Attributions

Data

• Wikidata UFO sighting records (class Q40728071), CC0.
• Library of Congress, Chronicling America: historic newspaper pages, public domain.
• US government records (USAF, Project Blue Book, ODNI, AARO, NASA, Department of Defense, FBI, CIA), public domain as works of the US government.
• UK Ministry of Defence files at The National Archives, Open Government Licence.
• Crop circle data from Decoding the Codes, our sister site.
• Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Map library: Leaflet, BSD-2-Clause.
• Typefaces: Archivo and Source Serif 4, SIL Open Font License, via Google Fonts.

Images

Every image on the site, its creator and its licence.

• William Blake, Jacob's Dream, c. 1805 (British Museum) William Blake / British MuseumPublic domain. Used on Jacob's Ladder (Genesis 28)
• Title page of the 1560 Geneva Bible, showing the Israelites before the Red Sea with the… Geneva Bible, 1560Public domain. Used on Pillar of Cloud and Fire (Exodus 13-14)
• Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire, c. 1740 (National Gallery of Art, Washington) Giuseppe Angeli / National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress CollectionPublic domain. Used on Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire (2 Kings 2)
• Engraving of Ezekiel's chariot vision from Matthaeus Merian's Icones Biblicae Matthaeus Merian (1593-1650)Public domain. Used on Ezekiel's Wheels (Ezekiel 1)
• Ravana seizes the chariot Pushpaka from Kubera, folio from the Freer Ramayana, c… Qasim, Mughal dynasty / Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian InstitutionPublic domain. Used on Pushpaka Vimana in the Ramayana
• Giotto's Adoration of the Magi (Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, c. 1305), painting the star as a… Giotto di BondonePublic domain. Used on Star of Bethlehem (Matthew 2)
• Interior of the ruined cathedral at Clonmacnoise Joseph Mischyshyn / GeographCC BY-SA 2.0. Used on Ships in the Air over Clonmacnoise, c. 749
• The hilltop of Hohensyburg (ancient Sigiburg), with the Vincke tower and castle ruin SlickCC0. Used on Flaming Shields over Sigiburg, 776
• 19th-century illustration of Agobard of Lyon and Ebbo presiding over the synod of… Friedrich Hottenroth (1840-1917)Public domain. Used on Agobard of Lyon and the Sky Ships of Magonia
• The ruins of Byland Abbey, North Yorkshire Grant ShawCC BY-SA 3.0. Used on Byland Abbey 'Silver Disc', 1290
• Hans Glaser's 1561 woodcut broadsheet of the celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg Hans Glaser / Zentralbibliothek Zurich, Graphische Sammlung (Wickiana)Public domain. Used on Nuremberg Sky Battle, 1561
• The 1566 Basel broadsheet showing black spheres over the Munsterplatz Samuel Apiarius and Samuel Coccius / Zentralbibliothek Zurich, Graphische Sammlung (Wickiana)Public domain. Used on Basel Black Spheres, 1566
• Portrait of John Winthrop (1588-1649), governor of Massachusetts Bay, who recorded the… Unidentified painter; Harvard Art MuseumsPublic domain. Used on Winthrop's Light over the Muddy River, Massachusetts Bay, 1639
• The hollow ship and its occupant as drawn in Ume no chiri (1844) Nagahashi Matajiro, Ume-no-chiri (1844)Public domain. Used on Utsuro-bune, the Hollow Ship of Hitachi, 1803
• The utsuro-bune as drawn in Oshuku zakki (c. 1815) Komai Norimura; courtesy National Diet LibraryPublic domain. Used on Utsuro-bune, the Hollow Ship of Hitachi, 1803
• Sketch of the reported airship in the San Francisco Call, 22 November 1896 San Francisco Call, 22 November 1896, p. 13Public domain. Used on Great Airship Wave: Sacramento and California, November 1896
• Illustration of the airship in the Saint Paul Globe, 13 April 1897 The Saint Paul Globe (Minnesota), 13 April 1897Public domain. Used on Great Airship Wave: The Midwest, April 1897
• Historical marker at Aurora Cemetery, Texas Sf46 at English WikipediaPublic domain. Used on Aurora, Texas Airship Crash, 1897
• 'Meteoric display of February 9, 1913, as seen near High Park', Toronto, by Gustav Hahn Gustav HahnPublic domain. Used on Great Meteor Procession, 1913
• The crowd at Fátima looking toward the sun, 13 October 1917, published in Ilustração… Judah Bento RuahPublic domain. Used on Miracle of the Sun, Fátima, 1917
