International findings
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275 findings
- 01PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
Two amateur astronomers observed a bright, pulsing point from the 1360-meter summit of Bergiès mountain, Barret-de-Lioure, Drôme, at approximately...
A GEIPAN investigation report classifying an ovoid UAP observed through a 9x50 finder scope by two amateur astronomers at Barret-de-Lioure, Drôme, France on July 8, 2008 as D1 — unexplained, moderately strange, good consistency.
→ GEIPAN Case 2008-07-02443 — BARRET-DE-LIOURE (26) 08.07.2008
- 02PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.2
IGS-1B was launched March 28, 2003 alongside companion IGS-1A on an H2A rocket into a 486 x 491 km orbit at 97-degree inclination; it had been...
A Space Safety Magazine article documenting amateur telescopic photography of the Japanese classified spy satellite IGS-1B during its final pre-reentry orbits, collected by GEIPAN investigators as open-source reference material for UAP case 2012-07-08299 — a D1 (unexplained) sighting from Montchaboud, France on the same calendar date as the satellite's...
→ GEIPAN Case 2012-07-08299 — MONTCHABOUD (38) 26.07.2012
- 03PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The Trappes radiosonde was launched at 11h18 UTC on January 28, 1994 — 56 minutes before the crew sighting at 13h14.
A Météo-France technical note reconstructs the January 28, 1994 Trappes radiosonde trajectory to assess whether it could explain what Air France flight AF3532's crew observed near Coulommiers — and concludes it cannot account for the reported size.
→ GEIPAN Case 1994-01-01345 — « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.01.1994
- 04PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
LFSB's INCA incident log records the event at 21:46 UTC (23:46 CEST) on 26 July 2009, a roughly 86-minute discrepancy from the witness-reported 22:20...
A GEIPAN/CNES formal radar-trace request to Basel-Mulhouse Airport (LFSB) for a July 2009 unidentified luminous-point observation over Rixheim, France — radar returned negative; case closed D1 (unexplained but minimally anomalous).
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 05PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
GEIPAN director Yvan Blanc formally requested radar data from LFSB under the CNES/DGAC protocol, citing an ongoing investigation into the Rixheim...
An LFSB (Basel-Mulhouse) INCA incident report documenting GEIPAN's formal radar-data request for a July 2009 Rixheim luminous-point sighting, with the airport's ELVIRA multi-radar review returning no corroborating track.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 06PDFForça Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacionalp.1
A UAP described as circular and funnel-shaped, yellowish-red with bluish reflections, reportedly landed on Fazenda Jejú (property of Sr. Expedito) on...
A Brazilian Air Force photographic dossier (Operação Prato, Registro 076) documenting a UAP landing at Fazenda Jejú, Pará, on 17 December 1977, with physical ground trace measurements recorded by a military A2 team.
→ Operação Prato — Photographic Dossier (CC_023, Registro 076)
- 07PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
GEIPAN assigned classification D1 (inexpliqué) after a full field investigation, placing the case at the agency's highest anomaly tier — confirmed...
GEIPAN classification-D1 investigation of a June 2014 nocturnal UAP sighting near Etrelles, France, cross-referenced against BOAM amateur meteor-network camera telemetry that captured a sporadic event at the same timestamp.
→ GEIPAN Case 2014-06-50078 — ETRELLES (35) 01.06.2014
- 08PDFUK Ministry of Defence / Defence Intelligence Staff (DI55)p.28
444 pages total; only 4 carry extractable text — the overwhelming majority is image-only scanned documentation requiring vision-model processing to...
DEFE 31/173 is a 444-page UK Ministry of Defence / DI55 compilation of structured UAP intake reports covering 1984–1986, part of the analytic source corpus that fed Project Condign.
→ DEFE 31/173 — DI55 UFO Reports 1984–1986
- 09PDFUK Ministry of Defence / Sec(AS)p.3
The core incident is the Howden Moor/Sheffield event of 24 March 1997, when South Yorkshire Police, the RAF, and Mountain Rescue investigated a...
