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The Ghost Rockets (Spökraketer), Scandinavia, 1946
July 19, 1946 · Lake Kölmjärv, Överkalix, Norrbotten, Sweden (wave across Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark)
UAP · Cigar · 54 sources · 3 photos
86Well documented
Kaikōura Lights
December 1978 · Kaikōura coast and Cook Strait, between Blenheim, Wellington and Christchurch, South Island
UAP · Orb / light · 53 sources · 3 photos
84Well documented
The Lake Huron "Octagonal" Object Shootdown
February 12, 2023 · Lake Huron, about 15 nautical miles off Michigan's Upper Peninsula
UAP · Other · 32 sources · 4 photos
76Well documented
Minot AFB B-52 UFO Incident
October 24, 1968 · Minot Air Force Base and Minuteman missile field, North Dakota
UAP · Other · 34 sources · 1 photos
72Well documented
The Hessdalen Lights
December 8, 1981 · Hessdalen valley, Holtålen Municipality, Trøndelag
UAP · Orb / light · 86 sources · 17 photos
72Well documented
USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" Encounter
November 14, 2004 · Pacific Ocean, about 100 miles southwest of San Diego, off Baja California
UAP · Tic Tac · 49 sources · 1 photos
70Well documented
The 1973 UFO Flap: The Autumn of Aliens
c. 1973 · Southern and Midwestern United States (Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana)
UAP · Other · 37 sources
69Well documented
The 2024 Drone Wave: New Jersey, Langley AFB and RAF Lakenheath
November 13, 2024 · New Jersey and the US Northeast, with Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia (Dec 2023) and RAF Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Feltwell and Fairford, England (Nov 2024)
UAP · Other · 34 sources · 1 photos
69Well documented
Battle of Los Angeles
February 25, 1942 · Los Angeles coast, Santa Monica to Long Beach, California
UAP · Other · 59 sources · 3 photos
68Well documented
VASP Flight 169: Captain Britto's Light over Brazil
February 8, 1982 · Airspace between Bom Jesus da Lapa, Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro (Galeão), Brazil
UAP · Disc / saucer · 19 sources
67Well documented
The Lakenheath-Bentwaters Radar-Visual Incident
August 13, 1956 · RAF Bentwaters and RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk, with RAF Neatishead, Norfolk
UAP · Orb / light · 45 sources
65Well documented
Loring AFB Incursions and the 1975 Northern Tier Overflights
October 27, 1975 · Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, Aroostook County, Maine
UAP · Other · 59 sources
63Well documented
Aguadilla Trans-Medium Video
April 25, 2013 · Rafael Hernández Airport (TJAB), Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
UAP · Orb / light · 32 sources · 1 photos
62Well documented
Haneda AFB radar-visual sighting and F-94 intercept
August 5, 1952 · Haneda Air Force Base, Tokyo (now Tokyo International Airport), Japan
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
61Well documented
The 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO Flap
July 19, 1952 · Washington National Airport and Andrews AFB, Washington, D.C. area
UAP · Orb / light · 97 sources
61Well documented
Danish Airport and Military Base Drone Incursions
September 22, 2025 · Copenhagen Airport (Kastrup), with further sightings at Aalborg Airport, Skrydstrup Air Base, Karup Air Base and other Danish sites
UAP · Unknown · 34 sources
60Well documented
Ellsworth AFB Radar-Visual Case and F-84 Pursuit, South Dakota, 1953
August 5, 1953 · Black Hawk Ground Observer Corps post and Ellsworth Air Force Base, near Rapid City, South Dakota
UAP · Other · 24 sources
60Well documented
Brazil's Official Night of the UFOs (Noite Oficial dos OVNIs)
May 19, 1986 · São José dos Campos and airspace over São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Goiás
UAP · Orb / light · 57 sources
60Well documented
USS Russell "pyramids" and USS Omaha "splashdown sphere"
July 2019 · Navy warning areas off San Diego, California (SOCAL range complex)
UAP · Triangle · 27 sources · 2 photos
59Partially documented
The 1976 Tehran UFO Incident (Dogfight over Tehran)
