UFO Sightings in United States
242 documented cases in this archive come from United States. Each links to a full case file covering what witnesses saw, the official narrative, and a two-pass assessment with its evidence tier. The interactive globe on the homepage plots every case by exact location.
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The Pentagon GIMBAL Video
Atlantic warning area off the US East Coast · January 2015 Verified Unexplained -
The New Jersey Drone Flap
Cape May and the US Northeast · November to December 2024 Barely Disputed -
The Greenville Black Triangle
Greenville County, South Carolina · 26 May 2009 Unknown -
The Na Pali Coast Object
Na Pali Coast, Kauai, Hawaii Unknown -
The California Ocean Object
Off the California coast · Around May 2018 Unknown -
The Traverse City Dark Object
Traverse City, Michigan · Captioned 3 July 2025 Unknown -
The Utah Red UFO
About 25 miles southwest of Provo, Utah · Summer 1966 Unknown -
The Adamski Scout Ship
Palomar Gardens, California · 13 December 1952 Discredited -
The Roswell Shiny Object
Claimed Roswell, New Mexico · Claimed 25 March 2026 Unknown -
The Chris Bledsoe Family Lights
North Carolina · Ongoing Unknown -
The MacDill "JP" Triangle Photos
Near MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida · August to October 2017 Barely Disputed -
The Paul Villa Saucer Photos
Rio Grande valley near Albuquerque, New Mexico · 1963 to 1965 (famous set: 18 April 1965) Barely Disputed -
The Bryce Canyon Photo
Bryce Canyon, Utah · 7 June 1994 (miscaptioned "1997" in reposts) Unknown -
The Northeastern Orb Sightings (FBI PURSUE Files)
Northeastern United States (exact location withheld by the FBI) · March 2022 to July 2025 Unknown -
The Western US Orbs-Launching-Orbs Encounter
Near a sensitive national security site, western United States (location classified) · October 2023 Unknown -
The 1947 Roswell Crash
Foster Ranch, near Corona, northwest of Roswell, New Mexico · 8 July 1947 Barely Disputed -
Socorro Landing (Lonnie Zamora)
Socorro, New Mexico · 24 April 1964 Barely Disputed -
The Kecksburg Crash
Kecksburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania · 9 December 1965 Barely Disputed -
The Travis Walton Abduction
Turkey Springs, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, near Heber and Snowflake, Navajo County, Arizona, USA · 5 November 1975 Barely Disputed -
The Betty and Barney Hill Abduction
U.S. Route 3 near Indian Head and Lincoln, White Mountains, New Hampshire · 19 to 20 September 1961 Barely Disputed -
Japan Air Lines Flight 1628
Over eastern Alaska near Fort Yukon, northeast of Fairbanks · 17 November 1986 Barely Disputed -
The Phoenix Lights
Phoenix and across Arizona, from Paulden and Prescott south to Tucson · 13 March 1997 Barely Disputed -
The USS Nimitz Tic Tac
Off Baja California, Pacific Ocean, southwest of San Diego (Nimitz Carrier Strike Group operating area) · 14 November 2004 Verified Unexplained -
The Aurora, Texas Airship Crash (1897)
Aurora, Wise County, Texas, USA · 17 April 1897 Barely Disputed -
The Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins
Sutton farmhouse, Old Madisonville Road, Kelly, Christian County, Kentucky · 21 to 22 August 1955 Barely Disputed -
The Levelland Sightings
Levelland and surrounding farm roads, Hockley County, Texas · 2 to 3 November 1957 Verified Unexplained -
The Incident at Exeter
Kensington and Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire · 3 September 1965 Barely Disputed -
The Coyne Helicopter Encounter
Near Mansfield, Ohio, USA · 18 October 1973 Barely Disputed -
The Pascagoula Abduction
West bank of the Pascagoula River, by the old Shaupeter shipyard, Pascagoula, Mississippi · 11 October 1973 Verified Unexplained -
The Cash-Landrum Encounter
Farm to Market Road 1485 near Huffman, Texas · 29 December 1980 Barely Disputed -
The Chicago O'Hare Airport Sighting
Gate C17, Concourse C, O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, Illinois · 7 November 2006 Barely Disputed -
