{ "version": "0.2-public-en", "language": "en", "generated_from": "source catalog v0.2", "count": 29, "mapped_count": 25, "features": [ { "id": "H-BAB-166", "tier": "C historical analog", "cluster": "Ancient Near East / Mesopotamia", "date": "16/17 September 166 BCE", "year": -166, "date_iso": null, "local_time": "morning", "utc_time": "not normalizable", "place": "Babylon, Mesopotamia", "country": "Modern Iraq", "lat": 32.54, "lon": 44.42, "location_status": "Approximate archaeological city", "geo_precision_km": 50, "source_type": "Babylonian astronomical diaries / modern study", "sensor_band": "visible textual record", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "torch / bright light", "form": "compact torch", "movement": "horizontal crossing from south to north", "features": { "hover": false, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": false, "formation": false, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "sky over the city", "altitude_distance_speed": "no data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "no data", "confidence_score": 2, "evidence_weight": 2, "family_role": "lexical and kinematic antecedent: a horizontal torch-like light", "source_url": "https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5127895/", "notes": "Included as an analog. The modern study discusses it in the context of aurora-like phenomena." }, { "id": "H-ROM-100", "tier": "C historical analog", "cluster": "Ancient Mediterranean / Rome", "date": "100 BCE", "year": -100, "date_iso": null, "local_time": "dusk", "utc_time": "not normalizable", "place": "Rome, Italy (probable)", "country": "Italy", "lat": 41.9, "lon": 12.5, "location_status": "Approximate probable city", "geo_precision_km": 80, "source_type": "classical sources analyzed by Stothers", "sensor_band": "visible textual record", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "fiery round shield with sparks", "form": "disc / shield", "movement": "crossed west to east", "features": { "hover": false, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": false, "formation": false, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "sky over the city", "altitude_distance_speed": "no data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "reported as more persistent than a shooting star category", "confidence_score": 3, "evidence_weight": 3, "family_role": "strong analog: fiery round form plus horizontal motion", "source_url": "https://knuthlab.org/library/stothers-2007---ufos-in-antiquity.pdf", "notes": "Premodern pattern case for round form, fire language and horizontal direction." }, { "id": "H-ROM-091", "tier": "C historical analog", "cluster": "Ancient Mediterranean / Rome", "date": "91 BCE", "year": -91, "date_iso": null, "local_time": "not specified", "utc_time": "not normalizable", "place": "Central Italy / Umbria-Latium approx.", "country": "Italy", "lat": 42.5, "lon": 12.5, "location_status": "Broad region", "geo_precision_km": 250, "source_type": "classical sources analyzed by Stothers", "sensor_band": "visible textual record", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "light or object that descends, grows and rises again", "form": "compact light", "movement": "descent, growth and ascent", "features": { "hover": false, "horizontal": false, "vertical_change": true, "formation": false, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "sky / ground relation", "altitude_distance_speed": "no data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "no data", "confidence_score": 2, "evidence_weight": 2, "family_role": "analog for non-ballistic return motion", "source_url": "https://knuthlab.org/library/stothers-2007---ufos-in-antiquity.pdf", "notes": "No confirmed red color. Kept for the reported upward return motion." }, { "id": "H-ROM-076", "tier": "C historical analog", "cluster": "Ancient Mediterranean / Asia Minor", "date": "76 BCE", "year": -76, "date_iso": null, "local_time": "not specified", "utc_time": "not normalizable", "place": "Asia Minor / Roman province of Asia approx.", "country": "Modern Turkey", "lat": 38.42, "lon": 27.14, "location_status": "Broad region", "geo_precision_km": 350, "source_type": "Pliny / Stothers analysis", "sensor_band": "visible textual record", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "spark that grows to moon size and returns to the sky", "form": "compact light that grows", "movement": "descends, grows, retreats into the sky", "features": { "hover": false, "horizontal": false, "vertical_change": true, "formation": false, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "sky", "altitude_distance_speed": "no