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Every case, in order.

The whole corpus arranged chronologically by incident date. Color-coded by status: unresolved cases in red, explained in gray, contested in plum.

1940s

9 cases
  1. Battle of Los Angeles
    DoD·Los Angeles, California
  2. Kenneth Arnold Sighting
    OTHER·Mount Rainier, Washington
  3. FBI Flying Disc Files
    FBI·Multiple, United States
  4. Roswell 1947 Historical File
    FBI·Roswell, New Mexico, United States
  5. Army Flying Discs file, Lowry AFB 1947
    DoD·Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado
  6. Mantell Incident
    DoD·Franklin, Kentucky
  7. DOE files, Sandia / Pajarito / PANTEX, 1948-1950
    OTHER·Sandia (NM), Pajarito Plateau (NM), PANTEX (TX)
  8. Project Sign progress report
    DoD·Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
  9. Los Alamos green fireballs conference
    OTHER·Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, New Mexico

1950s

4 cases
  1. CIA Robertson Panel report
    OTHER·CIA H Building, Washington DC
  2. CIA U-2 and OXCART programs, UAP explanatory record
    OTHER·Central Intelligence Agency, various overflight theatres
  3. RB-47 Multi-Sensor Encounter
    DoD·Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi airspace
  4. Boianai 1959, Father Gill Sighting
    State·Boianai, Milne Bay Province

1960s

8 cases
  1. NSA TOP SECRET UMBRA UAP records
    OTHER·National Security Agency, Fort Meade
  2. SP 16 Memo, Thoughts on the Space Alien Race Question
    State·Washington, D.C., United States
  3. Lonnie Zamora, Socorro Landing
    DoD·Socorro, New Mexico
  4. Gemini 7 Borman 'Bogey' Audio
    NASA·Earth orbit
  5. Westall School Sighting
    OTHER·Westall, Melbourne
  6. Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing
    NASA·Lunar mission
  7. NASA Apollo 12 crew debriefing
    NASA·Lunar transit and Ocean of Storms landing site
  8. Apollo 12 Photographic Anomalies
    NASA·Lunar orbit and surface

1970s

7 cases
  1. Apollo 17 Lunar Anomalies
    NASA·Lunar orbit, near Grimaldi crater
  2. CIA Intelligence Information Report, USSR 1973
    OTHER·Soviet Union
  3. NASA Skylab technical crew debriefing
    NASA·Low Earth orbit, Skylab Orbital Workshop
  4. Pascagoula Encounter
    OTHER·Pascagoula, Mississippi
  5. Coyne Helicopter Encounter
    DoD·Mansfield, Ohio
  6. Travis Walton, Snowflake, Arizona
    OTHER·Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona
  7. 1976 Tehran Incident, DIA Report
    State·Tehran, Iran

1980s

5 cases
  1. Rendlesham Forest Incident
    DoD·RAF Bentwaters / RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk
  2. Cash-Landrum Incident
    DoD·Huffman, Texas
  3. Trans-en-Provence Physical Trace Case
    OTHER·Trans-en-Provence, Var
  4. Hudson Valley Boomerang Formations
    OTHER·Hudson Valley region, New York and Connecticut
  5. JAL Flight 1628, Alaska
    OTHER·Over Alaska

1990s

5 cases
  1. Belgian F-16 Intercept
    OTHER·Belgian airspace
  2. STS-48 Discovery Footage
    NASA·Earth orbit
  3. Kazakhstan 1994, Pilot Witness Cable
    State·Airspace over Kazakhstan
  4. NASA STS-80 space shuttle imagery
    NASA·Low Earth orbit, Space Shuttle Columbia
  5. Phoenix Lights
    DoD·Phoenix, Arizona

2000s

3 cases
  1. USS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter
    DoD·Pacific Ocean, off San Diego
  2. Stephenville Sightings
    DoD·Stephenville, Texas
  3. Harare International Airport sighting
    OTHER·Harare International Airport

