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A silver V-formation of objects over Mount Palomar Observatory, California, with an inset of an off-scale Geiger counter, October 14, 1949

1949: The Palomar Observatory “Astronomers Incident”

A man outside a cafe near Mount Palomar Observatory watches a dark cigar-shaped object cross the sky, October 21, 1949

1949: George Adamski’s Palomar Sighting

A C-47 aircrew watches a brilliant green fireball streak across the New Mexico sky near the Sandia Mountains, December 5, 1948

1948: The Green Fireballs Begin

A searchlight beam catches a glowing disc-shaped object over a crowded church carnival in Norwood, Ohio, August 19, 1949

1949: The Norwood, Ohio Searchlight Sighting

Three panels showing the same searchlight catching a glowing sphere over Norwood, Madeira, and Milford, Ohio in 1949

1949: Sgt. Berger’s Ohio Searchlight Sightings

Agents dragging Hebgen Lake, Montana for wreckage after a reported disc crash, August 9, 1949

1949: The Hebgen Lake, Montana Crash Claim

A small humanoid being emerges from a hole in a forest floor near Westminster, Massachusetts, watched by a young girl, 1949

1949: The Westminster, Massachusetts Abduction — Betty Aho

A lone man touches a landed saucer-shaped craft in the New Mexico desert at night near White Sands Proving Ground

1949: The White Sands Incident — Daniel Fry

A large crowd at a Longview, Washington air show watches a discus-shaped object cross the sky on July 3, 1949

1949: The Longview, Washington Sightings — Moulton B. Taylor

A formation of small oval metallic objects flying in trail formation near Hart Mountain, Oregon, seen from a Navy trainer aircraft on May 27, 1949

1949: The Hart Mountain Formation — Joseph C. Shell

A stopped military car on a New Mexico highway at night with two round white lights over a distant mountain ridge, May 12, 1949

1949: The Holloman AFB Sighting — Dr. Donald Menzel

A T-6 trainer aircraft's landing light illuminates a whitish-gray oval object during an 18-minute pursuit over Andrews AFB, Maryland, November 18, 1948

1948: The Andrews AFB Pursuit

An Air Force radar observer watches a formation of white, egg-shaped objects cross in front of his F-82 fighter off the Washington coast, October 30, 1948

1948: The Pacific Beach Formation — Lt. Robert Kunzman’s Radar-Visual Encounter

Six-panel dossier collage of deep-history UFO and non-human intelligence evidence spanning 13 million BCE Peru to 3,000 BCE Sumer, including Göbekli Tepe and Stonehenge

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B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

150 million – 3,000 BCE: UFO|UAP & ENTITY Sightings Archive

Published: October 29, 2012 | Updated: August 10, 2026

150 million – 3,000 BCE: UFO|UAP & ENTITY Sightings Archive Before history began recording itself, something was already here. The 150 million to 3,000...

2999 – 329 BCE: UFO|UAP & ENTITY Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of Bronze and Iron Age UFO and entity accounts spanning 1766 BCE China to 332 BCE Phoenicia, including Sanxingdui and the Nazca astronaut figure

B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

2999 – 329 BCE: UFO|UAP & ENTITY Sightings Archive

328 BC – 0 BC: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of verified Roman prodigy-record UAP accounts spanning 216 BC Cannae to 12 BC Rome, including Caesar's Comet and the Cybele meteorite

B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

328 BC – 0 BC: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

3rd millennium BCE: Taranis, the thunder-god and UFO’s

Bronze Age winged-disc artifact with serpent iconography set against the Avebury stone circle, representing the Taranis thunder-god UFO theory

B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

3rd millennium BCE: Taranis, the thunder-god and UFO’s

329 BC: Alexander the Great records two great ‘flying shields’

Wide dual-zone intelligence archive illustration depicting the two Alexander the Great flying shields events: left panel shows two large shining silvery circular objects above the panicking Macedonian army at the Jaxartes River in 329 BC with war elephants and cavalry in chaos, right panel shows five shield-shaped objects in triangular formation over the Siege of Tyre in 332 BC with the largest discharging a beam that collapses the city's walls, rendered in deep bronze-black dossier style with antique amber HUD annotations.