data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "no data", "confidence_score": 2, "evidence_weight": 2, "family_role": "size-change and return analog", "source_url": "https://knuthlab.org/library/stothers-2007---ufos-in-antiquity.pdf", "notes": "Could be a bolide perspective effect. Retained only as a weak analog." }, { "id": "H-SIG-776", "tier": "C strong historical analog", "cluster": "Northwest Europe historical corridor", "date": "776 CE", "year": 776, "date_iso": "0776", "local_time": "not specified", "utc_time": "not normalizable", "place": "Sigiburg / Hohensyburg, Germany approx. (alternative: Eresburg)", "country": "Germany", "lat": 51.42, "lon": 7.49, "location_status": "Disputed site: Syburg / Eresburg", "geo_precision_km": 120, "source_type": "Annales Laurissenses / Chronicon, cited by Neuhaeuser and Neuhaeuser", "sensor_band": "visible textual record", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "two burning shields, red or blood-colored", "form": "two discs / shields", "movement": "motions above a church or fortress, through the air", "features": { "hover": true, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "church / fortress", "altitude_distance_speed": "no data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "no data", "confidence_score": 3, "evidence_weight": 3, "family_role": "strong medieval analog: two red moving shields", "source_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/1508.07955", "notes": "The cited authors question a simple aurora explanation. Strong for the color, form and movement filter." }, { "id": "H-NOR-793", "tier": "D historical ambiguous", "cluster": "Northwest Europe historical corridor", "date": "793 CE", "year": 793, "date_iso": "0793", "local_time": "not specified", "utc_time": "not normalizable", "place": "Northumbria / Lindisfarne approx.", "country": "United Kingdom", "lat": 55.67, "lon": -1.8, "location_status": "Broad region", "geo_precision_km": 250, "source_type": "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle", "sensor_band": "visible textual record", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "fiery dragons / fire lights", "form": "figures or lights described as dragons", "movement": "flying or crossing the sky", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": null, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "sky over the region", "altitude_distance_speed": "no data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "no data", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "very ambiguous cultural analog; not central evidence", "source_url": "https://avalon.law.yale.edu/medieval/ang08.asp", "notes": "Mixed with storms, omens and chronicle style. Useful only as possible period language." }, { "id": "H-ME-840", "tier": "D historical ambiguous", "cluster": "Middle East historical", "date": "24 September 840 CE", "year": 840, "date_iso": "0840-09-24", "local_time": "not specified", "utc_time": "not normalizable", "place": "Middle East, broad location", "country": "Middle East", "lat": 35.0, "lon": 40.0, "location_status": "Broad region", "geo_precision_km": 1200, "source_type": "historical aurora catalog", "sensor_band": "visible textual record", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "fire cloud", "form": "diffuse cloud / object", "movement": "moved east to west", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": null, "water_interface": null }, "terrain_reference": "northern sky", "altitude_distance_speed": "no data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "no data", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "possible torch or cloud-like motion; high auroral / atmospheric probability", "source_url": "https://angeo.copernicus.org/preprints/angeo-2019-97/angeo-2019-97-manuscript-version5.pdf", "notes": "Included only to keep the medieval gap visible. Low confidence for a compact phenotype." }, { "id": "H-ME-1135", "tier": "C historical analog", "cluster": "Middle East historical", "date": "21 July 1135 CE", "year": 1135, "date_iso": "1135-07-21", "local_time": "probable night", "utc_time": "not normalizable", "place": "Middle East, broad location", "country": "Middle East", "lat": 35.0, "lon": 40.0, "location_status": "Broad region", "geo_precision_km": 1200, "source_type": "historical aurora catalog / Dall Olmo", "sensor_band": "visible textual record", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "light like a torch", "form": "compact or diffuse torch-like light", "movement": "moved east to west", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": null, "water_interface": null }, "terrain_reference": "sky", "altitude_distance_speed": "noise also reported afterward", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "no data", "confidence_score": 2, "evidence_weight": 2, "family_role": "medieval analog: torch-like light with horizontal motion", "source_url": "https://angeo.copernicus.org/preprints/angeo-2019-97/angeo-2019-97-manuscript-version5.pdf", "notes": "Noise and star darkening may indicate a broad atmospheric phenomenon rather than a strong compact-core case." }, { "id": "H-NUR-1561", "tier": "C historical analog", "cluster": "Northwest Europe historical corridor", "date": "14 April 1561", "year": 1561, "date_iso": "1561-04-14", "local_time": "dawn / 4-5 a.m.", "utc_time": "approximate, unreliable", "place": "Nuremberg, Germany", "country": "Germany", "lat": 49.45, "lon": 11.08, "location_status": "City", "geo_precision_km": 20, "source_type": "Hans Glaser broadsheet / woodcut", "sensor_band": "visible textual and illustration", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "spheres, globes and blood-red forms", "form": "multiple spheres, tubes and crosses", "movement": "prolonged motions described as a battle", "features": { "hover": true, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": true, "formation": true, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "sun / city", "altitude_distance_speed": "reported as more than one hour", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "about one hour in the account", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "visual and cultural antecedent for red moving spheres", "source_url": "https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/celestial-phenomenon-over-nuremberg-april-14th-1561/", "notes": "Strongly contaminated by religious iconography and possible halo or parhelion effects. Not clean physical evidence." }, { "id": "H-BAS-1566", "tier": "C historical analog", "cluster": "Northwest Europe historical corridor", "date": "27/28 July and 7 August 1566", "year": 1566, "date_iso": "1566-08-07", "local_time": "morning / afternoon", "utc_time": "unreliable", "place": "Basel, Switzerland", "country": "Switzerland", "lat": 47.56, "lon": 7.59, "location_status": "City", "geo_precision_km": 20, "source_type": "broadsheet / urban chronicle", "sensor_band": "visible textual and illustration", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "black and fiery or red circular objects", "form": "balls / spheres", "movement": "apparent battle, movement and disintegration", "features": { "hover": true, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "sky / city", "altitude_distance_speed": "no data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "several episodes", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "historical visual analog; low evidential reliability", "source_url": "https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2024/07/the-celestial-event-over-basel-in-1566/", "notes": "Probably a mixture of solar, auroral and religious interpretation." }, { "id": "H-STR-1665", "tier": "C historical analog", "cluster": "Baltic / North Europe historical", "date": "April 1665", "year": 1665, "date_iso": "1665-04", "local_time": "dusk", "utc_time": "unreliable", "place": "Stralsund / Baltic Sea, Germany", "country": "Germany", "lat": 54.31, "lon": 13.09, "location_status": "City / coast", "geo_precision_km": 80, "source_type": "fishermen testimony / Berlin State Museum exhibition", "sensor_band": "visible textual record", "visible_or_infra": "visible textual", "appearance": "dark grey disc after an aerial phenomenon", "form": "disc", "movement": "battle-like aerial phenomenon; high disc", "features": { "hover": true, "horizontal": null, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "coast / Baltic Sea", "altitude_distance_speed": "no data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "no data", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "coastal / disc analog; peripheral because it is not red", "source_url": "https://www.smb.museum/en/exhibitions/detail/a-ufo-in-1665/", "notes": "Included for coastal and disc context, not for the red/orange core phenotype." }, { "id": "H-FOO-1942-SOMME", "tier": "B strong modern-historical", "cluster": "World War II / Western Europe", "date": "December 1942", "year": 1942, "date_iso": "1942-12", "local_time": "night", "utc_time": "not normalized", "place": "Somme estuary / northern France", "country": "France", "lat": 50.22, "lon": 1.63, "location_status": "Region", "geo_precision_km": 80, "source_type": "RAF