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Australian Transport Safety Bureau
Missing CasesLatest report Jul 30, 2018

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370

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A Boeing 777 disappeared on 8 March 2014 after deviating from its route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

12 reports6 evidence blocks
ABC15 Arizona
UFO / UAPLatest report Mar 13, 2025

Phoenix Lights

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On March 13, 1997, thousands of Arizona residents reported unusual lights crossing the night sky. The case is best understood as two overlapping episodes: an earlier wave of witnesses describing a large silent V-shaped formation moving across the state, and a later widely filmed row of bright lights near Phoenix that officials and skeptics associate with military flares over the Barry Goldwater Range.

19 reports7 evidence blocks
Popular Mechanics Mysteries
UFO / UAPLatest report Apr 27, 2020

Nimitz Tic Tac UFO

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The Nimitz Tic Tac UFO case centers on U.S. Navy encounters and released infrared footage later acknowledged through official Department of Defense and AARO materials.

8 reports2 evidence blocks

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YouTube USA Today
UFO / UAPLatest report Jul 12, 2026

PURSUE UAP Records

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The 2024 U.S. defense authorization law directed the National Archives to establish a UAP records collection and required agencies to identify and review relevant files.

65 reports3 evidence blocks
Astonishing Legends
UFO / UAPLatest report Jul 7, 2026

Roswell Incident

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The Roswell Incident began with 1947 debris recovery reports and later became a central UFO case through official explanations, archival material, and decades of media reinterpretation.

23 reports4 evidence blocks
Wikipedia
Unexplained EventsTimeline Jun 11, 2026

Ball Lightning

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Ball lightning refers to reported luminous spherical phenomena associated with storms, with many observations but no universally accepted mechanism.

6 reports2 evidence blocks
UNESCO World Heritage Centre
Ancient MysteriesTimeline Jun 11, 2026

Nazca Lines

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The Nazca Lines are large geoglyphs in Peru whose construction, purpose, and ritual context remain widely discussed.

3 reports3 evidence blocks
Wikipedia
CryptidsTimeline Jun 11, 2026

Alyoshenka

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Alyoshenka is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

5 reports4 evidence blocks
Wikipedia
Missing CasesTimeline Jun 10, 2026

DB Cooper

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A hijacker using the name Dan Cooper parachuted from a Boeing 727 with ransom money in 1971 and was never conclusively identified or found.

6 reports4 evidence blocks