The Stephenville Lights
Stephenville and Dublin, Erath County, Texas · 8 January 2008 Barely Disputed -
The Allagash Abductions
Eagle Lake, Allagash Wilderness Waterway, Aroostook County, northern Maine · 26 August 1976 Barely Disputed -
The St. Clair County Police Triangle
St. Clair and Madison Counties, southwestern Illinois (Highland, Lebanon, Shiloh, Millstadt, Dupo), near Scott Air Force Base · 5 January 2000 Barely Disputed -
The Stinson Lake, New Hampshire Photograph
Stinson Lake, Rumney, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA · February 2000 Unknown -
The Salt Lake City Ring Photographs
Beck Street industrial corridor, north Salt Lake City, Utah · 1 March 2001 Barely Disputed -
The Waynesville, Ohio Police UFO Report
Waynesville and Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, USA · 24 April 2001 Verified Unexplained -
The Carteret, New Jersey Lights
Carteret, over the Arthur Kill waterway, New Jersey · 15 July 2001 Barely Disputed -
Encounter at Gulfport, Mississippi
Gulfport, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA · July 1966 Unknown -
The Tyrone, Pennsylvania Beam Photograph
Ice Mountain, near Tyrone, Blair County, Pennsylvania · 20 October 2002 Unknown -
The Albany Airport UFO Video
Albany International Airport, Colonie, New York · 20 October 2002 Barely Disputed -
The Paintsville Train Collision
Paintsville, Johnson County, Kentucky · 14 January 2002 Barely Disputed -
Red Disk Passes a US Airways Jet
Over northern New Jersey, on descent into LaGuardia Airport, New York · 23 November 2003 Unknown -
The Bristol, Tennessee Triangle Close Encounter
Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee, USA · 2 October 2004 Unknown -
The Las Cruces, New Mexico Photograph (2002)
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA (object photographed against the ranges west of the city) · 5 October 2002 Unknown -
The Trenton-Brookville Sightings
Trenton, Butler County, Ohio and Brookville Lake, Franklin County, Indiana · 9 August 2002 Barely Disputed -
The Billerica Deck Levitation
Billerica, Massachusetts · 12 December 2004 Unknown -
The Arkansas Colonel's Photographs
Van Buren, Arkansas, United States · 9 January 2007 Strongly Disputed -
V-Shaped Object Over Los Angeles (2008)
San Fernando Valley and Greater Los Angeles, California · 14 November 2008 Unknown -
The Noble, Oklahoma Jet Chase
Noble, Oklahoma, USA · 27 May 2005 Unknown -
The California Airline Pilot Sighting (2004)
North of Stockton, California, on approach to San Francisco International Airport · 3 November 2004 Unknown -
The Oklahoma Pond Object
A private farm pond in rural Oklahoma, location tagged "Flagler" · 27 June 2006 Unknown -
The Marcia Burke Encounter
Deer Trail, Colorado · July 2006 Barely Disputed -
The Inaja Photograph
Inaja Memorial Picnic Grounds, hills above Santa Ysabel, San Diego County, California · 1 July 1990 Barely Disputed -
The Holland, Michigan Sightings (1994)
Holland, Grand Haven, and the Lake Michigan shoreline, Ottawa and Muskegon counties, Michigan, USA · 8 March 1994 Verified Unexplained -
The Lee Family Encounter
Havana, Florida (Gadsden County, north of Tallahassee) · December 1991 Unknown -
The Daytona Beach Police FLIR Footage
Near Daytona Beach, Volusia County, Florida · 1 March 1991 Barely Disputed -
The Seattle Triangle (1993)
East Marginal Way South, beside Boeing Field (King County International Airport), Seattle, Washington · November 1993 Unknown -
The America West Flight 564 Encounter
Near Bovina, Texas and Tucumcari, New Mexico · 25 May 1995 Barely Disputed -
The Mongo Photo Case
Trading Post Campgrounds, Mongo, LaGrange County, Indiana · 31 August 1994 Barely Disputed -
The Trumbull County Police Sightings
Trumbull County, Ohio (Liberty Township, Hubbard, Howland, Girard and Vienna), United States · 14 December 1994 Barely Disputed -
The Kirtland AFB Encounter (1980)
Manzano Weapons Storage Area and Coyote Canyon, Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, New Mexico · 8 to 9 August 1980 Verified Unexplained -
