Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
Credible, data-driven coverage of UFO and UAP events worldwide.
In November 2004, Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz carrier group encountered a white, wingless object that outmaneuvered their F/A-18s. The Pentagon later confirmed the footage was real — and the object remains unidentified.
Between 2014 and 2015, U.S. Navy aviators flying off Virginia Beach encountered unidentified objects so frequently they became part of daily briefs. The GIMBAL and GOFAST infrared videos — later released by the Pentagon — captured two of those encounters on tape.
In September 2023, NASA released a landmark report calling for better data, less stigma, and a new UAP research director. More than two years on, the follow-through has been hard to find.
In September 1961, a New Hampshire couple reported a UFO encounter, two hours of missing time, and — years later under hypnosis — a detailed abduction narrative that would shape how the world thinks about alien contact.
UFO reports in Wisconsin surged to 74 in 2025, with Manitowoc County logging four sightings including a city-block-sized black triangle. The activity sits squarely inside the Lake Michigan Triangle.
A House lawmaker says the UAP Caucus has a lead on a new whistleblower — but instead of a public hearing, Congress is pushing for classified briefings behind closed doors. Here's what's changed.
The Pentagon's UFO office has failed to deliver congressionally mandated reports, lost track of key evidence, and gone quiet. Former officials say the system is broken.
On February 19, 2026, President Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and federal agencies to begin identifying and releasing all government files related to UFOs, UAPs, and extraterrestrial life. No timeline was set.
On a podcast lightning round, Barack Obama said aliens are 'real.' The clip went viral. Then he walked it back. Here's the full context, what he clarified, and why it matters.
The FY2026 NDAA requires AARO to brief lawmakers on every UAP intercept conducted by NORAD and U.S. Northern Command — going back to 2004. It also orders a review of classification guides that may be hiding UFO-related information.
MQ-9 Reaper sensor footage shown at a September 2025 congressional hearing appears to capture an AGM-114 Hellfire missile striking a small orb off Yemen's coast — with the object flying on afterward. The Pentagon has not commented.
From November through December 2024, mysterious nighttime lights over New Jersey triggered an FBI investigation, an airport shutdown, military base incursions, and a congressional firestorm — but officials said most sightings were just planes and stars.
AARO's FY2024 annual report catalogs 757 UAP cases, resolves most as drones and balloons, flags 21 for deeper analysis — and says it found no evidence of extraterrestrial technology.
On June 5, 2024, roughly 12 stagehands at Red Rocks Amphitheatre watched a silent, disc-shaped craft with three rows of lights hover for 40 seconds — then dissolve into nothing when someone shined a flashlight at it.
In December 2023, waves of unidentified drones penetrated restricted airspace over one of America's most important air bases — forcing F-22s to relocate and exposing a gap in the nation's ability to defend its own installations.
On July 26, 2023, David Grusch testified under oath before the House Oversight Committee that the U.S. government runs secret UAP crash-retrieval programs. The Pentagon denies it. The fallout is still unfolding.
On two consecutive weekends in July 1952, radar operators tracked unidentified targets over Washington, D.C. while pilots and controllers watched mysterious lights outrun Air Force jets — triggering the largest Pentagon press conference since World War II.
In July 1947, the U.S. Army announced it had recovered a 'flying disc' near Roswell, New Mexico — then retracted the claim within hours. Decades later, the case became the most famous UFO story in history.
On June 24, 1947, private pilot Kenneth Arnold spotted nine fast-moving, reflective objects near Mount Rainier. His description of their motion was misquoted as their shape — and the term 'flying saucer' was born.