Famous UFO cases on the record.
Nine cases people still argue about. Each file gives the verdict first, then the summary sheet, the evidence, every explanation with its best source, and what is still open.
9 case files · 4 more in the archive
How each case is labeled
Every case carries one of three labels. The label describes the state of the evidence today. It can change when the record does.
- Explained
An official finding or a well-documented cause accounts for the main evidence. Loose ends may remain.
- Disputed
An ordinary explanation is on the table with real support, and credible people still reject it, or the record is too thin to settle it.
- Unexplained
No explanation fits the record yet. The label says nobody has shown what it was, and nothing more.
The case files
9 files: 2 explained, 6 disputed, 1 unexplained
- Case 001The Navy UFO videosFLIR1, Gimbal and GoFast: one resolved by AARO, two still listed as unresolved.Nov 2004 and Jan 2015 · Disputed
- Case 002The Jellyfish UFOA thermal video from Iraq, a water claim, and an AARO balloon finding.Oct 2017 · Explained
- Case 003The New Jersey dronesThousands of reports, a joint federal statement and a White House answer.Nov to Dec 2024 · Explained
- Case 004The Ariel School incidentAbout sixty children, one field, and no adult who saw it.Sep 1994 · Disputed
- Case 005The Travis Walton abductionFive days missing, six co-workers, and polygraphs on both sides.Nov 1975 · Disputed
- Case 006The Shag Harbour incidentAn RCMP corporal, a light on the water, and a dive search that found nothing.Oct 1967 · Unexplained
- Case 007The Falcon Lake incidentOne prospector, a grid of burns, and a radioactive crack in the rock.May 1967 · Disputed
- Case 008Betty and Barney HillA light over a mountain road, two lost hours, and the first abduction story.Sep 1961 · Disputed
- Case 009The Westall sightingHundreds of students, a circle in the grass, and an order to stay quiet.Apr 1966 · Disputed
Also in the archive
Four older case files live in the intel archive. They cover Roswell, the Phoenix Lights, Rendlesham Forest and the Nimitz encounter.
File 051The Roswell incident explainedThe claim, the official record, and the folklore that grew between them.Public record
File 053The Phoenix Lights explainedA mass sighting, a military explanation, and the limits of eyewitness memory.Public record
File 054The Rendlesham Forest incidentWitness claims, military context, and why memory discipline matters.Public record
File 052The Nimitz Tic Tac caseThe Navy encounter that changed the public conversation about UAP.Public record
A case is only as good as its first witness.
Most of these files turn on what someone wrote down, filmed or kept in the first hour. Ten questions tell you which job is yours when it happens.