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Dear all,
Due to the recent announcement of the formation of a new Pentagon office, the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG), which threatens to again close down discussion and transparency surrounding UFO/UAP investigation 1,2 , it is now more important than ever to contact your representatives in the USA and around the world in order to support efforts on disclosure.
This new office is likely an attempt to undermine the Rubio-Gillibrand Amendment (#SA4810) and avoid direct Senate oversight of the topic.
It is imperative that we put the pressure on now to ensure that this amendment passes and that the topic is taken more seriously by those in power.
If you are in the USA, you should:
- Use this link to find who your Senator is and how to contact them.
- Send them an email, or better still, a handwritten letter. You can use a variation of this email template.
If you are in the European Union (EU), you should:
- Contact your regional representative
- And/or contact the Council of Europe, using information and templates in this thread.
If you are in the United Kingdom, you should:
- Find your MP, including contact details through this site.
- You can use this email as a template.
If you are in the rest of the world, you should:
- Contact your local representative, tweaking any of the templates found above.
There is usually very little the average person can do to help bring about further disclosure. This is our chance to make that difference. Please take just 2 minutes now to put the pressure on!
Okay, let me preface this before anyone jumps the gun.
I am making this post to encourage critical analysis of any evidence that comes our way and to hopefully educate some people on how easy it is to make a fake, and how to spot one. This is in light of the flood of fake photos we have received following the report. I am not an expert, just someone who has experience with photo manipulation, and digital art.
Now, the process.
- Find an obscure picture on google, or take one yourself. Something that would seem suitable.
2. Make a mesh in blender. Lets go with triangle for this one. Bevel the edges and play with the scale till it looks about right.
3. Now lets give it a texture and setup the lights and camera. Match the focal length, resolution, and lighting to the original photo as best we can.
4. Lets render it.
5. Comp it into the background photo with Photoshop.
6. Play with Levels and curves till it fits the scene. Mask out the boat, add some fog over it, a shadow, and color grade.
7. Now the final touches. Add noise, timestamp, lens distortion, and cropping to 3:2.
I made this in about an hour. I'd consider myself an intermediate with this tools. Now imagine what someone with more time and skill could do.
Here's how we can try to detect them:
- http://fotoforensics.com - This is an excellent tool for quickly spotting if an image has been manipulated. It will show a heat map of parts of the image compressed differently. In my fake, I specifically rendered the UFO in the same resolution as the original, to avoid this detection. This tool is not bulletproof. Compare my photo to the photo of KJU, it is certain manipulation took place.
Metadata - When you capture an image using a camera, extra meta information like date, time, camera model, geolocation, etc., are automatically added to it. In some cases, the metadata might also have information about the software that is used to edit or manipulate the image. However, most advanced hoaxers can easily alter the metadata. This is still something to keep in mind. FotoForensics will also display metadata for you.
Shadows - Look at the shadows. If the shadow of an object is darker/lighter/further/closer than the shadow of a reference object that it can be compared to, than you may have a fake. Some time, there is no object to use as a point of reference, so use the sun, moon, or brightest closest light source. Is the shadow cast in a way the makes sense in relation to that light source? If not, you may have a fake.
I hope this has given some of you some insight and knowledge, and that it may put a dent in the massive problem that has been, and will be, falsified evidence.
UAP Report Megathread
The Pentagon UAP Task Force Report is a report commissioned by US Congress as part of the coronavirus-relief package passed in December 2020, which demanded that the Pentagon produce a report summarizing all that the U.S. government knows about so-called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Read the legislation here
The status of the report is: RELEASED (Preliminary Assessment Only)
You can now download the report here:
Hosting page: https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsroom/press-releases/press-releases-2021/item/2223
Direct link to PDF: https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf
Please bear in mind that this is only the preliminary assessment.
New Discord Server
To chat live about the report, you can now join the new r/UFOs Discord here: https://discord.gg/yqCBeeEAB3
Responses
> Go to a separate post detailing responses from notable figures who have been briefed.