The Hudson Valley Sightings
Hudson Valley, New York and western Connecticut (Brewster, Yorktown, Kent, Putnam and Westchester counties) · March 1983 Barely Disputed -
The Lake Michigan L-1011 Object
South central Lake Michigan, at FL370 on airway between San Francisco and New York · 4 July 1981 Barely Disputed -
The Copley Woods Encounter
Copley Woods subdivision, southeast side of Indianapolis, Indiana · 30 June 1983 Barely Disputed -
The Whitley Strieber Encounter
Strieber cabin, Ulster County, upstate New York, United States · 26 December 1985 Barely Disputed -
The Indian Point Nuclear Plant Encounter
Indian Point Energy Center, Buchanan, Westchester County, New York · 14 June and 24 July 1984 Barely Disputed -
The Delphos, Kansas Glowing Ring
Johnson family farm near Delphos, Ottawa County, Kansas, United States · 2 November 1971 Verified Unexplained -
The Holloman AFB Landing Film
Holloman Air Force Base, near Alamogordo, New Mexico, United States; promoted via Norton AFB, San Bernardino, California · 1974 Unknown -
A NASA Fire Technician on the Apollo 15 Hadley Rille Object
Mission Operations Control Room viewing room, Building 30, Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas (object reported on a TV screen showing Hadley Rille on the Moon) · July to August 1971 Barely Disputed -
The USS John F. Kennedy Glowing Sphere
Atlantic Ocean, southeast of Florida, aboard USS John F. Kennedy (CVA-67) · 2 July 1971 Barely Disputed -
Metallic Saucers Morph over Yuma, Arizona (1970)
Yuma, Arizona, United States · August 1970 Barely Disputed -
The Judy Doraty Abduction
Texas City and the Alta Loma area near Houston, Texas, USA · May 1973 Barely Disputed -
The Skylab 3 Red Object (1973)
Low Earth orbit aboard the Skylab space station, roughly 270 miles up, on the daylight-to-darkness terminator near the equatorial region of the orbit track · 20 September 1973 Barely Disputed -
The Apollo 16 UFO Film
Trans-Earth coast, between the Moon and Earth (Apollo 16 Command Module Casper) · April 1972 Strongly Disputed -
The McChord AFB Encounter (1972)
TACAN navigation site near McChord Air Force Base, Pierce County, Washington, USA · 14 October 1972 Barely Disputed -
The Pasadena Police Helicopter Encounter
Pasadena, California, near the San Gabriel foothills · October 1972 Unknown -
The Richards Family Landing Trace, Columbia Missouri
Mobile home about half a mile southeast of Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, near Route WW · 28 June 1973 Barely Disputed -
The Edwards AFB Abductee Crash Claim
North of Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave Desert, California · Summer 1971 Barely Disputed -
The Karnes City Uranium Mine UFO
Open-pit uranium mine west of Karnes City, Karnes County, Texas · Summer 1971 Barely Disputed -
The Princeton, Indiana Saucer (1973)
Highway 64 through the Wabash River bottoms, near Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana · August 1973 Unknown -
The Falkville Metal Man
Falkville, Morgan County, Alabama, USA · 17 October 1973 Barely Disputed -
The Dayton, Ohio UFO Wave (1973)
New Lebanon and the Dayton-Cincinnati corridor, southwestern Ohio, USA · 10 October 1973 Barely Disputed -
The Mt. Vernon Train Stoppage
L&N Railroad line east of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, near Caborn and Lamont Crossing · 20 October 1973 Unknown -
The Red Bluff UFO Incident
Hoag Road near Corning and Red Bluff, Tehama County, California, USA · 13 August 1960 Verified Unexplained -
The Eagle River Pancakes
Eagle River, Vilas County, Wisconsin, United States · 18 April 1961 Barely Disputed -
The Las Vegas Crash Report (1962)
Eureka and Nephi, Utah, west to Mesquite Range near Las Vegas, Nevada · 18 April 1962 Barely Disputed -
The Wayne City Car Chase
Wayne City and Keenes, Wayne County, Illinois · 4 August 1963 Barely Disputed -
The Big Sur Vandenberg Film
Anderson Peak, Big Sur, California, tracking a Vandenberg AFB Atlas launch over the Pacific · September 1964 Barely Disputed -
