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Located cases

Every case with a known location, in date order.

• Jacob's Ladder (Genesis 28) Bethel (formerly Luz), CanaanUndated patriarchal narrative (traditionally placed in the 2nd millennium BC), Documented
• The Tulli Papyrus Claimed Egyptian original; story surfaced via the Vatican Egyptian Museum circle, RomeClaimed: Year 22 of Thutmose III (c. 1457 BC); first published 1953, Fabricated (admitted)
• Elijah Taken Up in a Chariot of Fire (2 Kings 2) East bank of the Jordan, near Jericho9th century BC (traditional, c. 850 BC), Documented
• Ezekiel's Wheels (Ezekiel 1) By the river Chebar, BabyloniaFifth year of King Jehoiachin's exile (c. 593 BC), Documented
• Zechariah's Flying Roll (Zechariah 5) Jerusalem, Persian province of Yehudc. 520-519 BC (second year of Darius I), Documented
• Pushpaka Vimana in the Ramayana Flight from Lanka to Ayodhya, IndiaValmiki Ramayana, composed c. 7th-4th century BC, Documented
• Livy's Phantom Ships in the Sky Rome and surrounding Italy (Amiternum, Picenum, Lanuvium)Winter of 218-217 BC, Documented
• Pliny's Burning Shield, 100 BC Roman Italy (reported at sunset; Obsequens places the year's prodigies around Tarquinii)100 BC (consulship of L. Valerius Flaccus and C. Marius), Documented
• Julius Obsequens' Book of Prodigies: Shields, Armies and a Golden Globe Spoletium (Spoleto) and other towns of Roman ItalyEntries span 249-12 BC; most cited 104, 100 and 91 BC; compiled 4th-5th century AD, Documented
• Star of Bethlehem (Matthew 2) Jerusalem and Bethlehem, Judeac. 7-2 BC (before the death of Herod, usually dated 4 BC), Unresolved
• Ships in the Air over Clonmacnoise, c. 749 Clonmacnoise (Cluain Moccu Nois), County Offalyc. 743-749 (Annals of Ulster: 749), Documented
• Flaming Shields over Sigiburg, 776 Sigiburg (Hohensyburg), near Dortmund776 (during the Saxon siege of Sigiburg), Documented
• Fiery Dragons over Northumbria, 793 Kingdom of Northumbria (Lindisfarne / Holy Island)793, before the Viking raid on Lindisfarne (8 June 793), Documented
• Agobard of Lyon and the Sky Ships of Magonia Lyon, Carolingian Franciac. 815 (De grandine et tonitruis), Documented
• Byland Abbey 'Silver Disc', 1290 Byland Abbey, near Coxwold, North YorkshireClaimed: Feast of SS. Simon and Jude (28 October) 1290; letter published 1953, Fabricated (admitted)
• Nuremberg Sky Battle, 1561 Nuremberg, Free Imperial City14 April 1561, at dawn, Documented
• Basel Black Spheres, 1566 Basel27-28 July and 7 August 1566, Documented
• Gangwon Province Objects, Joseon Korea, 1609 Gangwon Province: Gangneung, Wonju, Chuncheon, Goseong (Ganseong) and Yangyang25th day of the 8th lunar month, 1st year of King Gwanghaegun (22 September 1609), Documented
• Winthrop's Light over the Muddy River, Massachusetts Bay, 1639 Muddy River (now Brookline) and the Charles River estuary, near Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony1639 (entered under early 1639 in Winthrop's journal), Documented
• Utsuro-bune, the Hollow Ship of Hitachi, 1803 Coast of Hitachi Province (Kashimanada, present-day Ibaraki Prefecture)1803 (Toen shosetsu gives 22 February; other versions differ), Disputed
• John Martin's 'Large Saucer', North Texas, 1878 North Texas (reported via Denison and Dallas newspapers)Tuesday morning, 22 January 1878 (reported 23-25 January 1878), Reported
• Great Airship Wave: Sacramento and California, November 1896 Sacramento, then San Francisco Bay Area and much of California17 November 1896, continuing through December 1896, Unresolved
• Great Airship Wave: The Midwest, April 1897 Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and Texas; major sightings at Omaha, Kansas City, Chicago and EvanstonFebruary-May 1897, peaking in early-to-mid April 1897, Unresolved
