UFO Case Files
18 of the most important UFO and UAP cases, from Roswell in 1947 to the Hellfire orb off Yemen in 2024 — with witnesses, evidence, official explanations and sources for each.
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The Tic Tac
Pacific Ocean, off San Diego · 2004
The most credible UAP case on record. Radar, infrared and multiple trained eyewitnesses.
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Roswell
Lincoln County, New Mexico · 1947
The case that started it all — and the official story changed overnight.
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Rendlesham Forest
Suffolk, England · 1980
Britain’s Roswell — U.S. airmen, a landed craft, and an official memo.
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The Phoenix Lights
Arizona, USA · 1997
Thousands of witnesses. A mile-wide V. And a governor who changed his story.
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Gimbal & GoFast
Atlantic Ocean, U.S. East Coast · 2014–2015
Daily encounters with unknown objects — captured on infrared.
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Ruwa, Zimbabwe · 1994
62 children. One playground. Thirty years of consistent testimony.
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The Tehran Incident
Tehran, Iran · 1976
Two fighter jets. Two systems failures. One DIA memo.
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The Hellfire Orb
Off the coast of Yemen · 2024
A U.S. drone fires a missile at a glowing orb. The missile appears to glance off.
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The Trent Photos
McMinnville, Oregon, USA · 1950
Two snapshots from an Oregon farm that still split experts 75 years later.
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Saucers Over Washington
Washington, D.C., USA · 1952
Radar blips over the capital, jets scrambled, and a historic Pentagon press conference.
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Near Tremonton, Utah, USA · 1952
A Navy photographer films a dozen shining objects. A CIA panel says birds.
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The Socorro Landing
Socorro, New Mexico, USA · 1964
A small-town cop reports a landed craft. Blue Book files it as ‘unknown’.
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Clayton South, Melbourne, Australia · 1966
Scores of schoolkids. One silver saucer. Australia’s biggest mass sighting.
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Shag Harbour
Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada · 1967
Lights plunge into the sea off Nova Scotia. Canada’s files call it a UFO.
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The Missile Shutdowns
Malmstrom AFB, Montana, USA · 1967
Ten nuclear missiles go offline. A former officer says a UFO was overhead.
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Japan Air Lines 1628
Over northeastern Alaska, USA · 1986
A 747 crew reports a giant walnut-shaped craft pacing them over Alaska.
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The Belgian Wave
Belgium · 1989–1990
Thousands of reports, F-16 radar locks, and one famous photo that was faked.
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The O’Hare Disc
O’Hare Airport, Chicago, USA · 2006
A dozen airline workers report a silent disc punching a hole through clouds.
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