Found
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Project Gemini UFO Sighting: An Astronaut's Encounter
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The 1933 Lombardy UFO Incident
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The Lonnie Zamora Incident, UFO Encounter
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The 1961 Betty and Barney Hill Abduction Case
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The 1957 Levelland UFO Case
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The Green Fireballs of New Mexico, 1948
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The 1942 Battle of Los Angeles: A Wartime Anomaly
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The Mysterious 1941 Cape Girardeau UFO Legend
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Foo Fighters - UAPs Over World War II Theaters
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The 1909 New Zealand Airship Sightings
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The 1907 Mihal Grameno UFO Sighting: A Historical Enigma
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The Aurora, Texas, UFO Incident: A Close Encounter of the 19th Century
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The 1896 Mystery Airships Over California
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The Bonilla Observation
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Project BLUE BOOK: A Comprehensive Guide
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The Utsuro-bune Mystery at Haratono-hama
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The 1609 UFO Turmoil in Gangwon Province, Korea
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The 1566 Celestial Phenomenon Over Basel
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The 1561 Celestial Phenomenon Over Nuremberg
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What Does the Bible Say About UFOs and Aliens?
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Air Ship Of Clonmacnoise (c. 740)
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John Winthrop UFO, A Great Light in the Night (1639)
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Ships in the Sky (218 BC)
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Sky Army (AD 65)
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Thutmose III Jebel Barkal Stele (1450 BC)
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