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276 findings
- 01PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The witness's residence sits in a suburban (pavillonnaire) zone on the Alsace plain; the nearest mountains — Vosges to the west and the Black Forest...
Geographic localization annex (Annexe 01) for GEIPAN case 2009-07-02361, presenting four annotated aerial views that establish the aviation and terrain context surrounding a UAP observation site in Rixheim, Alsace.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 02PDFAeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) — Stato Maggiorep.2
Event 1, Cerchiate di Pero (MI), 18 July 2020 at 21:57 local: object described as irregular spherical, intense white transitioning to reddish,...
The Italian Air Force Stato Maggiore's 2020 annual OVNI report (Allegato D) catalogues two citizen-reported UAP events — one near Milan and one on the Adriatic coast — each formally classified O.V.N.I. after ruling out known aviation and radiosonde activity.
→ Aeronautica Militare OVNI Annual Report 2020
- 03PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The object was cylindrical, approximately 2 meters long, and hovered stationary at 10 meters altitude when the witness observed it at 10–15 meters...
A 2011 GEIPAN re-examination note covering a 1976 close-encounter report from Isère, France, in which a lone hunter observed a silent 2-meter cylindrical object hovering at 10 meters altitude with a red intermittent glow before departing silently southward; classified PAN D1.
→ GEIPAN Case 1976-11-02763 — SAINT-GEOIRS (38) 25.11.1976
- 04PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
Observation time and location: 04:30, 4 September 1989, Bertre (Puylaurens, Tarn 81), France; investigation conducted 12 September 1989.
A SEPRA/GEIPAN investigation report by J.J. Velasco (October 1989) documenting a stationary luminous phenomenon observed above a rural residence in Bertre, Tarn, France at 04:30 on 4 September 1989, with gendarmerie-noted physical traces of heated roof tiles and physical samples collected by helicopter, classified D1 — unexplained pending laboratory...
→ GEIPAN Case 1989-09-01666 — « LES TUILES » BERTRE (81) 04.09.1989
- 05PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The celestial chart is set to 23h45 HL on Friday, July 26, 2009, at the witness's home coordinates in Rixheim — approximately 1h25m later than the...
A two-page GEIPAN celestial-chart document reconstructing the July 26, 2009 Rixheim (Alsace) sighting, in which a witness tracked a white luminous point through two distinct flight phases — linear then curved — before it faded into open sky, classified D1 (slightly unusual, remains unexplained).
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 06PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The observation site is precisely geo-referenced: Lat 47°44'40.52" N, Long 7°24'38.74" E, altitude 239 m — Rixheim, Alsace, near the...
A two-page GEIPAN celestial reconstruction chart documenting a single-witness naked-eye UAP sighting over Rixheim, Alsace, on 26 July 2009, classified D1 (unexplained but low strangeness).
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 07PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
As of June 2015, no official GEIPAN/SEPRA/GEIPAN documents on the Valensole case had ever been published, despite fifty years of institutional...
A 2015 GEIPAN synthesis marking the 50th anniversary of the Valensole close-encounter, releasing the three gendarmerie procès-verbaux as the primary official record of the July 1, 1965 event.
→ GEIPAN Case 1965-07-00050 — VALENSOLE (04) 01.07.1965
- 08PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
Annex 04 was prepared by G. Munsch of GEIPAN's IPN unit specifically to match candidate satellites to Phase 1 of the Rixheim observation; the parent...
GEIPAN Annex 04 for case 2009-07-02361: satellite orbital data drawn from calsky.com and heavens-above.com to evaluate whether Cosmos 1151 Rocket body could account for Phase 1 of a white luminous-point sighting over Rixheim, Alsace, on 26 July 2009.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 09PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The candidate satellite is Cosmos 1151 Rocket, a Soviet rocket body launched in 1980 (designator 1980-005 B), orbiting at 597.9 x 622.6 km with an...
