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UFO & alien guides

The big stories, programs, mysteries and questions — each guide gathers the encyclopedia articles, people, documents, timeline events, pictures and sightings on one page, with every fact linked to its source.

🛸 Famous UFO cases (23)

The best-known sightings and encounters, from Roswell to the New Jersey drones

Area 51The Nevada base at the centre of UFO lore — history, claims and sightings nearby Skinwalker RanchThe Utah ranch studied by government-funded researchers — history and claims RoswellThe 1947 Roswell UFO crash explained: the debris found near Corona, the “flying disc” press release, the weather-balloon and Project Mogul … Phoenix LightsThe Phoenix Lights of 13 March 1997: the V-shaped lights seen across Arizona, the military flares explanation, Governor Fife Symington’s la… Rendlesham ForestThe December 1980 Rendlesham Forest UFO incident near RAF Woodbridge and Bentwaters, Suffolk: the airmen’s accounts, the Halt memo and tape… Tic Tac UFO (Nimitz)The 2004 USS Nimitz “Tic Tac” UFO encounter off San Diego: what David Fravor and the other pilots saw, the FLIR1 video, the Gimbal and GoFa… New Jersey dronesThe 2024 New Jersey drone sightings explained: the weeks of night-time reports across New Jersey and the East Coast, the government’s state… Belgian UFO waveThe Belgian UFO wave of 1989–1990: thousands of reports of large black triangles, the F-16 radar chase, the famous Petit-Rechain photo late… Hudson Valley sightingsThe Hudson Valley UFO sightings of the 1980s: the giant boomerang of lights seen by thousands in New York and Connecticut, the pilots-in-fo… Kecksburg UFOThe Kecksburg UFO incident of 9 December 1965: the fireball seen across several states, the acorn-shaped object witnesses described in the … Varginha incidentThe 1996 Varginha incident in Minas Gerais, Brazil: the creature three young women said they saw, the alleged military capture, the officia… Ariel SchoolThe Ariel School UFO incident of 16 September 1994 in Ruwa, Zimbabwe: what the 62 schoolchildren said they saw, John Mack’s interviews, the… Westall UFOThe Westall UFO incident of 6 April 1966 in Melbourne, Australia: the object hundreds of students and teachers saw land near their school, … Tehran 1976The 1976 Tehran UFO incident: two Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom jets scrambled after a bright object, the weapons and instruments that fail… Japan Air Lines 1628The 1986 Japan Air Lines flight 1628 UFO incident over Alaska: what Captain Kenju Terauchi reported, the radar data, the FAA investigation … Washington, D.C. 1952The July 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident: the radar returns and lights over the capital on two weekends, the jet interceptions, the Pent… Battle of Los AngelesThe Battle of Los Angeles, 24–25 February 1942: the night anti-aircraft guns fired at unseen targets over the city, the famous searchlight … Stephenville sightingsThe 2008 Stephenville, Texas UFO sightings: the large object and lights reported by residents, the radar data analysis, the Air Force’s tra… O’Hare Airport UFOThe November 2006 O’Hare International Airport UFO sighting in Chicago: the disc airline workers said they saw above a gate, the hole in th… Malmstrom & the missilesThe Malmstrom Air Force Base UFO incidents: the 1967 reports of objects over Minuteman missile sites as missiles went offline, Robert Salas… Shag HarbourThe Shag Harbour UFO incident of 4 October 1967 in Nova Scotia: the lights that went into the sea, the RCMP and navy search, the official f… Foo fightersFoo fighters were the glowing balls of light that Allied aircrews reported following their planes during World War II. What pilots describe… Ghost rocketsThe ghost rockets of 1946: the thousands of rocket-like objects reported over Sweden and Scandinavia, the Swedish military investigation, t…

🏛️ Government, programs & whistleblowers (13)

Secret programs, official investigations, documents and the people who spoke out

UAP explainedWhat UAP means — AARO, reports, laws, hearings and whistleblowers Official UFO filesGovernment UFO files and releases Majestic 12 (MJ-12)Majestic 12 (MJ-12) explained: the alleged secret committee of officials said to manage crashed UFOs, the documents that surfaced from 1984… Immaculate ConstellationImmaculate Constellation explained: the alleged unacknowledged program for UAP imagery described in Michael Shellenberger’s 2024 report to … Project Blue BookProject Blue Book explained: the U.S. Air Force’s study of 12,618 UFO reports from 1952 to 1969, its leaders Edward Ruppelt and J. Allen Hy… UAP hearingsEvery public UFO and UAP hearing in the U.S. Congress: 1966, 1968, the 2022 Pentagon hearing, David Grusch’s 2023 testimony, the 2024 and 2… David GruschDavid Grusch explained: the former intelligence officer who told Congress in 2023 that the U.S. has recovered non-human craft — his backgro… Bob LazarBob Lazar explained: the man who said in 1989 that he worked on alien craft at S-4 near Area 51 — his story, element 115, the questions abo… AATIPAATIP, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program: the Pentagon UFO program revealed by The New York Times in 2017, Luis Elizondo… AAWSAPAAWSAP, the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program: the DIA-funded study run by Robert Bigelow’s BAASS from 2008, its resear… AAROAARO, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office: the Pentagon office set up in 2022 to investigate UAP — its directors, its historical repor… UAP Disclosure ActThe UAP Disclosure Act explained: Senators Chuck Schumer and Mike Rounds’s 2023 proposal to release government UFO records, what passed int… Men in BlackThe Men in Black explained: the mysterious men said to visit UFO witnesses, Albert Bender and Gray Barker’s 1950s stories, later accounts, …

👽 Aliens & encounters (7)

The kinds of aliens people describe, abductions and close encounters

🔮 Mysteries, lore & hoaxes (5)

Crop circles, ancient aliens, cattle mutilations and famous fakes

🔭 Science & the search for life (6)

SETI, interstellar visitors and the big questions about life in the universe

❓ Questions & how-tos (4)

Straight answers and practical help

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