Cataloged incident records

Lampedusa 2025

2025-11-12 Isola di Lampedusa, Italy INC-IT-2025-LAMPEDUSA

Tier B collecting

Pomezia 2024

2024-11-26 Pomezia (RM), Italy INC-IT-2024-POMEZIA

Tier B collecting

Hem 2022

2022-12-16 Hem, Nord, France INC-FR-2022-HEM

Tier A collecting

MAO bright object B 2022

2022-10-17 Ukraine near-space observation from two MAO stations INC-UA-2022-10-17-BRIGHT-OBJECT-B

Tier B collecting

Bolinao PADIZ unknown track

2021-09-02 Approximately 120 nautical miles northwest of Bolinao, Pangasinan, in the Philippine Air Defense Identification Zone INC-PH-2021-BOLINAO-PADIZ-TRACK

Tier B provisional

Crozon 2020

2020-01-13 Crozon, Finistère, France INC-FR-2020-CROZON

Tier A collecting

Villers-les-Luxeuil 2019

2019-11-26 Villers-les-Luxeuil, Haute-Saone, France INC-FR-2019-VILLERS-LES-LUXEUIL

Tier A collecting

Maleo 2019

2019-01-25 Maleo (LO), Italy INC-IT-2019-01-25-MALEO

Tier B collecting

Canale di Sicilia 2018

2018-12-19 Canale di Sicilia, Italy INC-IT-2018-12-19-CANALE-DI-SICILIA

Tier B collecting

La Foret-Fouesnant 2018

2018-12-10 La Foret-Fouesnant, Finistere, France INC-FR-2018-LA-FORET-FOUESNANT

Tier A collecting

Sainte-Foy-de-Peyrolieres 2018

2018-07-08 Sainte-Foy-de-Peyrolieres, Haute-Garonne, France INC-FR-2018-SAINTE-FOY-DE-PEYROLIERES

Tier A collecting

Montayral 2015

2015-10-23 Montayral / aerodrome de Fumel-Montayral, Lot-et-Garonne, France INC-FR-2015-MONTAYRAL

Tier A collecting

Saint-Zacharie 2015

2015-01-12 Saint-Zacharie, Var, France INC-FR-2015-SAINT-ZACHARIE

Tier A collecting

GoFast

2015 U.S. East Coast training areas near Virginia Beach INC-US-2015-GOFAST

Tier B collecting

La Serena multi-aircraft case

2014-12-31 La Serena, Chile INC-CL-2014-LA-SERENA-MULTI-AIRCRAFT

queued

Zonza 2014

2014-08-28 Zonza / Sainte-Lucie de Porto-Vecchio, Corse-du-Sud, France INC-FR-2014-ZONZA

Tier A collecting

Etrelles 2014 case

2014-06-01 Etrelles, Ille-et-Vilaine, France INC-FR-2014-ETRELLES

Tier A collecting

Bornel 2014

2014-04-24 Bornel, Oise, France INC-FR-2014-BORNEL

Tier A collecting

They-sous-Montfort 2014

2014-01-28 They-sous-Montfort, Vosges, France INC-FR-2014-THEY-SOUS-MONTFORT

Tier A collecting

Gimbal

2014 U.S. East Coast training areas near Virginia Beach INC-US-2014-2015-GIMBAL

Tier B collecting

Menil-Hubert-sur-Orne 2013

2013-05-29 Menil-Hubert-sur-Orne, Orne, France INC-FR-2013-MENIL-HUBERT-SUR-ORNE

Tier A collecting

Montchaboud 2012

2012-07-26 Montchaboud, Isere, France INC-FR-2012-MONTCHABOUD

Tier A collecting

Maffliers 2012

2012-06-29 Maffliers, Val-d'Oise, France INC-FR-2012-MAFFLIERS

Tier A collecting

Saint-Lo 2012

2012-04-04 Saint-Lo, Manche, France INC-FR-2012-SAINT-LO

Tier A collecting

C-212

2012-03-21 SCAT / SCHA corridor toward Caldera, Atacama Region, Chile INC-CL-2012-C-212

Tier B collecting

Casoria 2011

2011-05-12 Casoria (NA), Italy INC-IT-2011-05-12-CASORIA

Tier B collecting

DAP 21-21

2011-03-03 Cerro Mirador / Punta Arenas / Porvenir corridor, Magallanes, Chile INC-CL-2011-DAP-21-21

