Verified catalog
The Foo Fighter phenotype evidence trail.
The public catalog keeps source-verified records that match or support the Foo Fighter phenotype: compact red/orange luminous objects, shield/torch analogs, official sensor cases and repeatable non-ballistic behavior. Balloons, fireworks, meteors, aircraft lights, lanterns, lens artifacts and low-quality viral clips are rejection targets, not the catalog goal.
Verified sightings map
25 mapped verified sightings are loaded from the English public JSON layer. Every record keeps date, place, event description and source link; coordinates are approximate only when the source is historical or redacted.
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Detailed verified catalog v0.2
All 29 verified sighting records are shown. Every row links directly to its source from the ID, the source/band cell and the final source button. The catalog is deliberately narrow: it exists to preserve the real Foo Fighter phenotype and reject balloons, fireworks, meteors, aircraft, lanterns, drones, bokeh and weak social-media noise.
| ID | Date | Place | Class | Cluster | Source / band | Appearance / form | Motion | Context | Duration | Score | Role / notes | Source |
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| H-BAB-166 | 16/17 September 166 BCE | Babylon, Mesopotamia | C historical analog | Ancient Near East / Mesopotamia | Babylonian astronomical diaries / modern study / visible textual record | torch / bright light / compact torch | horizontal crossing from south to north | sky over the city; no data | no data | confidence 2 / evidence 2 | lexical and kinematic antecedent: a horizontal torch-like light Included as an analog. The modern study discusses it in the context of aurora-like phenomena. | Open PMC source |
| H-ROM-100 | 100 BCE | Rome, Italy (probable) | C historical analog | Ancient Mediterranean / Rome | classical sources analyzed by Stothers / visible textual record | fiery round shield with sparks / disc / shield | crossed west to east | sky over the city; no data | reported as more persistent than a shooting star category | confidence 3 / evidence 3 | strong analog: fiery round form plus horizontal motion Premodern pattern case for round form, fire language and horizontal direction. | Open Stothers PDF |
| H-ROM-091 | 91 BCE | Central Italy / Umbria-Latium approx. | C historical analog | Ancient Mediterranean / Rome | classical sources analyzed by Stothers / visible textual record | light or object that descends, grows and rises again / compact light | descent, growth and ascent | sky / ground relation; no data | no data | confidence 2 / evidence 2 | analog for non-ballistic return motion No confirmed red color. Kept for the reported upward return motion. | Open Stothers PDF |
| H-ROM-076 | 76 BCE | Asia Minor / Roman province of Asia approx. | C historical analog | Ancient Mediterranean / Asia Minor | Pliny / Stothers analysis / visible textual record | spark that grows to moon size and returns to the sky / compact light that grows | descends, grows, retreats into the sky | sky; no data | no data | confidence 2 / evidence 2 | size-change and return analog Could be a bolide perspective effect. Retained only as a weak analog. | Open Stothers PDF |
| H-SIG-776 | 776 CE | Sigiburg / Hohensyburg, Germany approx. (alternative: Eresburg) | C strong historical analog | Northwest Europe historical corridor | Annales Laurissenses / Chronicon, cited by Neuhaeuser and Neuhaeuser / visible textual record | two burning shields, red or blood-colored / two discs / shields | motions above a church or fortress, through the air | church / fortress; no data | no data | confidence 3 / evidence 3 | strong medieval analog: two red moving shields The cited authors question a simple aurora explanation. Strong for the color, form and movement filter. | Open arXiv PDF |
| H-NOR-793 | 793 CE | Northumbria / Lindisfarne approx. | D historical ambiguous | Northwest Europe historical corridor | Anglo-Saxon Chronicle / visible textual record | fiery dragons / fire lights / figures or lights described as dragons | flying or crossing the sky | sky over the region; no data | no data | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | very ambiguous cultural analog; not central evidence Mixed with storms, omens and chronicle style. Useful only as possible period language. | Open Yale source |
| H-ME-840 | 24 September 840 CE | Middle East, broad location | D historical ambiguous | Middle East historical | historical aurora catalog / visible textual record | fire cloud / diffuse cloud / object | moved east to west | northern sky; no data | no data | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | possible torch or cloud-like motion; high auroral / atmospheric probability Included only to keep the medieval gap visible. Low confidence for a compact phenotype. | Open Copernicus paper |
| H-ME-1135 | 21 July 1135 CE | Middle East, broad location | C historical analog | Middle East historical | historical aurora catalog / Dall Olmo / visible textual record | light like a torch / compact or diffuse torch-like light | moved east to west | sky; noise also reported afterward | no data | confidence 2 / evidence 2 | medieval analog: torch-like light with horizontal motion Noise and star darkening may indicate a broad atmospheric phenomenon rather than a strong compact-core case. | Open Copernicus paper |
| H-NUR-1561 | 14 April 1561 | Nuremberg, Germany | C historical analog | Northwest Europe historical corridor | Hans Glaser broadsheet / woodcut / visible textual and illustration | spheres, globes and blood-red forms / multiple spheres, tubes and crosses | prolonged motions described as a battle | sun / city; reported as more than one hour | about one hour in the account | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | visual and cultural antecedent for red moving spheres Strongly contaminated by religious iconography and possible halo or parhelion effects. Not clean physical evidence. | Open Public Domain Review |