DEFE 24/1997 is the MoD UFO desk file for 1996–1997, centred on the Howden Moor/Sheffield incident of 24 March 1997, and containing correspondence, internal intelligence traffic, and press enclosures that document the department's handling—and active downplaying—of UAP reports during this period.
→ Howden Moor / Sheffield Incident — DEFE 24/1997 (March 1997 sonic boom and triangular craft reports)
- 10PDFUK Ministry of Defence / Sec(AS)p.3
The file administrative cover (MoD Form 329) assigns the material to division Sec(AS)2 and carries reference number RCU000342501 and file identifier...
DEFE 24/1959 is a UK Ministry of Defence administrative file compiling handwritten civilian UFO sighting reports processed by the MoD Sec(AS) UFO desk, using a standardized 10-field form across all entries, with most pages too degraded for systematic transcription.
→ DEFE 24/1959 — MoD UFO Desk Reports 1981 (Rendlesham aftermath year)
- 11PDFDepartment of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Councilp.14
RCMP investigation at Little Hearts Ease, Newfoundland: a blood-red object roughly eight to ten feet long with a trailing tail crashed into the...
Pages 1201-1500 of Canada's consolidated UFO FOIA release: a volume of 1970 Canadian government sighting reports routed through DND, RCMP, and NRC channels, spanning incidents from Newfoundland to British Columbia.
→ Canada UFO FOIA Release — Part 05 (Pages 1201–1500)
- 12PDFUK Ministry of Defence / Sec(AS) / DI55p.5
MoD UFO Policy file D/Sec(AS) 64/1 Pt B was classified SECRET and held by DAS 4a(Sec) as of 2000, revealing active classified UFO policy...
MoD file jacket for the 1990 UFO desk correspondence, containing a 2000-2001 FOI exchange with researcher Dr. David Clarke and flyingsaucery.com printouts revealing the existence of the previously secret Flying Saucer Working Party report.
→ DEFE 24/2030 — MoD UFO Desk Correspondence 1990 (Calvine-era reporting)
- 13PDFUK Ministry of Defence / Sec(AS)p.13
Sec(AS)2 received approximately 230 sighting reports and 250 letters per year in the late 1990s, with reports forwarded from military establishments,...
DEFE 24/2006 is the MoD UFO Desk's internal correspondence and press-cutting file for the Bonnybridge/Falkirk Triangle era (c.1998–2000), combining administrative policy minutes, a filmed-programme refusal, Nick Pope press coverage, and co-filed Near-Earth Objects task force documentation.
→ DEFE 24/2006 — MoD UFO Desk Reports c.1998–2000 (Bonnybridge / Falkirk Triangle era)
- 14PDFEjército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensap.1
The file carries the formal title 'Avistamiento de Fenómenos Extraños (Expedientes OVNI)' — the Ejército del Aire's standard designation for UAP case...
Cover page of Spanish Air Force Expediente 790305, the official UAP case file for a mass sighting over the Canary Islands on 5 March 1979, held at the Biblioteca Central del Ejército del Aire in Madrid.
→ Expediente — Avistamiento en Canarias (5 March 1979)
- 15PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.3
The coordination narrative records that the aircraft was reported 'seeing things (perhaps a UFO)' shortly after passing Cape Otway at 0903Z before...
Australian Department of Transport MARSAR file 78/1205 documenting the multi-agency search-and-rescue operation launched after pilot Frederick Valentich and his Cessna 182 vanished over Bass Strait on 21 October 1978, following his report of an unidentified object near Cape Otway.
→ A4703 1978/1205 — Department of Transport UFO File (1978, Valentich-era)
- 16PDFEjército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensap.69
Radar operators stated the detected objects represented a real existence in space, with propagation described as good and screen presentation normal...
Spanish Air Force official investigation file on anomalous aerial phenomena reported over the Canary Islands on 24 November 1974, incorporating witness declarations, traffic data, meteorological records, radar operator testimony, and a formal judge's report.
→ Expediente — Avistamiento en Canarias (24 November 1974)
- 17VIDRoyal Australian Air Force / Department of Transport (Australia)
Valentich, age 20, was flying Cessna 182L registration VH-DSJ solo from Moorabbin Airport to King Island when contact was lost over Bass Strait.
