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Locations & Sites

Map of documented UAP incidents worldwide

Each location gathers every documented incident recorded there, plotted on the interactive map above. Hubs with several incidents — the Arabian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, New Mexico, Low Earth orbit and others — include a short context note, and every entry links back to the declassified documents behind it.

Documented hotspots

United States

30 incidents39.50, -98.00

United States is documented in 30 files in this archive, drawn from FBI, Department of War, Department of State spanning 1947–2025. The incidents recorded here are listed below.

Documents: FBI Flying Saucer File: The First Section — Origins of the Central Investigation (1947) · FBI Flying Saucer File: Case 62-HQ-83894, Section 2 — Early Reports, Summer 1947 · FBI Flying Saucer File: Record Group 65, Case 62-HQ-83894, Section 3 — The Summer of 1947 · Serial 130: The FBI and U.S. Military Investigation into "Flying Discs" — Summer 1947 · "Flying Saucers" over Oak Ridge: Historical Photographs from July 1947 · FBI Case File 62-HQ-83894, Sub-File A: Press Clipping Collection on 'Flying Saucers,' 1947–1953 · FBI Case File 62-HQ-83894, Section 6: Second Summary of Flying Disc Incidents in the United States · The FBI Flying Saucer Case File: Analysis of Section 5 of Central File 62-HQ-83894 · A Letter from Mexico to Washington: An Inventor from Veracruz and the First "Flying Saucer" Photographs from Durango, 1950 · FBI Flying Saucer File: Record Group 65, Case 62-HQ-83894, Section 9 — Investigations of the 1950s · The FBI Flying Saucer File — Section 8: 1954 to 1957 · Unidentified Flying Object over Detroit: FBI Report, April 17, 1958 · The Socorro Incident, 1964: The Complete FBI Report on an Unidentified Flying Object · FBI Document on Flying Saucers: Surveillance of UFO Organizations and the "Contactee" Movement in the United States, 1966 · FBI Unidentified Flying Objects File: Case 62-HQ-83894, Section 10 (1966–1977) · They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers: Gray Barker's Book in the FBI Files · FBI 302 Interview — UAP Incident, September 2023 (Serial 3) · FBI 302 Witness Interview: UAP Sighting at a U.S. Test Site, September 2023 (Serial 4) · FBI 302 Interview, September 2023: Drone Pilot Describes Brilliant Light and Linear Metallic Object (Serial 5) · USPER Statement: A Senior US Intelligence Official's UAP Encounter at a Military Facility, 2025 · FBI Flying Disc Records: Analysis of File 62-HQ-83894, Section 4 · Research Document: The FBI Central Flying Saucer Case File, Section 7 · Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum No. 4: The Official Reporting Protocol for "Unconventional Aircraft" — the FBI and U.S. Air Force Headquarters, 1949 · DOW-UAP-D087: U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States — Incident Summaries 1–100 · DOW-UAP-D100: "The Conclusion Appears Inescapable" - The Air Materiel Command and Project Sign File, 1947-1948 · DOW-UAP-D088: U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States — Incident Summaries 101–172 · State Department Memorandum 711.5612: "Increased Reports of Unidentified Flying Objects," July 28, 1952 · Composite Sketch of a September 2023 UAP Event (FBI) · CIA Official Record Copy: Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 — Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects (1955) · Western US Event Slides: AARO Summary of Seven Federal Law-Enforcement Agents Who Observed UAP, September 2023

Arabian Gulf

14 incidents26.00, 51.00

The Arabian (Persian) Gulf is one of the most heavily documented theaters in this archive. Multiple modern U.S. military mission reports (MISREPs) filed between 2020 and 2024 describe unidentified objects encountered by aircrews and warships in the area, several logged as 'range fouler' events that interrupted training operations.

