The home of UFO sightings, done properly
ufos.dev brings every sighting, the full history and the official files together, and checks each report against the real sky, so you can see what was really up there.
Why ufos.dev
Most UFO sites are a pile of videos. This one gives every report the context to judge it.
- Everything in one place
Sightings, the map, history, official files and discussion, all linked to each other.
- Fair to believers and skeptics
Every sighting gets the sky data, an ordinary explanation and room for other witnesses. You decide.
- Nothing made up
Guides and AI text are built from the siteโs own records and real sources, with links.
- Cheap to run
Runs on ordinary shared hosting and works with free AI services. Every paid service is optional.
- Credit to the people who film
Verified witnesses, first-upload finding and clear credit on every sighting.
- Private and safe
For adults 18 and over, with spam checks, careful picture screening and no selling of data.
For everyone
Free to browse. Join to post, vote, chat and get alerts.
Explore the archive
- Every sighting in one place
Photos and videos from YouTube, Reddit, X, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Rumble, Dailymotion and U.S. military DVIDS, played right on the page.
- World map with a time slider
Every sighting with a place, plus encyclopedia articles and case files. Filter by date, shape, video or points, and play the years one by one.
- Search that understands meaning
One box searches sightings, articles, the encyclopedia, boards, the timeline, official records and members. โSilent orbโ finds โquiet glowing ballโ.
- Ask the archive
Ask a question in plain words and get an answer built only from the siteโs sightings and articles, with links to each source.
- Trending, top and newest
See whatโs growing fastest on YouTube, X, TikTok and Reddit this week, or sort by most viewed, most liked and newest.
- Statistics
When, where and what people see: shapes, colours, busy years, hotspots and more, in clear charts.
- Browse by shape, place and tag
Every shape, place and tag has its own page, with an overview of what people report there.
Get the full picture of each sighting
- Sky conditions that night
Weather, clouds, the Moon, planets and bright stars, rocket launches, Starlink trains, fireball reports and space station passes for that place and time.
- What else was in the sky?
A web search for launches, meteors, balloons, drone shows and other reports from the same place and night, with sources.
- What the AI sees
An AI looks at the photo or video stills and describes likely explanations and any signs of editing or AI fakes.
- Skepticโs corner
The most likely ordinary explanation, written fairly, with what would rule it out. The poster can say why it doesnโt fit.
- I saw this too
Other witnesses add their own account of the same event, so reports back each other up.
- Verified witnesses
The person who filmed it can prove it and get credit on the sighting.
- Similar and nearby sightings
Same shape the same week, nearby reports and AI-picked look-alikes, each with a short reason.
- Linked to the encyclopedia
Sightings are connected to the cases, places, people and programs they belong with.
- Credibility votes and polls
Vote on how credible a sighting is, or what you think it was: drone, balloon, Starlink, plane and more.
Learn the history
- The UAP Encyclopedia
Wikipedia-style articles on every event, person, program, place and term, with sources, photos and infoboxes.
- The UAP Timeline
Year-by-year history of UFO and UAP events, each with its source page.
- Official files and the Disclosure Library
Government UFO videos, photos and documents released batch by batch, plus reports, hearings and laws summarised in plain English.
- Project Blue Book
The U.S. Air Forceโs 1947โ1969 investigation: cases by year, on the map.
- Case files
One page per famous event, like the Phoenix Lights, with a write-up, a timeline and a map of every related report.
- Guides
Whatโs that light in the sky, Starlink in the sky, UAP explained, UFO news, famous UFO videos and documentaries, Area 51 and Skinwalker Ranch.
- Tonightโs Sky
Pick a place and see tonightโs clouds hour by hour, planets, space station passes, launches, meteor showers and a โWhat did I just see?โ helper.
Join the community
- Post a sighting with help
Describe what you saw in your own words. An assistant fills in the form and asks a few follow-up questions.
- Boards
Discussion forum with categories, tags, emoji reactions, bookmarks, unread tracking and its own search.
- Community feed
Short posts with replies, quotes, reactions, votes and #hashtags.
- Articles and news
Write long reads in a rich editor. Members can suggest edits to any article, and every change keeps its history.
- Chat and group chats
One-to-one messages and group chats of up to 10, for example to plan a skywatch night.
- Profiles
A profile with your posts, a wall for updates, badges, rank, activity streaks and your own colours.
- Ranks, badges and leaderboard
Earn points for sightings, articles and helpful comments, and climb from Earthling to Legend.