The Portage County UFO Chase
Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio, to Conway, Beaver County, Pennsylvania · 17 April 1966 Verified Unexplained -
The Michigan Swamp Gas Case
Dexter and Hillsdale, Michigan, USA · 20 to 21 March 1966 Barely Disputed -
The Wanaque Reservoir Incident
Wanaque Reservoir and Raymond Dam, Wanaque, Passaic County, New Jersey, United States · 11 January 1966 Barely Disputed -
The Minot AFB B-52 Encounter (1968)
Minot Air Force Base and surrounding Minuteman missile complex, North Dakota, USA · 24 October 1968 Barely Disputed -
The Buff Ledge Camp Abductions
Buff Ledge Camp, Clay Point Road, Colchester (Malletts Bay), Lake Champlain, Vermont · 7 August 1968 Barely Disputed -
The Florida Everglades Encounter (Flynn, 1965)
Everglades wetlands east of Fort Myers, Lee County, Florida, United States · 14 to 15 March 1965 Verified Unexplained -
The Gemini 7 "Bogey at Ten O'Clock High"
Low Earth orbit, over the Pacific, aboard Gemini VII · 4 December 1965 Barely Disputed -
A UFO Illuminates a Police Car at Damon, Texas (1965)
Highway 36 between Damon and West Columbia, Brazoria County, Texas, USA · 3 September 1965 Verified Unexplained -
The Cherry Creek Landing
Butcher dairy farm, Aldrich Road, near Cherry Creek, Chautauqua County, New York · 19 August 1965 Barely Disputed -
The Presque Isle Beach Landing
Beach 6, Presque Isle State Park, Erie, Pennsylvania · 31 July 1966 Barely Disputed -
The USS Tiru Encounter (1966)
Hood Canal / Dabob Bay area, Puget Sound, Washington (claimed); USS Tiru (SS-416), Pacific Northwest · June 1966 Barely Disputed -
The Saucer That Stopped a Car near Meridian, Mississippi
Lizelia, near Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, United States · 10 July 1967 Verified Unexplained -
The Claremont, New Hampshire Dome Object
Claremont, New Hampshire, USA · 30 July 1968 Unknown -
The Beverly, Massachusetts Close Encounter
Beverly, Massachusetts · 22 April 1966 Verified Unexplained -
An Ohio Pilot Eludes a UFO (1968)
Warren, Ohio (near Youngstown), United States · 8 July 1968 Unknown -
A Vehicle Encounters a UFO at Lavonia, Georgia (1964)
Between Carnesville and Lavonia, Franklin County, Georgia, USA · 29 June 1964 Barely Disputed -
The Tulsa, Oklahoma UFO Photograph (1965)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States · 2 August 1965 Barely Disputed -
A Saucer Hovers over Lynn, Massachusetts
Henry Street, Lynn, Massachusetts, USA · 15 June 1964 Unknown -
The Cisco Grove Bow-and-Arrow Encounter
Near Cisco Grove, Loch Leven Lakes area, Tahoe National Forest, Placer County, California · 4 September 1964 Barely Disputed -
The New Berlin Double Landing
New Berlin, Chenango County, New York, near State Route 80 · 25 November 1964 Unknown -
The Staunton, Virginia Cone-Shaped Object
U.S. Route 250 near Fishersville, between Staunton and Waynesboro, Augusta County, Virginia · 21 December 1964 Barely Disputed -
The Andersson Photograph
Russian River near Cooper Landing, Kenai Peninsula, south of Anchorage, Alaska · 5 July 1965 Barely Disputed -
The Vicksburg, Michigan Disc
Near Vicksburg, Kalamazoo County, Michigan · 31 March 1966 Unknown -
The Yorktown, Iowa Cigar-Shaped Object
Yorktown, Page County, Iowa (near Clarinda) · 23 April 1966 Unknown -
The Fort Smith Mass Sighting
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas · 15 to 16 August 1966 Barely Disputed -
The Munroe Falls, Ohio Occupant Encounter (1967)
Little River Road, west of Munroe Falls, near Kent, Summit County, Ohio, United States · 28 March 1967 Barely Disputed -
The Ririe, Idaho Occupant Encounter
Highway 26 near Ririe, Bonneville and Jefferson Counties, Idaho, United States · 2 November 1967 Barely Disputed -
Trees Stripped in a Diamond Pattern, Salisbury, Massachusetts (1968)
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts, United States · April 1968 Unknown -
The Brigham City Promontory Landing
Brigham City, Utah, looking west toward the Promontory, USA · 7 May 1968 Unknown -
