Documented sightings from the 2000s, sorted from most recent.
Turkish security guard Yalçın Yalman filmed over two hours of high-resolution footage of disc-shaped objects off Kumburgaz between 2007-2009; TÜBİTAK's national research council analyzed the tapes and concluded the objects were not CGI or known aircraft.
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.
A Mexican Air Force surveillance plane recorded 11 objects on FLIR and radar that were invisible to the naked eye - and Defense Minister Gen. Vega García released the footage on Mexican TV in May 2004, the first state-sanctioned military UAP video release in the Americas.
Leaked notes allege a DIA Director was denied access to a program reverse-engineering non-human craft — consistent with later whistleblower claims.