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23 cases tagged canonical.
USS Omaha Pyramid Footage
Navy night-vision video from the USS Omaha and adjacent vessels captured multiple pyramid-shaped objects circling the ships off San Diego. The footage was leaked publicly in 2021 and subsequently authenticated by the Department of Defense.
Gimbal Video, USS Roosevelt
Approximately 35-second ATFLIR video showing an apparently rotating glowing object filmed by an F/A-18F from the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group, with audio capturing aircrew reactions to a 'whole fleet' of similar objects.
GoFast Video, USS Roosevelt
Approximately 35-second ATFLIR video appearing to show a small object skimming rapidly above the ocean surface, with aircrew exclaiming 'Look at that thing! It's flying!'
Aguadilla CBP Thermal Video
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released approximately three minutes of thermal video showing an unidentified object passing rapidly across the runway at Rafael Hernández Airport, briefly entering the water and continuing flight.
Stephenville 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's Crawford ranch.
USS 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-deployment exercises.
Phoenix Lights
Mass-witness sighting of a series of lights, and a separately reported large V-shaped craft, observed across Arizona during a roughly three-hour window on the evening of March 13, 1997.
STS-48 Discovery Footage
Footage from a Space Shuttle Discovery external camera shows a number of bright objects appearing to change direction abruptly when a flash of light occurs from the spacecraft.
Belgian 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 visual contact.
JAL 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.
Hudson Valley Boomerang Formations
Over a roughly three-year period beginning in March 1983, thousands of witnesses across the Hudson Valley region of New York and Connecticut reported observing large boomerang- or V-shaped formations of slow-moving lights, often near major highways at dusk.
Trans-en-Provence Physical Trace Case
French farmer Renato Nicolaï reported observing a small disc-shaped object briefly land in his garden. The French national space agency CNES, through its UAP study group GEPAN, conducted formal soil and plant analysis at the site.
Cash-Landrum Incident
Vickie Landrum, Colby Landrum, and Betty Cash reported observing a diamond-shaped object discharging flame over a roadway near Houston, Texas, accompanied by what they described as approximately 23 helicopters. All three later reported severe medical effects.
Rendlesham Forest Incident
USAF security personnel stationed at the joint RAF Bentwaters / RAF Woodbridge bases reported encountering an unidentified object in the adjacent Rendlesham Forest over the nights of December 26-28, 1980.
Travis Walton, Snowflake, Arizona
Arizona logger Travis Walton reportedly disappeared after a roadside encounter with a luminous object witnessed by six co-workers. Walton reappeared five days later and described an interior encounter with non-human figures.
Coyne Helicopter Encounter
A U.S. Army Reserve helicopter crewed by Capt. Lawrence Coyne and three others reported a near-collision with an unidentified cylindrical object that bathed the cockpit in green light. The crew also reported anomalous altimeter readings during the encounter.
Pascagoula Encounter
Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker reported being briefly taken aboard an unidentified craft while fishing on the Pascagoula River in Mississippi. They reported the encounter to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office the same evening.
Westall School Sighting
Approximately 200 students and several teachers at Westall High School and the adjacent Westall Primary School in Melbourne, Australia reported observing one or more disc-shaped objects descending into a paddock adjacent to the school grounds.
Lonnie Zamora, Socorro Landing
New Mexico State Police officer Lonnie Zamora reported observing an egg-shaped object on the ground with two small humanoid figures nearby. The object reportedly took off vertically as Zamora approached, leaving physical impressions and burn marks.
RB-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, onboard radar, and direct visual sighting.
Mantell Incident
Captain Thomas F. Mantell, a Kentucky Air National Guard pilot, died after his F-51 Mustang crashed during a high-altitude pursuit of an unidentified object reported by Godman Field tower personnel and civilian witnesses near Franklin, Kentucky.
Kenneth Arnold Sighting
Civilian pilot Kenneth Arnold reported observing nine bright crescent-shaped objects flying near Mount Rainier in Washington state at unusually high speed. His description gave rise to the term 'flying saucer.'
Battle 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 Times photograph appeared to show a large object illuminated by searchlights.