Documented sightings reported in United States, sorted from most recent.
After retired AFRL commander Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland went missing in February 2026, a months-long social-media narrative tracking deaths and disappearances of ~15 U.S. scientists and adjacent personnel - all loosely connected to classified aerospace, advanced physics, or national-security-adjacent work - escalated into a White-House-level FBI investigation. Individual cases have documented mundane causes; the cluster pattern is unusual enough that the federal probe is underway.
President Trump directed the Pentagon and federal agencies to begin identifying and releasing government files related to UFOs, aliens, and UAP.
The signed FY2026 NDAA required Pentagon briefings on UAP intercepts by NORTHCOM/NORAD since 2004, a classification matrix, and streamlined reporting to AARO.
A Michigan couple experienced repeated close encounters with basketball-sized structured illuminated objects in their yard, captured on video and investigated by NUFORC.
Military whistleblowers testified about UAP encounters at Vandenberg, aboard USS Jackson, and at Langley, while dramatic Yemen orb video was shown publicly for the first time.
Rep. Burlison's comprehensive UAP disclosure bill proposing a Records Review Board and mandatory declassification was introduced but excluded from the House NDAA.
Legislation to protect UAP whistleblowers from retaliation when reporting to Congress about government UAP research programs and taxpayer fund usage.
Peer-reviewed Nature study found statistically significant correlations between 1950s sky anomalies, nuclear weapons testing, and UAP reports at Palomar Observatory.
NUFORC identified a new recurring UAP shape in 2025 -- eight-sided 'double pyramid' octahedrons reported across multiple states performing impossible maneuvers.
Bipartisan bill requiring all federal agencies to declassify and publish UAP records on a public website within 270 days, introduced by Burchett, Moskowitz, and Luna.
The House Oversight Committee created a bipartisan Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets, establishing the first standing Congressional body focused on UAP transparency.
Whistleblower helicopter pilot described retrieving egg-shaped UAP craft, accompanied by exclusive video footage of an alleged retrieval operation shown on NewsNation.
Multiple UFOs observed and filmed over Fresno across several days, with two pilots reporting objects to air traffic control and police helicopter dispatched to investigate.
The Sol Foundation's second annual academic symposium at Fort Mason brought together scientists, military officials, and investors to advance UAP research and policy.
Thousands witnessed unidentified drone-like objects over New Jersey and the Northeast near military installations, triggering national alarm before partial official explanations.
AARO's annual report logged 757 new UAP cases with 21 'truly anomalous' incidents, as new director Kosloski admitted cases he cannot explain.
A second major congressional UAP hearing featured Elizondo, Gallaudet, and Shellenberger testifying about hidden programs and withheld UAP information.
Joint House hearing featuring Elizondo, Gallaudet, Gold, and Shellenberger testifying about secret UAP programs, classified imagery, and government cover-ups.
A whistleblower alleged the existence of 'Immaculate Constellation,' a secret program serving as a repository for high-quality UAP imagery from military sensors.
Former AATIP head Elizondo's NYT #1 bestseller passed Pentagon security review while claiming crash retrievals, non-human bodies, and secret UAP programs.
Twelve Red Rocks Amphitheatre employees witnessed a massive disc-shaped metallic craft with 'three levels of windows' hovering near the Colorado venue.
Unidentified drones repeatedly penetrated airspace over Langley AFB for 17 days, evading F-22s and prompting a multi-agency investigation.
AARO director Kirkpatrick resigned amid credibility concerns as his office's findings contradicted whistleblower testimony Congress found 'credible and urgent.'
Former intelligence official David Grusch testified under oath to Congress that the US government possesses non-human craft and biologics in a secret retrieval program.
Navy pilot Ryan Graves testified to Congress about daily UAP encounters off the East Coast, including a cube-in-sphere object, and founded Americans for Safe Aerospace.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer introduced landmark legislation to force UAP disclosure, but key provisions were stripped amid defense industry opposition.
The USS Omaha tracked and filmed a spherical object that flew at 160 mph before submerging into the ocean, demonstrating 'transmedium' capabilities confirmed by the Pentagon.
