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From official releases to contact claims, different kinds of evidence are never presented as equal.
ARCHIVE SCALE
Raw reports and the curated archive are not the same thing
We do not duplicate tens of thousands of raw reports. Government programs, evidence-rich cases, historical testimony and source databases remain separate layers.Layer 0 · Government programs
7 curated records · 15–20countries target
Layer 1 · Documented cases
15 curated records · 60–100cases target
Layer 2 · Historical testimony
11 curated records · 200–300long-term target
Layer 3 · Raw-data links
4 public databases linked
SOURCE DATABASES
Raw-data gateways
Explore the larger body of material beyond Salgil's curated records through the latest public databases maintained by source institutions.How to read this page
A record's existence is not proof of the claim.
Badges describe the kind of material available—not a verdict that a claim is true. Official records and personal interpretation may coexist in one case.CASE ARCHIVE
Releases and cases
U.S. Department of Defense
AARO official reports and case material
Collects annual reports and resolved or unresolved cases released by the U.S. office investigating anomalous phenomena across domains, including the FY2025 report released in July 2026.
Open case file →The office, FY2023–FY2025 annual reports and public case pages
Identity of unresolved objects and interpretation of some testimony
United States
2021 U.S. intelligence preliminary UAP assessment
An official U.S. intelligence assessment categorizing military-linked UAP reports from 2004 to 2021.
Open case file →Publication and the body of reports reviewed
Causes and threat level of unresolved cases
United States
NASA independent UAP study
NASA reviewed ways to improve UAP research through civilian science data and observation systems.
Open case file →The study team and public report
Extraterrestrial origin—the report does not establish it
Off Southern California
2004 Nimitz 'Tic Tac' incident
Examines the object reported by Navy pilots and ship sensors alongside later-released video and testimony.
Open case file →Military testimony, flight operations and DoD-confirmed video
Complete raw sensor data and object identity
U.S. East Coast
2014–2015 Roosevelt carrier-group reports
Places pilot accounts of repeated training-range sightings in context with the GIMBAL and GOFAST videos.
Open case file →Military provenance of video and pilot testimony
Speed, distance and nature of the objects
Suffolk, United Kingdom
1980 Rendlesham Forest incident
Separates military witness accounts and a contemporary memo from claims expanded in later retellings.
Open case file →Multiple witnesses and a contemporary memo
Cause of lights, physical contact and later changes in testimony
Arizona, United States
1997 Phoenix Lights
Compares mass sightings and video with military flare explanations across potentially different events that night.
Open case file →Mass sightings, some video and military flare activity
Whether earlier moving lights and later stationary lights were the same phenomenon
New Hampshire, United States
1961 Betty and Barney Hill case
Separates the journey sighting, missing-time claim and hypnotic recall of an early abduction narrative from later interpretation.
Open case file →Reports, consultations and hypnosis records exist
Factuality of abduction and entity memories
Arizona, United States
1975 Travis Walton disappearance and abduction claim
Treats coworker light-sighting claims, a multi-day absence and later onboard testimony as separate evidence layers.
Open case file →Missing-person investigation and return
UFO boarding and alien encounter
Minas Gerais, Brazil
1957 Antônio Villas Boas encounter
An early onboard and physical-contact claim reviewed through the timing of first publication and scope of medical records.
Open case file →Interviews and records by investigators
Reality of craft boarding and contact
California, United States
George Adamski's Venusian contact claims
Documents influential photos and books alongside hoax allegations and conflicts with contemporary planetary science.
Open case file →Historical impact of publications, lectures and photos
Photo authenticity and extraterrestrial contact
United States
Bashar channeling claim
Separates Darryl Anka's long-running claimed alien channeling from its cultural reception and verification limits.
Open case file →Public lectures, video and publications
Identity and paranormal origin of the claimed source
Seoul, South Korea
1976 Seoul anti-aircraft fire and unidentified aircraft
Separates the documented anti-aircraft response to an unidentified track over Seoul from witness accounts, casualties and the official aircraft explanation.
Open case file →Anti-aircraft fire, mass witnessing and casualties from falling rounds
The precise aircraft or track targeted and how it became framed as a UFO encounter
Gapyeong, South Korea
1995 Gapyeong UFO footage dispute
Reviews an object recorded by a news crew in Gapyeong through surviving broadcast and film material.
Open case file →Contemporary 1995 broadcast material, footage and photographer testimony
Distance, size, flight behavior and whether the object was artificial
United States Air Force
Projects Sign, Grudge and Blue Book with the Condon Report
Traces the Air Force investigation lineage, 12,618 Blue Book reports and the Condon Report used in the decision to end the program in 1969.