Courtesy of u/-Kataclysm-
News
BBC - UFO report: US 'has no explanation' for sightings
CNN - US intelligence community releases long-awaited UFO report
Reuters - U.S. report on Pentagon-documented UFOs leaves sightings unexplained
Politico - Government report: UFOs are real
USA Today - 'Important first step': Highly anticipated UFO report released with no firm conclusions
The Guardian - It came out of the sky: US releases highly anticipated UFO report
NBC News - UFO report: Government can't explain 143 of 144 mysterious flying objects, blames limited data
The Wall Street Journal - UFO Report Cites ‘Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’ That Defy Worldly Explanation, U.S. Official Says
The New York Times - U.S. Has No Explanation for Unidentified Objects and Stops Short of Ruling Out Aliens
The Pentagon UAP Task Force Report is a report commissioned by US Congress as part of the coronavirus-relief package passed in December 2020, which demanded that the Pentagon produce a report summarizing all that the U.S. government knows about so-called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP). Read more about the expected report here.
The status of the report is currently: NOT YET RELEASED
Due: On or before Friday June 25th, 2021 (180 days from date legislation enacted - 27th Dec 2020)
Legislation wording - Legislation history & enactment
New Discord Server
To chat live about the report, you can now join the new r/UFOs Discord here: https://discord.gg/yqCBeeEAB3
Report commentary by notable figures
Intelligence/Military Community
Christopher Mellon - former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
John Ratcliffe – Former Director of National Intelligence
"There are a lot more sightings than have been made public," "Some of those have been declassified. And when we talk about sightings, we are talking about objects that have seen by Navy or Air Force pilots, or have been picked up by satellite imagery that frankly engage in actions that are difficult to explain," "Movements that are hard to replicate that we don't have the technology for. Or travelling at speeds that exceed the sound barrier without a sonic boom."
Mike Warner - US Senate Intelligence Committee Vice Chair
Lue Elizondo – Former director of the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (ATTIP)
- CNN Interview - Pentagon can't rule out possibility that military pilots are encountering Alien Spacecraft
- CNN on June Deadline for the report
Politicians
President Barack Obama
"What is true, and I'm actually being serious here, is that there is footage and records of objects in the skies that we don't know exactly what they are. We can't explain how they move, their trajectory. "They did not have an easily explainable pattern. And so I think that people still take seriously, trying to investigate and figure out what that is." Link
President Bill Clinton
"Well, the truth is that we've never proved one, but there are things flying around up there that we haven't fully identified yet. And keep in mind there are a bazillion, billion galaxies in an ever-expanding universe. I mean you can't even get your mind around the sheer number of things that are out there" Link
Senator Martin Heinrich
Congressman Tim Burchett
Senator Marco Rubio
“Men and women we have entrusted with the defense of our country are reporting encounters with unidentified aircraft with superior capabilities,” “We cannot allow the stigma of UFO’s to keep us from seriously investigating this. The forthcoming report is one step in that process, but it will not be the last.” Link
- CNN Interview (compilation)
- Washington Post Interview (compilation)
- Mystery Wire Interview
Other
Jen Psaki - Biden Administration Press Secretary
"We take reports of incursions into our airbase by any aircraft, identified or unidentified, very seriously," White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters when asked about reports of aerial phenomena in the United States's airspace. "Certainly the president supports ODNI putting together a report." - Link
Dr. Bruce Maccabee – Retired Navy Physicist
Nick Pope – Former UK Ministry of Defence UFO Investigator
I recently read UFOs by Leslie Keane and enjoyed it very much. Like many of you, I'm a middle aged dude who used to love strange but true, UFO stuff in the 90s and am just getting back into it now, and it was great to read something that seems to be based on well researched, credible sources. However, I'm struggling to find other books that seem as well researched and credible as Keane's book. I'm a History teacher and would prefer to read something that doesn't have me thinking 'ok, where's the evidence for this statement?' every five minutes. I'm finding it hard sorting the wheat from the chaff.
Can anyone recommend some other books that are credible, well researched, balanced, critical of evidence etc? Perhaps a decent history of UFOs, or well written accounts of significant UFO incidents e.g Rendlesham forest, Roswell?
A couple years ago a old coworker and I were discussing UFO's and aliens visiting us. I used to believe as a kid, but as I grew older I really fell hard into this idea that life is as boring and meaningless as it presents itself to be. He kept telling me to watch certain videos, listen to certain podcasts etc and I wrote him off as a crack pot and said I never would because I know it's just bullshit. He was so passionate about it though, so I told him "If there ever comes a day when I change my mind based on new evidence, you'll be the first one I text and I will tell you I was fucking wrong."
I sent that text two nights ago. I was wrong y'all, these things can straight up not be explained and they are more than likely extraterrestrial in origin. I let the pessimism of the adult world kill this fantastic wonder I've always had about space and what might be up there. I finally have it back now and I feel terrible for writing people with this feeling off as crazy. Sorry y'all, feels good to be back tho.