The Lakeland Glass-Globe Occupant Case
Medulla, south of Lakeland, Polk County, Florida · 18 October 1968 Unknown -
A UFO Lights Up a Kentucky Mine
Midway Mining Co. fluorspar mine near Frances, Crittenden County, western Kentucky · Fall 1969 Unknown -
The Great Falls Film (Mariana, 1950)
Legion Park baseball stadium, Great Falls, Montana · August 1950 Verified Unexplained -
The Lubbock Lights
Lubbock, Texas · 25 August 1951 Barely Disputed -
The Washington, D.C. Sightings
Washington National Airport, Andrews Air Force Base, and the skies over Washington, D.C. · 19 to 27 July 1952 Barely Disputed -
The Tremonton, Utah Film
U.S. Highway 30S, about 7 miles past Tremonton, Box Elder County, Utah · 2 July 1952 Barely Disputed -
The Nash-Fortenberry Sighting
Chesapeake Bay near Newport News and Langley Field, Virginia, United States · 14 July 1952 Barely Disputed -
The RB-47 Electronic Surveillance Incident
Gulf Coast, from Mississippi across Louisiana and Texas into Oklahoma · 17 July 1957 Barely Disputed -
The Kinross Incident
Lake Superior, off the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan · 23 November 1953 Barely Disputed -
The Davis-Monthan B-36 Discs
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona · 1 May 1952 Barely Disputed -
The Florida Scoutmaster Encounter
Military Trail, near Lantana, Palm Beach County, Florida · 19 August 1952 Barely Disputed -
The Coast Guard UFO Photograph
U.S. Coast Guard Air Station, Salem, Massachusetts · 16 July 1952 Verified Unexplained -
The Seat Pleasant Occupant Sighting
Seat Pleasant, Maryland · August 1952 Unknown -
The Fort Monmouth Radar Incident
Fort Monmouth and Sandy Hook, New Jersey · 10 to 11 September 1951 Barely Disputed -
The Ellsworth Air Force Base Incident
Ellsworth Air Force Base, Black Hawk and Rapid City, South Dakota, tracked north toward Bismarck, North Dakota · 5 August 1953 Barely Disputed -
The Loch Raven Dam Incident
Loch Raven Reservoir, Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA · 26 October 1958 Barely Disputed -
Gordon Cooper and the Edwards AFB Film (1957)
Edwards Air Force Base, Rogers Dry Lake, Kern County, California · 3 May 1957 Strongly Disputed -
The Disappearance of Private Gerry Irwin
Route 14 near Cedar City, Iron County, Utah, USA · 28 February 1959 Barely Disputed -
The Monon Railroad Encounter (1958)
Between Wasco and Kirklin, Clinton County, north-central Indiana, USA · 3 October 1958 Verified Unexplained -
The Santa Barbara Channel UFO (1953)
Santa Barbara Channel, off Point Mugu and the Channel Islands, Southern California · 16 December 1953 Barely Disputed -
The Old Saybrook Occupant Sighting
Old Saybrook, Connecticut, United States · 16 December 1957 Barely Disputed -
The Lake Isabella Photograph
Lake Isabella, Kern County, California, USA · 1957 Barely Disputed -
A UFO with Occupants over Pittsburg, Kansas (1952)
Yale Road near Frontenac, about seven miles northeast of Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas, USA · 25 August 1952 Barely Disputed -
The Gulf of Mexico B-29 Encounter
Gulf of Mexico, about 100 miles south of the Louisiana coast · 6 December 1952 Barely Disputed -
The Kingman, Arizona Crash Claim (1953)
Near Kingman, Arizona, United States (claimed site, exact location never fixed) · 21 May 1953 Barely Disputed -
A Large UFO over South Dakota (1956)
Pelican Rapids, Minnesota to Redfield, South Dakota, via Graceville, Ortonville and Big Stone City · November 1956 Barely Disputed -
The Madison, Ohio Kuhn Case (1957)
Madison, Lake County, Ohio · 10 November 1957 Unknown -
The F-86 Triangle Over Albany, Georgia (1953)
Near Albany, between Moody AFB and Lawson AFB, Georgia, United States · 28 January 1953 Verified Unexplained -
Did Eisenhower Meet with Aliens? (1954)
Muroc / Edwards Air Force Base and Smoke Tree Ranch, Palm Springs, California · 16 April 1954 Strongly Disputed -
The Fort Belvoir Ring Photographs
Fort Belvoir, Fairfax County, Virginia · September 1957 Strongly Disputed -
The UFO Photographed from the SS Ramsay (1957)
