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Heathrow "Rugby Ball" UFO Near Miss (Airprox 2013086)
July 19, 2013 · Over Reading, Berkshire, about 20 miles west of Heathrow Airport
UAP · Cigar · 25 sources
14Thinly documented
South Wales Police Helicopter Encounter over St Athan
June 8, 2008 · MOD St Athan (RAF St Athan), Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
UAP · Sphere · 22 sources
29Thinly documented
UK Ministry of Defence UFO Files Released to The National Archives, 2008 to 2013
May 14, 2008 · The National Archives, Kew, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
UAP · Other · 74 sources
38Partially documented
The Wash Incident: Lights Over Skegness and the Boston Stump Blip
October 5, 1996 · The Wash, off Skegness and Boston, Lincolnshire, England
UAP · Orb / light · 13 sources
44Partially documented
British Airways Flight 5061 Near Miss over the Pennines
January 6, 1995 · Over the Pennines, about 8 NM southeast of Manchester Airport, England
UAP · Triangle · 13 sources
25Thinly documented
Aeroméxico Flight 129 UFO Strike over Mexico City
July 28, 1994 · Approach to Mexico City International Airport (Benito Juárez), Mexico City
UAP · Unknown · 14 sources
18Thinly 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
The Calvine UFO Photograph
August 4, 1990 · Moorland above Calvine, near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross
UAP · Diamond · 56 sources · 3 photos
41Partially documented
Kapustin Yar Missile Base Sighting from the KGB Blue Folder
July 28, 1989 · Two Soviet Army units 30 and 45 km north-east of Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan Oblast, USSR
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
26Thinly documented
The KGB Blue Folder: Mineralnye Vody Airliner Sightings
October 15, 1987 · Mineralnye Vody, Nevinnomyssk, Stavropol and Nalchik area, North Caucasus
UAP · Cigar · 12 sources
32Partially documented
Air traffic controllers' touch-and-go UFO at an eastern England airport (UK MoD files), 1984
April 19, 1984 · Unnamed small airport near the eastern coast of England
UAP · Sphere · 15 sources
26Thinly documented
Operation Close Encounter: the RAAF Williamtown radar alert
June 30, 1983 · RAAF Base Williamtown, near Newcastle, New South Wales (contacts 70 to 150 nautical miles north of Sydney)
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
38Partially documented
The Byelokoroviche Missile Base Incident
October 4, 1982 · Usovo missile base, near Byelokoroviche (Belokorovichi), Zhytomyr Oblast
UAP · Disc / saucer · 26 sources
32Partially documented
Lake Baikal Aquatic Humanoids: The Baikal Swimmers (1982)
1982 · Lake Baikal, Siberia (off the western shore, per Azhazha)
UAP · Being / humanoid · 25 sources
17Thinly documented
The Falconbridge NORAD Radar-Visual Sighting, 1975
November 11, 1975 · CFS Falconbridge, near Sudbury, Ontario
UAP · Sphere · 19 sources
55Partially documented
The Coyame Incident: "Mexico's Roswell" Disc Crash, Chihuahua, 1974
August 25, 1974 · Desert near Coyame, Coyame del Sotol municipality, Chihuahua
UAP · Disc / saucer · 26 sources
4Thinly documented
The North West Cape Black Sphere
October 25, 1973 · US Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt, North West Cape, near Exmouth, Western Australia
UAP · Sphere · 18 sources
26Thinly documented
Lightning XS894: Capt. William Schaffner and the Foxtrot 94 "UFO Abduction" (North Sea, 1970)
September 8, 1970 · North Sea, about five miles off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire coast (flying from RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire)
UAP · Other · 20 sources · 1 photos
31Partially documented
The Madrid UFO of 1968: Spanish Air Force File 6809VR
September 5, 1968 · Madrid, with related reports over Toledo, Cuenca, Pamplona, La Rioja and Seville
UAP · Triangle · 12 sources
56Partially documented
The Moreland Close Encounter, Blenheim
July 13, 1959 · Moreland farm, corner of Old Renwick Road and Colemans Road, Springlands, Blenheim, Marlborough
UAP · Disc / saucer · 16 sources
28Thinly documented

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Documents513 · see all

  • UFO Desk: Closed (press release) Document
    The National Archives· 2013-06-21· 4 pages· 4 pages mention it
    • p. 1 PRESS RELEASE UFO Desk: Closed - Last Tranche of UFO Files Released - The final tranche of UFO files released today by…
    • p. 3 …www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos UFO app To mark the end of the UFO file release programme, an iPhone/iPad…
  • August 2009 UFO files highlights guide Document
    The National Archives· 2009-08· 8 pages· 4 pages mention it
    • p. 3 …Rendlesham Forest incident, December 1980 The file DEFE 24/1948 covers the Rendlesham incident, Britain‟s best-known UFO incident…
    • p. 4 UFOs reported over Belgium - 1989-1990 A story which appears in a number of the files concerns a wave of…
  • Unidentified Flying Objects research guide Document
    The National Archives· 15 pages· 11 pages mention it
    • p. 8 3) Public correspondence; 4) UFO sighting reports There are several files documenting the UK Government’s policy on UFOs, including…
    • p. 11 Ten UFO correspondence files were opened in March 2011 including DEFE 24/1986/1 (1997) and DEFE 24/1997/1…
  • UFO files release transcript, August 2009 Hearing transcript
    The National Archives· 2009-08· 6 pages· 6 pages mention it
    • p. 1 1 Script for National Archives UFO files - August 2009 podcast Hello I’m David Clarke from the Dept Journalism, Sheffield…
    • p. 4 …The files contain many accounts and sketches of the London UFOs, many depicting saucer-shaped UFOs. It is interesting that…
  • UFO files briefing guide Document
    The National Archives· 15 pages· 11 pages mention it
    • p. 8 8 3) Public correspondence; 4) UFO sighting reports There are several files documenting the UK Government‟s policy on UFOs…
    • p. 11 11 Ten UFO correspondence files were opened in March 2011 including DEFE 24/1986/1 (1997) and DEFE 24/1997…
  • UFO files reveal behind the scenes of the UFO desk Document
    The National Archives· 3 pages· 3 pages mention it
    • p. 1 The strangest job in Whitehall UFO files reveal behind the scenes of the ‘UFO Desk’ UFO files released today by…
    • p. 2 …Behind the scenes of MoD‟s decision to open the UFO files following an FOI campaign by Dr David Clarke…

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Videos62 · see all

Released recordingDOW-UAP-PR1601952-03-26
Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, 1952
PURSUE release
Video1897
The Lost Alien of Aurora, Texas (S2, E11) | UFO Files | Full Episode | History
From Aurora, Texas Airship Crash
Video1897
The Aurora UFO Crash of 1897 (S2, E15)
From Aurora, Texas Airship Crash
Video1944
Churchill UFO Cover-Up | Calvine UFO Files - British MoD UFO Files - Myth or reality?
From Churchill's Alleged UFO Cover-Up: The RAF Reconnaissance Plane Encounter
Video1944
The UFO Encounters Britain Tried to Keep Secret | The British UFO Files
From Churchill's Alleged UFO Cover-Up: The RAF Reconnaissance Plane Encounter
Video1948
FBI UFO Files Reveal Chilling 1948 Encounters Near Military Bases
From Munich / Fürstenfeldbruck Radar-Visual Sighting
Video1948
Newly released UFO files detail mysterious 'Green Fireballs' seen in the sky
From The Green Fireballs over New Mexico
Video1948
Mysterious 'Green Fireballs,' Space Shuttle Photos Among Newly Released UFO Files
From The Green Fireballs over New Mexico

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