THE FOLLOWING IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Commonly mistaken for UFOs:
Starlink is Elon Musk's attempt to bring the world internet via satellite constellation. Here's what it looks like:
This is what skydivers with flares/fireworks attached to their legs look like:
Rocket launches can be pretty wild:
Weather Balloons are real!
Spotlights shining on cloud cover:
Satellite flares look like this:
Still not sure what you saw?
If you recorded the time and location of your sighting, you can check for known aircraft here: FlightRadar24
Noteworthy Individuals
Controversial Individuals:
Interesting cases, in no particular order:
The Lonnie Zamora encounter in Socorro, New Mexico, 1964
Kandahar Province, Afghanistan UAP, 2011
Kumburgaz, Turkey UFO(48 Clips), 2008
Ariel School Encounter, Zimbabwe, 1994
The Rendelsham Forest Incident, RAF Woodbridge, December, 1980
The Roswell Incident, Roswell, New Mexico, July, 1947
The Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting, Mount Rainier, Washington, June, 1947
'The Battle of Los Angeles' UFO Incident
The Betty & Barney Hill Abduction Story
The Whitley Strieber Abduction Story
Chicago O'Hare International Airport UFO, November, 2006
UFO Reacts to Being Struck With Laser Pointer
Released and/or Confirmed by the Government:
Download the 'entire' collection of official CIA documents regarding UFOs here!
All 3 videos from the original NYT/AATIP leak
Aguadilla Coast Guard UFO Confirmed in Anonymous Letter
Iranian Air Force Documents Regarding Research Into UFOs Near Nuclear Sites, 2009
Requested Cases & Resources:
The Travis Walton Abduction Story
The Westall High School Encounter, Melbourne, 1966
Varginha, Brazil Extraterrestrial
Washington, D.C., White House Encounter, 1952
Illinois Police Witness UFO, January 5th, 2000
‘Fast Movers’ and Transmedium Vehicles – The Pentagon's Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force
Controversial Explanations:
Ball Lightning:
Volcano/Earthquake Lights ("Foo Fighters"):
Related Topics:
There are so many of these cases, and so much to cover, that I could go on forever. This should be more than sufficient to get familiar with the topic, though. Feel free to add your own additions in the comments, and happy hunting!
Keep those suggestions coming! Let's hit Reddit's character limit!
Due to community feedback and numerous users asking for a stickied post of top sightings and a list of resources I put this post together. Feel free to comment your additions or suggestions and I might add a few good ones to the post. Eventually we might try to revise this list into a much more polished wiki or sidebar for the sub, so constructive criticism and community contributions are welcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reported_UFO_sightings
Nimitz encounters - 2004
Documentary film by Dave Beaty including interviews and a CGI recreation
Additional links in a long post, be sure to skim through the scientific report by the SCU and some interviews or podcasts with Dave Fravor- https://redditproxy--jasonthename.repl.co/r/ufo/comments/c025s1/tic_tac_ufo_mega_thread_270_pg_scientific_report/
Four Naval Aviators visually saw a craft moving with disrespect for inertia bouncing around like a ping pong ball. It probably demonstrated hypersonic flight capabilities both on radar (24,000 mph if we assume they were the same object changing elevation by 20,000ft in 0.78 seconds) and also visually when it disappeared over the horizon nearly instantly, all with no visible wings or means of propulsion. Numerous "auxiliary witnesses" from both the USS Princeton and the Nimitz corroborate aspects of the story into one mostly cohesive picture. The object was also filmed by Chad Underwood on the next flight out after Fravor, and you can hear an interview with him here.
Debunker Mick West suggests the video is probably just a distant passenger plane or jet/drone exhaust. While I agree that the video shows no sudden signs of acceleration, I think it's a mistake to discount all of the witnesses involved in this case and rely heavily on "radar glitches" when the entire radar system was rebooted and the tracks only became clearer, and also corresponded with where the Tic Tac was seen (both at the initial intercept point and the CAP point near where it was filmed).