Off the coast of San Pedro / Southern California, North Pacific · December 1957 Strongly Disputed -
The Devil's Canyon Landing
Devil's Canyon, between Blackhead and Roundtop mountains, near Hunter, Greene County, New York · October 1958 Unknown -
The Kenneth Arnold Sighting
Near Mount Rainier, Cascade Range, Washington · 24 June 1947 Verified Unexplained -
The Death of Thomas Mantell
Godman Field, Fort Knox, Kentucky, with the crash near Franklin, Kentucky · 7 January 1948 Barely Disputed -
The Chiles-Whitted Sighting
About 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama · 24 July 1948 Barely Disputed -
The Gorman Dogfight
Over Hector Airport, Fargo, North Dakota · 1 October 1948 Barely Disputed -
The Aztec, New Mexico Crash Claim
Hart Canyon, near Aztec, San Juan County, New Mexico, United States · March 1948 (as later fixed to 25 March 1948 by William Steinman) Strongly Disputed -
The Battle of Los Angeles
Los Angeles and Santa Monica, California, United States · 25 February 1942 Barely Disputed -
A B-17 Encounters Nine Flying Discs (1947)
Promontory Point and the Great Salt Lake salt flats, Utah, USA · 16 July 1947 Unknown -
The Cape Girardeau Crash Claim
Near Cape Girardeau, Missouri · Spring 1941 Barely Disputed -
The Wright Field Craft and Creatures Claim
Wright Field (now Wright-Patterson Air Force Base), Area B, Dayton, Ohio, United States · 1947 Barely Disputed -
The Portland Police Disc Flap of July 1947
Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington · 4 July 1947 Barely Disputed -
The Fort Hood (Camp Hood) 1949 Wave
Killeen Base, Camp Hood (now Fort Hood / Fort Cavazos), Central Texas · March to June 1949 Verified Unexplained -
The Norwood Searchlight Incident
Norwood and greater Cincinnati, Ohio · 19 August 1949 Barely Disputed -
A Pilot Sees Discs over Morristown, New Jersey (1947)
Morristown, New Jersey, United States · 9 July 1947 Barely Disputed -
The Carbondale UFO Crash
Russell Park silt pond, Carbondale, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, USA · 9 to 11 November 1974 Barely Disputed -
The Colorado Springs "Potato" Over Cheyenne Mountain (FBI PURSUE Files)
Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado Springs, Colorado · February 2022 Unknown -
The Loring AFB Overflights
Loring Air Force Base, near Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine · 27 October 1975 Verified Unexplained -
The Lyndia Morel Encounter
Highway 114, Goffstown, near Manchester, New Hampshire · 2 November 1973 Barely Disputed -
The Schenectady Flying Saucer
Schenectady, New York, near the General Electric works · Late 1973 Unknown -
The Ronald Reagan UFO Sighting
Near Bakersfield, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA · 1974 Unknown -
The Carl Higdon Abduction
McCarty Canyon, Medicine Bow National Forest, near Rawlins, Wyoming · 25 October 1974 Barely Disputed -
The 1975 Overflights of the SAC Missile Bases
Northern-tier Strategic Air Command bases: Loring AFB (Maine), Wurtsmith AFB (Michigan), Malmstrom AFB (Montana), Minot AFB (North Dakota), and CFS Falconbridge (Ontario) · 27 October to 11 November 1975 Barely Disputed -
The George O'Barski Encounter, North Hudson Park (1975)
North Hudson Park, North Bergen, New Jersey, USA · 12 January 1975 Verified Unexplained -
The Cannon AFB Flight-Line UFOs
Cannon Air Force Base and Clovis, Curry County, New Mexico · 21 to 22 January 1976 Verified Unexplained -
The F.E. Warren AFB Missile-Field Cigar (1976)
F.E. Warren Air Force Base Minuteman III missile field, north of Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA · Fall 1976 Unknown -
The West Pittsburg "Eastbay" Landing
West Pittsburg (now Bay Point), Contra Costa County, California · 20 May 1977 Barely Disputed -
The Hallstrom Daylight Disc
Over downtown Santa Monica, California, near Los Angeles International Airport · 1 January 1978 Unknown -
The Fort Dix-McGuire Alien Encounter
Fort Dix and McGuire Air Force Base, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA · 18 January 1978 Barely Disputed -