• Searchlights converging over Los Angeles on the night of 24-25 February 1942 Unknown author (wire photo)Public domain. Used on Battle of Los Angeles, 1942
• Memorandum from Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall to President Roosevelt about the… US Army (unknown author)Public domain. Used on Battle of Los Angeles, 1942
• Illustration associated with a 415th Night Fighter Squadron foo fighter sighting US Air ForcePublic domain. Used on Foo Fighters, 1944-1945
• Press photograph of a 'ghost rocket' taken on 9 July 1946 at Guldsmedshyttan, Sweden Erik Reuterswärd; released by the Swedish militaryPublic domain. Used on Ghost Rockets over Sweden, 1946
• Swedish Air Force officer Karl-Gösta Bartoll searching Lake Kölmjärv for the object seen… Swedish military photoPublic domain. Used on Ghost Rockets over Sweden, 1946
• Roswell Daily Record, 8 July 1947: 'RAAF Captures Flying Saucer On Ranch in Roswell… Roswell Daily RecordPublic domain. Used on Roswell, New Mexico
• Maj. Jesse Marcel with foil debris at Fort Worth Army Air Field, 8 July 1947 Fort Worth Star-TelegramPublic domain. Used on Roswell, New Mexico
• Project Mogul balloon train components, from the Air Force's 1995 Roswell report United States Air ForcePublic domain. Used on Roswell, New Mexico
• Rock sample from the Maury Island affair, from released US government files US Federal GovernmentPublic domain. Used on Maury Island, Puget Sound
• Kenneth Arnold in 1947 Associated PressPublic domain. Used on Kenneth Arnold, Mount Rainier
• Page of Arnold's written report to the Army Air Forces at Wright Field, with his sketch of… Kenneth ArnoldPublic domain. Used on Kenneth Arnold, Mount Rainier
• Page one of the Twining memo, 23 September 1947 US Air ForcePublic domain. Used on The Twining Memo: 'Something Real'
• First of Paul Trent's two photographs, 11 May 1950 Paul TrentPublic domain. Used on McMinnville (Trent) Photographs, Oregon
• Second Trent photograph, 11 May 1950 Paul TrentPublic domain. Used on McMinnville (Trent) Photographs, Oregon
• Drawing of the 'Shakuna vimana' made for the Vaimanika Shastra in Bangalore, 1923 T. K. EllappaPublic domain. Used on Vaimanika Shastra
• US Air Force graph of UFO reports by month, showing the mid-1952 peak United States Air ForcePublic domain. Used on Washington, D.C. Radar–Visual Flap
• Artist's impression of the Flatwoods monster as described by the witnesses Tim BertelinkCC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Flatwoods Monster, West Virginia
• Physicist Luis W. Alvarez, a member of the Robertson Panel (photo 1961) Donald Cooksey / Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryPublic domain. Used on The Robertson Panel
• The Stadio Artemio Franchi in Florence, where play stopped on 27 October 1954 GiaccaiCC BY-SA 3.0. Used on Florence Stadium "Angel Hair"
• Artist's impression of one of the Kelly–Hopkinsville creatures as described by witnesses Tim BertelinkCC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Kelly–Hopkinsville Encounter, Kentucky
• The coast at Ubatuba, São Paulo state, where the 1957 letter writer said the disc exploded Gabrielle MarquesCC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Ubatuba Magnesium Fragments
• Radar domes at West Freugh airfield, Wigtownshire John McLeish (Geograph)CC BY-SA 2.0. Used on RAF West Freugh Radar Tracking
• Modern model of the object Zamora described, composited onto a New Mexico desert scene (an… JMK, using a desert photo by M ThomsonCC BY-SA 3.0. Used on Socorro, New Mexico (Lonnie Zamora)
• Artist's representation of one of the beings Masse described, based on a published… Christophe MarcheuxCC BY-SA 3.0. Used on Valensole (Maurice Masse)
• Researchers examining steam vents on Deception Island, 1971 Robert L. Dale (Bob Dale Collection, Antarctican Society)CC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Deception Island, Antarctica
• Hand-drawn map of the Exeter sighting area from the Project Blue Book case file. United States Air ForcePublic domain. Used on Exeter, New Hampshire
• Acorn-shaped model of the object described by Kecksburg witnesses, built for a television… RyrightCC BY-SA 3.0. Used on Kecksburg, Pennsylvania
• The Ummo symbol: three vertical bars joined by a horizontal stroke NerikaCC BY-SA 3.0. Used on The Ummo Affair, Spain
