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UFO / UAP

不明飞行物

Unidentified aerial and anomalous observables, with emphasis on source provenance and debunk coverage.

This page collects published case files and developing reports in this category so readers can move from broad patterns into the source-backed cases behind them.

Sources

Official, database, media, archive, and community items enter as raw material.

Classification

AI labels category, entities, event names, aliases, evidence, and debunks.

Clustering

Items with matching names, dates, places, and references become one candidate.

Publishing

Only source-backed clusters clear review and become public case files.

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Phoenix Lights

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.

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Cluster queue

Dyson sphere

Dyson sphere is tracked as a source cluster with 2 independent source domains and 2 extracted evidence items.

Inspect reports

Published case files

Source-backed cases

Ranked by signal, sources, evidence, and freshness

YouTube
#1UFO / 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.

12 sources12 evidence items
U.S. Department of Defense
#2UFO / UAPLatest report Apr 27, 2020

Nimitz Tic Tac UFO

90

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.

7 sources7 evidence items
Wikipedia
#3UFO / UAPLatest report Jul 28, 1995

Roswell Incident

83

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.

9 sources6 evidence items
Ariel Phenomenon
#4UFO / UAPLatest report Jul 5, 2021

Ariel School UFO

83

Ariel 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.

7 sources7 evidence items
UFO / UAP
#5UFO / UAPLatest report Aug 17, 2009

Rendlesham Forest Incident

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The Rendlesham Forest Incident covers reported lights and encounters near RAF Woodbridge in December 1980, later preserved through UK files, witness accounts, and skeptical analysis.

3 sources3 evidence items
UFO / UAP
#6UFO / UAPDate unknown

Barney Betty Hill incident

75

Barney and Betty Hill incident source discovered from Wikipedia references.

4 sources4 evidence items
Archive
#7UFO / UAPOccurred Jan 1, 1952

1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident

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1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident is tracked as a source cluster with 2 independent source domains and 1 extracted evidence items.

4 sources4 evidence items
Uiowa
#8UFO / UAPOccurred Jan 1, 1947

1947 flying disc craze

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1947 flying disc craze is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Jstor
#9UFO / UAPOccurred Jan 1, 1566

1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel

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1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

2 sources2 evidence items
PURSUE UAP Records
#10UFO / UAPLatest report Jun 9, 2026

PURSUE UAP Records

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PURSUE UAP Records is tracked as a source cluster with 3 independent source domains and 2 extracted evidence items.

6 sources6 evidence items
Wikipedia
#11UFO / UAPDate unknown

Aurora, Texas, UFO incident

70

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

4 sources4 evidence items
Archive
#12UFO / UAPDate unknown

Southern Television broadcast interruption

70

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

4 sources4 evidence items
Fbi
#13UFO / UAPDate unknown

Iraqi stargate conspiracy theory

70

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

4 sources4 evidence items
Wikipedia
#14UFO / UAPDate unknown

Integratron

70

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

4 sources4 evidence items
Archive
#15UFO / UAPDate unknown

Angel hair (folklore)

70

Angel hair (folklore) is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
Jstor
#16UFO / UAPOccurred Jan 1, 1665

1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund

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1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

3 sources3 evidence items
Archive
#17UFO / UAPDate unknown

10 agorot controversy

67

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

4 sources4 evidence items
Wikipedia
#18UFO / UAPDate unknown

Malmstrom UFO incident

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

4 sources4 evidence items
Wikipedia
#19UFO / UAPDate unknown

Orfeo Angelucci

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

4 sources4 evidence items
Astonishing Legends
#20UFO / UAP贝茨神秘球Latest report Mar 6, 2026

Betz Mystery Sphere

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A heavy metal sphere found by the Betz family in Florida in 1974 became a long-running UFO-adjacent mystery after reported odd movements, Navy inspection, X-ray claims, and later industrial-object explanations.

7 sources7 evidence items
Discovery UK
#21UFO / UAPDate unknown

Light of Saratoga

64

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

5 sources5 evidence items
Wikipedia
#22UFO / UAPDate unknown

Crop circle

64

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

4 sources4 evidence items
Space
#23UFO / UAPDate unknown

UFO sightings in outer space

64

UFO sightings in outer space is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

4 sources4 evidence items
UFO / UAP
#24UFO / UAPOccurred Jan 1, 2006

2006 O'Hare International Airport UFO sighting

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2006 O'Hare International Airport UFO sighting is tracked as a source cluster with 2 independent source domains and 2 extracted evidence items.

4 sources4 evidence items
Archive
#25UFO / UAPDate unknown

Bridgewater Triangle

63

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

4 sources4 evidence items
Wikipedia
#26UFO / UAPDate unknown

Ley line

63

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

3 sources3 evidence items
Wikipedia
#27UFO / UAPOccurred Jan 1, 1561

1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg

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1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

3 sources3 evidence items
UFO / UAP
#28UFO / UAPDate unknown

Space Brothers (myth)

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Space Brothers (myth) is tracked by MysteryAtlas as a source-backed mystery case for evidence inspection, explanation review, and conservative assessment.

3 sources3 evidence items
Spark
#29UFO / UAPDate unknown

Hessdalen lights

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

5 sources5 evidence items
The Fear Channel
#30UFO / UAPDate unknown

Tulli Papyrus

56

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

5 sources5 evidence items
Washingtonpost
#31UFO / UAPDate unknown

Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program

55

Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program is being reviewed for source density, chronology, media provenance, and competing explanations before full publication.

7 sources7 evidence items
House Oversight Committee
#32UFO / UAPDate unknown

UAP Disclosure Whistleblower Hearings

54

UAP Disclosure Whistleblower Hearings is being reviewed for source density, chronology, media provenance, and competing explanations before full publication.

3 sources3 evidence items

Developing reports

Lower-confidence reports with media

These items are visible for exploration, but they are not indexed as full case files until the source threshold is met. Reports without image, video, audio, or source media stay in the internal queue.

4 visible

Ready for reviewUFO / UAP

Dyson sphere

Dyson sphere is tracked as a source cluster with 2 independent source domains and 2 extracted evidence items.

Inspect source posture3 sources

This report is visible as a developing item because it has media or source material, but it has not cleared the full case threshold.

3 independent1 trusted0 debunk refsMedia present
3 items2026-06-12
Developing reportUFO / UAP

Disclosure movement

Disclosure movement is tracked as a source cluster with 2 independent source domains and 1 extracted evidence items.

Inspect source posture3 sources

This report is visible as a developing item because it has media or source material, but it has not cleared the full case threshold.

3 independent0 trusted0 debunk refsMedia present
1 items2026-06-12
Developing reportUFO / UAP

Reptilian conspiracy theory

Reptilian conspiracy theory is tracked as a source cluster with 2 independent source domains and 1 extracted evidence items.

Inspect source posture2 sources

This report is visible as a developing item because it has media or source material, but it has not cleared the full case threshold.

2 independent0 trusted0 debunk refsMedia present
1 items2026-06-12
Developing reportUFO / UAP

UFO in China's Skies Prompts Investigation

UFO in China's Skies Prompts Investigation is tracked as a v2 source cluster with 1 independent source domains, 1 trusted sources, and 1 evidence items.

Inspect source posture1 sources

This report is visible as a developing item because it has media or source material, but it has not cleared the full case threshold.

1 independent0 trusted0 debunk refsMedia present
1 items2026-06-12

99 internal candidates are held back because they lack media, source diversity, or are better treated as topics/patterns.