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Stories6

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

The Tunisian Firefall: US Embassy Tunis Sighting, 1969

July 1969 · Tunis

UAP · Other · 13 sources

26Thinly documented

The Cuban MiG-21 Disintegration Incident

March 1967 · Airspace northeast of Cuba (radio traffic overheard at Key West Naval Air Station, Florida)

UAP · Sphere · 19 sources

19Thinly documented

The Bremen porcelain-shop poltergeist (Heiner Scholz), 1965

1965 · Vahr district, Bremen, West Germany

Paranormal · Other · 15 sources

34Partially documented

The Milton Torres Intercept Order: RAF Manston, 1957

May 20, 1957 · RAF Manston, Isle of Thanet, Kent, and the skies over East Anglia

UAP · Unknown · 37 sources

41Partially documented

The Spitsbergen Flying Saucer Crash

1952 · Hinlopen Strait, Nordaustlandet, Svalbard

UAP · Disc / saucer · 22 sources

25Thinly documented

Names24 · see all

Karl Shuker Person · 50 stories
A zoologist and cryptozoologist, Karl Shuker turns up again and again in this archive.
Jason Colavito Person · 13 stories
Jason Colavito is a writer whose voice turns up when old legends need checking.
FAA Organisation · 12 stories
The FAA is the American aviation authority whose controllers, tapes and records keep coming up in this archive's sightings.
John Greenewald Person · 12 stories
John Greenewald runs The Black Vault.
basking shark Term · 12 stories
Cetorhinus maximus.
Blake Smith Person · 11 stories
A sceptic and co-host of the MonsterTalk podcast, Blake Smith has spent years taking apart famous photographs and monster reports.
sea serpent Term · 10 stories
A great serpent of the sea, reported by sailors and naturalists for centuries.
Project 1947 Organisation · 9 stories
Project 1947 is a research effort whose work turns up across several cases in the archive.
Ted Phillips Person · 9 stories
Ted Phillips studied physical trace cases.
Illustrated Police News Organisation · 6 stories
A sensational national weekly.
Fouke Monster Term · 5 stories
Arkansas, 1971.
National Enquirer Organisation · 5 stories
An American tabloid that kept turning up at the edges of famous cases.

Documents115 · see all

Citizens Against Unidentified Flying Objects Secrecy v. NSA (Civil Action No. 80-1562) Document

National Security Agency· 14 pages· 11 pages mention it
- p. 6 …cations NSA attempts to intercept, which are intercepted, and, ··· 1'. . ·~···:.. : ~--- l! of those that are intercepted, which yield. to NSA…
- p. 7 …Finally, a communication channel believed to be targeted by NSA can "be used by a foreign government to pass misleading…
Memorandum for the Record - Subject: Information Request Solicitation Memo

National Security Agency· 5 pages· 4 pages mention it
- p. 2 …Monday, 24 July Discussed UFO status with D4 concluding that I understand my position, and that NSA prefers that I…
- p. 3 …He first wanted to clear up the matter of his working for NSA, a claim he has made publicly in…
In Camera - Citizens Against Unidentified Flying Objects Secrecy v. NSA (Civil Action No. 80-1562) Document

National Security Agency· 21 pages· 14 pages mention it
- p. 10 9. (SC) NSA-originated reports - Thirty-eight documents are the direct product of NSA SIGINT operations and one document describes…
- p. 14 …Revealing the contents of these reports would disclose the capability of NSA to target these government controlled communication systems. Even…
NSA Intellipedia AAWSAP no records response Document

The Black Vault· 3 pages· 2 pages mention it
- p. 2 …For your information, NSA provides a service of common concem for the Intelligence Community (IC) by serving as the executive…
- p. 3 …The appropriate email address to submit an appeal is FOIARSC@nsa.gov. • It must be postmarked or delivered electronically no…
Suit Seeks to Lift Secrecy Veil from Agency's UFO Documents FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2010-09-09· 1 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 1 …His decision was based on a 21-page top-secret affidavit given him in chambers by NSA. The battle last…
Report of U.F.O. Crash in '47 Called False by Science Panel Report

National Security Agency· 2 pages· 1 page mentions it
- p. 2 …THE AGENCY TOLD THE UFO BUFFS, "NSA MUST FOCUS ITS INTERCEPTION ACTIVITIES ON THOSE PARTICULAR COMMUNICATIONS LINES, CHANNELS, LINKS OR…

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Videos46 · see all

Guadalupe El Milagro y El Mensaje, Documental Completo En Español

From Our Lady of Guadalupe: the apparitions to Juan Diego and the tilma image at Tepeyac

Apariciones y mensajes Marie Martel- Tilly con Xavier Ayral

From The Tilly-sur-Seulles apparitions: the Virgin over M. Lepetit's field (1896)

UFO Sightings in 1897 Arkansas

From Captain Jim Hooton's airship landing near Homan, Arkansas

The Arkansas UFO Mystery of 1897

From Captain Jim Hooton's airship landing near Homan, Arkansas

Die Odyssee der einsamen Wölfe (1/2)

From The Tiger of Sabrodt (Tiger von Sabrodt)

Die Odyssee der einsamen Wölfe (2/2)

From The Tiger of Sabrodt (Tiger von Sabrodt)

The Gurdon Light Mystery: Arkansas' Most Haunted Railroad Phenomenon #shorts

From The Gurdon Light

Arkansas: The Gurdon Light, Arkansas' Creepiest Unsolved Mystery

From The Gurdon Light

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