• Aurora, Texas Airship Crash, 1897 Aurora, Wise County, TexasReported as about 6 a.m., 17 April 1897; published 19 April 1897, Disputed
• Alexander Hamilton's Cattle-Rustling Airship, Le Roy, Kansas, 1897 Near Le Roy and Yates Center, Woodson County, KansasNight of Monday 19 April 1897 (as published 23 April 1897), Fabricated (admitted)
• USS Supply 'Remarkable Meteors', North Pacific, 1904 North Pacific Ocean, several hundred miles west of the California coast (35°58'N, 128°36'W)6:10 a.m. ship's time, 28 February 1904, Documented
• New England Phantom Airship Wave, 1909-1910 Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island; notably Worcester, Boston, Marlboro, Willimantic and WinstedDecember 1909 to January 1910, Identified
• Great Meteor Procession, 1913 Saskatchewan and Ontario across the north-eastern United States, Bermuda and the South AtlanticAbout 9 p.m. EST, 9 February 1913, Identified
• Miracle of the Sun, Fátima, 1917 Cova da Iria, Fátima, PortugalAround midday, 13 October 1917, Unresolved
• Roerich Expedition's Shining Oval, Kukunor, 1927 Expedition camp in the Kukunor (Qinghai Lake) district near the Humboldt range, on the route from Mongolia to TibetAbout 9:30 a.m., 5 August 1927, Reported
• Scandinavian Ghost Fliers, 1933-1934 Northern Sweden, Norway and Finland (Lapland, Kalix, Kemi and elsewhere)December 1933 to March 1934 (renewed reports 1936-1937), Unresolved
• Battle of Los Angeles, 1942 Los Angeles and coastal Southern California, from Santa Monica to Long BeachNight of 24-25 February 1942 (firing from about 3:06 to 4:14 a.m.), Identified
• Foo Fighters, 1944-1945 Night skies over the Rhine valley, France and Germany; also the Mediterranean and Pacific theatresChiefly November 1944 to spring 1945 (earlier reports from 1942), Unresolved
• Ghost Rockets over Sweden, 1946 Sweden and the Baltic region, including Lake Kölmjärv, Norrbotten (19 July 1946)Late May to December 1946, peaking 9-11 August 1946, Unresolved
• Roswell, New Mexico Foster ranch near Corona, and Roswell Army Air Field, New MexicoDebris found mid-June to early July 1947; 'flying disc' press release 8 July 1947, Identified
• Maury Island, Puget Sound Maury Island, Puget Sound, near Tacoma, WashingtonClaimed for 21 June 1947; investigated late July to August 1947, Fabricated (admitted)
• Kenneth Arnold, Mount Rainier Near Mount Rainier and the Cascade Range, Washington24 June 1947, shortly before 3 pm, Unresolved
• The Twining Memo: 'Something Real' Air Materiel Command, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio23 September 1947, Documented
• Project Sign and the 'Estimate of the Situation' Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, OhioProject Sign set up 30 December 1947, active through 1948; Estimate drafted about August 1948 and rejected by October 1948, Disputed
• Thomas Mantell Crash, Kentucky Godman Army Airfield, Fort Knox, to a farm near Franklin, Kentucky7 January 1948, about 1:45 to 3:50 pm, Identified
• Chiles–Whitted Encounter, Alabama About 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama24 July 1948, about 2:45 am, Identified
• Gorman Dogfight, Fargo Over Hector Airport, Fargo, North Dakota1 October 1948, about 9:00 to 9:27 pm, Identified
• Farmington 'Saucer Armada', New Mexico Farmington, New Mexico17 March 1950 (St Patrick's Day), late morning, with lesser reports 15, 16 and 18 March, Unresolved
• McMinnville (Trent) Photographs, Oregon Trent farm near Sheridan, about 10 miles southwest of McMinnville, Oregon11 May 1950, about 7:30 to 7:45 pm (time disputed), Disputed
• Great Falls (Mariana) Film, Montana Legion Stadium, Great Falls, Montana15 August 1950 (possibly 5 August), about 11:25 to 11:30 am, Unresolved
• Project Magnet (Canada) Department of Transport, Ottawa; observatory at Shirleys Bay, OntarioApproved 2 December 1950; formally active to 1954, Documented