Tier B collecting

Le Mans 2010

2010-11-21 Le Mans, Sarthe, France INC-FR-2010-LE-MANS

Tier A collecting

Alfa-Pelicano

2010-06-24 Chile / multi-aircraft patrol context INC-CL-2010-ALFA-PELICANO

Tier B collecting

Rixheim 2009

2009-07-26 Rixheim, Haut-Rhin, France INC-FR-2009-RIXHEIM

Tier A collecting

Punta Raisi 2006

2006-09-03 1,3 km S-SW Aeroporto Civile Punta Raisi (PA), Italy INC-IT-2006-09-03-PUNTA-RAISI

Tier B collecting

Grazzanise radar cluster 2005

2005-02-08 Grazzanise (CE), Italy INC-IT-2005-02-08-GRAZZANISE-RADAR-CLUSTER

Tier B collecting

Nimitz / Tic Tac

2004-11-14 Pacific Ocean off Southern California INC-US-2004-NIMITZ-TIC-TAC

Tier A collecting

Campeche luminous points

2004-03-05 Campeche, Mexico INC-MX-2004-CAMPECHE-LUMINOUS-POINTS

Tier B provisional

Samudra Tapu expedition sighting

2004 Samudra Tapu near Chandra Tal, Lahaul and Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh, India INC-IN-2004-SAMUDRA-TAPU-EXPEDITION-SIGHTING

Tier B provisional

Crotone 2000

2000-05-24 Crotone, Italy INC-IT-2000-CROTONE

Tier B collecting

Hessdalen Blue Box filmed event 1999

1999-12-04 Vårhuslia / Hessdalen, Norway INC-NO-1999-12-04-HESSDALEN-BLUE-BOX

Tier B collecting

Bariloche

1995-07-31 Bariloche / Dina Huapi / Nahuel Huapi, Rio Negro, Argentina INC-AR-1995-BARILOCHE

Tier B collecting

Eastbourne / Wellington Harbour zig-zag object 1995

1995-01-12 Eastbourne / Wellington Harbour / Marsden Memorial area, New Zealand INC-NZ-1995-01-12-EASTBOURNE-WELLINGTON-HARBOUR

Tier B collecting

Bari 1994

1994-11-27 Bari, Italy INC-IT-1994-BARI

Tier B collecting

Porirua triangular object 1994

1994-10-27 Porirua, Wellington region, New Zealand INC-NZ-1994-10-27-PORIRUA

Tier B collecting

Coulommiers AF3532

1994-01-28 Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, France INC-FR-1994-COULOMMIERS-AF3532

Tier A collecting

Cosford / central England cluster 1993

1993-03-30 Cosford / central England, United Kingdom INC-UK-1993-03-30-31-COSFORD-CLUSTER

Tier B collecting

Amendola cluster 1991

1991-06-23 Amendola (FG), Italy INC-IT-1991-06-23-AMENDOLA-CLUSTER

Tier B collecting

Fratta di Canega 1991

1991-01-16 Fratta di Canega (PN), Italy INC-IT-1991-FRATTA-DI-CANEGA

Tier B collecting

Agernæs / Helnæs 1991

1991-01-07 Agernæs looking toward Helnæs, Denmark INC-DK-1991-01-07-AGERNAES-HELNAES

Tier B collecting

Svanemollen harbor typed report 1990

1990-05-25 Svanemollen harbor area, Copenhagen, Denmark INC-DK-1990-05-25-SVANEMOLLEN

Tier B collecting

March 30-31, 1990 intercept night

1990-03-30 Belgium INC-BE-1990-03-30-31-INTERCEPT

Tier B collecting

EVA-10 Noya 1989

1989-12-05 EVA-10 Noya / Santiago-La Coruña sector, Spain INC-ES-1989-12-05-EVA-10-NOYA