A one-page GEIPAN technical annex presenting computed satellite-pass data for Cosmos 1151 Rocket as a candidate explanation for the first phase of an unexplained luminous-point observation at Rixheim, France, on 26 July 2009.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361 — RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009
- 10IMGBelgian Air Force / Force Aérienne Belge (operations under Col. Wilfried De Brouwer)
Two F-16s were scrambled from Beauvechain air base after both the Glons NATO Control Reporting Centre and Semmerzake ATC independently confirmed...
Declassified Belgian Air Force radar trace charts from the March 30–31, 1990 F-16 interception over central Belgium, publicly released by Col. Wilfried De Brouwer at NATO headquarters on July 11, 1990.
→ Belgian F-16 Radar Trace Charts — March 30–31, 1990 Eupen/Wavre Interception
- 11IMGBelgian Air Force / Force Aérienne Belge (operations under Col. Wilfried De Brouwer)
Two Belgian F-16s scrambled from Beauvechain conducted nine separate interception attempts across the night of March 30-31, 1990.
An image-only GIF of Belgian Air Force F-16 onboard radar trace charts from the March 30-31, 1990 Eupen/Wavre interception, publicly released by Col. Wilfried De Brouwer at a NATO headquarters press conference on July 11, 1990.
→ Belgian F-16 Radar Trace Charts — March 30–31, 1990 Eupen/Wavre Interception
- 12IMGBelgian Air Force / Force Aérienne Belge (operations under Col. Wilfried De Brouwer)
Two independent ground radar systems — NATO CRC Glons and Semmerzake ATC — corroborated the same unidentified targets before F-16s were scrambled.
Declassified Belgian Air Force radar trace charts from the March 30–31, 1990 F-16 interception over central Belgium, showing onboard and ground radar data for targets exhibiting flight performance the Air Force described as beyond existing technology.
→ Belgian F-16 Radar Trace Charts — March 30–31, 1990 Eupen/Wavre Interception
- 13VIDUnited States Air Force (RAF Bentwaters, 81st TFW) / UK Ministry of Defence
The recording was made on the second night of the Rendlesham Forest incident — December 28, 1980 — not the first-night landing trace event.
An 18-minute microcassette recording made in real time by USAF Deputy Base Commander Lt Col Charles Halt during the second night of the Rendlesham Forest incident, December 28, 1980 — the only known contemporaneous audio record of a senior US military officer narrating direct UAP observation.
→ Halt Tape — Lt Col Charles Halt's Microcassette Recording, Rendlesham Forest December 28, 1980
- 14PDFDepartment of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Councilp.10
Commercial pilot employed by La Ronge Aviation Co. reported observing a circular or oblong silver-white object at an estimated 15,000–20,000 feet...
RCMP Criminal Investigation Branch inter-agency correspondence from 1964–1965 establishing Canadian government reporting procedures for UFO sightings, anchored by a commercial pilot's account of an unidentified circular object that followed his Cessna 180 for approximately 100 miles over northern Saskatchewan.
→ Canada UFO FOIA Release — Part 25 (Pages 7201–7500)
- 15PDFForça Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacional
Envelope 10 is the second 1978 CENDOC unit and the largest single envelope in the entire declassified FAB UFO corpus at approximately 117 MB.
Brazilian Air Force CENDOC Envelope 10 is the largest single archival envelope in the declassified FAB UFO corpus, aggregating 1978 OANI sighting reports, Operação Prato-adjacent records, and inter-base correspondence from the Colares chupa-chupa wave.
→ CENDOC Envelope 10 — 1978 FAB UFO Records (continued)
- 16PDFRoyal New Zealand Air Force / Ministry of Defence
This is the fourth and final volume of the RNZAF AIR 39/3/3 UAP correspondence series, covering 1981-1984.
Declassified RNZAF internal correspondence file covering UAP sighting reports from 1981 to 1984, the final volume of the AIR 39/3/3 series before its supersession by AIR 1630/2.