Documents: Arabian Gulf UAP Mission Report, 2020 — Document DOW-UAP-D3 · Range Fouler Debrief Form — Middle East Theater, May 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D4: Unidentified Aerial Object Sighting in the Arabian Gulf, 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D5: UAP Observations in the Arabian Gulf, 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D6: UAP Observation over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 · Mission Report: UAP Observation over the Persian Gulf, August 2020 · Mission Report: Formation of Unknown Flying Objects over the Persian Gulf, August 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D7: UAP Observation in the Arabian Gulf, 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D65: Three UAP Observations in the Persian Gulf, July 16, 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D62: UAP Observation, Link-Loss Events, and Iranian Air-Defense Intercepts over the Strait of Hormuz, September 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D63: UAP Observation in the Strait of Hormuz, October 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D64: Two UAP over the Arabian Gulf during an IRGCN-Focused ISR Mission, November 2020 · Mission Report: UAP Observations Over the United Arab Emirates, October 2023 · Range Fouler Debrief Form — Japan, 31 August 2023

Western United States

12 incidents40.00, -115.00

The Western United States is the setting for one of the archive's strongest modern cases: AARO's account of seven U.S. federal law-enforcement officers (USPER1–7) who reported 'orbs launching other orbs,' a large 'fire orb,' and a pursued 'dark kite.' AARO assessed the report as among its most compelling.

Documents: FBI-UAP-D032: FD-302 - Two "Black Hot" Objects Cued by an RF Detection, Western United States 2026 · FBI-UAP-D033: FD-302 - A Signed Statement on a "Thermally Elevated Aerial Object", and a Black Hawk Used as a Ruler, Western United States 2026 · FBI-UAP-D037: FD-302 - Multiple Red Lights in the Western United States, 2026, and the Watch Anomaly · FBI-UAP-D040: FD-302 - The Second Witness: Red Lights That Appeared to Sync Up, Western United States, 2026 · AARO Unresolved Case Analysis Update: The Western U.S. "Orbs Launching Orbs" Event, 2023 · Notional Map of the Western U.S. Event: Four Reported UAP Incidents, October 2023 · Witness 1 Narrative: The Western U.S. Event, October 2023 · Witness 2 Narrative: The Western U.S. Event, October 2023 · Witness 3 Narrative: The Western U.S. Event, October 2023 · Witness 4 Narrative: The Western U.S. Event, October 2023 · Witness 5 Narrative: The Western U.S. Event, October 2023 · Western US Event Slides: AARO Summary of Seven Federal Law-Enforcement Agents Who Observed UAP, September 2023

Washington, D.C.

11 incidents41.71, -112.17

Washington, D.C. is documented in 11 files in this archive, drawn from Department of War, USAAF/USAF, Department of State spanning 1947–1994. The incidents recorded here are listed below.

Documents: DOW-UAP-D098: The U.S. Navy's Film Analysis of the Utah and Montana Movies, 1953 · Flying Discs 1947: The Secret Intelligence Files of Air Materiel Command · DOW-UAP-D100: "The Conclusion Appears Inescapable" - The Air Materiel Command and Project Sign File, 1947-1948 · DOW-UAP-D085: Transmission of the CIA Robertson Panel Report to the Secretary of Defense, 1953 · State Department Memorandum 711.5612: "Increased Reports of Unidentified Flying Objects," July 28, 1952 · National Space Council Memorandum: Thoughts on the Space Alien Race Question · EOP-UAP-D001, DOS-UAP-D001, DOS-UAP-D002: The Metal Sphere that Fell in Conde, Bahia - a UFO Story Checked and Debunked in Real Time, November 1963 · NASA Gemini IX Scientific Debriefing Transcript and Summary, June 1966 · Diplomatic Cable DOS-UAP-D2: Tajik Air Pilots Report UAP Over Kazakhstan, January 1994 · Australian Department of Defence: Scientific and Intelligence Aspects of the UFO Problem, 1971 · CIA-UAP-002: Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects — The Robertson Panel Report, 1952–1953

Low Earth Orbit

9 incidents0.00, 0.00

Low Earth orbit groups NASA-era observations from crewed spaceflight, including astronaut reports of unexplained particles, lights, and objects logged during mission communications and technical debriefings.