B. C. E. Sightings (BC)

329 BC: Alexander the Great records two great ‘flying shields’

Sighting by Date: 1 CE – 499 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of Classical Era UFO and entity accounts spanning 66 CE Jerusalem to 438 CE Constantinople

0 C.E.- 1799 Sightings

Sighting by Date: 1 CE – 499 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Sighting by Date: 500 – 899 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of Early Medieval UFO and entity accounts spanning 597 CE Ireland to 880 CE Spain, including the Magonia sky-ships of Lyon

0 C.E.- 1799 Sightings

Sighting by Date: 500 – 899 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Sighting by Date: 900 – 1099 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of Early Medieval UFO and entity accounts spanning 922 CE Volga Bulgaria to 1067 CE the English Channel, including Halley's Comet over the Bayeux Tapestry

0 C.E.- 1799 Sightings

Sighting by Date: 900 – 1099 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Sighting by Date: 1100 – 1199 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Six-panel dossier collage of 12th-century UFO and entity accounts spanning 1100 CE Germany to 1193 CE Byland Abbey, including an honest depiction of the 1992 Salamanca astronaut carving

0 C.E.- 1799 Sightings

Sighting by Date: 1100 – 1199 UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

1947: Three Objects Over Occupied Frankfurt

Three American servicewomen watch unconventional objects perform aerobatics over occupied Frankfurt, Germany, February 3, 1947

Germany Sightings

1947: Three Objects Over Occupied Frankfurt

1946: The Florence, Italy Rocket — A Government Investigation Claim

A rocket-like object changes direction over the Florence, Italy skyline in the pre-dawn hours, September 22, 1946

Italy Sightings

1946: The Florence, Italy Rocket — A Government Investigation Claim

1946: The Lake Mjøsa Ghost Rocket — Norway

A small V-1-like object skims low over Lake Mjøsa, Norway, moments before plunging into the water, July 18, 1946

Norway Sightings

1946: The Lake Mjøsa Ghost Rocket — Norway

1946: The Ängelholm Encounter — Gösta Carlsson

Gösta Carlsson watches eleven white-suited figures perform repairs on a domed disc in the Kronoskogen forest, Sweden, May 18, 1946

Sweden Sightings

1946: The Ängelholm Encounter — Gösta Carlsson

1800 – 1809: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Collage of 1800-1809 CE early 19th century UFO and UAP sightings including Moscow Kremlin luminous plate 1808, Harayadori Japan 1803 hollow vessel woman, Koyuk Alaska 1800 stranded disc crew, Providence Rhode Island 1806 luminous female entity, and London 1809 cloud objects 207-minute observation

1800 – 1899 Sightings

1800 – 1809: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

1810 – 1824: UFO|UAP & ENTITY SIGHTINGS ARCHIVE

Three-panel intelligence archive illustration showing the 1810 one-eyed silver-suited humanoid encounter in Thailand, the 1811 Chimney Rock aerial cavalry battle over North Carolina, and the 1820 Joseph Smith luminous entity visitation in upstate New York

1800 – 1899 Sightings

1810 – 1824: UFO|UAP & ENTITY SIGHTINGS ARCHIVE

1825 – 1834: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

Three-panel intelligence archive illustration showing Andrew Bloxam's 1825 Pacific fireball rising from the ocean near a Royal Navy vessel, the 1827 Tjerwerk Netherlands fireball assuming human shape and walking toward a Frisian burial mound, and the 1830 Paris nocturnal contact in which Catherine Labouré knelt before a weeping luminous entity in a midnight chapel

1800 – 1899 Sightings

1825 – 1834: UFO|UAP & Entity Sightings Archive

1835 – 1844: UFO|UAP & ENTITY SIGHTINGS ARCHIVE

Three-panel intelligence archive illustration showing the July 1836 Szeged Hungary urban CE-III with a structured disc and occupants hovering over a crowded city square casting a shadow on cobblestones, the October 1843 Warwick Ontario Canada encounter with three white motionless humanoid figures sailing in single file at treetop level over a field laborer, and the 1837 Scarborough England fire ball encounter with Mr. White observing undulating orange balls of light while his lookout hides behind a tree

