The Pattern Finder

1700 BCJacob's Ladder (Genesis 28)Documented 1457 BCThe Tulli PapyrusFabricated (admitted) 1300 BCPillar of Cloud and Fire (Exodus 13-14)Documented 850 BCElijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire (2 Kings 2)Documented 593 BCEzekiel's Wheels (Ezekiel 1)Documented 519 BCZechariah's Flying Roll (Zechariah 5)Documented 500 BCPushpaka Vimana in the RamayanaDocumented 218 BCLivy's Phantom Ships in the SkyDocumented 100 BCPliny's Burning Shield, 100 BCDocumented 91 BCJulius Obsequens' Book of Prodigies: Shields, Armies and a Golden GlobeDocumented 5 BCStar of Bethlehem (Matthew 2)Unresolved 749Ships in the Air over Clonmacnoise, c. 749Documented 776Flaming Shields over Sigiburg, 776Documented 793Fiery Dragons over Northumbria, 793Documented 815Agobard of Lyon and the Sky Ships of MagoniaDocumented 1211Gervase of Tilbury's Sky AnchorDocumented 1290Byland Abbey 'Silver Disc', 1290Fabricated (admitted) 1561Nuremberg Sky Battle, 1561Documented 1566Basel Black Spheres, 1566Documented 1609Gangwon Province Objects, Joseon Korea, 1609Documented 1639Winthrop's Light over the Muddy River, Massachusetts Bay, 1639Documented 1803Utsuro-bune, the Hollow Ship of Hitachi, 1803Disputed 1878John Martin's 'Large Saucer', North Texas, 1878Reported 1896Great Airship Wave: Sacramento and California, November 1896Unresolved 1897Great Airship Wave: The Midwest, April 1897Unresolved 1897Aurora, Texas Airship Crash, 1897Disputed 1897Alexander Hamilton's Cattle-Rustling Airship, Le Roy, Kansas, 1897Fabricated (admitted) 1904USS Supply 'Remarkable Meteors', North Pacific, 1904Documented 1909New England Phantom Airship Wave, 1909-1910Identified 1913Great Meteor Procession, 1913Identified 1917Miracle of the Sun, Fátima, 1917Unresolved 1927Roerich Expedition's Shining Oval, Kukunor, 1927Reported 1933Scandinavian Ghost Fliers, 1933-1934Unresolved 1942Battle of Los Angeles, 1942Identified 1944Foo Fighters, 1944-1945Unresolved 1946Ghost Rockets over Sweden, 1946Unresolved 1947Roswell, New MexicoIdentified 1947Maury Island, Puget SoundFabricated (admitted) 1947Kenneth Arnold, Mount RainierUnresolved 1947The Twining Memo: 'Something Real'Documented 1948Project Sign and the 'Estimate of the Situation'Disputed 1948Thomas Mantell Crash, KentuckyIdentified 1948Chiles–Whitted Encounter, AlabamaIdentified 1948Gorman Dogfight, FargoIdentified 1950Farmington 'Saucer Armada', New MexicoUnresolved 1950McMinnville (Trent) Photographs, OregonDisputed 1950Great Falls (Mariana) Film, MontanaUnresolved 1950Project Magnet (Canada)Documented 1951Lubbock Lights, TexasUnresolved 1952Vaimanika ShastraIdentified 1952Tremonton Film, UtahDisputed 1952Washington, D.C. Radar–Visual FlapUnresolved 1952Flatwoods Monster, West VirginiaDisputed 1953The Robertson PanelDocumented 1953Kinross Incident: F-89 Lost Over Lake SuperiorUnresolved 1954Florence Stadium "Angel Hair"Unresolved 1955Kelly–Hopkinsville Encounter, KentuckyDisputed 1956Lakenheath–Bentwaters Radar-Visual Case, EnglandUnresolved 1957Ubatuba Magnesium FragmentsDisputed 1957RAF West Freugh Radar TrackingUnresolved 1957RB-47 Radar and ELINT EncounterUnresolved 1957Levelland, TexasUnresolved 1958Trindade Island Photographs, BrazilDisputed 1959Father Gill, Boianai, PapuaDisputed 1961Betty and Barney HillDisputed 1964Socorro, New Mexico (Lonnie Zamora)Unresolved 1965Valensole (Maurice Masse)Unresolved 1965Deception Island, AntarcticaUnresolved 1965Exeter, New HampshireUnresolved 1965Kecksburg, PennsylvaniaDisputed 1966Wanaque Reservoir, New JerseyDisputed 1966Tully Saucer Nest, QueenslandDisputed 1966The Ummo Affair, SpainFabricated (admitted) 1966Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings (Dexter and Hillsdale)Disputed 1966Westall School, MelbourneUnresolved 1966Portage County Police Chase, OhioDisputed 1967Malmstrom AFB / Echo Flight Missile ShutdownDisputed 1967Falcon Lake (Stefan