The Melbourne Flight Service audio recording of Cessna pilot Frederick Valentich's final transmissions before his unexplained disappearance over Bass Strait on 21 October 1978, accompanied by a contemporaneous news-video edit.
→ Frederick Valentich Disappearance — Bass Strait, 21 October 1978
- 18VIDSEDENA (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional) / Fuerza Aérea Mexicana
11 distinct infrared targets were recorded simultaneously on FLIR camera and onboard radar, providing independent dual-sensor corroboration of the...
A declassified Mexican Air Force FLIR recording from March 5, 2004, showing 11 unidentified objects detected simultaneously on infrared and radar during a counter-narcotics patrol over Campeche — the only government-released UAP footage confirmed authentic by a national defense ministry at a press conference.
→ SEDENA Campeche FLIR Footage — March 5, 2004 Mexican Air Force Recording
- 19PDFUK Ministry of Defence / RAF / Sec(AS)p.163
The primary subject of this file — the 30-31 March 1993 Cosford/Shawbury sightings with over 100 witnesses including RAF military police, and Nick...
DEFE 24/1962 is the UK MoD UFO desk file for 1992-1993 covering the Cosford/Shawbury multi-witness triangular craft sightings of 30-31 March 1993, though the 15 extractable pages consist primarily of background reference material — the Halt Memo (Rendlesham Forest, December 1980), a House of Lords UFO debate transcript, standard MoD report forms, and a...
→ Cosford / Shawbury Incident — DEFE 24/1962 (March 1993 multi-witness sightings)
- 20PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.2
All folios across all 32 parts of RAAF file series 580/1/1 were reclassified UNCLASSIFIED effective 7 May 1982, per a minute paper at Air Force...
Part 20 of the RAAF's 32-part HQ UFO file series, documenting early-1970s civilian sighting reports from Western Australia and official RAAF responses attributing observations to ball lightning and meteor showers.
→ A703 580/1/1 Part 20 — RAAF Department of Air HQ UFO Reports
- 21PDFCentro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) / Fuerza Aérea Argentinap.2
CIAE processed 82 cases in 2023, all resolved with conventional explanations; not a single case remained unexplained.
The Argentine Air Force's Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial (CIAE) resolved all 82 citizen-reported aerospace sightings received and processed in 2023 as conventionally explained phenomena, classifying each under a French GEIPAN-derived A/B typology.
→ CIAE Informe de Casos 2023
- 22PDFTransport Canada / NAV CANADAp.1
CIRVIS reports route through NAV CANADA shift supervisors to CADS, then CANR, then Transport Canada by fax — a formal multi-agency relay chain for...
A decade of Canadian CIRVIS operational shift logs (2010–2019) recording pilot, ATC, and civilian UAP sightings routed through CADS and CANR to Transport Canada and, notably, civilian researcher Chris Rutowski.
→ CIRVIS Canada — Pilot and ATC UFO Reports (2010–2019)
- 23PDFUK Ministry of Defence / Defence Intelligence Staff (DI55)p.14
Official MoD sighting tallies for 1978–1981: 750, 550, 350, and 600 respectively, for a four-year total of 2,250 reports.
DEFE 31/172 is a DI55 UFO incident file covering 1978–1983 whose three extractable pages are House of Lords Hansard transcripts recording official MoD sighting tallies and publicly stated policy positions for 1978–1981.
→ DEFE 31/172 — DI55 UFO Reports 1978–1983 (Project Condign source material)
- 24PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.8
The witness, suffering from chronic insomnia, saw an intense exterior light, descended to the adjacent alfalfa field at approximately 04:30, and...
French Gendarmerie procès-verbal and CNES/SEPRA investigation file documenting a 68-year-old witness's September 1989 nighttime observation of a faceted luminous object hovering above his farmhouse roof in the Tarn département, with laboratory-sampled physical traces on roof tiles and vegetation.
→ GEIPAN Case 1989-09-01666 — « LES TUILES » BERTRE (81) 04.09.1989