pilots / Foo Fighter synthesis", "sensor_band": "visible military witness", "visible_or_infra": "visible", "appearance": "two amber-orange lights", "form": "lights / orbs", "movement": "accompanied or followed aircraft", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": true, "formation": true, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "coast / English Channel", "altitude_distance_speed": "night flight; exact values not public", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "until approaching the Channel in secondary accounts", "confidence_score": 3, "evidence_weight": 3, "family_role": "World War II bridge case: orange lights following aircraft", "source_url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/what-were-mysterious-foo-fighters-sighted-ww2-night-flyers-180959847/", "notes": "Smithsonian covers the Foo Fighter phenomenon; the 1942 detail comes through secondary historical tradition." }, { "id": "H-FOO-1944-RHINE", "tier": "B strong modern-historical", "cluster": "World War II / Western Europe", "date": "November 1944", "year": 1944, "date_iso": "1944-11", "local_time": "night", "utc_time": "not normalized", "place": "Rhine Valley north of Strasbourg", "country": "France / Germany", "lat": 48.82, "lon": 7.79, "location_status": "Region", "geo_precision_km": 80, "source_type": "Beaufighter crew / Smithsonian", "sensor_band": "visible plus negative radar according to the account", "visible_or_infra": "visible", "appearance": "8-10 bright orange lights", "form": "lights / orbs", "movement": "high speed, appeared and disappeared, no radar echo reported", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "aircraft / Rhine Valley", "altitude_distance_speed": "high speed; no radar return reported", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "several minutes according to the account", "confidence_score": 3, "evidence_weight": 4, "family_role": "modern military bridge: orange lights with apparently controlled behavior", "source_url": "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/what-were-mysterious-foo-fighters-sighted-ww2-night-flyers-180959847/", "notes": "Smithsonian cites the 8-10 orange-light description and the reported absence of radar return." }, { "id": "M-ALTEA-2015", "tier": "A visible core", "cluster": "Western Mediterranean / Altea", "date": "28 August 2015", "year": 2015, "date_iso": "2015-08-28", "local_time": "23:34 CEST", "utc_time": "21:34 UTC", "place": "Altea, Spain", "country": "Spain", "lat": 38.6, "lon": -0.05, "location_status": "User-provided approximate local point", "geo_precision_km": 2, "source_type": "witness account / user photo; later X post", "sensor_band": "visible photo", "visible_or_infra": "visible", "appearance": "orange plasma-like orb, lava-like glow", "form": "single compact sphere / light", "movement": "horizontal track with soft vertical oscillation; mountain to sea", "features": { "hover": true, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": true, "formation": false, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "mountain behind it, then sea", "altitude_distance_speed": "low altitude; in front of mountain for several seconds according to witness", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "not measured", "confidence_score": 3, "evidence_weight": 4, "family_role": "witness anchor case; subjective mirror of PR004", "source_url": "https://x.com/albertomr3/status/2066329751011172673", "notes": "Key geometric point: for a few seconds the light had mountain relief behind it, placing it in front of the terrain." }, { "id": "DOD-PR001-2021", "tier": "A visible core / official", "cluster": "Northeastern U.S. official orb cluster", "date": "1 November 2021", "year": 2021, "date_iso": "2021-11-01", "local_time": "~05:00 local", "utc_time": "~09:00 UTC if EDT / ~10:00 if EST", "place": "Northeastern United States (exact location redacted)", "country": "United States", "lat": 42.0, "lon": -76.0, "location_status": "Regional placeholder; exact site redacted", "geo_precision_km": 500, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO / FBI, iPhone 12 Pro", "sensor_band": "visible iPhone", "visible_or_infra": "visible", "appearance": "intense light resolving into multiple lights", "form": "multiple lights / orbs", "movement": "slow lateral movement; relative erratic rotation", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": null }, "terrain_reference": "horizon / sparsely populated area", "altitude_distance_speed": "estimated distance about 2,000 ft", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "2:42 