Phenomenon type
Radar or instrument track
Cases where radar or instrumented detection is the primary evidentiary channel, with or without corroborating visual reporting.
11 cases in the archive
- CENTCOM · 2023-08-15 · unresolvedGreece IR Encounter
2:57 IR video of a white object near the ocean surface making multiple 90-degree turns at approximately 80 mph, captured aboard a US military platform.
- DoD · 2023-02-12 · unresolvedLake Huron F-16 UAP engagement
Declassified military footage of the February 12, 2023 NORAD engagement over Lake Huron, in which an F-16 fired an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile at an unidentified object. The video was released as part of PURSUE Release 02 ...
- DoD · 2008-01-08 · contestedStephenville Sightings
Dozens of ground witnesses in Stephenville, Texas reported observing a large, low-flying object with an array of bright lights. Subsequent FAA radar data analysis showed an unidentified track moving toward President Bush...
- DoD · 2004-11-14 · unresolvedUSS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
Multi-day series of radar contacts and visual encounters by F/A-18F crews from Strike Fighter Squadron 41 with a small white object resembling a Tic Tac, observed near the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group during pre-deplo...
- OTHER · 1990-03-30 · contestedBelgian F-16 Intercept
Two Belgian Air Force F-16s were scrambled to intercept multiple radar contacts coinciding with widespread ground reports of triangular craft. Onboard radar locks were briefly achieved but the aircraft did not establish ...
- OTHER · 1986-11-17 · contestedJAL Flight 1628, Alaska
Japan Air Lines cargo flight 1628, a 747-200F, reported a sustained encounter with three unidentified objects, two smaller and one very large, over Alaska, with corroborating FAA Anchorage radar contacts.
- State · 1976-09-19 · unresolved1976 Tehran Incident, DIA Report
DIA Defense Information Report documenting the Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 intercept of an unidentified luminous object over Tehran, including reported electronic system anomalies.
- OTHER · 1973-09-01 · unresolvedCIA Intelligence Information Report, USSR 1973
CIA Intelligence Information Report from September 1973 documenting Soviet military reports of unidentified aerial phenomena observed inside Soviet territory. Released through PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026.
- OTHER · 1960-01-01 · unresolvedNSA TOP SECRET UMBRA UAP records
334 pages of formerly Top Secret / UMBRA-compartment NSA records on UAP incidents, released to the Disclosure Foundation under FOIA appeal on May 18, 2026. The first release of UAP material at the UMBRA classification le...
- DoD · 1957-07-17 · unresolvedRB-47 Multi-Sensor Encounter
An RB-47 reconnaissance aircraft of the U.S. Air Force reported a coordinated multi-sensor encounter with an unidentified object during a training mission across the southern United States. Detection was via ECM gear, on...
- DoD · 1942-02-25 · explainedBattle of Los Angeles
U.S. Army anti-aircraft batteries fired more than 1,400 shells at unidentified objects over Los Angeles in the early hours of February 25, 1942, two months after the Pearl Harbor attack. A widely circulated Los Angeles T...