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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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
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
United Kingdom
UAP · Other · 74 sources
38Partially documented
The Torquay Cigar-Shaped UFO and the Wedding Dolls
c. 2004 · Torquay, Torbay, Devon
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 9 sources
15Thinly documented
The Prestwick incident: a fast radar target over the Scottish coast
February 15, 1999 · Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Ayrshire, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Unknown · 13 sources
27Thinly documented
The Wash Incident: Lights Over Skegness and the Boston Stump Blip
October 5, 1996 · The Wash, off Skegness and Boston, Lincolnshire, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Orb / light · 13 sources
44Partially documented
Widnes Cemetery Light Beams Incident
July 15, 1996 · Widnes Cemetery, Birchfield Road, Widnes, Cheshire, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Sphere · 18 sources
25Thinly documented
The Chasetown "We Want You, Come With Us" Encounter
May 4, 1995 · Rugeley Road, Burntwood / Chasetown, Staffordshire, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 10 sources
31Partially documented
British Airways Flight 5061 Near Miss over the Pennines
January 6, 1995 · Over the Pennines, about 8 NM southeast of Manchester Airport, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Triangle · 13 sources
25Thinly documented
The Tigre Outpost Shooting: Col. Eustorgio Pacheco Fires at a Descending Light
1995 · Tigre military outpost (destacamento Tigre), Loja Province, on the Peruvian border; a 2003 version places it at El Tigre in the Oriente
Ecuador
UAP · Orb / light · 11 sources
17Thinly documented
The Armadale "Toblerone" UFO
July 30, 1994 · Between Armadale and Blackridge, West Lothian, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Triangle · 16 sources
24Thinly documented
Aeroméxico Flight 129 UFO Strike over Mexico City
July 28, 1994 · Approach to Mexico City International Airport (Benito Juárez), Mexico City
Mexico
UAP · Unknown · 14 sources
18Thinly documented
Craigluscar Reservoir disc photograph (Ian Macpherson)
February 19, 1994 · Craigluscar Reservoir, near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Disc / saucer · 18 sources · 2 photos
25Thinly documented
The Larbert Film
January 1994 · Larbert, Falkirk, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Other · 16 sources
21Thinly documented
The Britannia Airways Black Lozenge near Gatwick
July 15, 1991 · Descent towards London Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Diamond · 12 sources
44Partially documented
Dan-Air Boeing 737 Wingless Projectile near Gatwick, 1991
June 17, 1991 · Climb-out from London Gatwick Airport, West Sussex, England, en route to Hamburg
United Kingdom
UAP · Cylinder · 14 sources
26Thinly documented
Alitalia MD-80 near miss over Lydd, Kent (Capt. Achille Zaghetti)
April 21, 1991 · Over Lydd, Romney Marsh, Kent, England
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 17 sources
47Partially documented
The Kecskemét Air Base Runway Sighting
January 18, 1991 · Kecskemét Air Base, Bács-Kiskun county, Hungary
Hungary
UAP · Unknown · 11 sources
38Partially documented
The Calvine UFO Photograph
August 4, 1990 · Moorland above Calvine, near Pitlochry, Perth and Kinross
United Kingdom
UAP · Diamond · 56 sources · 3 photos
49Partially 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
Russia
UAP · Disc / saucer · 24 sources
26Thinly 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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Videos69 · 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
The UFO Encounters Britain Tried to Keep Secret | The British UFO Files
From Churchill's Alleged UFO Cover-Up: The RAF Reconnaissance Plane Encounter
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
Video1948
FBI UFO Files Reveal Chilling 1948 Encounters Near Military Bases
From Munich / Fürstenfeldbruck Radar-Visual Sighting
Video1948
Mysterious 'Green Fireballs,' Space Shuttle Photos Among Newly Released UFO Files
From The Green Fireballs over New Mexico
Video1948
Newly released UFO files detail mysterious 'Green Fireballs' seen in the sky
From The Green Fireballs over New Mexico

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