• Map of the March 1966 southern Michigan sighting wave, including Dexter and Hillsdale. FeofferCC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings (Dexter and Hillsdale)
• Minuteman launch control console at the preserved Oscar Zero facility, North Dakota… Chitrapa (photo by Peter Rimar)Public domain. Used on Malmstrom AFB / Echo Flight Missile Shutdown
• Shag Harbour UFO lookout and picnic site, facing the water where the object reportedly… SnowyBadgerCC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia
• RCMP file on the same night's sighting by fishing captain Leo Howard Mersey off Sambro… Royal Canadian Mounted Police (National Archives of Canada)Public domain. Used on Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia
• Physicist Edward U. Condon, scientific director of the University of Colorado UFO Project… National Institute of Standards and TechnologyPublic domain. Used on The Condon Report
• Flying-saucer image held by the U.S. National Archives (NAID 303938034), cropped. U.S. National Archives and Records AdministrationPublic domain. Used on Project Blue Book Closes
• Map of the Mississippi coast showing Pascagoula and US Route 90. Wikid77, based on NOAA reference mapsPublic domain. Used on Pascagoula River Abduction Claim
• Langenburg, Saskatchewan Madgelake (English Wikipedia)CC BY-SA 3.0. Used on Langenburg Rings, Saskatchewan
• Gentry fire lookout tower in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, which some… US Forest Service, Apache-Sitgreaves National ForestsPublic domain. Used on Travis Walton Disappearance
• Page 1 of US Air Force files on the Tehran incident, 1976. Capt. Henry S. Shields, United States Air ForcePublic domain. Used on Tehran F-4 Intercept
• Page 2 of US Air Force files on the Tehran incident, 1976. Capt. Henry S. Shields, United States Air ForcePublic domain. Used on Tehran F-4 Intercept
• Alien imagery displayed in Colares, where the 1977 events have become part of local… LeRoc / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Colares and Operação Prato
• TASS report on the launch of Kosmos-955, the satellite most often blamed for the… TASSPublic domain. Used on Petrozavodsk Phenomenon
• USSR Academy of Sciences note announcing an expert group to study the phenomenon in… V. A. Kotelnikov, USSR Academy of SciencesPublic domain. Used on Petrozavodsk Phenomenon
• Valentich's intended route from Moorabbin to King Island across Bass Strait. Derived from Bass-Strasse.png by Ulfl (Wikimedia Commons)Public domain. Used on Frederick Valentich Disappearance
• New Zealand government record relating to the Kaikoura lights, 1978-79. Archives New ZealandCC BY-SA 2.0. Used on Kaikoura Lights
• The Safe Air Argosy involved in the 30-31 December flight, preserved at Blenheim. Ingolfson / English WikipediaPublic domain. Used on Kaikoura Lights
• The supposed landing site in Rendlesham Forest. Simon Leatherdale / geograph.org.ukCC BY-SA 2.0. Used on Rendlesham Forest and the Halt Memo
• Site of the former East Gate of RAF Woodbridge, where the first sighting began. Taras YoungCC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Rendlesham Forest and the Halt Memo
• Illustration of the object described by the witnesses, from the cover of John Schuessler's… Kathy SchuesslerCC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Cash-Landrum Incident
• The Hessdalen valley in winter, 1953 (Billedbladet NÅ) National Archives of Norway (Riksarkivet), RA/PA-0797CC BY-SA 4.0. Used on Hessdalen Lights
• São José dos Campos airport, where the first lights were seen from the control tower. Fontela01 / Wikimedia CommonsPublic domain. Used on Official Night of the UFOs, Brazil
• The foam-and-paper model found in 1990 in the attic of Ed Walters' former home… Tbrighamphd / Wikimedia CommonsCC0. Used on Gulf Breeze Photographs
• Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, where 'Philip Spencer' said he photographed a small figure in… Tim GreenCC BY 2.0. Used on Ilkley Moor Photograph
• Bonnybridge town centre, Falkirk Kevin Rae (Geograph)CC BY-SA 2.0. Used on Bonnybridge, Scotland
• The flying-saucer water tower in Varginha's central square, built in memory of the 1996… Olimor / Wikimedia CommonsPublic domain. Used on Varginha, Brazil
• Frame from the FLIR1 video recorded by a US Navy F/A-18F from USS Nimitz, November 2004 United States NavyPublic domain. Used on USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" Encounter