Documents: NASA-UAP-D015: Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963 · Transcript of Frank Borman's 'Bogey' Sighting During Gemini 7 (GT-7/6) · NASA-UAP-D016: Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965 · NASA-UAP-D018: Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967 · NASA Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965 · NASA Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965 · Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, December 1965 · NASA Gemini IX Scientific Debriefing Transcript and Summary, June 1966 · Skylab Technical Crew Debriefings, 1973–1974: Light Flashes, a 'Reddish Satellite,' and Maneuvering Lights Around the Space Station

Iraq

7 incidents33.22, 43.68

Iraq appears in several Department of War mission reports from the modern reporting era, documenting unidentified aerial objects observed by U.S. forces operating in the Central Command theater.

Documents: Mission Report: UAP Observation in the Middle East, May 2022 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D12: Observation of an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon in Iraq, May 2022 · ISR Mission Report: UAP Observation Over the Eastern Mediterranean, May 2022 · ISR Mission Report from Iraq: UAP Observation Over Baghdad, December 2022 · Unresolved UAP Report DOW-UAP-PR20: Digitally Annotated Still Image, Kuwait, May 2022 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D20: Unidentified Object Observation Over Syria, March 2023 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D28: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon Over Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, September 2024

Northeastern United States

7 incidents

Northeastern United States is documented in 7 files in this archive, drawn from FBI spanning 2024–2026. The incidents recorded here are listed below.

Documents: FBI-UAP-D004, FD-1057-02, Northeastern United States, 2024 · FBI FD-1057-04: Interview of U.S. Person Regarding UAP Sightings, Northeastern United States, October 2024 · FBI FD-1057-05: Site Survey of U.S. Person Property Regarding UAP Activity, Northeastern United States, November 2024 · FBI FD-1057-06: First-Hand UAP Observations by Two Special Agents, Northeastern United States, November 2024 · FBI FD-1057-07: Site Survey Following UAP Observations, Northeastern United States, December 2024 · FBI-UAP-D009, FD-302-67, "Northeastern Orb Sighting," 2026 · FBI-UAP-D010, FD-302-71, "Northeastern Orb Sighting," 2026

Syria

7 incidents34.80, 39.00

Syria recurs across Department of War mission reports spanning 2016–2024, part of a cluster of Middle East and Central Command theater encounters logged by U.S. aircrews and reconnaissance assets.

Documents: Identification of an Unidentified Flying Object Northwest of Latakia, Syria — P-8A Mission Report, November 2016 · ISR Mission Report: UAP Observation Over the Eastern Mediterranean, May 2022 · Mission Report: Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Over Syria, July 2022 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D19: Unidentified Object Observations Over Al-Shaddadi, Syria, February 21, 2023 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D20: Unidentified Object Observation Over Syria, March 2023 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D74: "Bouncy Ball" UAP over Syria, November 2023 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D32: Observation of an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon over Syria, October 2024

Gulf of Oman

6 incidents26.00, 51.00

The Gulf of Oman features in modern naval mission reports from 2020–2024, documenting unidentified objects encountered by U.S. ships and aircraft along this strategic maritime corridor near the Strait of Hormuz.

Documents: Mission Report DOW-UAP-D65: Three UAP Observations in the Persian Gulf, July 16, 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D62: UAP Observation, Link-Loss Events, and Iranian Air-Defense Intercepts over the Strait of Hormuz, September 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D63: UAP Observation in the Strait of Hormuz, October 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D64: Two UAP over the Arabian Gulf during an IRGCN-Focused ISR Mission, November 2020 · DOW-UAP-D101: "Cold Orbs" and an AC-130 Gunship over the Gulf of Oman, 8 September 2021 · U.S. Air Force ISR Mission Report: UAP Incident Over Regional Maritime Waters — United Arab Emirates, June 2024

Western US

6 incidents40.00, -115.00

Documents tied to the Western U.S. include FBI FD-302 interviews and ODNI material related to the multi-witness 2023 event involving federal law-enforcement officers — one of the better-corroborated modern sightings in the collection.