The Ellsworth AFB "Site L-9" Document (1977)
Site L-9 Minuteman missile field, near Nisland, north of Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, United States · 16 November 1977 Strongly Disputed -
The Fostoria Train Encounter
Fostoria, Ohio, United States · Late October 1977 Unknown -
The Cullen Abduction
Yuma, Colorado (Highway 59 near the Vernon Road junction) · 30 May 1978 Barely Disputed -
The Val Johnson Squad Car Collision
County Road 5 near State Highway 220, west of Stephen, Marshall County, Minnesota, USA · 27 August 1979 Barely Disputed -
A Policeman Burned by a UFO: The Kerman Incident (Amparano, 1978)
Kerman, Fresno County, California · 13 May 1978 Barely Disputed -
The Gulf Breeze Sightings
Gulf Breeze, Santa Rosa County, Florida · 11 November 1987 Strongly Disputed -
The Linda Napolitano Abduction
Lower East Side, Manhattan, New York City, near the Brooklyn Bridge and FDR Drive · 30 November 1989 Barely Disputed -
The Wytheville, Virginia Sightings
Wytheville and Wythe County, Virginia, USA · October 1987 Barely Disputed -
The Christa Tilton Abduction
Oklahoma (witness's home), with the alleged underground facility identified by her as Dulce, New Mexico · July 1987 Barely Disputed -
Two Aircraft UFO Encounters over Alaska (January 1987)
Airspace between Elmendorf AFB and Eielson AFB, interior Alaska · 30 to 31 January 1987 Unknown -
The Whaley Lake Encounter
Whaley Lake, Holmes, Dutchess County, New York · Summer 1984 Barely Disputed -
The Eliot Wedge
Eliot, Maine, United States · Summer 1982 Unknown -
The Corydon, Indiana Video (1987)
Near Corydon, Harrison County, Indiana, USA · 23 August 1987 Verified Unexplained -
The Ralph Fuller Gulf Breeze Video
Gulf coast near Gulf Breeze, Florida · 1988 Unknown -
The "Alien Interview" Area 51 Video
Claimed S-4 / Area 51, Groom Lake, Nevada; tape distributed from Los Angeles, California · 1997 Barely Disputed -
Commercial Airliners Report a UFO off Long Island (1995)
Atlantic airspace off Long Island, New York, near a military operating area south of the coast, on the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center frequency · 17 November 1995 Barely Disputed -
The Shuttle 5959 Encounter
Over Michigan, near Saginaw and northwest of Detroit, in Cleveland Center airspace · 28 February 1996 Unknown -
The Swissair Flight 127 Near-Miss
Over Long Island, near John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York · 9 August 1997 Verified Unexplained -
The Denison, Texas Daylight Object (1878)
Six miles south of Denison, Grayson County, Texas, United States · January 1878 Verified Unexplained -
The Alaska Alien Photograph
Alaska, United States (location unverified) · August 2003 (image surfaced; claimed taken early 1930s) Barely Disputed -
UFO Videotaped over Winsted, Connecticut (2011)
Winsted, Connecticut, United States · January 2011 Unknown -
UFOs Videotaped over Los Angeles (2017)
Los Angeles, California · March 2017 Unknown -
Two UFOs Videotaped over Marion, Ohio
Marion, Marion County, Ohio · 16 December 2021 Barely Disputed -
The Ten-Foot Aliens Report, Bayside Marketplace, Miami (2024)
Bayside Marketplace, 401 Biscayne Boulevard, downtown Miami, Florida, USA · 1 January 2024 Unknown -
The Pentagon AARO Historical Record Report (2024)
Washington, D.C. (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, Department of Defense) · February 2024 (released to the public 8 March 2024) Barely Disputed -
The Mothman of Point Pleasant
TNT area (West Virginia Ordnance Works / McClintic Wildlife Station), north of Point Pleasant, West Virginia · 15 November 1966 Barely Disputed -
The New York Cylindrical Object Airliner Near-Miss
Atlantic Ocean off the coast of New York Unknown -
The Flatwoods Monster
Flatwoods, Braxton County, West Virginia · 12 September 1952 Strongly Disputed -
The Graniteville Sphere (14 June 2026)
Graniteville, South Carolina · 14 June 2026 Unknown -
A White Orb Over Springfield, Ohio
Springfield, Ohio · 16 June 2026 Disputed -