• Lubbock Lights, Texas Lubbock, Texas25 August 1951 and repeatedly into September 1951; Hart photographs 30 August 1951, Unresolved
• Vaimanika Shastra Mysore and Bangalore, KarnatakaDictated 1918-1923; announced 1952; published 1959 (Hindi) and 1973 (English), Identified
• Tremonton Film, Utah US Highway 30, about 7 miles north of Tremonton, Utah2 July 1952, about 11:10 am, Disputed
• Washington, D.C. Radar–Visual Flap Washington National Airport and Andrews AFB, Washington, D.C. areaNights of 19–20 and 26–27 July 1952 (wider flap 12–29 July), Unresolved
• Flatwoods Monster, West Virginia G. Bailey Fisher farm, Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia12 September 1952, about 7:15 pm, Disputed
• The Robertson Panel Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, D.C.14–17 January 1953 (report dated 17 January), Documented
• Kinross Incident: F-89 Lost Over Lake Superior Lake Superior, about 70 miles off Keweenaw Point, Michigan23 November 1953, evening, Unresolved
• Florence Stadium "Angel Hair" Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence, Tuscany27 October 1954, Unresolved
• Kelly–Hopkinsville Encounter, Kentucky Sutton/Lankford farmhouse, Kelly, near Hopkinsville, Christian County, KentuckyNight of 21–22 August 1955, about 7 pm to 11 pm, with a reported return about 3:30 am, Disputed
• Lakenheath–Bentwaters Radar-Visual Case, England RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath (USAF-operated), Suffolk, and RAF Neatishead, NorfolkNight of 13–14 August 1956, about 9:30 pm to 3:30 am, Unresolved
• Ubatuba Magnesium Fragments Ubatuba, São Paulo stateSeptember 1957, Disputed
• RAF West Freugh Radar Tracking Luce Bay and Wigtownshire, south-west Scotland4 April 1957, morning, Unresolved
• RB-47 Radar and ELINT Encounter From the Gulf coast near Gulfport, Mississippi, across Louisiana and Texas into southern Oklahoma17 July 1957, from before 4 am CST for over an hour, Unresolved
• Levelland, Texas Highways around Levelland, Hockley County, TexasNight of 2–3 November 1957, about 11 pm to 1:45 am, Unresolved
• Trindade Island Photographs, Brazil Off Trindade Island, South Atlantic, aboard the Brazilian Navy ship Almirante Saldanha16 January 1958, about 12:20 pm, Disputed
• Father Gill, Boianai, Papua Anglican mission, Boianai, Milne Bay, Territory of Papua26–27 June 1959, evenings (with earlier sightings in April and June), Disputed
• Betty and Barney Hill U.S. Route 3 near Indian Head and Lincoln, New HampshireNight of 19-20 September 1961, Disputed
• Socorro, New Mexico (Lonnie Zamora) Socorro, New Mexico24 April 1964, about 5:45 p.m., Unresolved
• Valensole (Maurice Masse) Valensole, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence1 July 1965, about 5:45 a.m., Unresolved
• Deception Island, Antarctica Deception Island, South Shetland Islands3 July 1965 (night); part of a June-July run of Antarctic reports, Unresolved
• Exeter, New Hampshire Kensington, near Exeter, New Hampshire3 September 1965, about 2:00-3:00 a.m., Unresolved
• Kecksburg, Pennsylvania Kecksburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania9 December 1965, about 4:45 p.m. EST, Disputed
• Wanaque Reservoir, New Jersey Wanaque Reservoir, Passaic County, New Jersey11-12 January 1966 (further sightings 10 October 1966), Disputed
• Tully Saucer Nest, Queensland Horseshoe Lagoon, Euramo, near Tully, Queensland19 January 1966, about 9:00 a.m., Disputed
• The Ummo Affair, Spain MadridFrom 6 February 1966 (letters continued for decades), Fabricated (admitted)
• Michigan "Swamp Gas" Sightings (Dexter and Hillsdale) Dexter (Washtenaw County) and Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Michigan20-21 March 1966, Disputed
• Westall School, Melbourne Westall High School and The Grange, Clayton South, Melbourne, Victoria6 April 1966, late morning, Unresolved
• Portage County Police Chase, Ohio Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio, to Conway, Pennsylvania17 April 1966, about 5:00-6:00 a.m., Disputed
• Malmstrom AFB / Echo Flight Missile Shutdown Echo Flight launch facilities of the 341st Strategic Missile Wing, near Winifred and Hilger, Montana16 March 1967, 8:45 a.m. (Echo Flight); Oscar Flight claim dated by Robert Salas to 24 March 1967, Disputed
• Falcon Lake (Stefan Michalak) Near Falcon Lake, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Manitoba20 May 1967, about midday, Disputed
• Cussac, Cantal Cussac plateau, Cantal, Auvergne29 August 1967, morning, Unresolved
• Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia Shag Harbour, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia4 October 1967, about 11:20 p.m. ADT, Unresolved
• The Condon Report University of Colorado, Boulder, ColoradoStudy October 1966-1968; report delivered November 1968, released January 1969, Disputed
• Project Blue Book Closes Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio (announced in Washington, D.C.)17 December 1969, Documented
• Pascagoula River Abduction Claim Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, Mississippi11 October 1973, Disputed
• Coyne Helicopter Encounter, Mansfield, Ohio Near Mansfield, Ohio18 October 1973, about 11:05 p.m., Unresolved
• Langenburg Rings, Saskatchewan Near Langenburg, Saskatchewan1 September 1974, Unresolved
• Kōfu Encounter, Japan Kōfu, Yamanashi Prefecture23 February 1975, about 6:00-6:30 p.m., Disputed
• Travis Walton Disappearance Turkey Springs, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, near Heber, Arizona5-11 November 1975, Disputed
• Tehran F-4 Intercept Over and north of Tehran, Iran19 September 1976, about 00:30-03:30 local time, Unresolved
• Colares and Operação Prato Colares Island and nearby communities, Pará1977; Brazilian Air Force field operation 20 Oct - 5 Dec 1977, Unresolved
• France Founds GEPAN (now GEIPAN) CNES, Toulouse1977, Documented
• Broad Haven School, Wales Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire4 February 1977, Unresolved
• Petrozavodsk Phenomenon Petrozavodsk, Karelia (and wide area from Helsinki to the Soviet north-west)20 September 1977, about 04:00 local time, Unresolved
• Frederick Valentich Disappearance Bass Strait, south of Cape Otway, Victoria21 October 1978, about 7:06-7:12 p.m., Unresolved
• Kaikoura Lights Over the Kaikoura coast and Cook Strait, South Island21 December and 30-31 December 1978, Unresolved
• Robert Taylor, Dechmont Woods Dechmont Law (Dechmont Woods), Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland9 November 1979, about 10:00 a.m., Unresolved
• Manises Incident, Spain Over the Mediterranean near Ibiza; Manises Airport, Valencia11-12 November 1979, from about 23:00, Unresolved
• PC Alan Godfrey, Todmorden Burnley Road, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England28-29 November 1980, about 5 a.m. (dates vary between accounts), Disputed
• Rendlesham Forest and the Halt Memo Rendlesham Forest, outside RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, England26 and 28 December 1980 (dated 27 and 29 December in the Halt memo), Unresolved
• Cash-Landrum Incident Rural road between New Caney and Huffman, near Dayton, Texas29 December 1980, about 9 p.m., Unresolved
• Trans-en-Provence Landing Trace Trans-en-Provence, Var8 January 1981, about 5 p.m., Unresolved
• Western China Spiral, 24 July 1981 Sichuan, Gansu and Yunnan provinces24 July 1981, about 10:40 p.m., Identified
• The Amaranth Case, Nancy Laxou, near Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle21 October 1982, about 12:35-12:55, Unresolved
• Hudson Valley Boomerang Sightings Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, New York, and Fairfield County, ConnecticutLate 1982 - 1986, peaking March 1983 to summer 1984, Disputed
• Hessdalen Lights Hessdalen valley, Holtålen, TrøndelagSeen since at least the 1930s; peak December 1981–1984; first major field investigation January–February 1984, Unresolved
• Dalnegorsk 'Height 611' Height 611 (Izvestkovaya hill), Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai29 January 1986, about 19:55, Unresolved
• Official Night of the UFOs, Brazil São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Goiás states (centred on São José dos Campos)19-20 May 1986, from about 8 p.m., Unresolved
• Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 Over north-eastern Alaska, near Fort Yukon toward Fairbanks and Anchorage17 November 1986, about 5:10-6:00 p.m. Alaska time, Unresolved
• Gulf Breeze Photographs Gulf Breeze, Florida11 November 1987 - 1 May 1988 (photographs); model found June 1990, Disputed
• Ilkley Moor Photograph Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire1 December 1987, Disputed
• Knowles Family, Nullarbor Eyre Highway, about 40 km west of Mundrabilla, Western Australia20 January 1988, about 4:20 a.m. local time, Disputed
• Voronezh Park Landing City park, Voronezh27 September 1989, about 6:30 p.m. (reported by TASS on 9 October), Disputed
• Belgian UFO Wave and the F-16 Night Eupen and across Belgium; F-16 intercepts over Wavre-Gembloux region29 November 1989 - April 1990 (F-16 scramble 30-31 March 1990), Unresolved
• Petit-Rechain Photograph Petit-Rechain, near Verviers, Liège provincePhoto released April 1990; confession broadcast 26 July 2011, Fabricated (admitted)
• Calvine Photograph, Scotland Moorland above Calvine, Perthshire, Scotland4 August 1990, about 9 pm, Unresolved
• Mexico City Eclipse Sightings Mexico City and other parts of Mexico11 July 1991, Disputed
• Bonnybridge, Scotland Bonnybridge, Falkirk1992 onward (peak 1992-1994), Reported
• RAF Cosford Incident RAF Cosford and RAF Shawbury, Shropshire, and across western BritainNight of 30–31 March 1993, Disputed
• Ariel School, Ruwa Ariel School, Ruwa, near Harare16 September 1994, about 10 am, Disputed
• Varginha, Brazil Jardim Andere, Varginha, Minas Gerais20 January 1996 (with claims spanning several days), Disputed
• Yukon Mass Sighting Klondike Highway: Fox Lake, Carmacks, Pelly Crossing and Mayo, YukonEvening of 11 December 1996, Disputed
• Chile Founds CEFAA Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil, SantiagoLate 1997, Documented
• Phoenix Lights Phoenix and across Arizona (from the Nevada line to Tucson)13 March 1997, about 7:30–10:30 pm MST, Disputed
• The COMETA Report ParisPublished 16 July 1999, Disputed
• Chulucanas Lights, Peru Chulucanas, Piura region13 October 2001 and following weeks, Reported
• Mexican Air Force FLIR Video Over southern Campeche state, Gulf of Mexico coast5 March 2004 (released 11–12 May 2004), Disputed
• USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" Encounter Pacific Ocean off southern California, near San Diego14 November 2004, Unresolved
• Brazilian Air Force Opens Its UFO Files COMDABRA and CINDACTA, Brasília20 May 2005 (first access); formal releases 2008-2010, Documented
• O'Hare Airport Sighting Gate C-17, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois7 November 2006, about 4:15 pm CST, Unresolved
• Alderney Pilots (Aurigny) English Channel west of Alderney, Channel Islands23 April 2007, about 3 pm, Unresolved
• Stephenville, Texas Stephenville and Dublin area, Erath County, Texas8 January 2008, early evening, Disputed
• UK MoD UFO Desk Closure Ministry of Defence, LondonNovember-December 2009, Documented
• Norway Spiral Northern Norway and Trøndelag (also seen from northern Sweden)9 December 2009, early morning, Identified
• Xiaoshan Airport, Hangzhou Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Zhejiang7 July 2010, about 9 pm, Investigated
• El Bosque Air Base Video, Chile El Bosque Air Base, Santiago4-5 November 2010 (reported dates differ), Disputed
• New Zealand Defence Force UFO Files Release Wellington22 December 2010, Documented
• Jerusalem Dome of the Rock Video Dome of the Rock, Temple Mount, Old City of Jerusalem28 January 2011 (video posted late January 2011), Disputed
• Peru Reopens Its Air Force UFO Office Peruvian Air Force (FAP), LimaOctober 2013, Documented
• Aguadilla Thermal Video, Puerto Rico Near Rafael Hernández Airport, AguadillaNight of 25–26 April 2013, Disputed
• USS Theodore Roosevelt Encounters (Gimbal and GoFast) Atlantic Ocean off the US East Coast (Virginia to Florida training ranges)2014–2015 (Gimbal and GoFast videos recorded January 2015), Unresolved
• Chilean Navy Helicopter Video Pacific coast between San Antonio and Quintero, west of Santiago11 November 2014, about 1:52 pm (released January 2017), Disputed
• The New York Times reveals the Pentagon's secret UFO program Washington, D.C.16 December 2017, Documented
• US Navy calls the three leaked videos 'unidentified' Washington, D.C.September 2019, Unresolved
• Pentagon formally releases FLIR1, Gimbal and GoFast Washington, D.C.27 April 2020, Unresolved
• Pentagon establishes the UAP Task Force Washington, D.C.Approved 4 August 2020; announced 14 August 2020, Documented
• ODNI Preliminary Assessment on UAP Office of the Director of National Intelligence, McLean, Virginia25 June 2021, Unresolved
• First public congressional UFO hearing in over 50 years U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.17 May 2022, Unresolved
• From AOIMSG to AARO: the Pentagon's permanent UAP office Washington, D.C.AOIMSG 23 November 2021; AARO announced 20 July 2022, Documented
• ODNI 2022 Annual Report on UAP Office of the Director of National Intelligence, McLean, Virginia12 January 2023, Unresolved
• The Chinese surveillance balloon over North America Alaska, western Canada and the continental US; shot down off Myrtle Beach, South Carolina28 January to 4 February 2023 (shot down 4 February), Identified
• David Grusch testifies to House Oversight Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.26 July 2023, Disputed
• 'Non-human' bodies shown to Mexico's Congress Chamber of Deputies, Mexico City12 September 2023, Disputed
• NASA's UAP independent study report NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.14 September 2023, Documented
• The Schumer–Rounds UAP Disclosure Act and what survived U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.Introduced 13–14 July 2023; NDAA signed 22 December 2023, Documented
• New Jersey drone sightings New Jersey and neighboring states (Picatinny Arsenal, Naval Weapons Station Earle and elsewhere)November–December 2024; federal statement 28 January 2025, Identified
• AARO Historical Record Report, Volume I Washington, D.C.Released 8 March 2024, Disputed
• 'UAP: Exposing the Truth' House hearing Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, D.C.13 November 2024, Disputed
• AARO FY2024 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP Washington, D.C.14 November 2024, Unresolved
• AARO FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP Washington, D.C.Released July 2026 (covers 2 June 2024 to 30 May 2025), Unresolved
• Task Force on Declassification UAP hearing U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.9 September 2025, Disputed
• Trump directs agencies to release UFO and alien files Washington, D.C.19 February 2026, Documented
• PURSUE: the Pentagon's first UAP file releases Washington, D.C.First release 8 May 2026; second 22 May 2026; further releases ongoing, Unresolved