1800 – 1899 Sightings

1835 – 1844: UFO|UAP & ENTITY SIGHTINGS ARCHIVE

1946: The Death of João Prestes Filho — Araçariguama, Brazil

A silent beam of light strikes a farmer inside his darkened home in Araçariguama, Brazil, March 4, 1946

Brazil Sightings

1946: The Death of João Prestes Filho — Araçariguama, Brazil

1580: The Strait of Magellan Shield-Object | Sarmiento de Gamboa’s Log

Three-stage sequence of a red shield-shaped object changing to a lance-like form and then a half-moon over the Strait of Magellan, February 1580

Chile Sightings

1580: The Strait of Magellan Shield-Object | Sarmiento de Gamboa’s Log

1553: Porco, Peru | Three Suns, Two Moons & a Blood-Red Comet

A dramatic parhelion halo display with three suns, two moons, and colored arcs over the Andean mining town of Porco, Peru, alongside a separate blood-red comet, January 13, 1553

Peru Sightings

1553: Porco, Peru | Three Suns, Two Moons & a Blood-Red Comet

1957: The Ubatuba, Brazil Fragments

Dramatic illustration of a flying disk exploding over Toninha's Beach in Ubatuba, Brazil, 1957, with metallic magnesium fragments raining down toward a witness.

Brazil Sightings

1957: The Ubatuba, Brazil Fragments

A silver V-formation of objects over Mount Palomar Observatory, California, with an inset of an off-scale Geiger counter, October 14, 1949

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1949: The Palomar Observatory “Astronomers Incident”

Published: August 27, 2026 | Updated: August 27, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1949: The Palomar Observatory “Astronomers Incident” A Mount Palomar Observatory public relations manager watched a silver V-formation of 16-18...

A man outside a cafe near Mount Palomar Observatory watches a dark cigar-shaped object cross the sky, October 21, 1949

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California Sightings

1949: George Adamski’s Palomar Sighting

Published: August 27, 2026 | Updated: August 27, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1949: George Adamski’s Palomar Sighting Three years before he became the world’s most famous — and most disputed —...

A C-47 aircrew watches a brilliant green fireball streak across the New Mexico sky near the Sandia Mountains, December 5, 1948

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New Mexico Sightings

1948: The Green Fireballs Begin

Published: August 27, 2026 | Updated: August 27, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1948: The Green Fireballs Begin On the night of December 5, 1948, two separate military aircrews over northern New...

A searchlight beam catches a glowing disc-shaped object over a crowded church carnival in Norwood, Ohio, August 19, 1949

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Ohio Sightings

1949: The Norwood, Ohio Searchlight Sighting

Published: August 27, 2026 | Updated: August 27, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1949: The Norwood, Ohio Searchlight Sighting A church carnival, a war-surplus searchlight, and an ROTC sergeant with nothing more...

Three panels showing the same searchlight catching a glowing sphere over Norwood, Madeira, and Milford, Ohio in 1949

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Ohio Sightings

1949: Sgt. Berger’s Ohio Searchlight Sightings

Published: August 27, 2026 | Updated: August 27, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP SIGHTINGS REPORT 1949: Sgt. Berger’s Ohio Searchlight Sightings Six times across five months, the same searchlight operator kept reporting the same...

Agents dragging Hebgen Lake, Montana for wreckage after a reported disc crash, August 9, 1949

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Montana Sightings

1949: The Hebgen Lake, Montana Crash Claim

Published: August 27, 2026 | Updated: August 27, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT CRASH REPORT 1949: The Hebgen Lake, Montana Crash Claim An Air Force intelligence memo, routed from Great Falls to Wright-Patterson eight days...

A small humanoid being emerges from a hole in a forest floor near Westminster, Massachusetts, watched by a young girl, 1949

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Massachusetts Sightings

1949: The Westminster, Massachusetts Abduction — Betty Aho

Published: August 27, 2026 | Updated: August 27, 2026

THINK ABOUTIT UFO|UAP | ENTITY ENCOUNTER REPORT 1949: The Westminster, Massachusetts Abduction — Betty Aho In a Massachusetts forest sometime around mid-1949, a 12-year-old...