Make it yours
- Sighting alerts
Get an email when thereโs a new sighting near you, of a shape, with a tag, or any new one: right away, daily or weekly.
- Notifications your way
Choose, for each kind, whether you hear about it on the site, by email, or not at all.
- Favorites and bookmarks
Save sightings and articles. Articles remember how far you read, so you can continue later.
- Read in 35 languages
One button translates the page.
- Dark and light mode
Your choice is remembered on every device you sign in to.
- Works like an app
Made for phones first, and can be added to your home screen.
- Easy, safe sign-in
Email and password, or Google, Amazon, Discord, GitHub, Spotify, Tumblr or Steam. Private profiles, blocking and muting included.
- RSS feeds and a weekly digest
Follow articles and news in any feed reader, or get the weekโs top sightings by email.
For site owners
Everything you need to run, grow and protect the site, from one admin area and without writing code.
Fill the site
- Reddit importer
Paste links, or pull a whole subreddit gently, with every picture checked for faces and screenshots of text before it goes live.
- Official files and Blue Book
Import the governmentโs released UFO files and the 10,000+ Project Blue Book cases in a few clicks.
- Auto-fill details
Place, map pin, shape, movement, number of objects, date and time are read from each post, and the quick-fill screen lets you check them one by one.
- Copies and first uploads
Finds the same video on other sites and the earliest upload, so credit goes to the right person.
- Story finder
Finds posts with a real story or a strong link that could become articles, and drafts them.
AI that works for you
- Free AI services, with a backup order
Use up to 19 AI services, many free, in your order. When one hits its limit, the next one takes over.
- Live AI meter
See which service is working right now, what it used and whatโs left today.
- Pick the AI for each job
Choose which service handles summaries, labels, search, moderation and every other job.
- Write by hand
Out of AI credit? Download any jobโs questions in one file, have any AI answer them, and upload the answers. The site does the rest.
- Clean-up helpers
Better titles for vague posts, a place check, a duplicate check and a not-a-sighting sorter. Each one suggests, and you approve.
- Summaries, labels and overviews
Short summaries of long posts, automatic shape, colour, place and date labels, and overviews for every place, year and shape page.
- Encyclopedia upgrade
Rewrites encyclopedia articles from their sources and swaps drawings for freely licensed real photos.
Quality and moderation
- Spam and abuse check
New comments, posts and submissions are checked the moment theyโre posted, with a bad-word filter, link-spam rules and slow mode for new accounts.
- One review page
Everything the helpers found waits on one page for a quick yes or no.
- Duplicates
Same link, near-identical picture, same story, or an AI-confirmed copy. Merging keeps all comments, votes and links.
- Link check
Finds dead videos, links and pictures across sightings, articles and the encyclopedia.
- Face check
Optionally hides pictures showing someoneโs face until you look at them.
- Reports, members and bans
Handle reports, find any member or IP address, see their activity, and ban or unban in one click.
- Picture sources
See which websites pictures come from, and remove all pictures from one site at once if its owner asks.
Grow the audience
- Built for search engines
Clean page addresses, sitemaps, structured data and instant updates to Bing and Yandex.
- Built for AI assistants
A guide for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini describes every section and encyclopedia article.
- Video export
Makes copies of videos sized for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Rumble, Dailymotion and Reddit, with a watermark and intro card. An upload tracker keeps you within each siteโs safe daily pace.
- Weekly newsletter
A โTop sightingsโ post and email drafted for you every week, ready to review and send.
- Views and likes from everywhere
Reads views and likes from YouTube, X, TikTok, Dailymotion and Reddit, and double-checks them online.
- Donations and ads
A donation page with your own links and a monthly goal, plus Google AdSense that stays fully off until you switch it on.
Run it with confidence
- Admin home and search
Todayโs numbers, what needs you, and a search box that finds any page, setting, member or post.
- Traffic dashboard
Live visitors, where they come from and what they read.
- Daily jobs
Everything the site does on its own, with a โRun nowโ button for each job and a log of what it did.
- Backups and restore
Nightly full backups and video backups to your own cloud storage, plus a restore page that works even if the database is gone.
- Security
Two-step sign-in, a secret recovery link, sign out everywhere, lockdown, changed-file alerts, a security log, a morning report and uptime checks.
- Site doctor
Checks everything the site needs and explains any problem in plain words.
- Site editor, no code
Logo, fonts, colours, menu, announcement bar, footer, custom pages and page texts.
- One page for every key
Paste a key and itโs tested at once. None are required, and each one switches on an extra feature.