• An Aurigny Trislander, the aircraft type Ray Bowyer was flying (photographed 2012) NMOS332 / Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 2.0. Used on Alderney Pilots (Aurigny)
• El Bosque Air Base, Santiago, around 1965 Unknown photographer (archive of John Ramírez, uploaded by Cristian Ramírez Muñoz)Public domain. Used on El Bosque Air Base Video, Chile
• Frame from the Gimbal video recorded by a US Navy F/A-18, January 2015 United States NavyPublic domain. Used on USS Theodore Roosevelt Encounters (Gimbal and GoFast)
• Frame from the GoFast video recorded by a US Navy F/A-18, January 2015 United States NavyPublic domain. Used on USS Theodore Roosevelt Encounters (Gimbal and GoFast)
• Still from the FLIR1 infrared video recorded by a Navy F/A-18 off southern California in… United States NavyPublic domain. Used on The New York Times reveals the Pentagon's secret UFO program
• Still from the Gimbal video, recorded by a Navy F/A-18 targeting pod off the US East Coast… United States NavyPublic domain. Used on US Navy calls the three leaked videos 'unidentified'
• Still from the GoFast video, one of three Navy clips formally released by the Pentagon on… United States NavyPublic domain. Used on Pentagon formally releases FLIR1, Gimbal and GoFast
• Still from the Gimbal video, recorded by a Navy F/A-18 targeting pod off the US East Coast… United States NavyPublic domain. Used on Pentagon formally releases FLIR1, Gimbal and GoFast
• Still from the FLIR1 infrared video recorded by a Navy F/A-18 off southern California in… United States NavyPublic domain. Used on Pentagon formally releases FLIR1, Gimbal and GoFast
• Emblem of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). U.S. Department of Defense, All-domain Anomaly Resolution OfficePublic domain. Used on Pentagon establishes the UAP Task Force
• Cover of the ODNI Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, 25 June 2021. Office of the Director of National IntelligencePublic domain. Used on ODNI Preliminary Assessment on UAP
• Emblem of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). U.S. Department of Defense, All-domain Anomaly Resolution OfficePublic domain. Used on First public congressional UFO hearing in over 50 years
• Emblem of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). U.S. Department of Defense, All-domain Anomaly Resolution OfficePublic domain. Used on From AOIMSG to AARO: the Pentagon's permanent UAP office
• Emblem of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). U.S. Department of Defense, All-domain Anomaly Resolution OfficePublic domain. Used on ODNI 2022 Annual Report on UAP
• The Chinese high-altitude balloon photographed over Billings, Montana, on 1 February 2023. Chase DoakCC BY-SA 4.0. Used on The Chinese surveillance balloon over North America
• Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 sailors prepare to recover the balloon off Myrtle… U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyler ThompsonPublic domain. Used on The Chinese surveillance balloon over North America
• Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 sailors prepare to recover the balloon off Myrtle… U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyler ThompsonPublic domain. Used on Three objects shot down over Alaska, Yukon and Lake Huron
• Ryan Graves, David Grusch and David Fravor at the House Oversight hearing, 26 July 2023. U.S. House Committee on Oversight and AccountabilityPublic domain. Used on David Grusch testifies to House Oversight
• Public meeting of NASA's UAP independent study team, 31 May 2023. NASA Headquarters / NASA/Joel KowskyPublic domain. Used on NASA's UAP independent study report
• First page of AARO's Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with… All-domain Anomaly Resolution OfficePublic domain. Used on AARO Historical Record Report, Volume I
• Official portrait of AARO director Jon T. Kosloski. All-domain Anomaly Resolution OfficePublic domain. Used on AARO FY2024 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP
• Emblem of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). U.S. Department of Defense, All-domain Anomaly Resolution OfficePublic domain. Used on AARO FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP