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74 cases from 24 countries. The biggest misconception in this field is that UAP looks like an American phenomenon. It is not — only the US talked about it loudly.
74 events · 24 countriesEquirectangular projection · positions approximate
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| Date | Case | Country | Status | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 April 1561 | The Nuremberg Phenomenon | Germany | Disputed | 49.5° N · 11.1° E |
| November 1896 – May 1897 | The Airship Wave | United States | Explained | 38.6° N · 121.5° W |
| 1944–1945 (wave) | Foo Fighters | Germany | Insufficient data | 49.0° N · 8.4° E |
| May–December 1946 | Ghost Rockets | Sweden | Insufficient data | 59.3° N · 18.1° E |
| 24 June 1947 | The Kenneth Arnold Sighting | United States | Insufficient data | 46.9° N · 121.8° W |
| July 1947 | Roswell | United States | Disputed | 33.9° N · 105.3° W |
| 7 January 1948 | The Death of Capt. Thomas Mantell | United States | Explained | 36.7° N · 86.6° W |
| 24 July 1948 | Chiles–Whitted | United States | Explained | 32.4° N · 86.3° W |
| 1 October 1948 | The Gorman Dogfight | United States | Explained | 46.9° N · 96.8° W |
| 1948–1951 (wave) | Green Fireballs | United States | Insufficient data | 35.7° N · 106.3° W |
| 11 May 1950 | The McMinnville Photographs | United States | Disputed | 45.2° N · 123.2° W |
| August–September 1951 | The Lubbock Lights | United States | Explained | 33.6° N · 101.9° W |
| 2 July 1952 | The Tremonton Film | United States | Disputed | 41.7° N · 112.2° W |
| 19/20 and 26/27 July 1952 | The Washington Wave◆ | United States | Unresolved | 38.9° N · 77.0° W |
| 21/22 August 1955 | Kelly–Hopkinsville | United States | Disputed | 36.9° N · 87.4° W |
| 13/14 August 1956 | Bentwaters–Lakenheath◆ | United Kingdom | Unresolved | 52.4° N · 0.6° E |
| 17 July 1957 | RB-47H over the Gulf of Mexico◆ | United States | Unresolved | 32.3° N · 95.3° W |
| September 1957 | The Ubatuba Magnesium | Brazil | Disputed | 23.4° S · 45.1° W |
| 2/3 November 1957 | Levelland | United States | Unresolved | 33.6° N · 102.4° W |
| 16 January 1958 | Trindade Island | Brazil | Disputed | 20.5° S · 29.3° W |
| 26/27 June 1959 | Boianai | Papua New Guinea | Unresolved | 9.6° S · 149.5° E |
| 1960 | Maralinga / Wewak | Australia | Insufficient data | 30.2° S · 131.6° E |
| 19/20 September 1961 | Betty and Barney Hill | United States | Disputed | 44.0° N · 71.7° W |
| 24 April 1964 | Socorro◆ | United States | Unresolved | 34.0° N · 106.9° W |
| 1 July 1965 | Valensole | France | Unresolved | 43.8° N · 6.0° E |
| 3 September 1965 | Exeter | United States | Unresolved | 43.0° N · 71.0° W |
| 6 April 1966 | Westall High School | Australia | Unresolved | 37.9° S · 145.1° E |
| 16 and 24 March 1967 | Malmstrom AFB | United States | Disputed | 47.5° N · 111.2° W |
| 20 May 1967 | Falcon Lake◆ | Canada | Unresolved | 49.7° N · 95.3° W |
| 29 August 1967 | Cussac | France | Unresolved | 45.0° N · 3.0° E |
| 4 October 1967 | Shag Harbour | Canada | Unresolved | 43.5° N · 65.7° W |
| 24 October 1968 | Minot AFB◆ | United States | Unresolved | 48.4° N · 101.4° W |
| 2 November 1971 | Delphos | United States | Unresolved | 39.3° N · 97.7° W |
| 18 October 1973 | The Coyne Helicopter Incident | United States | Unresolved | 40.8° N · 82.5° W |