Night vision footage from the USS Russell showed pyramid-shaped objects hovering over Navy destroyers during multi-ship encounters the Pentagon confirmed as genuine.
The New York Times revealed the Pentagon's secret AATIP program and released Navy UFO videos, shattering decades of stigma and launching modern disclosure.
Pentagon intelligence officer Lue Elizondo resigned as AATIP director and became the leading public advocate for UAP disclosure.
A Navy F/A-18 ATFLIR pod captured a small, fast-moving object skimming over the ocean — one of three officially released Pentagon UFO videos.
Navy pilots from the USS Roosevelt captured the Pentagon-confirmed 'Gimbal' and 'GoFast' infrared videos of objects displaying anomalous flight characteristics.
Dozens of Texas residents observed a massive silent craft with military jets in pursuit, later confirmed by radar data showing the object near the presidential ranch.
Multiple United Airlines employees watched a metallic disc hover over O'Hare Airport before it shot upward through the cloud layer, leaving a visible hole.
Navy pilots from the USS Nimitz encountered and filmed a 'Tic Tac'-shaped object displaying physics-defying capabilities, confirmed by Pentagon-released video.
Thousands witnessed formations of silent red-orange lights over Chicago suburbs across multiple nights in 2004-2005, captured on numerous independent video recordings.
Leaked notes allege a DIA Director was denied access to a program reverse-engineering non-human craft — consistent with later whistleblower claims.
Thousands of witnesses including Arizona's governor observed a massive silent V-shaped craft and stationary orbs over Phoenix in one of the most witnessed UFO events ever.
A Utah ranch with decades of reported UFO and paranormal activity became the focus of a secret $22 million Pentagon investigation program (AAWSAP).
Bob Lazar claimed to have reverse-engineered alien propulsion at 'S-4' near Area 51, describing Element 115 fuel years before its synthesis.
Builder Ed Walters captured extensive UFO photographs in Gulf Breeze, FL while hundreds of independent witnesses reported sightings during a months-long wave.
Over 3,000 UFO reports flooded a small Virginia town beginning in 1987 after police officers spotted anomalous lights, creating one of the most intensely documented regional UFO waves in American history.
A JAL 747 captain encountered a walnut-shaped object 'twice the size of an aircraft carrier' over Alaska, tracked on radar; FAA evidence was confiscated by CIA.
Thousands reported a massive silent boomerang craft over the Hudson Valley for four years, documented in over 5,000 sighting reports.
Three witnesses encountered a diamond-shaped craft with military helicopter escort; all suffered severe radiation-like injuries and sued the US government.
Four men on a camping trip in Maine experienced missing time after a beam of light engulfed their canoe; all independently recalled identical abduction experiences.
UFOs repeatedly hovered over nuclear missile silos at Malmstrom AFB, tracked by NORAD radar, as part of a broader wave at northern-tier military bases.
Logger Travis Walton was struck by a beam from a hovering disc and vanished for 5 days; six coworkers who witnessed the event passed polygraph tests.
Unknown craft repeatedly hovered over the nuclear weapons storage area at Loring AFB during a wave of UFO incursions at nuclear bases across the US.
A US Army helicopter was pulled upward 2,100 feet by an unknown force while a cigar-shaped object bathed it in a green beam, confirmed by ground witnesses.
Two fishermen reported abduction by robotic beings; a secret sheriff's recording captured their genuine terror when they believed they were alone.
A teenager witnessed a glowing object that left a hydrophobic ring in the soil with anomalous chemical properties persisting for years.
The Air Force allegedly filmed a UFO landing at Holloman AFB and offered the footage for a documentary before withdrawing it at the last moment.
Future U.S. President Jimmy Carter and ten witnesses observed a color-changing luminous object over Leary, Georgia, making it the only confirmed UFO sighting by an American president.
A B-52 crew and ground personnel at Minot AFB simultaneously tracked a large luminous object on radar that disrupted UHF communications near nuclear missile sites.
A glowing UFO hovered over Malmstrom AFB while 10 Minuteman nuclear missiles simultaneously went offline with no technical explanation found.