The UAP Science Advisory Council
Washington, D.C. (White House / interagency UAP Governance Board) · 13 June 2026 Unknown -
The Lake Huron Shootdown
Over Lake Huron, near the United States and Canada border · 12 February 2023 Disputed -
A Grey Sphere Falls Into Cape Cod Bay (20 June 2026)
Sagamore Beach, Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts · 20 June 2026 Unknown -
A Silent Light Over Mancelona, Michigan (17 June 2026)
Mancelona, Northern Michigan · 17 June 2026 Unknown -
A Bright Glow Through Cloud Over Denver (21 June 2026)
Denver, Colorado, United States · 21 June 2026 Unknown -
An Amber Orb Over Northwest Indiana (22 June 2026)
Northwest Indiana, United States · 22 June 2026 Unknown -
A Blue-White Orb Over Elyria, Ohio (11 March 2026)
Elyria, Ohio, United States · 11 March 2026 Unknown -
Jimmy Carter's Leary, Georgia Sighting (1969)
Leary, Georgia, United States · 6 January 1969 Disputed -
An Amber Light Above the Clouds Near San Francisco (23 June 2026)
Over the San Francisco Bay Area, California · 23 June 2026 Unknown -
The Maury Island Incident (1947)
Maury Island, Puget Sound, Washington · 21 June 1947 Disputed -
Orange Orbs Over Carolina Beach (24 June 2026)
Carolina Beach, North Carolina · 24 June 2026 Unknown -
Bright Orbs Over Norfolk, Virginia (24 June 2026)
Norfolk, Virginia · 24 June 2026 Unknown -
Color-Changing Orbs Over Baltimore (24 June 2026)
Baltimore, Maryland · 24 June 2026 Unknown -
The Rex Heflin Santa Ana Photographs (3 August 1965)
Santa Ana, Orange County, California · 3 August 1965 Disputed -
A Multicolored Sphere Filmed by Anoka Police, Minnesota (19 February 2025)
Anoka, Minnesota · 19 February 2025 Unknown -
An Amber Orb Over Pine Creek Near Wellsboro, Pennsylvania (8 June 2026)
Blackwell, near Wellsboro, Pennsylvania · 8 June 2026 Unknown -
The 2026 UAP Disclosure Forum on Capitol Hill
Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. · 25 June 2026 Unknown -
A Light Over the North Illinois Suburbs (28 June 2026)
North Illinois suburbs, near Naval Station Great Lakes · 28 June 2026 Unknown -
A Stationary Light Over Lower Manhattan (28 June 2026)
Downtown Brooklyn, looking west over Lower Manhattan and the harbor · 28 June 2026 Unknown -
Two Metallic Spheres Over Robinson Township
Robinson Township, Pennsylvania · 30 June 2026 Unknown -
The Tinley Park Lights
Tinley Park, Illinois · 21 August 2004 Unknown -
The Piedmont Flap and Project Identification
Piedmont, Missouri, United States · February 1973 to 1980 Unknown -
Three Lights Over Western New York
Western New York, USA · 3 July 2026 Unknown -
The Echo Flight Shutdown at Malmstrom
Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, USA · 16 March 1967 Unknown -
A Metallic Orb Over Disneyland
Disneyland, Anaheim, California · 3 July 2026 Unknown -
A Straight Line of Light Over the Coachella Valley
Coachella Valley, California · 6 July 2026 Unknown -
The Atlantic "Floating Brain" Range Fouler
Atlantic Ocean, off the eastern United States · 1 January 2020 Unknown -
The Diamond Over the Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant
Pantex Plant, Carson County, Texas · 1 September 2015 Unknown -
The New Mexico Green Fireballs
New Mexico (Los Alamos, Sandia, Kirtland) · November 1948 to 1951 Verified Unexplained -
The "Unlike Anything I Had Seen" Range Fouler (PURSUE PR112)
Eastern United States · 2019 Unknown -
Project Sign (1947 to 1949): The Air Force's First UFO Study and the "Estimate of the Situation"
Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio · 1947 to 1949 Unknown -
PURSUE PR108: The "Tic-Tac" Infrared Track Over the Western United States (2020)
Western United States · 2020 Unknown -
The "Vibrating" Light Over Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, United States · 10 July 2026 Unknown -
Trump Directs Agencies to Waive UAP Nondisclosure Agreements
The White House, Washington, D.C. · 21 July 2026 Unknown -
The Lights Over Mission Bay
Bay Park hillside above Mission Bay, San Diego, California · 17 July 2026 Barely Disputed