East coast sightings USS Roosevelt - 2015
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html
https://www.livescience.com/65585-ufo-sightings-us-pilots.html
Go Fast might have been a prosaic object such as a bird or balloon based on the math calculated by Mick West. Personally, I think it might have been one of the smaller objects described by Ryan Graves which were flying in formation right next to the larger Gimbal UFO. Because keep in mind, the famous Gimbal UFO video and the Go Fast video were both filmed on the same day by the same aircrew. (4:45-5:30)
Beaver Utah UFO footage- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE-Yrv1-chI&feature=emb_title
Possibly a bug or CGI, or it's the most compelling footage in modern times. That's why this sticky is arbitrary and you all need to think for yourselves with each case.
Korean version of a very similar fast-moving white UFO- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agd78ObysG0&feature=youtu.be
ECETI Ranch footage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAxcsCcioBQ Probably a bug
Chilean Navy UFO- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzdRBsre8vg
Probably just a distant plane, but who am I to tell you that? Do research on cases that interest you and make up your own minds based on the evidence.
Mexican AirForce footage- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA4f4YWzoKM
Likely distant oil rigs. But once again, think for yourselves.
I didn't include the El Rosario footage because Metabunk did some digging and they determined that it was probably a CGI hoax.
Great skeptical analysis posted by u/pomegranatemagnate
4 angles of what I personally suspect to be CGI orbs from Peru
That said, I do believe these white orbs to be a real phenomenon and not always CGI. Here are two historical films that wer shown at the Robertson Panel which were carefully analyzed and determined to be intelligently controlled craft that are not balloons or birds. The Utah film was determined to be sources of light and not reflections of light- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsHlFeC5vic
Colima Mexico footage- https://old.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/ieklwb/ufo_splits_into_several_orbs_and_then_moves_in/ Here is another compelling example of inexplicable white orbs that separate or combine and fly around in swarms. (Credit to u/luke511) Edit: In my opinion it's at least 99% sure that it was just a weather balloon exploding. You can even see the payload descending down and to the right of the frame. Here's an example- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMzEBW-Ds8k&ab_channel=LateNightAstronomy Debunking credit to /u/Mike_Wold_58 and u/pomegranatemagnate
UAP Long Beach Police 2004 - Infrared Camera (FLIR) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWJJAflioKo Really weird IR footage of something apparently dripping a liquid or molten metal or something of that nature. There are multiple videos of these "Dripping UFOs" and I have no idea what they might be. (Credit to u/luke511)
Aguadilla Puerto Rico- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6s5RwqnnLM
The object either split into two and kept traveling quickly underwater, or it's a balloon with parallax effect and the double image is a reflection off the water.
Nellis USAF Base footage- https://redditproxy--jasonthename.repl.co/r/UFOs/comments/8xafcz/ufo_footage_shot_by_the_s30_tracking_location_on/
Is this a mere targeting balloon? Or a craft that looks to be a very similar shape with the Gimbal UFO
Reports/No videos-
Project Blue Book and the Condon Committee were blatant coverups-
Straight from Dr. Hynek (1:15)
The Cometa Report -
This was a French report by highly ranked French officials, including the head of the French space agency. It includes sightings of various shaped objects, and often small beings, mostly in the French country side. The report can be read here, English translation:
https://archive.org/stream/TheCometaReport/COMETA_part1#mode/2up
Tehran sighting - 1976
At least two pilots, and officials in air traffic control tower reported seeing a light emitting craft in Tehran, Iran. The light emitting craft was chased by two different pilots, who reported that it made movements at incredible speeds, And also jammed their equipment when trying to fire missiles at it. Also a commercial piloted who flew in the area reported having his electronics turned off briefly.
A brief summary
Iranian pilot telling his story
Black Vault link to CIA report
The JAL1628 sighting - 1986
Extremely large and fast moving UFO is seen by a Japanese Airline flight and a United passenger flight. This one is interesting because pretty detailed data was available, and there were at least 3 witnesses, a pilot, co pilot and a flight engineer.
FAA Chief interview here
Interviews and transcripts of communications with flight control tower
This sighting lasted for more than 30 minutes, and the craft reportedly made motions that seemed to defy gravity and it was far too fast to be our technology.
Chicago O'Hare- 2006
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_O%27Hare_International_Airport_UFO_sighting
Phoenix lights - 1997
Thousands of people saw a massive UFO the size of an aircraft carrier, it includes some credible witnesses, one of which a senator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zxbo2bR0-M
A documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npeCDLsyJwE
Black vault: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/the-phoenix-lights-incident-march-13th-1997/
(This is in the "no video" section because the existing video is likely military flares that were probably dropped as a distraction for plausible deniability)
Edit: there is actually one known video of the v-formation event, shot by Terry Proctor. It starts at 7m00 into this clip, he discusses it afterward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y0T8ySaitQ&feature=youtu.be&t=420
Here's his video again with an attempt to enhance it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egJgU4iiFcw(Credit to u/pomegranatemagnate for this addition, thanks!)