video", "confidence_score": 4, "evidence_weight": 4, "family_role": "same official cluster as PR002-PR004", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1010263/fbi-uap-pr001-triangle-orbs-2021", "notes": "FBI assessed the witness as highly credible. Exact location is not public." }, { "id": "DOD-PR002-2022", "tier": "A visible core / official", "cluster": "Northeastern U.S. official orb cluster", "date": "1 March 2022", "year": 2022, "date_iso": "2022-03-01", "local_time": "~19:20 local", "utc_time": "~00:20 UTC on 2 March if EST", "place": "Northeastern United States (exact location redacted)", "country": "United States", "lat": 42.0, "lon": -76.0, "location_status": "Regional placeholder; exact site redacted", "geo_precision_km": 500, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO / FBI, iPhone 12 Pro", "sensor_band": "visible iPhone", "visible_or_infra": "visible", "appearance": "two bright red sources", "form": "two orbs / lights", "movement": "hover; relative rotation from 6 to 9 o clock", "features": { "hover": true, "horizontal": null, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": null }, "terrain_reference": "horizon / sparsely populated area", "altitude_distance_speed": "estimated distance about 2,500 ft", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "2:42 video", "confidence_score": 4, "evidence_weight": 5, "family_role": "red/orange optical signature, silent, two-source geometry", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1010264/fbi-uap-pr002-red-orb-rotation-northeastern-united-states-2022", "notes": "Strong for color and relative geometry between two orbs. Dark background limits geolocation." }, { "id": "DOD-PR067-2022", "tier": "D weak sensor / water", "cluster": "Unknown / USO candidate", "date": "25 March 2022", "year": 2022, "date_iso": "2022-03-25", "local_time": "redacted", "utc_time": "redacted", "place": "Redacted location / near submarine; in and out of water", "country": "Unknown", "lat": null, "lon": null, "location_status": "Unmapped / redacted", "geo_precision_km": null, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO, weak-chain collection", "sensor_band": "probable IR", "visible_or_infra": "infrared / sensor", "appearance": "multiple spherical UAP / USO according to title", "form": "spherical / USO", "movement": "in and out of water according to uploader-defined title", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": null, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "water / submarine context", "altitude_distance_speed": "no public data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "not extracted", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "water / USO candidate; do not use without reviewing original video", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007779/dow-uap-pr067-multiple-spherical-uap-uso-near-sub-callsign-2022-03-25-and-out-water", "notes": "AARO indicates many materials in this lot lack substantiated chain of custody." }, { "id": "DOD-PR050-2022", "tier": "D weak sensor / water", "cluster": "CENTCOM / water formation", "date": "26 August 2022", "year": 2022, "date_iso": "2022-08-26", "local_time": "redacted", "utc_time": "redacted", "place": "Iran / over water approx. Gulf of Oman / Strait of Hormuz", "country": "Iran / Gulf region", "lat": 26.5, "lon": 56.0, "location_status": "Regional placeholder", "geo_precision_km": 600, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO, uploader-defined title", "sensor_band": "probable IR", "visible_or_infra": "infrared / sensor", "appearance": "four UAP in formation over water according to title", "form": "formation of points / contrast areas", "movement": "formation over water", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "water", "altitude_distance_speed": "no public data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "0:09 according to DVIDS", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "possible formation / water pattern; weak chain", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007706/dow-uap-pr050-4-uap-formation-iran-26-aug-2022-over-water-callsign", "notes": "Useful as a peripheral candidate, not as red/plasma core evidence." }, { "id": "DOD-PR054-2022", "tier": "D weak spherical sensor", "cluster": "EUCOM / weak spherical candidate", "date": "August 2022", "year": 2022, "date_iso": "2022-08", "local_time": "redacted", "utc_time": "redacted", "place": "EUCOM, exact location redacted", "country": "Europe / redacted", "lat": null, "lon": null, "location_status": "Unmapped / redacted", "geo_precision_km": null, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO, weak-chain