| H-BAS-1566 | 27/28 July and 7 August 1566 | Basel, Switzerland | C historical analog | Northwest Europe historical corridor | broadsheet / urban chronicle / visible textual and illustration | black and fiery or red circular objects / balls / spheres | apparent battle, movement and disintegration | sky / city; no data | several episodes | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | historical visual analog; low evidential reliability Probably a mixture of solar, auroral and religious interpretation. | Open Swiss National Museum |
| H-STR-1665 | April 1665 | Stralsund / Baltic Sea, Germany | C historical analog | Baltic / North Europe historical | fishermen testimony / Berlin State Museum exhibition / visible textual record | dark grey disc after an aerial phenomenon / disc | battle-like aerial phenomenon; high disc | coast / Baltic Sea; no data | no data | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | coastal / disc analog; peripheral because it is not red Included for coastal and disc context, not for the red/orange core phenotype. | Open Berlin State Museum |
| H-FOO-1942-SOMME | December 1942 | Somme estuary / northern France | B strong modern-historical | World War II / Western Europe | RAF pilots / Foo Fighter synthesis / visible military witness | two amber-orange lights / lights / orbs | accompanied or followed aircraft | coast / English Channel; night flight; exact values not public | until approaching the Channel in secondary accounts | confidence 3 / evidence 3 | World War II bridge case: orange lights following aircraft Smithsonian covers the Foo Fighter phenomenon; the 1942 detail comes through secondary historical tradition. | Open Smithsonian source |
| H-FOO-1944-RHINE | November 1944 | Rhine Valley north of Strasbourg | B strong modern-historical | World War II / Western Europe | Beaufighter crew / Smithsonian / visible plus negative radar according to the account | 8-10 bright orange lights / lights / orbs | high speed, appeared and disappeared, no radar echo reported | aircraft / Rhine Valley; high speed; no radar return reported | several minutes according to the account | confidence 3 / evidence 4 | modern military bridge: orange lights with apparently controlled behavior Smithsonian cites the 8-10 orange-light description and the reported absence of radar return. | Open Smithsonian source |
| M-ALTEA-2015 | 28 August 2015 | Altea, Alicante, Spain | A visible core | Western Mediterranean / Altea | witness account / user photo; later X post / visible photo | orange plasma-like orb, lava-like glow / single compact sphere / light | horizontal track with soft vertical oscillation; mountain to sea | mountain behind it, then sea; low altitude; in front of mountain for several seconds according to witness | not measured | confidence 3 / evidence 4 | witness anchor case; subjective mirror of PR004 Key geometric point: for a few seconds the light had mountain relief behind it, placing it in front of the terrain. | Open witness post |
| DOD-PR001-2021 | 1 November 2021 | Northeastern United States (exact location redacted) | A visible core / official | Northeastern U.S. official orb cluster | DVIDS / AARO / FBI, iPhone 12 Pro / visible iPhone | intense light resolving into multiple lights / multiple lights / orbs | slow lateral movement; relative erratic rotation | horizon / sparsely populated area; estimated distance about 2,000 ft | 2:42 video | confidence 4 / evidence 4 | same official cluster as PR002-PR004 FBI assessed the witness as highly credible. Exact location is not public. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR002-2022 | 1 March 2022 | Northeastern United States (exact location redacted) | A visible core / official | Northeastern U.S. official orb cluster | DVIDS / AARO / FBI, iPhone 12 Pro / visible iPhone | two bright red sources / two orbs / lights | hover; relative rotation from 6 to 9 o clock | horizon / sparsely populated area; estimated distance about 2,500 ft | 2:42 video | confidence 4 / evidence 5 | red/orange optical signature, silent, two-source geometry Strong for color and relative geometry between two orbs. Dark background limits geolocation. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR067-2022 | 25 March 2022 | Redacted location / near submarine; in and out of water | D weak sensor / water | Unknown / USO candidate | DVIDS / AARO, weak-chain collection / probable IR | multiple spherical UAP / USO according to title / spherical / USO | in and out of water according to uploader-defined title | water / submarine context; no public data | not extracted | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | water / USO candidate; do not use without reviewing original video AARO indicates many materials in this lot lack substantiated chain of custody. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR050-2022 | 26 August 2022 | Iran / over water approx. Gulf of Oman / Strait of Hormuz | D weak sensor / water | CENTCOM / water formation | DVIDS / AARO, uploader-defined title / probable IR | four UAP in formation over water according to title / formation of points / contrast areas | formation over water | water; no public data | 0:09 according to DVIDS | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | possible formation / water pattern; weak chain Useful as a peripheral candidate, not as red/plasma core evidence. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR054-2022 | August 2022 | EUCOM, exact location redacted | D weak spherical sensor | EUCOM / weak spherical candidate | DVIDS / AARO, weak-chain collection / probable IR | spherical UAP with erratic movement according to title / spherical | erratic according to title | not public; no public data | 3:57 | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | spherical / sensor candidate; requires review Included as a lead, not as central evidence. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR006-2023 | 2023 (two-day event; DVIDS date 1 January 2023) | Western United States near sensitive site (redacted) | B official account / reconstruction | Western U.S. recreation | FBI digital recreation based on a federal agent report / reconstruction based on testimony | orb or light near terrain in the recreation / recreated object | not extracted; two-day event | mountain / relief in reconstruction; no public data | 0:21 recreation | confidence 2 / evidence 2 | terrain-background parallel; not real video Low visual strength because it is a recreation. High interest because of the terrain geometry. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR034-2023 | October 2023 | Greece / maritime area redacted | B official sensor / water | Aegean / Greece official sensor cluster | DVIDS / AARO / CENTCOM, military IR sensor / IR | compact contrast area; real color unknown / compact area | near ocean surface; multiple 90-degree turns | ocean surface; about 80 mph / 129 km/h; near ocean surface | 2:57 video | confidence 3 / evidence 3 | strong sensor case: non-ballistic maneuver over water No visible color. Related through circularity, water interface and motion. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR035-2023 | 1 October 2023 | Greece / maritime area redacted | B official sensor / water | Aegean / Greece official sensor cluster | DVIDS / AARO / CENTCOM, military IR sensor / IR | compact contrast area; real color unknown / small / circular | over ocean toward land; disappears as background changes from water to land | sea to land transition; about 30 mph / 48 km/h; just above ocean | 0:24 video | confidence 3 / evidence 3 | strong sensor case: circular, low altitude, sea-to-land transition Very relevant for water / land interface hypotheses. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR028-2024 | January 2024 | Greece / area redacted | B official SWIR sensor | Aegean / Greece official sensor cluster | DVIDS / AARO / CENTCOM, multiple sensors / SWIR-only | real color unknown; detectable only in SWIR / diamond with probe according to report | fast transit, no maneuver reported | aerial; about 434 kt / 804 km/h | about 2 minutes in MISREP / 1:05 video | confidence 3 / evidence 3 | evidence for possible invisible-visible / SWIR-only mode Not a red orb. Included for sensor-family hypothesis testing. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR056-2024 | 1 June 2024 | Redacted location / over water | D weak sensor / water | Unknown / water candidate | DVIDS / AARO, weak chain of custody / probable IR | spherical UAP pulsing over water according to title / spherical / pulsing | contrast area over water | water; no public data | 3:32 | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | title-level candidate; weak chain Do not map without coordinates. DVIDS indicates the video was altered before upload. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR052-2024 | 1 June 2024 | Redacted location / UAP-USO formation | D weak USO sensor | Unknown / USO candidate | DVIDS / AARO, weak chain of custody / probable IR | UAP / USO formation according to title / formation of contrast areas | formation; video altered before upload | water / USO context; no public data | 8:16 | confidence 1 / evidence 1 | water / formation candidate; low weight Included for water and formation pattern only. Not used for strong inference. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-PR003-2024 | 1 October 2024 | Northeastern United States (exact location redacted) | A visible core / official | Northeastern U.S. official orb cluster | DVIDS / AARO / FBI, authenticated iPhone video / visible iPhone | plasma-like sphere; luminosity and form change / primary sphere / source plus lower point | hover over pond; separation into points; stationary behavior | pond / water; estimated distance about 2,700 ft; event about 45 min | about 45 minutes | confidence 4 / evidence 5 | visible core over water; changing form and luminosity Government analyzed and authenticated the video. Public copy was cropped for privacy. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-D8-2025 | 2025 | Djibouti / Horn of Africa | B official spherical sensor | Horn of Africa / Djibouti sensor | DoW mission report D8 / IR / thermal according to report | two round white-hot UAPs / two round objects | dynamic movement toward the south | regional; about 240 NM/h / 444 km/h | no extracted data | confidence 3 / evidence 3 | sensor support: two round white-hot objects; possible fast mode Adds a fast white-hot mode. Real visible color is unknown. | Open DoW mission report |
| DOD-PR004-2025 | 1 July 2025 | Northeastern United States (exact location redacted) | A visible core / official | Northeastern U.S. official orb cluster | DVIDS / AARO / FBI, iPhone 14 Pro Max / visible iPhone | bright red sphere with white plasma-like center / two orbs / spheres about 1 m | rises, moves laterally, tandem behavior, apparent fusion; silent and smooth | trees / backyard / low altitude; 25 ft altitude; 90 ft initial range; disappears about 75 yd away | 0:49 public video; longer event | confidence 4 / evidence 5 | modern mirror of Altea: red/plasma, low, silent, formation behavior DVIDS states this occurred within 25 miles of PR001-PR003. | Open DVIDS source |
| DOD-D23-UAE-2023 | October 2023 | United Arab Emirates / redacted | B related sensor case | CENTCOM / UAE sensor | DoW mission report D23 / thermal / IR | thermal-cold signature in one event / solid / unknown | fast transit | aerial / regional; 320 mph and 440 mph in two events | no extracted data | confidence 2 / evidence 2 | thermal-signature control: not a simple hot-object assumption Included for speed range and cold thermal signature. Not a direct visual match. | Open DoW mission report |