Case ranking
Automatically generated from current case source and signal scores.
Purpose
Rankings group cases by source coverage, evidence posture, unresolved residue, or public interest.
Not A Verdict
A rank does not mean a claim is true. It means the case is useful to compare with nearby case files.
How To Read
Open the case, inspect source excerpts, compare evidence against explanations, then follow related cases and patterns.
YouTubeOn 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.
U.S. Department of DefenseThe 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.
WikipediaThe 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.
UFO / UAPThe Rendlesham Forest Incident covers reported lights and encounters near RAF Woodbridge in December 1980, later preserved through UK files, witness accounts, and skeptical analysis.
Ariel PhenomenonAriel School UFO refers to the 1994 Ruwa, Zimbabwe schoolyard sighting reported by dozens of children and later covered by journalists, documentary researchers, and reference archives.
Archive1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident is tracked as a source cluster with 2 independent source domains and 1 extracted evidence items.
Uiowa1947 flying disc craze is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
Jstor1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
PURSUE UAP RecordsPURSUE UAP Records is tracked as a source cluster with 3 independent source domains and 2 extracted evidence items.
WikipediaIntegratron is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
FbiIraqi stargate conspiracy theory is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
WikipediaAurora, Texas, UFO incident is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
ArchiveAngel hair (folklore) is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
ArchiveSouthern Television broadcast interruption is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
Jstor1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
WikipediaMalmstrom UFO incident is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
Archive10 agorot controversy is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
WikipediaOrfeo Angelucci is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.
UFO / UAP2006 O'Hare International Airport UFO sighting is tracked as a source cluster with 2 independent source domains and 2 extracted evidence items.
WikipediaCrop circle is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.