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Danish Airport and Military Base Drone Incursions
September 22, 2025 · Copenhagen Airport (Kastrup), with further sightings at Aalborg Airport, Skrydstrup Air Base, Karup Air Base and other Danish sites
Denmark
UAP · Unknown · 34 sources
60Well documented
NASA UAP Independent Study Team final report
September 14, 2023 · Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
United States
UAP · Sphere · 50 sources
38Partially documented
Pro early
Airline pilots' spiralling lights over Santa Catarina and Porto Alegre
c. 2022 · Guaíba River near Salgado Filho Airport, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul; also Santa Catarina airspace and Torres
Brazil
UAP · Orb / light · 24 sources
30Partially documented
Kansas "Sea of Flashing Lights" FAA UAP Report
September 27, 2022 · Southwest Kansas, about 50 NM west-northwest of Liberal (Grant, Stevens and Morton counties), toward Beaver, Oklahoma Panhandle
United States
UAP · Other · 14 sources
23Thinly documented
Julious Figueroa and the golden orb beside a skydiving plane
July 10, 2022 · Midwestern United States (unspecified drop zone)
United States
UAP · Sphere · 7 sources
15Thinly documented
American Airlines Flight 2292 and the "Long Cylindrical Object" over New Mexico
February 21, 2021 · Northeast New Mexico, west of Des Moines (near Clayton)
United States
UAP · Cylinder · 31 sources
30Partially documented
Shannon / Kerry Coast Airline Pilot Sightings
November 9, 2018 · Off the south-west coast of Ireland, over County Kerry (Shannon Flight Information Region)
Ireland
UAP · Unknown · 19 sources
22Thinly documented
The Oregon 'White Aircraft' Incident: Airliners, Seattle Center and an F-15 Scramble
October 25, 2017 · Southern Oregon, from the California and Oregon border near Mt. Shasta and Crater Lake north to the Willamette Valley
United States
UAP · Other · 25 sources
43Partially documented
Pro early
The Jeffreys Bay Green Object Seen by Cargo 737 Pilots
December 12, 2016 · About 10 nautical miles off Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape, over the Indian Ocean
South Africa
UAP · Unknown · 17 sources
24Thinly documented
Pro early
The Christchurch Colour-Changing Sphere: Oisin Lavelle's Footage
June 13, 2016 · Lower Cashmere, Christchurch, Canterbury
New Zealand
UAP · Sphere · 11 sources · 3 photos
17Thinly documented
Turkish Airlines TK2525 green-light object over Silivri, near Istanbul Atatürk Airport
May 19, 2016 · Airspace over Silivri, Istanbul Province, on approach to Istanbul Atatürk Airport
Turkey
UAP · Unknown · 19 sources
16Thinly documented
Pro early
The Zigzag Object: Gol Flight 9109 and Two Other Crews near Quixadá
January 24, 2014 · Airspace near Quixadá, Ceará, on the descent path to Fortaleza
Brazil
UAP · Unknown · 18 sources
27Thinly documented
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
Glasgow A320 near miss with a blue and yellow object over Baillieston
December 2, 2012 · Baillieston, east of Glasgow, Scotland
United Kingdom
UAP · Unknown · 15 sources
21Thinly documented
2010 Chinese Airport Closures: Hangzhou Xiaoshan and Baotou
July 7, 2010 · Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Zhejiang (second incident at Baotou airport, Inner Mongolia)
China
UAP · Other · 50 sources
43Partially documented
Pro early
The Czech orange lights wave: Klínec, Chrást, Říčany and Brno
May 23, 2009 · Klínec near Jíloviště, Praha-západ district, with further sightings at Chrást near Plzeň, Říčany and Brno
Czech Republic
UAP · Orb / light · 18 sources · 5 photos
52Partially 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
Pro early
The Kolkata Shape-Shifting Light Filmed by Farhan Akhtar
October 29, 2007 · East Kolkata, near the E.M. Bypass, West Bengal
India
UAP · Other · 18 sources
18Thinly documented
The Alderney UFO Sighting: Captain Ray Bowyer and the Two Yellow Cigars
April 23, 2007 · English Channel west of Alderney, near the Casquets lighthouse, Channel Islands
United Kingdom
UAP · Cigar · 32 sources
36Partially documented

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  • ATC personnel statements Document
    FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 17 pages· 16 pages mention it
    • p. 7 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following is a report concerning…
    • p. 15 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 9, 1987 The following is a report concerning…
  • Compilation: ATC transcripts, flight path, statements Hearing transcript
    FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 14 pages· 9 pages mention it
    • p. 10 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 11, 1987 The following is a report concerning…
    • p. 14 PERSONNEL STATEMENT FEDERAL AVIATION Am:rnISTRATION Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center January 11, 1987 The following is a report…
  • Chronology of events Document
    FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 5 pages

    …Unidentified Traffic Sighting by Japan Airlines From: Air Traffic Manager, Anchorage ARTCC, ZAN-1 To: Manager, Air Traffic…

  • FAA news releases Document
    FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 10 pages· 5 pages mention it
    • p. 8 …to the FAA Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center, the sighting of unidentified air traffic on their onboard weather radar…
    • p. 10 …radar images, * Voice recordings on cassette of Pilot & Air Route Traffic Control Center, FAA interviews of Pilot and Crew, and…
  • Records statement and package contents Document
    FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 9 pages· 3 pages mention it
    • p. 7 …Cassette tape of communications between Air Traffic Control and JAL Flight 1628. 1 hour 30 minutes. (Same data as 23…
    • p. 8 …1 page (map) Personnel statements. (Statements by seven air traffic control specialists at Anchorage Center.) (8 pages) FAA Form 7230…
  • Selected voice transcripts Hearing transcript
    FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 10 pages· 2 pages mention it
    • p. 3 …Air Lines flight #1628 R15 = Controller position, Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center D15 = Controller positian, Anchorage Air Route Traffic…
    • p. 10 …Airway route Internal Navigation System (Anchorage) Air Route Traffic Control Center (Enroute traffic) PVD Plan View Display (Radar Screen) ROCC…

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Videos6

Video1995
[ATC] America West Airlines Flight 564 UFO Incident
From America West Airlines Flight 564 (Cactus 564) sighting
Video2017
2 pilots described seeing UFOs in the sky last weekend, according to air traffic control audio
From The Oregon 'White Aircraft' Incident: Airliners, Seattle Center and an F-15 Scramble
Video2017
Air traffic controllers tell pilots 'avoid the UFO' after they report mysterious lights over Oregon
From The Oregon 'White Aircraft' Incident: Airliners, Seattle Center and an F-15 Scramble
Video2018
Three Pilots Report Bright UFOs Sighting To Shannon Air Traffic Control, Ireland. November 9, 2018.
From Shannon / Kerry Coast Airline Pilot Sightings
Video2018
Hear American Airlines Pilot Discuss UFO Over Arizona in FAA Tape, Feb 24, 2018, UFO Sighting News.
From The Arizona Learjet and American Airlines Flight 1095 Sighting
Video1978
The Audio of the Frederick Valentich Disappearance
From The Valentich Disappearance over Bass Strait