Tier A collecting

Belgian wave

1989-12 Belgium INC-BE-1989-1990-BELGIAN-WAVE

Tier B collecting

Bertre 1989

1989-09-04 Bertre, Tarn, France INC-FR-1989-BERTRE

Tier A collecting

Kobenhavn S 1988

1988-05-19 Kobenhavn S, Denmark INC-DK-1988-05-19-KOBENHAVN-S

Tier B collecting

Gilleleje / Esbonderup-Hillerod road 1988

1988-03-14 Esbonderup-Hillerod road south of Gilleleje, later over Gilleleje, Denmark INC-DK-1988-03-14-GILLELEJE-ESBONDERUP-HILLEROD

Tier B collecting

Sorø 1987

1987-09-24 South edge of Sorø, Denmark INC-DK-1987-09-24-SORO

Tier B collecting

Santa Cruz second scramble / thirteen plots 1986

1986-05-20 south of São José dos Campos / Santa Cruz sector, Brazil INC-BR-1986-05-20-SANTA-CRUZ-SECOND-SCRAMBLE

Tier B collecting

Night of the UFOs

1986-05-19 Brazil multi-state airspace INC-BR-1986-NIGHT-OF-THE-UFOS

Tier B collecting

Sao Jose dos Campos opening sequence 1986

1986-05-19 Sao Jose dos Campos / APP-SP sector, Brazil INC-BR-1986-05-19-20-SAO-JOSE-DOS-CAMPOS-OPENING

Tier B collecting

Anapolis Mirage zig-zag contact 1986

1986-05-19 Anápolis / central Brazil airspace INC-BR-1986-05-19-20-ANAPOLIS-MIRAGE-ZIG-ZAG

Tier B collecting

Santa Cruz F-5 chase 1986

1986-05-19 São José dos Campos sector toward the sea off Santa Cruz, Brazil INC-BR-1986-05-19-20-SANTA-CRUZ-F5-CHASE

Tier B collecting

Palmar / Rincon del Bonete Pucara pursuit

1986 Palmar / Rincon del Bonete / Durazno, Uruguay INC-UY-1986-PALMAR-RINCON-DEL-BONETE

Tier B collecting

Project Hessdalen field action 1984

1984 Hessdalen, Norway INC-NO-1984-PROJECT-HESSDALEN-FIELD-ACTION

Tier B collecting

Wanganui airfield area 1983

1983-06-07 Wanganui airfield area, New Zealand INC-NZ-1983-06-07-WANGANUI-AIRFIELD

Tier B collecting

Christchurch International Airport 1982

1982-01-26 Christchurch International Airport, New Zealand INC-NZ-1982-01-26-CHRISTCHURCH-AIRPORT

Tier B provisional

Trancrainville 1982

1982-01-23 Trancrainville / A10 corridor toward Orléans, France INC-FR-1982-TRANCRAINVILLE

Tier A collecting

Hessdalen 1982-1983 peak observation wave

1982 Hessdalen, Norway INC-NO-1982-1983-HESSDALEN-PEAK

Tier B collecting

Temuka / Pleasant Point Road 1981

1981-07-12 Pleasant Point to Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand INC-NZ-1981-07-12-TEMUKA-PLEASANT-POINT-ROAD

Tier B collecting

Cass / Canterbury 1981

1981-07-03 Cass, Canterbury, New Zealand INC-NZ-1981-07-03-CASS-CANTERBURY

Tier B collecting

Trans-en-Provence case

1981-01-08 Trans-en-Provence, Var, France INC-FR-1981-TRANS-EN-PROVENCE

Tier A draft

Hessdalen phenomenon

1981-01-01 Hessdalen, Trondelag, Norway INC-NO-1981-HESSDALEN-PHENOMENON

Tier B collecting

Rendlesham Forest 1980

1980-12-27 Rendlesham Forest / RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, United Kingdom INC-UK-1980-RENDELSHAM

Tier B collecting

Oceano Atlantico-RIF 1980

1980-12-08 Atlantic / RIF maritime zone off Cadiz, Spain INC-ES-1980-12-08-OCEANO-ATLANTICO-RIF

Tier A collecting

Canarias 1980-05-22 dossier

1980-05-22 Canarias / Las Palmas approach sector, Spain INC-ES-1980-05-22-CANARIAS

Tier A collecting

Herfolgevaenget / Amager-Valby corroboration 1980

1980-01-02 Herfolgevaenget / Ulstrup / Valby / Amager, Denmark INC-DK-1980-01-02-HERFOLGEVAENGET-AMAGER-VALBY