| 19/20 September 1976 | Tehran◆ | Iran | Unresolved | 35.7° N · 51.4° E |
| 20 September 1977 | Petrozavodsk | USSR / Russia | Explained | 61.8° N · 34.4° E |
| September 1977 – January 1978 | Operação Prato | Brazil | Insufficient data | 0.9° S · 48.3° W |
| 1978 (wave) | The Italian Wave of 1978 | Italy | Insufficient data | 43.8° N · 11.3° E |
| 21 October 1978 | Frederick Valentich | Australia | Unresolved | 38.7° S · 144.6° E |
| 30/31 December 1978 | Kaikoura | New Zealand | Disputed | 42.4° S · 173.7° E |
| 11 November 1979 | Manises | Spain | Unresolved | 39.5° N · 0.5° W |
| 11 April 1980 | Arequipa | Peru | Unresolved | 16.6° S · 71.9° W |
| 26–28 December 1980 | Rendlesham Forest | United Kingdom | Disputed | 52.1° N · 1.4° E |
| 29 December 1980 | Cash–Landrum | United States | Disputed | 30.0° N · 95.1° W |
| 8 January 1981 | Trans-en-Provence◆ | France | Unresolved | 43.5° N · 6.5° E |
| 1982–1986 (wave) | The Hudson Valley Wave | United States | Explained | 41.3° N · 73.9° W |
| 1981–present; measurement expedition 1984 | Hessdalen◆ | Norway | Unresolved | 62.8° N · 11.2° E |
| 29 January 1986 | Dalnegorsk | USSR / Russia | Disputed | 44.5° N · 135.6° E |
| 19 May 1986 | Noite Oficial dos OVNIs | Brazil | Unresolved | 23.2° S · 45.9° W |
| 17 November 1986 | JAL 1628◆ | United States (Alaska) | Unresolved | 66.6° N · 145.3° W |
| 27 September 1989 | Voronezh | USSR / Russia | Disputed | 51.7° N · 39.2° E |
| November 1989 – April 1990; key night 30/31 March 1990 | The Belgian Wave◆ | Belgium | Unresolved | 50.6° N · 5.6° E |
| 4 August 1990 | Calvine | United Kingdom | Unresolved | 56.8° N · 3.8° W |
| 30/31 March 1993 | The Cosford Incident | United Kingdom | Explained | 52.6° N · 2.3° W |
| 16 September 1994 | Ariel School | Zimbabwe | Unresolved | 17.9° S · 31.2° E |
| January 1996 | Varginha | Brazil | Disputed | 21.6° S · 45.4° W |
| 13 March 1997 | The Phoenix Lights | United States | Disputed | 33.5° N · 112.1° W |
| 5 March 2004 | The Mexican Air Force FLIR | Mexico | Explained | 18.8° N · 91.1° W |
| 14 November 2004 | USS Nimitz / Tic Tac◆ | United States | Unresolved | 32.6° N · 117.9° W |
| 7 November 2006 | O'Hare | United States | Insufficient data | 42.0° N · 87.9° W |
| 8 January 2008 | Stephenville | United States | Disputed | 32.2° N · 98.2° W |
| 7 July 2010 | Hangzhou Airport | China | Disputed | 30.2° N · 120.4° E |
| August 2012 – February 2013 | Ladakh | India | Explained | 34.1° N · 77.6° E |
| 25 April 2013 | Aguadilla | Puerto Rico | Explained | 18.5° N · 67.1° W |
| 2014–2015 (series) | Roosevelt / East Coast◆ | United States | Unresolved | 36.6° N · 74.5° W |
| 11 November 2014 | The Chilean Navy Footage | Chile | Explained | 33.5° S · 71.6° W |
| January 2015 | GIMBAL | United States | Disputed | 36.0° N · 75.2° W |
| January 2015 | GOFAST | United States | Explained | 35.8° N · 75.0° W |
| April 2016 | The Mosul Orb | Iraq | Unresolved | 36.3° N · 43.1° E |
| July 2019 | USS Omaha | United States | Unresolved | 32.9° N · 119.5° W |
| July 2019 | USS Russell — the “pyramids” | United States | Explained | 32.8° N · 119.3° W |
| December 2019 – January 2020 | The Colorado Drone Swarms | United States | Unresolved | 40.1° N · 102.6° W |
| February 2023 | The 2023 Balloon and the Shootdowns | United States | Explained | 44.0° N · 82.5° W |
| 2024–2025 | The Active Virginia Coast Case | United States | Unresolved | 36.9° N · 75.6° W |