collection", "sensor_band": "probable IR", "visible_or_infra": "infrared / sensor", "appearance": "spherical UAP with erratic movement according to title", "form": "spherical", "movement": "erratic according to title", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": null, "vertical_change": null, "formation": null, "water_interface": null }, "terrain_reference": "not public", "altitude_distance_speed": "no public data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "3:57", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "spherical / sensor candidate; requires review", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007711/dow-uap-pr054-spherical-uap-erratic-movement-callsign-mission-2022", "notes": "Included as a lead, not as central evidence." }, { "id": "DOD-PR006-2023", "tier": "B official account / reconstruction", "cluster": "Western U.S. recreation", "date": "2023 (two-day event; DVIDS date 1 January 2023)", "year": 2023, "date_iso": "2023", "local_time": "not public", "utc_time": "not public", "place": "Western United States near sensitive site (redacted)", "country": "United States", "lat": 39.5, "lon": -112.0, "location_status": "Regional placeholder; exact site redacted", "geo_precision_km": 1200, "source_type": "FBI digital recreation based on a federal agent report", "sensor_band": "reconstruction based on testimony", "visible_or_infra": "visible recreation", "appearance": "orb or light near terrain in the recreation", "form": "recreated object", "movement": "not extracted; two-day event", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": null, "vertical_change": null, "formation": null, "water_interface": false }, "terrain_reference": "mountain / relief in reconstruction", "altitude_distance_speed": "no public data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "0:21 recreation", "confidence_score": 2, "evidence_weight": 2, "family_role": "terrain-background parallel; not real video", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1010276/fbi-uap-pr006-digital-recreation-narrative-statement-3-2-western-united-states-event-2023", "notes": "Low visual strength because it is a recreation. High interest because of the terrain geometry." }, { "id": "DOD-PR034-2023", "tier": "B official sensor / water", "cluster": "Aegean / Greece official sensor cluster", "date": "October 2023", "year": 2023, "date_iso": "2023-10", "local_time": "not public", "utc_time": "not public", "place": "Greece / maritime area redacted", "country": "Greece", "lat": 35.5, "lon": 25.0, "location_status": "Regional placeholder; exact site redacted", "geo_precision_km": 500, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO / CENTCOM, military IR sensor", "sensor_band": "IR", "visible_or_infra": "infrared / sensor", "appearance": "compact contrast area; real color unknown", "form": "compact area", "movement": "near ocean surface; multiple 90-degree turns", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": false, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "ocean surface", "altitude_distance_speed": "about 80 mph / 129 km/h; near ocean surface", "speed_kmh": 129, "duration": "2:57 video", "confidence_score": 3, "evidence_weight": 3, "family_role": "strong sensor case: non-ballistic maneuver over water", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1006080/dow-uap-pr34-unresolved-uap-report-greece-october-2023", "notes": "No visible color. Related through circularity, water interface and motion." }, { "id": "DOD-PR035-2023", "tier": "B official sensor / water", "cluster": "Aegean / Greece official sensor cluster", "date": "1 October 2023", "year": 2023, "date_iso": "2023-10-01", "local_time": "not public", "utc_time": "not public", "place": "Greece / maritime area redacted", "country": "Greece", "lat": 35.5, "lon": 25.0, "location_status": "Regional placeholder; exact site redacted", "geo_precision_km": 500, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO / CENTCOM, military IR sensor", "sensor_band": "IR", "visible_or_infra": "infrared / sensor", "appearance": "compact contrast area; real color unknown", "form": "small / circular", "movement": "over ocean toward land; disappears as background changes from water to land", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": false, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "sea to land transition", "altitude_distance_speed": "about 30 mph / 48 km/h; just above ocean", "speed_kmh": 48, "duration": "0:24 video", "confidence_score": 3, "evidence_weight": 3, "family_role": "strong sensor case: circular, low altitude, sea-to-land transition", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1006082/dow-uap-pr35-unresolved-uap-report-greece-october-2023", "notes": "Very relevant for water / land interface hypotheses." }, { "id": "DOD-PR028-2024", "tier": "B official SWIR sensor", "cluster": "Aegean / Greece official sensor cluster", "date": "January 2024", "year": 2024, "date_iso": "2024-01", "local_time": "05:09Z according to MISREP", "utc_time": "05:09 UTC", "place": "Greece / area redacted", "country": "Greece", "lat": 38.0, "lon": 23.7, "location_status": "Regional placeholder; exact site redacted", "geo_precision_km": 600, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO / CENTCOM, multiple sensors", "sensor_band": "SWIR-only", "visible_or_infra": "SWIR / not normally visible", "appearance": "real color unknown; detectable only in SWIR", "form": "diamond with probe according to report", "movement": "fast transit, no maneuver reported", "features": { "hover": false, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": false, "water_interface": null }, "terrain_reference": "aerial", "altitude_distance_speed": "about 434 kt / 804 km/h", "speed_kmh": 804, "duration": "about 2 minutes in MISREP / 1:05 video", "confidence_score": 3, "evidence_weight": 3, "family_role": "evidence for possible invisible-visible / SWIR-only mode", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1006073/dow-uap-pr28-unresolved-uap-report-greece-january-2024", "notes": "Not a red orb. Included for sensor-family hypothesis testing." }, { "id": "DOD-PR056-2024", "tier": "D weak sensor / water", "cluster": "Unknown / water candidate", "date": "1 June 2024", "year": 2024, "date_iso": "2024-06-01", "local_time": "redacted", "utc_time": "redacted", "place": "Redacted location / over water", "country": "Unknown", "lat": null, "lon": null, "location_status": "Unmapped / redacted", "geo_precision_km": null, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO, weak chain of custody", "sensor_band": "probable IR", "visible_or_infra": "infrared / sensor", "appearance": "spherical UAP pulsing over water according to title", "form": "spherical / pulsing", "movement": "contrast area over water", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": null, "vertical_change": null, "formation": null, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "water", "altitude_distance_speed": "no public data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "3:32", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "title-level candidate; weak chain", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007718/dow-uap-pr056-spherical-uap-pulsing-over-water-callsign", "notes": "Do not map without coordinates. DVIDS indicates the video was altered before upload." }, { "id": "DOD-PR052-2024", "tier": "D weak USO sensor", "cluster": "Unknown / USO candidate", "date": "1 June 2024", "year": 2024, "date_iso": "2024-06-01", "local_time": "redacted", "utc_time": "redacted", "place": "Redacted location / UAP-USO formation", "country": "Unknown", "lat": null, "lon": null, "location_status": "Unmapped / redacted", "geo_precision_km": null, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO, weak chain of custody", "sensor_band": "probable IR", "visible_or_infra": "infrared / sensor", "appearance": "UAP / USO formation according to title", "form": "formation of contrast areas", "movement": "formation; video altered before upload", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "water / USO context", "altitude_distance_speed": "no public data", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "8:16", "confidence_score": 1, "evidence_weight": 1, "family_role": "water / formation candidate; low weight", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1007708/dow-uap-pr052-uap-uso-formation-callsign-mission", "notes": "Included for water and formation pattern only. Not used for strong inference." }, { "id": "DOD-PR003-2024", "tier": "A visible core / official", "cluster": "Northeastern U.S. official orb cluster", "date": "1 October 2024", "year": 2024, "date_iso": "2024-10-01", "local_time": "~18:51 local", "utc_time": "~22:51 UTC if EDT", "place": "Northeastern United States (exact location redacted)", "country": "United States", "lat": 42.0, "lon": -76.0, "location_status": "Regional placeholder; exact site redacted", "geo_precision_km": 500, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO / FBI, authenticated iPhone video", "sensor_band": "visible iPhone", "visible_or_infra": "visible", "appearance": "plasma-like sphere; luminosity and form