Tier B collecting

Barcelona-Zaragoza flight 1979

1979-12-16 Sabadell to Zaragoza route, Spain INC-ES-1979-12-16-BARCELONA-ZARAGOZA-FLIGHT

Tier A collecting

SOC del Ala de Alerta y Control radar trace 1979

1979-03-13 SOC de Pegaso / LEAB scramble sector, Spain INC-ES-1979-03-13-SOC-ALA-DE-ALERTA-Y-CONTROL

Tier A collecting

Aguas de Baleares 1979

1979-02-06 waters off the Balearics / tanker Tamesis, Spain INC-ES-1979-02-06-AGUAS-DE-BALEARES

Tier A collecting

Masone 1978

1978-12-29 Masone (RE), Italy INC-IT-1978-MASONE

Tier B collecting

Kaikoura / SAFE Argosy 1978-1979

1978-12-20 East coast South Island / Kaikoura / Clarence area, New Zealand INC-NZ-1978-1979-KAIKOURA-ARGOSY

Tier B collecting

Sciacca 1978

1978-12-14 Sciacca (AG), Italy INC-IT-1978-12-14-SCIACCA

Tier B collecting

Valentich disappearance

1978-10-21 Cape Otway to King Island, Australia INC-AU-1978-VALENTICH

Tier B provisional

Mazarron expediente

1978-07-14 Mazarron, Murcia, Spain INC-ES-1978-MAZARRON

Tier A collecting

Farol do Colares / Canal do Navio cluster 1977

1977-11-03 Farol do Colares / Canal do Navio / Colares bay, Para, Brazil INC-BR-1977-11-03-05-FAROL-CANAL-COLARES-CLUSTER

Tier B collecting

Colares helicopter-corroborated close pass 1977

1977-11-01 Colares, Pará, Brazil INC-BR-1977-11-01-COLARES-HELICOPTERO-CORROBORATION

Tier B collecting

Colares A2 split-body observation 1977

1977-10-25 Colares, Para, Brazil INC-BR-1977-10-25-COLARES-A2-SPLIT-BODY

Tier B collecting

Ubintuba right-angle turn 1977

1977-10-23 Santo Antonio do Ubintuba, Para, Brazil INC-BR-1977-10-23-UBINTUBA-RIGHT-ANGLE-TURN

Tier B collecting

Raimundo Nonato Barbosa directed-light encounter 1977

1977-10-16 Paraiso do Ubintuba / Vigia mission area, Para, Brazil INC-BR-1977-10-16-RAIMUNDO-NONATO-BARBOSA

Tier B collecting

Padre Alfredo capela overflight 1977

1977-10-13 Colares mission area / chapel area, Pará, Brazil INC-BR-1977-10-13-PADRE-ALFREDO-CAPELA-OVERFLIGHT

Tier B collecting

Operacao Prato / Colares flap

1977 Unknown INC-BR-1977-OPERACAO-PRATO

Tier B collecting

Saint-Geoirs 1976

1976-11-25 Saint-Etienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, Isère, France INC-FR-1976-SAINT-GEOIRS

Tier A collecting

Canarias 1976-11-19 dossier

1976-11-19 Canarias / Atlantic west of the islands / Gran Canaria corridor, Spain INC-ES-1976-11-19-CANARIAS

Tier A collecting

Canarias 1976-06-22 dossier

1976-06-22 Canarias / Fuerteventura / Gran Canaria / Tenerife corridor, Spain INC-ES-1976-06-22-CANARIAS

Tier A collecting

Bardenas Reales 1975

1975-01-02 Bardenas Reales, Navarra, Spain INC-ES-1975-01-02-BARDENAS-REALES

Tier A collecting

Canarias 1974-11-24 dossier

1974-11-24 Canarias / Las Palmas / Tenerife corridor, Spain INC-ES-1974-11-24-CANARIAS

Tier A collecting

Caselle Torinese 1973

1973-11-30 Caselle Torinese (TO), Italy INC-IT-1973-CASELLE-TORINESE

Tier B collecting

Castromarina 1973

1973-07-17 Castromarina (LE), Italy INC-IT-1973-07-17-18-CASTROMARINA

Tier B collecting

Fiumicino - P. Raisi / Alitalia AZ 122

1972-12-14 Fiumicino - P. Raisi (PA) air route, Italy INC-IT-1972-FIUMICINO-ALITALIA-AZ-122

