UAP ARCHIVE
Four hundred and sixty-five years of unidentified aerial phenomena — catalogued, cross-referenced and stripped of speculation. From the Nuremberg broadsheet of 1561 to the congressional record of 2026.
Featured Incidents
Roswell incident
RAAF issued a press release that it had recovered a 'flying disc'; retracted next day as a weather balloon. Revived 1978+ via Jesse Marcel; centerpiece of crash-retrieval lore.
Washington D.C. radar incidents ('Washington flap')
On two weekends, multiple targets tracked simultaneously by National Airport & Andrews AFB radars with visual confirmations; jets scrambled; largest Pentagon press conference since WWII followed.
Rendlesham Forest incidents
USAF security personnel twice approached a lit triangular object in the forest; deputy base commander Lt. Col. Halt led second-night patrol recording live audio; radiation readings and landing marks logged; light beams reported near weapons storage area.
USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' encounter
USS Princeton tracked objects dropping 80k ft in seconds for days; Cmdr. David Fravor & Lt. Cmdr. Alex Dietrich intercepted a 40-ft 'Tic Tac' that mirrored then outmaneuvered them; Chad Underwood's FLIR1 video captured object; cornerstone of modern era.
What is the UAP Archive?
What is the UAP Archive?
- An open research compendium tracking 200 unidentified aerial phenomena incidents, 40+ government programs, key figures and cultural artifacts from 1561 to 2026. Every entry cites primary documents, declassified files, official reports and standard reference literature.
How many incidents are documented?
- Two hundred incidents across 465 years — 140 officially unexplained, 43 contested, 11 explained (retained as control cases) and 6 documented hoaxes retained as media-literacy benchmarks. Each case includes witnesses, evidence, investigation outcome and sources.
What time period does it cover?
- From the 1561 Nuremberg broadsheet — the earliest widely documented pre-modern celestial phenomenon — through the July 2026 PURSUE releases. Includes the full modern era from the 1947 Arnold sighting to current congressional AARO hearings.
Does unexplained mean extraterrestrial?
- No. Unexplained means official investigations produced no conventional identification — nothing more. The archive takes no position on origin. Hoaxes are retained deliberately, clearly labeled, as instructive counter-examples for source evaluation.