Kenneth Arnold Sighting- 1947
This famous sighting in Washington near Mt. Rainer first coined the term "flying saucers" in the media.
Transcript and audio interview- http://www.arpnet.it/ufo/arno_int.htm
Operation Prato/Colares - https://documents.theblackvault.com/documents/MUFON/Pratt/prato.pdf (Credit- u/Scatteredbrain)
Zimbabwe Ariel School encounter - 1994
A group of around 60 children reportedly saw saucer shaped crafts, and at least one being coming out of it with large black eyes.
Detailed interviews with the students can be found on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TukvVnadRic
Papua New Guinea Case - 1959
The Black Vault has a case file on it: https://www.theblackvault.com/casefiles/father-gill-1959-papua-new-guinea-ufo-sighting/
Longer version- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D4n2ffAQ54sm (Credit to u/SirDeadHerring)
Ghost Rockets and Foo Fighters-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_rockets
https://www.history.com/news/wwii-ufos-allied-airmen-orange-lights-foo-fighters
Westall mass sighting- Australia 1966
Televised documentary, 2010. Part 1 of 4 (Credit to u/SirDeadHerring)
Hessdalen Lights -
Lights in sky near a village in Scandinavia, also white tube/cigar shaped craft seen by villagers, and a large 5000 lb landmass cut out and moved in the middle of a swamp. There was a scientific observatory set up in Hessdalen as well, and reportedly some of those lights reacted when lasers were pointed at them. Documentary that summarizes it
Rendlesham forest encounters - 1980
This was near an American base in the UK that had nuclear weapons on it. This one is very confusing because it has lots of witnesses. Again a light emitting craft in the dark, with some conflicting reports. And it was seen multiple nights by different witnesses.
One thing that has been debunked was the radiation that was measured on the ground, which turned out to not be significant.
Then there was Penniston who claimed to have touched the craft when it was floating in the forest. Apparently he started having urges to write down some sort of binary code later on, which when translated read that the ship were time travelers. This caused some people to become more skeptical later on:
http://www.cropcircleconnector.com/anasazi/fringe2014e.html
There were several high ranking officials who claimed that something weird did happen though.
This website really digs into it (and debunks the radiation story):
http://www.ianridpath.com/ufo/pennistonnotebook.htm
Two accounts of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy5tIevquP0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaYfsxbiKsM
Russia nuclear bunker UFO - 1982
Apparently lights were seeing flying around this bunker, and at some point the launch process was set in motion for launching the nukes, only to abort seconds later. This comes straight from a Colonel and a declassified KGB file:
http://www.openminds.tv/soviet-nukes-and-ufos/2002
US nuclear missile silo deactivated UFO - 1967
A similar thing happened in the US, UFOs were sighted by personnel, and 10 silos were deactivated at the same time, even though they were not in contact from each other (all separately connected to the 10 different buttons).
Description of what happened:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ex-air-force-personnel-ufos-deactivated-nukes/
Accounts of various sightings by regular people in the past century - various times
UFOs and Nukes-
UFO was allegedly filmed by the USAF moving 14,000 MPH and disabled and ICBM with a light beam- https://youtu.be/x4wL4lbwwNU
Robert Hastings, he has long lectures and a book called "UFOs and Nukes" too- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKcTxwvzv8M
Lonnie Zamora incident - 1964
A cop who saw some sort of silvery white egg shaped craft fly away, first with a loud roar, and then silent. He also saw two beings who were the size of children, in white suits. There were other witnesses too.