Tier B collecting

Campo de Mayo

1972-11-02 Campo de Mayo, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina INC-AR-1972-CAMPO-DE-MAYO

Tier B collecting

Cervia 1972

1972-08-16 Cervia (RA), Italy INC-IT-1972-CERVIA

Tier B collecting

Preservation Inlet / Chinook 1971

1971-06-04 Preservation Inlet / Gulchers Point / Coal Island, New Zealand INC-NZ-1971-06-04-CHINOOK

Tier B collecting

Reus Base Aerea 1969

1969-05-13 Reus, Tarragona, Spain INC-ES-1969-REUS-BASE-AEREA

Tier A collecting

Valencia y Sagunto 1968

1968-11-04 between Valencia and Sagunto, Spain INC-ES-1968-VALENCIA-SAGUNTO

Tier A collecting

La Línea 1968

1968-10-13 La Línea, Spain INC-ES-1968-LA-LINEA

Tier A collecting

Canarias IB-220 Tenerife-Las Palmas 1968

1968-09-17 Canarias / Tenerife-Las Palmas route, Spain INC-ES-1968-CANARIAS-IB220-TENERIFE-LAS-PALMAS

Tier A collecting

Madrid / Barcelona cluster 1968

1968-05-15 Madrid / Barcelona / en route over Logrono, Spain INC-ES-1968-MADRID-BARCELONA

Tier A collecting

Reus / Barcelona / Torrejon 1967

1967-09-10 Reus / Barcelona / Torrejon, Spain INC-ES-1967-09-10-11-REUS-BARCELONA-TORREJON

Tier A collecting

Premesques 1963

1963-11-11 Premesques, Nord, France INC-FR-1963-PREMESQUES

Tier A collecting

White Bluff / Cape Terawhiti 1963

1963-06-12 White Bluff to Cape Terawhiti / Wellington approach, New Zealand INC-NZ-1963-06-12-WHITE-BLUFF-CAPE-TERAWHITI

Tier B collecting

Start Point / Canberra NZ6111 1963

1963-03-26 Start Point area, approximately 40S 176E, New Zealand INC-NZ-1963-03-26-START-POINT-CANBERRA-NZ6111

Tier B collecting

Wewak / Maralinga unidentified light report

1960-07-15 Wewak area / Maralinga, South Australia, Australia INC-AU-1960-WEWAK-MARALINGA

Tier B provisional

Strange light in sky corridor memo

1960-07-15 Giles / Ernabella / Kenmore Park / Kulgera / De Rose Hill corridor, Australia INC-AU-1960-07-15-STRANGE-LIGHT-CORRIDOR

Tier B provisional

West Freugh radar case 1957

1957 West Freugh and related RAF reporting, United Kingdom INC-UK-1957-WEST-FREUGH-RADAR

Tier B collecting

Goulburn / Nowra Sea Fury file

1954-08-31 Goulburn / Nowra, New South Wales, Australia INC-AU-1954-GOULBURN-NOWRA-SEA-FURY

Tier B provisional

Topcliffe / Shackleton crew sighting 1952

1952-09 RAF Topcliffe, Thirsk, United Kingdom INC-UK-1952-TOPCLIFFE-SHACKLETON

Tier B collecting

Fogelhall / Helge Jung 1948

1948-07-18 Fogelhall / Fågelbrolandet, Sweden INC-SE-1948-07-18-FOGELHALL-HELGE-JUNG

Tier B collecting

Malingsbo-Krylbo B18A pursuit 1946

1946-08-14 Malingsbo to Krylbo, Sweden INC-SE-1946-08-14-MALINGSBO-KRYLBO-B18A

Tier B collecting

Mällsten radar-speed subcase 1946

1946-07-22 Mällsten / Swedish coastal-defense context, Sweden INC-SE-1946-07-22-MALLSTEN-RADAR

Tier B collecting

Kölmjärv lake-impact investigation 1946

1946-07-19 Kölmjärv, Norrbotten, Sweden INC-SE-1946-07-19-20-KOLMJARV

Tier B collecting

1946 ghost rockets wave

1946 Unknown INC-SE-1946-GHOST-ROCKETS-WAVE

Tier A collecting