→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 39/3/3 Volume 4 (1981–1984)
- 17PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.2
RAAF Operational Command explicitly framed UFO investigation as 'a tedious task' while still mandating comprehensive reporting at all bases,...
NAA series E1327/5/4/AIR Part 1 is a Royal Australian Air Force internal file collecting UFO investigation directives, standardized witness report forms, and forwarded sighting accounts from Victorian and Northern Territory commands, spanning roughly 1966 to 1968.
→ E1327 5/4/AIR Part 1 — RAAF Southern Area (Victoria) UFO File
- 18PDFRoyal New Zealand Air Force / Ministry of Defence
The file covers 1990–2009, the period in which RNZAF formally stepped back from active UFO investigation.
Declassified RNZAF file AIR 1630/2 Volume 2 collects New Zealand Air Force UFO sighting reports and Defence correspondence from 1990 through 2009, the period in which the service formally withdrew from active investigation and closed the file.
→ RNZAF UFO File — AIR 1630/2 Volume 2 (1990–2009)
- 19PDFAeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) — Stato Maggiorep.2
The standard closing determination — applied to nearly all entries — states that no correlation was found between the reported event and any known...
A consolidated Italian Air Force case-sheet archive cataloguing 100+ OVNI sightings across Italy from 1991-2000, each formally evaluated by Stato Maggiore using standardized physical descriptors and reporter credentials.
→ Aeronautica Militare OVNI Historical Dossier 1991-2000
- 20PDFUK Ministry of Defence / Secretariat Air Staffp.4
The file's catalogued coverage is 1962–1979, but two extracted report forms carry unambiguous 1985 dates ('26 Jan 85 2202Z' on page 4 and '101830Z...
The earliest MoD UFO desk file in the released corpus, DEFE 24/1922 compiles handwritten incident-report forms and parliamentary-handling correspondence spanning (per catalog) 1962–1979, with special attention to the 1977 Broad Haven / Welsh Triangle wave in Pembrokeshire; only 12 of 120 pages yield machine-readable text.
→ DEFE 24/1922 — MoD UFO Reports 1962–1979 (Broad Haven / Welsh Triangle era)
- 21PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.8
Three simultaneous civilian witnesses at Eucla, Mundrabilla Station, and Madura independently described a cigar-shaped object approximately 30 feet...
RAAF Western Area (Western Australia) compilation of three UAP incidents spanning 1956-1957 — including a multi-witness cigar-shaped object over the Nullarbor Plain and a triangulated green-light explosion near Marble Bar — plus 1960 atmosphere-reentry watch signals.
→ PP474/1 5/5/AIR — RAAF Western Area (Western Australia) UFO File
- 22PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.4
RAAF Williamtown detected strong radar echoes at 2800 MHz (GCA frequency) with no visible cloud formations; targets moved against the wind and showed...
Australian PM Menzies' personal 1954–1955 file of ministerial correspondence on flying saucers, aggregating diplomatic dispatches, a classified RAAF radar report, CSIRO science assessments, and UK defence-science opinion — all trending toward official skepticism with residual uncertainty.
→ M1148 Flying Saucers (1954–1955) — Prime Minister Menzies Personal Records
- 23PDFForça Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacionalp.3
A psychological and biographical profile of the observer is embedded in the intake form itself — fields for personality, character, drinking habits,...
Official Brazilian Air Force standardized intake form for logging OANI (Objeto Aereo Nao Identificado) sightings across all observable parameters, from observer psychology to electromagnetic effects.
→ FAB Formulário de Relatório sobre OANI — Official UFO Reporting Form
- 24PDFAeronautica Militare (Italian Air Force) — Stato Maggiorep.2
Six sightings by private citizens across Italy in 2019 were formally catalogued as O.V.N.I. by Aeronautica Militare's Stato Maggiore after...
Italian Air Force annual OVNI summary for 2019: six civilian sightings formally evaluated against military flight and radiosounding records, with one yielding an unresolved ATCR radar trace.
→ Aeronautica Militare OVNI Annual Report 2019