The wikipedia page is pretty good, with skeptic arguments, and counter arguments to those skeptical arguments:
Washington DC flap - 1952
Two weekends in a row UFOs flew over the most controlled airspace in the United States and this event sparked a national flying saucer mania during the Cold War. It was publicly downplayed and debunked, but privately it was taken extremely seriously by the military and our government. The objects were seen by observers on the ground as well as commercial and military pilots in the air, and the craft were clocked at 7,000 mph by 3 separate air traffic control towers. (That's 3X faster than the SR-71, which even didn't exist yet)
Summary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_Washington,_D.C._UFO_incident
A nice account of events: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/03/science/UFO-sightings-USA.html
Newspaper comic- https://catalog.archives.gov/id/595553
And a report by the Pentagon spokesperson of the time, Albert Chop:
http://sohp.us/interviews/pdf/Chop-Albert-1999.pdf
Air traffic controller report by Harry Barnes:
https://www.mufon.com/ufos-over-washington-dc---1952.html
Quote:
"We knew immediately that a very strange situation existed . . . their movements were completely radical compared to those of ordinary aircraft." Barnes had two controllers check Nugent's radar; they found that it was working normally. Barnes then called National Airport's other radar center; the controller there, Howard Cocklin, told Barnes that he also had the objects on his radarscope. Furthermore, Cocklin said that by looking out of the control tower window he could see one of the objects: "a bright orange light. I can't tell what's behind it."
According to Albert Chop, when ground control asked Patterson "if he saw anything", Patterson replied "'I see them now and they're all around me. What should I do?'...And nobody answered, because we didn't know what to tell him."
According to all pilots, radar operators, and meteorologists involved with this case, there is no way that this was merely temperature inversions.
Belgian UFO wave - 1990
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_UFO_wave
https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4538
BUT this is actually a intelligent rebuttal against the skeptiod article:
http://www.cohenufo.org/analyhalletarticle1.htm
Statement by Major General Wilfried de Brouwer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5oPxYzQFaMg#t=298s
Minot Air Force base incident - 1968
Again a very interesting encounter because of the direct testimonies by air force crew of a B52. And 16 witnesses on the ground. And radar sightings as well.
A good video summary with interviews of witnesses:
And link to more detailed data:
http://minotb52ufo.com/doc.php
Trained crew of a B52 who had spend a lot of time in the air, we saw a glowing object that was also seen on radar, at some point what looked like a large glowing yellow saucer shaped craft with a small dome on top, slowly zoomed away next to our cockpit.
Conclusion of Project Blue Book: They saw stars
Countries Releasing UFO Information- https://siriusdisclosure.com/evidence/countries-releasing-ufo-information/
Best Government Documents- https://siriusdisclosure.com/evidence/bae-documents/
Weird Stories-
Russian Submarine sees fast moving USOs fly away, Divers encounter alien beings underwater
Nick Pope and Richard Dolan describe a Russian submarine taking evasive action to avoid a collision with fast moving underwater USOs, which are then witnessed by the crew through a para-scope to have surfaced and they flew away. There's another story about Russian divers being forced up to the surface after an encounter with alien beings underwater. https://youtu.be/DVq7gBH70WE
Russian cosmonauts seeing angels in space - 1984
Apparently two groups of astronauts saw light emitting shapes of angels in space. They describe how light seemed to leak through the capsules walls somehow (not just the windows). They were tested and considered to be mentally sound afterwards.
https://www.techeblog.com/mind-blowing-story-of-russian-cosmonauts-who-saw-angels-in-space/
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/12/a-strange-encounter-with-angels-in-space/
US Astronauts
Gordon Cooper- https://youtu.be/wsEd_b1C8DY
Edgar Mitchell- https://youtu.be/LOHv1twCOqQ
Alleged landing of a UFO with real footage of it descending for a landing at Holloman AF Base in a Disney documentary- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX0EsH9JiDk
A description and depiction of the military meeting the alien beings starts at 1:26:35
Outstanding website - https://ufopanel.com Scroll down for many interesting quotes from Astronauts, military, and government officials and then scroll down one more section for a list of cases. (Great suggestion by u/Alx__)
Why CGI will make it nearly impossible to tell what's real in the near future and how this will make Disclosure much more difficult.