Documents: FBI 302 Interview — UAP Incident, September 2023 (Serial 3) · FBI 302 Witness Interview: UAP Sighting at a U.S. Test Site, September 2023 (Serial 4) · FBI 302 Interview, September 2023: Drone Pilot Describes Brilliant Light and Linear Metallic Object (Serial 5) · ODNI USPER Narrative: First-Person Account of a Senior US Intelligence Official, Late 2025 · USPER Statement: A Senior US Intelligence Official's UAP Encounter at a Military Facility, 2025 · Composite Sketch of a September 2023 UAP Event (FBI)

New Mexico

5 incidents35.88, -106.30

New Mexico recurs across the archive as a nexus of early UAP history and the U.S. nuclear-weapons complex — from the 1947 flying-disc wave to Los Alamos and the surrounding national-laboratory sites documented in FBI and Department of Energy files.

Documents: FBI FD-1057-04: Interview of U.S. Person Regarding UAP Sightings, Northeastern United States, October 2024 · The James Tuck Correspondence: A Los Alamos Physicist, the 1948-1951 Green Lights, and the Condon Report · The Sandia Base Green Fireball File: Los Alamos, LaPaz, and the 1948-1950 New Mexico Investigation · The 1949 Los Alamos Conference on Aerial Phenomena: Teller, LaPaz, and the Green Fireball Enigma · Pajarito Astronomers Notice, 1986: "Why Should a Scientist Be Concerned about UFOs?"

Cislunar Space

4 incidents0.00, 0.00

Cislunar space — the region between Earth and the Moon — collects Apollo-era astronaut observations from 1969–1973, including transcripts in which crews describe lights and objects during translunar flight.

Documents: NASA-UAP-D1: Apollo 12 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcript, November 1969 · NASA-UAP-D5: Apollo 17 Science Crew Debriefing — Anomalous Ultraviolet Spectrum, 1973 · NASA-UAP-D2: Apollo 17 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcript, December 1972 · Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing: Light Flashes and a Lunar Surface Observation, 1973

Los Alamos

4 incidents35.88, -106.30

Los Alamos, home of the wartime atomic-bomb laboratory, is tied in Department of Energy records to the 1948–1951 'green fireball' phenomena observed over New Mexico's nuclear sites and later referenced in the Condon Report.

Documents: The James Tuck Correspondence: A Los Alamos Physicist, the 1948-1951 Green Lights, and the Condon Report · The Sandia Base Green Fireball File: Los Alamos, LaPaz, and the 1948-1950 New Mexico Investigation · The 1949 Los Alamos Conference on Aerial Phenomena: Teller, LaPaz, and the Green Fireball Enigma · Pajarito Astronomers Notice, 1986: "Why Should a Scientist Be Concerned about UFOs?"

Moscow

4 incidents48.02, 66.92

Moscow is documented in 4 files in this archive, drawn from Department of State, CIA spanning 1955–2001. The incidents recorded here are listed below.

Documents: Diplomatic Cable DOS-UAP-D2: Tajik Air Pilots Report UAP Over Kazakhstan, January 1994 · State Department UAP Cable DOS-UAP-D3: "UFOs over Georgia" — Moscow's Bold Lie, October 2001 · CIA Information Report: Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity, Hungary, 1955 · CIA Information Report: Conversations with Soviet Scientists on UFOs in the USSR, 1967

Pentagon, Washington D.C.

4 incidents47.50, -121.50

Pentagon, Washington D.C. is documented in 4 files in this archive, drawn from FBI, USAAF/USAF, Department of War spanning 1948–1955. The incidents recorded here are listed below.

Documents: FBI-UAP-D011, D/FBI Correspondence Referral, 1949 · U.S. Air Force Intelligence Records: Top-Secret Flying Saucer Reports, November 1948 · DOW-UAP-D084: U.S. Army Evaluation Study of the Flying Saucer Phenomenon, 1949 · DOW-UAP-D096: The Project Blue Book Correspondence File, 1955 — A Year at the Pentagon's Flying-Saucer Desk

Strait of Hormuz

4 incidents26.00, 51.00

The Strait of Hormuz — the Persian Gulf's strategic chokepoint — is documented in several 2020 Department of War mission reports describing unidentified objects near U.S. naval operations in the region.

