Evidence Explorer

Full-text search across cases, agency files, testimony, map pins, and related entities.

1,229 matching evidence objects

Ranked by relevance

Matching “aerial phenomena” across titles, summaries, and full OCR text.

100% match

293206381-001-009

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 5% Original ↗
The document appears to be a fragmented and illegible record from the National Archives, lacking coherent information regarding UAP/UFO phenomena.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0230

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 5% Original ↗
The document appears to be a fragmented and unclear text from the National Archives, lacking coherent information regarding UAP/UFO phenomena.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0234

Foia Release Unclassified Released — Credibility 15% Original ↗
This document appears to be a fragmented and unclear text from the National Archives, lacking coherent information regarding UAP/UFO phenomena.
100% match

733667-001-019-0046

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 50% Original ↗
…elated to radar or sensor readings. The text is fragmented and lacks clear context, making it difficult to ascertain specific details about the observations or phenomena being reported.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0280

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 15% Original ↗
The document appears to be a fragmentary text with unclear content, lacking coherent information regarding UAP/UFO phenomena.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0366

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…. ‘ Le Pa | co ° ry A shown by Macky“, droplets of water suspended in an electrical field sufficiently intense to induce break- down will display sparkingeover phenomena and will coe 2 yee ON en tO HN He tn rag Ls Ba 1. Harrison, L. P., “Lightning Discharges to Aircraft and la Associated Meteorolorical Bynstbione * NACA nical Note 1001 (19h,6) " r) y oe ww) …
100% match

733667-001-020-0001

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 5% Original ↗
The document appears to be heavily redacted or corrupted, making it difficult to extract coherent information or context regarding UAP/UFO phenomena.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0368

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…aa mont: aan Ve 2 cS a] avvendant electrical discharctes along their surfaces } or throush then. - 4 7 } Khe +ha i > = ALY) Ser «+ rhe © 1g probable that these phenomena occur aLOnNns the ae Ra ae 1 a © al mn, ~ Pa | 3 ote: elt ~ be tning stroke through a cloud, and that some evavor tign and disruptive breakdown of droplets Sud - channel of a occur in consed…
100% match

733667-001-020-0013

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
… a debate over the nature of the sighting. The FAA's analysis of radar data was inconclusive, and the document highlights the complexities of interpreting such phenomena.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0386

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
… } eo? expert to spot this type of person. Reports will be received tm such persons especially at times when the radio end newspapers carry accounts of strange phenomena, Relatively few of the Cle investigations cone sidered in this report are of this nature, probably because investigators interviewed only the more reliable type of witness. (3) Deliberate Fa…
100% match

733667-001-024

Other Unclassified Released — Credibility 90% Original ↗
This document details the FAA's investigation into the reported UFO sighting by Japan Airlines flight 1628 on November 17, 1986. The investigation included interviews with the flight crew and analysis of radar data, which suggested that the sighting was likely a split radar return rather than an unidentified aircraft.
100% match

23857122-0457-180273-0388

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…bjects have the characteristios that would be expected if they were cases of failure, on the part of typical normal individuals, to identify oonmon or familiar phenomena. Possible Sources of Inacourate Reports of Flying Objects Stich tse es at There are three broad classes of mistakes in human observations. These are the following; 1, Misinterpreting the nat…
100% match

733667-001-031-0036

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document discusses UFO sightings reported by pilots, particularly focusing on a notable incident involving a Japan Air Lines cargo jet. NASA scientist Richard Haines has tracked over 3,000 pilot-reported UFO sightings, categorizing them into two main types: objects that appear and disappear rapidly, and those that follow aircraft for extended periods. T…
100% match

23857122-1175-475571-0004

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…IR=]852 | PAGE Pm OF Ae PAGES D/i FEAF COMMENT: 1, <A check with Japanese observatories has shown no increase in meteorite activity and no sightings of unusual phenomena in recent months, 2. Air Weather Service normally launches lighted weather balloons at night, Erratic behavior of a lighted weather balloon, together with physio- logical limitations of nigh…
100% match

733667-02-001-0014

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
This document discusses the phenomenon of UFO sightings reported by pilots, highlighting a specific incident involving a Japan Air Lines cargo jet. It features insights from NASA scientist Richard Haines, who has compiled over 3,000 UFO reports from pilots over the past two decades. The document details the nature of these sightings, including objects that a…
100% match

333335972

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
« x Ne AF hn ye aie (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1SUN | , COUNTRY | REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) JAPAN _TR-1-52 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT | ak Report of Unidentified Obj ect . AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Misawa Air Base, Honshu, Japan NéhF-B Wing Intelligence DATE OF REPORT , DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 15 May 1952 - _8 May 1952 C-2 —_—_---—…
100% match

733667-02-001-0030

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
…lying object. The article explores the psychological aspects of UFO sightings and the tendency of individuals to interpret celestial bodies as extraterrestrial phenomena.
100% match

23857122-1209-480825-0001

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…s, however as each bright whites light disappeared the after image was a cluster of six or seven red lights which : faded immediately like a vision persistency phenomena. Observing from arms length (26 inches) each cluster appeared to be a 3/6h inch diameter circle, An actual circle of lights appearing so big at 25 miles (approximate distance from Sampson AF…
100% match

733667-02-001-0038

News Article Unclassified Released — Credibility 80% Original ↗
…s entities, contrasting public fear with the author's belief in their benign nature. It includes anecdotes about UFO sightings and the cultural impact of these phenomena.
100% match

23857122-1209-480825-0003

Foia Release Unknown Released — Credibility 1% Original ↗
…rays, however as each bright white light disappeared the after image was a cluster of six or seven red lights which faded immediately like a vision persistency phenomena. Observing from arms length (26 inches) each cluster appeared to be a 3/64 inch diameter circle. An actual circle of lights appearing so big at 25 miles (approximate distance from Sampson AF…