change", "form": "primary sphere / source plus lower point", "movement": "hover over pond; separation into points; stationary behavior", "features": { "hover": true, "horizontal": null, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": true }, "terrain_reference": "pond / water", "altitude_distance_speed": "estimated distance about 2,700 ft; event about 45 min", "speed_kmh": 0, "duration": "about 45 minutes", "confidence_score": 4, "evidence_weight": 5, "family_role": "visible core over water; changing form and luminosity", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1010267/fbi-uap-pr003-orbs-over-pond-2024", "notes": "Government analyzed and authenticated the video. Public copy was cropped for privacy." }, { "id": "DOD-D8-2025", "tier": "B official spherical sensor", "cluster": "Horn of Africa / Djibouti sensor", "date": "2025", "year": 2025, "date_iso": "2025", "local_time": "redacted", "utc_time": "redacted", "place": "Djibouti / Horn of Africa", "country": "Djibouti", "lat": 11.8, "lon": 42.6, "location_status": "Country / regional placeholder", "geo_precision_km": 300, "source_type": "DoW mission report D8", "sensor_band": "IR / thermal according to report", "visible_or_infra": "infrared / sensor", "appearance": "two round white-hot UAPs", "form": "two round objects", "movement": "dynamic movement toward the south", "features": { "hover": null, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": true, "water_interface": null }, "terrain_reference": "regional", "altitude_distance_speed": "about 240 NM/h / 444 km/h", "speed_kmh": 444, "duration": "no extracted data", "confidence_score": 3, "evidence_weight": 3, "family_role": "sensor support: two round white-hot objects; possible fast mode", "source_url": "https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/dow-uap-d8-mission-report-djibouti-2025.pdf", "notes": "Adds a fast white-hot mode. Real visible color is unknown." }, { "id": "DOD-PR004-2025", "tier": "A visible core / official", "cluster": "Northeastern U.S. official orb cluster", "date": "1 July 2025", "year": 2025, "date_iso": "2025-07-01", "local_time": "~21:00 local", "utc_time": "~01:00 UTC on 2 July if EDT", "place": "Northeastern United States (exact location redacted)", "country": "United States", "lat": 42.0, "lon": -76.0, "location_status": "Regional placeholder; exact site redacted", "geo_precision_km": 500, "source_type": "DVIDS / AARO / FBI, iPhone 14 Pro Max", "sensor_band": "visible iPhone", "visible_or_infra": "visible", "appearance": "bright red sphere with white plasma-like center", "form": "two orbs / spheres about 1 m", "movement": "rises, moves laterally, tandem behavior, apparent fusion; silent and smooth", "features": { "hover": true, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": true, "formation": true, "water_interface": null }, "terrain_reference": "trees / backyard / low altitude", "altitude_distance_speed": "25 ft altitude; 90 ft initial range; disappears about 75 yd away", "speed_kmh": null, "duration": "0:49 public video; longer event", "confidence_score": 4, "evidence_weight": 5, "family_role": "modern mirror of Altea: red/plasma, low, silent, formation behavior", "source_url": "https://www.dvidshub.net/video/1010269/fbi-uap-pr004-northeastern-orb-sighting-2025", "notes": "DVIDS states this occurred within 25 miles of PR001-PR003." }, { "id": "DOD-D23-UAE-2023", "tier": "B related sensor case", "cluster": "CENTCOM / UAE sensor", "date": "October 2023", "year": 2023, "date_iso": "2023-10", "local_time": "redacted", "utc_time": "redacted", "place": "United Arab Emirates / redacted", "country": "United Arab Emirates", "lat": 24.5, "lon": 54.5, "location_status": "Country / regional placeholder", "geo_precision_km": 500, "source_type": "DoW mission report D23", "sensor_band": "thermal / IR", "visible_or_infra": "infrared / sensor", "appearance": "thermal-cold signature in one event", "form": "solid / unknown", "movement": "fast transit", "features": { "hover": false, "horizontal": true, "vertical_change": null, "formation": null, "water_interface": null }, "terrain_reference": "aerial / regional", "altitude_distance_speed": "320 mph and 440 mph in two events", "speed_kmh": 515, "duration": "no extracted data", "confidence_score": 2, "evidence_weight": 2, "family_role": "thermal-signature control: not a simple hot-object assumption", "source_url": "https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/dow-uap-d23-mission-report-united-arab-emirates-october-2023.pdf", "notes": "Included for speed range and cold thermal signature. Not a direct visual match." } ] }