Documents: Mission Report DOW-UAP-D65: Three UAP Observations in the Persian Gulf, July 16, 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D62: UAP Observation, Link-Loss Events, and Iranian Air-Defense Intercepts over the Strait of Hormuz, September 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D63: UAP Observation in the Strait of Hormuz, October 2020 · Mission Report DOW-UAP-D64: Two UAP over the Arabian Gulf during an IRGCN-Focused ISR Mission, November 2020

Sweden

4 incidents59.33, 18.07

Sweden is central to one of the archive's strongest early documents: the November 1948 USAFE TOP SECRET cable in which a U.S. officer reports that 'Swedes conclude the source of the objects is non-terrestrial' — among the earliest such assessments by a Western intelligence body.

Documents: DOW-UAP-D099: The "Ghost Rockets" over Scandinavia - The War Department Intelligence Review, January 1947 · U.S. Air Force Intelligence Records: Top-Secret Flying Saucer Reports, November 1948 · CIA Memorandum for Record: British Activity in the Field of "Unidentified Flying Objects," December 1952 · CIA Memorandum: Current Status of the Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOB) Project, December 1953

USSR

4 incidents46.05, 73.61

USSR is documented in 4 files in this archive, drawn from CIA spanning 1967–1976. The incidents recorded here are listed below.

Documents: CIA Information Report: Conversations with Soviet Scientists on UFOs in the USSR, 1967 · CIA Intelligence Information Report: An Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon at the Sary Shagan Weapons Range, USSR, 1973 · CIA Intelligence Information Report: The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range (Release 3 — Less Redacted Version), 1973 · CIA Foreign Intelligence Information Report: Combating Fatigue in Crewmembers / UFO Phenomena, Soviet Aeroflot, 1976

Azerbaijan, USSR

3 incidents40.14, 47.58

Azerbaijan, USSR is documented in 3 files in this archive, drawn from USAAF/USAF, CIA spanning 1955. The incidents recorded here are listed below.

Documents: Air Intelligence Report IR 193-55: Senatorial Eyewitnesses to Flying Discs in the Soviet Union, October 1955 · CIA-UAP-D020: The CIA Debriefing of Senator Russell's "Flying Saucer" Sighting, Baku-Tiflis Train, 1955 · CIA-UAP-D021: Analysis of "Unconventional Aircraft" Sightings — Efron's Testimony, the Robertson Panel, and Project "Y", 1955

Colorado Springs, Colorado

3 incidents38.83, -104.82

Colorado Springs, Colorado is documented in 3 files in this archive, drawn from FBI, Intelligence Community Agency spanning 2022–2023. The incidents recorded here are listed below.

Documents: FBI-UAP-D026: The Dark Translucent Triangle Over Colorado Springs - Four Seconds on an FD-302 · FBI-UAP-D030: FD-302 - "Large Triangle with Red Lights", Colorado Springs, October 2023 · ICA-UAP-D001: Intelligence Community Analysis — Airborne Object Over Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, February 2022

Germany

3 incidents51.17, 10.45

Germany appears across wartime and Cold War material, including SHAEF documentation of the 'foo fighter' lights observed by Allied pilots over Europe in 1944–1945, alongside later CIA and FBI records.

Documents: POW Testimony: A Circular Aircraft over Nazi Germany, 1944 · CIA Intelligence Information Report: The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range (Release 3 — Less Redacted Version), 1973 · "Foo Fighters" and Unexplained Objects: A Secret Allied Intelligence Record, 1944–1945

Sary Shagan

2 incidents46.05, 73.61

Sary Shagan, the Soviet anti-ballistic-missile test range in Kazakhstan, is the site of a CIA Directorate of Operations report in which a human source describes a green object expanding into concentric rings over the range in the summer of 1973.

Documents: CIA Intelligence Information Report: An Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon at the Sary Shagan Weapons Range, USSR, 1973 · CIA Intelligence Information Report: The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range (Release 3 — Less Redacted Version), 1973

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