Open case file →Program records, 701 of 12,618 reports left unidentified, and termination in 1969
Meaning of the unidentified category and whether the closure conclusion reflected the full record
Belgium
1989–1990 Belgian UFO wave
Separates gendarmerie and civilian reports, the Belgian Air Force F-16 radar episode and a famous photograph later admitted to be a hoax.
Open case file →Months of reports, two F-16s scrambled in March 1990 and an Air Force report
Cause of radar contacts and whether reports shared one source; the famous photograph does not establish the wider wave
U.S. Congress and Department of Defense
2023 Grusch testimony and AARO historical report
Places David Grusch's crash-retrieval and reverse-engineering testimony beside AARO's official finding that it found no verifiable evidence supporting those claims.
Open case file →The July 2023 hearing and written testimony, the 2024 AARO historical report and the FY2025 report
Factual basis for alleged hidden programs, non-human material and concealment
French space agency CNES
France's official GEIPAN investigation and disclosure system
Documents how the CNES service created in 1977 collects and analyzes reports and publishes anonymized case files and conclusions.
Open case file →Creation in 1977, the GEPAN–SEPRA–GEIPAN lineage and public case database
Identity of unresolved category-D cases; GEIPAN does not determine extraterrestrial origin
New Mexico, United States
1947 Roswell and the 1994–1997 Air Force reports
Compares the 1947 debris record and later extraterrestrial craft or body claims with Air Force explanations involving Project MOGUL and anthropomorphic test dummies.
Open case file →Debris recovery, changing military announcements, the 1994–1997 Air Force reports and released source files
Ultimate identity of the debris and later alien-body testimony; chronology issues in the Air Force explanation
Tehran, Iran
1976 Tehran F-4 interception
Two Iranian Air Force F-4s were scrambled after reports of a bright object over Tehran; aircrews reported visual contact and temporary instrument or communications problems.
Open case file →DIA/NSA archival documents, fighter scrambles and multiple aircrew reports
Object identity, completeness of radar records and whether malfunctions were causally related
Westall, Melbourne, Australia
1966 Westall school mass sighting
Students and teachers reported a disc-shaped object over Westall High School and toward the nearby Grange reserve in one of Australia's best-known mass sightings.
Open case file →Multiple school-community testimonies, contemporary press coverage and later filmed interviews
Exact witness count, alleged landing, military involvement and object identity
Bass Strait, Australia
1978 Frederick Valentich disappearance
Pilot Frederick Valentich vanished over Bass Strait after a final radio exchange reporting an unidentified aircraft above him.
Open case file →Air-traffic transcript, flight plan, search and continuing non-recovery
Identity of the reported object and cause of disappearance
Kaikoura coast, New Zealand
1978 Kaikoura lights
Lights reported by an aircrew and television team were also associated with radar returns and film, making this a prominent New Zealand case.
Open case file →Multiple-flight observations, television film, radar reports and preserved government files
Whether filmed lights and radar targets were the same objects and the cause of each observation
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, China
2010 Xiaoshan airport closure and UFO reports
Xiaoshan airport operations were halted for about an hour after an unidentified-object report, while many viral images were later found unrelated or consistent with aircraft.
Open case file →Temporary airport closure and flight diversions
Identity of the initial target and whether viral photos or videos depict the event
Ruwa, Zimbabwe
1994 Ariel School encounter claim
Children at Ariel School in Ruwa reported seeing an object and small beings beyond the playground in a prominent group-testimony case.
Open case file →Early drawings and filmed interviews from multiple children, followed by researcher interviews
External cause of the reports, interview neutrality and reality of the claimed craft or beings
Petrozavodsk and northwestern USSR
1977 Petrozavodsk phenomenon
A large luminous display seen across northwestern Soviet territory prompted press coverage and review by Soviet scientific institutions.
Open case file →Wide-area reports, contemporary coverage, a simultaneous satellite launch and scientific review
Whether the launch explains every detail and the reliability of later-added physical-effect claims
Coast of Hitachi Province, Japan
1803 Utsuro-bune drift legend
An Edo-period tale of a round vessel and foreign woman that was later reinterpreted as a UFO encounter.
Open case file →Existence of several nineteenth-century texts and illustrated variants
Whether an event occurred in 1803, its exact location and modern UFO interpretation
Tully, Queensland, Australia
1966 Tully 'saucer nest'
A farmer reported a disc rising from a lagoon, after which a flattened circular reed formation was found and photographed.
Open case file →Contemporaneously photographed reed formation and Pedley's report
Cause of the formation and reality of the reported disc
Queensland outback, Australia
Australia's Min Min lights
A long-running outback tradition of distant lights that seem to hover or follow travellers, with temperature-inversion mirages offering a strong mechanism.
Open case file →Long regional sighting tradition and experimental work on atmospheric refraction
Light source in each report and how broadly the natural mechanism applies
Antananarivo, Madagascar
1954 Antananarivo mass sighting
A famous report of green luminous objects crossing Madagascar's capital, though the chain from contemporary records to later summaries needs further verification.
Open case file →A repeatedly cited narrative with a specific date and location
Extent of contemporary documentation, exact witness count and nature of the objects
Wonsan and Sunchon airspace, Korea
1952 Wonsan–Sunchon B-29 light reports
U.S. Air Force records describe B-29 crews reporting orange spherical lights pacing bombers during Korean War missions near Wonsan and Sunchon.
Open case file →U.S. Air Force case cards, intelligence material and multiple crew reports
Some transcription discrepancies in dates and the precise cause of the lights
Wellington, New Zealand
2010 New Zealand Defence Force UFO file release
The New Zealand Defence Force released 15 volumes of UFO-related reports and correspondence spanning 1952–2009 with privacy redactions.
Open case file →Release of 15 redacted volumes, their date range and the current NZDF position
Credibility of individual reports and identity of unresolved cases
Japan Ministry of Defense and Self-Defense Forces
2020 Japan MOD UAP reporting protocol
Japan's Ministry of Defense instructed Self-Defense Force units to photograph, record and analyse unidentified aerial objects encountered during operations.
Open case file →MOD issuance of instructions and the photograph, record and analysis procedure
Number of reports gathered under the protocol and contents of non-public records
CHRONOLOGY
Case timeline
1803 Utsuro-bune drift legend
Coast of Hitachi Province, Japan
Projects Sign, Grudge and Blue Book with the Condon Report
United States Air Force
1947 Roswell and the 1994–1997 Air Force reports
New Mexico, United States
George Adamski's Venusian contact claims
California, United States
1952 Wonsan–Sunchon B-29 light reports
Wonsan and Sunchon airspace, Korea
1954 Antananarivo mass sighting
Antananarivo, Madagascar
1957 Antônio Villas Boas encounter
Minas Gerais, Brazil
1961 Betty and Barney Hill case
New Hampshire, United States
1966 Westall school mass sighting
Westall, Melbourne, Australia
1966 Tully 'saucer nest'
Tully, Queensland, Australia
1975 Travis Walton disappearance and abduction claim
Arizona, United States
1976 Seoul anti-aircraft fire and unidentified aircraft
Seoul, South Korea
1976 Tehran F-4 interception
Tehran, Iran
France's official GEIPAN investigation and disclosure system
French space agency CNES
1977 Petrozavodsk phenomenon
Petrozavodsk and northwestern USSR
1978 Frederick Valentich disappearance
Bass Strait, Australia
1978 Kaikoura lights
Kaikoura coast, New Zealand
1980 Rendlesham Forest incident
Suffolk, United Kingdom
Bashar channeling claim
United States
1989–1990 Belgian UFO wave
Belgium
1994 Ariel School encounter claim
Ruwa, Zimbabwe
1995 Gapyeong UFO footage dispute
Gapyeong, South Korea
1997 Phoenix Lights
Arizona, United States
2004 Nimitz 'Tic Tac' incident
Off Southern California
2010 Xiaoshan airport closure and UFO reports
Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, China
2010 New Zealand Defence Force UFO file release
Wellington, New Zealand
2014–2015 Roosevelt carrier-group reports
U.S. East Coast
2020 Japan MOD UAP reporting protocol
Japan Ministry of Defense and Self-Defense Forces
2021 U.S. intelligence preliminary UAP assessment
United States
AARO official reports and case material
U.S. Department of Defense
NASA independent UAP study
United States
2023 Grusch testimony and AARO historical report
U.S. Congress and Department of Defense
Australia's Min Min lights
Queensland outback, Australia
PEOPLE INDEX
Key people
Explore official roles, firsthand testimony and contact claims as distinct categories.J. Allen Hynek
United States · UAP · Remote viewing
John E. Mack
United States · Contact claim · UAP
Boriska Kipriyanovich
Russia · Remote viewing · Contact claim
Ingo Swann
United States · Remote viewing
Joseph McMoneagle
United States · Remote viewing
Russell Targ
United States · Remote viewing
Hal Puthoff
United States · Remote viewing · UAP
George Adamski
United States · Contact claim · UAP
Billy Meier
Switzerland · Contact claim · UAP
Betty Hill
United States · Contact claim · UAP
Barney Hill
United States · Contact claim · UAP
Travis Walton
United States · Contact claim · UAP
Whitley Strieber
United States · Contact claim · UAP
Antônio Villas Boas
Brazil · Contact claim · UAP
Claude Vorilhon Raël
France · Contact claim
Alex Collier
United States · Contact claim
Darryl Anka
United States · Contact claim · Remote viewing