September 19, 1976 · Tehran (Shemiran, Mehrabad Airport and airspace north and south of the city)
UAP · Other · 46 sources
59Partially documented
The Belgian UFO Wave
November 29, 1989 · Eupen and the Hautes Fagnes, Liège province, later across Wallonia
UAP · Triangle · 62 sources
59Partially documented
The Oak Ridge Atomic Plant Radar-Visual Flap
October 1950 · Oak Ridge and Knoxville, Tennessee
UAP · Other · 23 sources
58Partially documented
The Manises UFO Incident
November 11, 1979 · Manises Airport, Valencia, and the Mediterranean between Ibiza and Valencia
UAP · Other · 47 sources
58Partially documented
The Nevada Fireball: The Las Vegas UFO Crash of 1962
April 18, 1962 · Las Vegas and Nellis AFB, Nevada, with reports from New York, Colorado, Utah and Reno
UAP · Other · 36 sources
57Partially documented
RB-47 Radar and ELINT UFO Encounter
July 17, 1957 · Gulf Coast to Oklahoma City (Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma); first visual near Winnsboro, Louisiana
UAP · Unknown · 26 sources
57Partially documented
The 1978 Italian UFO Wave
1978 · Across Italy, especially the central and southern Adriatic coast, Sicily, Calabria, Liguria and Piedmont
UAP · Disc / saucer · 35 sources · 1 photos
55Partially documented
Japan Air Lines Flight 1628: The Alaska Mothership
November 17, 1986 · Interior Alaska, between Fort Yukon, Fairbanks and Talkeetna
UAP · Other · 77 sources
55Partially documented
Bellefontaine Radar-Visual and Gun-Camera Intercept
August 1, 1952 · Bellefontaine Air Force Station (Campbell Hill) and the Dayton area, Ohio
UAP · Sphere · 19 sources
54Partially documented
Pereslavl-Zalessky Radar and Fighter-Jet Incident (Gen. Igor Maltsev's Statement)
March 21, 1990 · Pereslavl-Zalessky region, north-northeast of Moscow (also Zagorsk/Sergiyev Posad, Fryazino, Kirzhach)
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
54Partially documented
The Iranian UFO Wave and F-14 Intercepts over Nuclear Sites
April 2004 · Iran: Tehran, Tabriz, Ardebil and Golestan province; the Arak heavy-water reactor at Khondab and the Bushehr nuclear power plant
UAP · Sphere · 23 sources
52Partially documented
The Edwards AFB Radar-Visual Incident
October 7, 1965 · Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave Desert, California
UAP · Unknown · 27 sources
51Partially documented
Tinker AFB and Wichita Radar Sightings, 1965
August 1, 1965 · Tinker AFB, Midwest City (Oklahoma City), Oklahoma, with reports across Oklahoma and at Wichita, Kansas
UAP · Formation · 17 sources
51Partially documented
Turin-Caselle Airport Radar-Visual Sighting
November 30, 1973 · Turin-Caselle Airport, Caselle Torinese, Piedmont
UAP · Sphere · 16 sources
49Partially documented
Kirtland AFB control-tower sighting
November 4, 1957 · Kirtland Air Force Base control tower, Albuquerque, New Mexico
UAP · Egg · 21 sources
49Partially documented
Fort Monmouth radar and T-33 sightings
September 10, 1951 · Fort Monmouth, Point Pleasant and Sandy Hook, New Jersey
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
49Partially documented
Mexican Air Force Campeche FLIR Video
March 5, 2004 · Airspace over southern Campeche, between Copalar (Chiapas) and Del Carmen (Campeche)
UAP · Sphere · 41 sources · 4 photos
49Partially documented
Bulawayo Airport Radar-Visual Sighting and Hawk Jet Intercept
July 22, 1985 · Bulawayo Airport (now Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport), Bulawayo, with the intercept flown from Thornhill Air Force Base, Gweru
UAP · Other · 23 sources
48Partially documented
West Freugh Radar Incident
April 4, 1957 · RAF West Freugh and the Luce Bay bombing range, Wigtownshire, Scotland
UAP · Unknown · 26 sources
48Partially documented
Redmond, Oregon UFO Incident
September 24, 1959 · Redmond and Roberts Field, Deschutes County, Oregon
UAP · Disc / saucer · 20 sources
47Partially documented
Alitalia MD-80 near miss over Lydd, Kent (Capt. Achille Zaghetti)
April 21, 1991 · Over Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, England
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
47Partially documented