Four police officers across two states chased a luminous UFO for 86 miles; Blue Book's 'Venus' explanation was rejected by its own scientific consultant.
A brilliant light repeatedly hovered over Wanaque Reservoir, witnessed by police, officials, and hundreds of residents over several weeks.
A controlled fireball landed near Kecksburg, PA; witnesses described an acorn-shaped craft with hieroglyphics before the Army removed it under secrecy.
A teenager and two police officers independently witnessed a massive silent craft with pulsating red lights near Exeter, NH, forming the basis of an influential book.
Police officer Lonnie Zamora witnessed a landed egg-shaped craft with two figures that left physical traces investigated by the FBI and Project Blue Book.
The first widely publicized alien abduction case in the US, featuring missing time, hypnotic regression, and the iconic Betty Hill star map.
At least 15 independent witnesses near Levelland, TX reported a glowing object that killed vehicle engines and headlights at close range.
A USAF RB-47 reconnaissance bomber tracked an object on radar, electronic countermeasures, and visually for 700+ miles across multiple states.
The Sutton family reported hours-long siege by small luminous beings at their Kentucky farmhouse, prompting a multi-agency investigation.
A secret CIA-sponsored panel of scientists met for four days in 1953 and recommended systematic debunking of UFO reports, establishing government policy that shaped the cover-up narrative for decades.
A group in Flatwoods, WV encountered a tall hissing entity near a glowing landed object, leaving witnesses physically ill during the 1952 UFO wave.
UFOs tracked on radar over the nation's capital on two consecutive weekends, triggering jet scrambles and the largest Pentagon press conference since WWII.
Navy photographer Delbert Newhouse filmed bright maneuvering objects over Utah; Navy analysis concluded they were 'intelligently controlled vehicles.'
V-formations of bluish-green lights observed by Texas Tech professors and photographed by a student became a classic unsolved Project Blue Book case.
Nick Mariana filmed two bright rotating discs over Great Falls, Montana, producing one of the earliest credible pieces of UFO film evidence.
Paul and Evelyn Trent photographed a metallic disc over their Oregon farm, producing the most analyzed and authenticated UFO photos in history.
Approximately half the population of Farmington, New Mexico witnessed hundreds of silvery objects maneuvering across the sky in a massive two-day aerial display.
A disc-shaped object repeatedly appeared over a searchlight in Norwood, Ohio, tracked by Army instruments and witnessed by hundreds over several months.
Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh observed a formation of yellowish-green rectangular lights moving silently across the New Mexico sky, baffling one of history's most accomplished astronomical observers.
USAF pilot George Gorman engaged in a 27-minute aerial dogfight with a maneuvering light over Fargo that outperformed his P-51 Mustang.
Two Eastern Airlines pilots observed a cigar-shaped craft with glowing windows pass their DC-3 at close range, prompting Project Sign's ET conclusion.
Captain Thomas Mantell died pursuing a large metallic UFO over Kentucky, becoming the first pilot death attributed to a UFO chase.
The US military initially announced recovery of a 'flying disc' near Roswell, NM before retracting the statement, creating the most famous UFO controversy in history.
Just ten days after Kenneth Arnold's sighting, airline pilots on United Flight 105 observed multiple disc-shaped objects over Idaho, marking the first professional pilot UFO report of the modern era.
Private pilot Kenneth Arnold's sighting of nine unusual objects near Mount Rainier launched the modern UFO era and coined the term 'flying saucers.'
Over 800 UFO sightings in just two weeks during the summer of 1947 created a nationwide phenomenon that launched government investigations and permanently changed American culture.
Three days before the Kenneth Arnold sighting, harbor patrolman Harold Dahl reported six doughnut-shaped craft ejecting molten material near Puget Sound. Two investigating officers later died in a plane crash.
The US military fired over 1,400 anti-aircraft rounds at unidentified objects over LA weeks after Pearl Harbor, with a famous searchlight photo capturing the event.
During the 1897 airship wave, a craft allegedly crashed into a windmill in Aurora, TX, with reports of a non-human pilot buried in the local cemetery.