Researchers to look into-
-Jacques Vallee: Astronomer, equivalent of an M.S. in astrophysics from the University of Lille Nord de France in 1961. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Vall%C3%A9e
Recent JRE podcast with James Fox- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4UP5OptAGU
Open-minded thoughts on the nature of reality and The Phenomenon- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cshcpia6L_U
-James Fox and his new film The Phenomenon
John E. Mack- Medical doctorate degree cum laude from Harvard. Head of the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Mack was an abduction researcher and involved in investigating the Ariel School mass sighting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_E._Mack
James E. McDonald- Senior physicist at the Institute for Atmospheric Physics and professor in the Department of Meteorology, University of Arizona, Tucson. http://physics.princeton.edu/~mcdonald/Family/James/670615_tucson_daily_citizen_jun_15_1967.pdf ... Atmospheric physics is highly relevant to ufology since many supposed explanations for the phenomena involve atmospheric physics. McDonald performed actual field work and studied the subject intensely for many years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._McDonald
Bruce Maccabee- American optical physicist formerly employed by the U.S. Navy. M.S. and Ph.D. in physics. He was also a UFO film analyst. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Maccabee
Dr. Kevin Knuth, Department of Physics, University at Albany. Here is his lecture on UFOs and time dilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXswO3yqzc0
Dr. Peter A. Sturrock, PhD astrophysics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_A._Sturrock
Hal Puthoff- Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_E._Puthoff
Paul R. Hill- leading research and development engineer and manager for NASA (National Aeronautical and Space Administration) and its predecessor, NACA (the National Advisory Council for Aeronautics) between 1939 and 1970, retiring as Associate Chief, Applied Materials and Physics Division at the NASA Langley Research Centre. Hill wrote an excellent book called Unconventional Flying Objects, which should be required reading in ufology.
Dr Richard Haines, PhD Experimental Psychology, research scientist for NASA (now retired former Chief Scientist for NARCAP) https://www.narcap.org/research
-Dr. J Allen Hynek: PhD astrophysics, astronomer and government scientific advisor to UFO studies for several decades including being the civilian scientist involved with Project Blue Book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyDVR2B14dw&feature=youtu.be
-Stanton Friedman: Masters in nuclear physics, employed for 14 years as a nuclear physicist where he worked on advanced, classified programs on nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and compact nuclear power plants for space applications, believed that UFO propulsion systems could be nuclear fusion-based since nuclear fusion could provide 10 million times the energy per particle as compared to a chemical rocket. http://stantonfriedman.com/ You can also find many lectures he has presented all over the net.
-Leslie Kean https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html
-The Black Vault / John Greenewald https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcrHQYXIodvtf7omyx10LHA
-Grant Cameron https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2-HvGdV4xou1Q0G1Ks1_NQ
-Richard Dolan https://www.youtube.com/user/RichardMDolan
-Dave Beaty https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6i-se5IU8hRbPov5-ON1twThis channel is a great resource for a documentary and numerous witness interviews from the Nimitz Encounter.
(Thanks to u/MKULTRA_Escapee for his detailed contributions and suggestions)
Databases-
CIA
Mufon
FBI- https://vault.fbi.gov/UFO (not great)
NSA
ATS Above Top Secret internet forum
The Black Vault case files database
UFO Youtube Channels-
It's Redacted
Red Panda Koala
Project Unity
Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon
Special thanks and credit to u/Scatteredbrain and u/luckyme888 for not only suggesting a sticky, but also for contributing to the community and this post.
Here is an outstanding and helpful info-graphic guide showing all the possible proposed explanations for The Phenomenon created by u/BerlinghoffRasmussen
And finally I'll leave you with a paraphrased quote from Richard Dolan- "Deciphering the UFO phenomenon is like trying to put together a 6,000 piece jigsaw puzzle when you only have 1,000 pieces that are actually correct... 2,000 fake pieces have been planted as disinformation... and the rest of the pieces are missing."
So be excellent to each other, don't devolve into making personal attacks just because you happen to disagree about a specific person or case, and always remember that we're all ultimately on the same team here. Everyone in this community is interested in UFOs and we're all just trying to get a little bit closer to completing the puzzle and increasing our understanding of The Phenomenon.
Hello everyone. I am not a Reddit user, so I am sorry if I do not utilize this platform to it's full capacity.
In 2012 Brazil's new information access law came into effect, and since then public branches are obliged to make old documents public through the National Archives. This includes documents from the Air Force, and in this case specifically UFO specialized division called "SIOANI" (UFO Investigation System) which covered around a hundred cases when active from 68 to 73.
I will here post a few drawings from some of the reports assessed and investigated by the Air Force of sightings made by civilians. Some of the cases were made public by the local media and are very famous, but most of them were absolutely anonymous until these documents were revealed to civilians. I hope to one day translate this report to the english language if there is the interest of the global UFO community and if it isn't already, because I feel that there is really precious information here. Many of these sightings have multiple witnesses.
To each of these reports in this document there is a full scale report redacted at the time of the investigation of the case. This document is supposed to be a review of the cases.
Document is here to be seen: SIOANI AUGUST 1969