2010s

8 cases
  1. Aguadilla CBP Thermal Video
    DoD·Rafael Hernández Airport, Aguadilla
  2. GoFast Video, USS Roosevelt
    DoD·Atlantic Ocean, off Jacksonville
  3. Gimbal Video, USS Roosevelt
    DoD·Atlantic Ocean, off Jacksonville
  4. Pantex nuclear-weapons plant UAP intrusion
    OTHER·Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas
  5. Syria November 2016 Mission Report
    CENTCOM·Syria
  6. Pacific Ocean 2019, five-video Navy cluster
    DoD·Pacific Ocean
  7. Eastern US Range Fouler debrief, 28-year aviator account
    DoD·Eastern United States
  8. USS Omaha Pyramid Footage
    DoD·Pacific Ocean, off San Diego

2020s

38 cases
  1. Iran November 2020 Mission Report
    CENTCOM·Iran
  2. Gulf of Oman 2021, six-video CENTCOM cluster
    CENTCOM·Gulf of Oman
  3. FBI Northeastern Orb video collection
    FBI·Northeastern United States
  4. Colorado Springs UAP, Cheyenne Mountain
    DoD·Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado
  5. Iraq May 2022, Baghdad Phantom
    CENTCOM·Iraq
  6. House Intelligence, Bray/Moultrie UAP hearing
    OTHER·US House Intelligence Committee, Washington DC
  7. Iraq Small UAP Encounter
    CENTCOM·Iraq
  8. Lake Huron F-16 UAP engagement
    DoD·Lake Huron, Michigan
  9. House Oversight, Grusch UAP whistleblower hearing
    OTHER·US House Oversight Committee, Washington DC
  10. Greece IR Encounter
    CENTCOM·Aegean Sea, Greece
  11. Indo-Pacific 2023, Companion Footage
    INDOPACOM·Indo-Pacific theater
  12. Western US UAP, October 2023, AARO unresolved case
    DoD·Western United States
  13. UAE Coastal Encounter
    CENTCOM·Off the coast of the UAE
  14. UAE October 2023, Companion Stills
    CENTCOM·Off the coast of the UAE
  15. UAP Space Tiger Team FOIA release
    DoD·Office of the Secretary of Defense, Pentagon
  16. Greece SWIR Diamond, January 2024
    CENTCOM·Mediterranean Sea, near Greece
  17. Japan Football-Shaped Object
    INDOPACOM·Near Japan
  18. UAE June 2024, Inverted Teardrop
    CENTCOM·Off the coast of the UAE
  19. Indo-Pacific 2024, Companion Footage
    INDOPACOM·Indo-Pacific theater
  20. Syria October 2024 Mission Report
    CENTCOM·Syria
  21. House Oversight, Exposing the Truth UAP hearing
    OTHER·US House Oversight Committee, Washington DC
  22. Middle East 2023 and 2025, R05 CENTCOM additions
    CENTCOM·Middle East
  23. Djibouti 2025 Mission Report
    CENTCOM·Djibouti
  24. ODNI Senior US Intelligence Officer narrative, Western US
    OTHER·Western United States
  25. Western US FBI Imagery
    FBI·Western United States
  26. Department of the Army Encounter, 2026
    DoD·Undisclosed US territory
  27. Rep. Luna letter demanding 46 specific UAP videos
    DoD·House Oversight Committee, Washington DC
  28. FBI slow-moving objects, Northeastern US, 2026
    FBI·Northeastern United States
  29. PURSUE Release 02, second tranche
    DoD·Department of War, Washington DC
  30. PURSUE Release 03, third tranche
    DoD·Department of War, Washington DC
  31. NDAA FY2027 SASC UAP report language and cloture vote
    OTHER·US Senate Armed Services Committee, Washington DC
  32. Interagency UAP Governance Board established
    OTHER·Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  33. UAP Science Advisory Council chartered
    OTHER·White House, ODNI, AARO
  34. PURSUE Release 04, fourth tranche
    DoD·Department of War, Washington DC
  35. AARO FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report
    DoD·All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Office of the Secretary of War
  36. House Oversight, Restoring Public Trust UAP hearing
    OTHER·US House Oversight Committee, Washington DC
  37. Burlison UAP Disclosure Amendment, FY2027 NDAA
    OTHER·US House of Representatives, Washington DC
  38. PURSUE Release 05, fifth tranche
    DoD·Department of War, Washington DC
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