Michalak)Disputed 1967Cussac, CantalUnresolved 1967Shag Harbour, Nova ScotiaUnresolved 1968The Condon ReportDisputed 1969Project Blue Book ClosesDocumented 1973Pascagoula River Abduction ClaimDisputed 1973Coyne Helicopter Encounter, Mansfield, OhioUnresolved 1974Langenburg Rings, SaskatchewanUnresolved 1975Kōfu Encounter, JapanDisputed 1975Travis Walton DisappearanceDisputed 1976Tehran F-4 InterceptUnresolved 1977Colares and Operação PratoUnresolved 1977France Founds GEPAN (now GEIPAN)Documented 1977Broad Haven School, WalesUnresolved 1977Petrozavodsk PhenomenonUnresolved 1978Frederick Valentich DisappearanceUnresolved 1978Kaikoura LightsUnresolved 1979Robert Taylor, Dechmont WoodsUnresolved 1979Manises Incident, SpainUnresolved 1980PC Alan Godfrey, TodmordenDisputed 1980Rendlesham Forest and the Halt MemoUnresolved 1980Cash-Landrum IncidentUnresolved 1981Trans-en-Provence Landing TraceUnresolved 1981Western China Spiral, 24 July 1981Identified 1982The Amaranth Case, NancyUnresolved 1983Hudson Valley Boomerang SightingsDisputed 1984Hessdalen LightsUnresolved 1986Dalnegorsk 'Height 611'Unresolved 1986Official Night of the UFOs, BrazilUnresolved 1986Japan Air Lines Flight 1628Unresolved 1987Gulf Breeze PhotographsDisputed 1987Ilkley Moor PhotographDisputed 1988Knowles Family, NullarborDisputed 1989Voronezh Park LandingDisputed 1989Belgian UFO Wave and the F-16 NightUnresolved 1990Petit-Rechain PhotographFabricated (admitted) 1990Calvine Photograph, ScotlandUnresolved 1991Mexico City Eclipse SightingsDisputed 1992Bonnybridge, ScotlandReported 1993RAF Cosford IncidentDisputed 1994Ariel School, RuwaDisputed 1996Varginha, BrazilDisputed 1996Yukon Mass SightingDisputed 1997Chile Founds CEFAADocumented 1997Phoenix LightsDisputed 1999The COMETA ReportDisputed 2001Chulucanas Lights, PeruReported 2004Mexican Air Force FLIR VideoDisputed 2004USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" EncounterUnresolved 2005Brazilian Air Force Opens Its UFO FilesDocumented 2006O'Hare Airport SightingUnresolved 2007Alderney Pilots (Aurigny)Unresolved 2008Stephenville, TexasDisputed 2009UK MoD UFO Desk ClosureDocumented 2009Norway SpiralIdentified 2010Xiaoshan Airport, HangzhouInvestigated 2010El Bosque Air Base Video, ChileDisputed 2010New Zealand Defence Force UFO Files ReleaseDocumented 2011Jerusalem Dome of the Rock VideoDisputed 2013Peru Reopens Its Air Force UFO OfficeDocumented 2013Aguadilla Thermal Video, Puerto RicoDisputed 2014USS Theodore Roosevelt Encounters (Gimbal and GoFast)Unresolved 2014Chilean Navy Helicopter VideoDisputed 2017The New York Times reveals the Pentagon's secret UFO programDocumented 2019US Navy calls the three leaked videos 'unidentified'Unresolved 2020Pentagon formally releases FLIR1, Gimbal and GoFastUnresolved 2020Pentagon establishes the UAP Task ForceDocumented 2021ODNI Preliminary Assessment on UAPUnresolved 2022First public congressional UFO hearing in over 50 yearsUnresolved 2022From AOIMSG to AARO: the Pentagon's permanent UAP officeDocumented 2023ODNI 2022 Annual Report on UAPUnresolved 2023The Chinese surveillance balloon over North AmericaIdentified 2023Three objects shot down over Alaska, Yukon and Lake HuronUnresolved 2023David Grusch testifies to House OversightDisputed 2023'Non-human' bodies shown to Mexico's CongressDisputed 2023NASA's UAP independent study reportDocumented 2023The Schumer–Rounds UAP Disclosure Act and what survivedDocumented 2024New Jersey drone sightingsIdentified 2024AARO Historical Record Report, Volume IDisputed 2024'UAP: Exposing the Truth' House hearingDisputed 2024AARO FY2024 Consolidated Annual Report on UAPUnresolved 2025AARO FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report on UAPUnresolved 2025Task Force on Declassification UAP hearingDisputed 2026Trump directs agencies to release UFO and alien filesDocumented 2026PURSUE: the Pentagon's first UAP file releasesUnresolved