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List of investigations of UFOs by governments
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February 26, 2025
List of known UFO investigations performed by governments around the globe
This is a list of government-sponsored investigations or reports related to
UFOs
.
Contents
Brazil
Canada
France
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay
References
External links
Brazil
Operação Prato
Canada
Project Magnet
Project Second Storey
France
GEPAN / SEPRA / GEIPAN
Soviet Union
Institute 22
United Kingdom
Flying Saucer Working Party
Project Condign
United States
See also:
Investigation of UFO reports by the United States government
Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program
Roswell UFO incident
Brookings Report
Condon Committee
Estimate of the Situation
Project Blue Book
Project Grudge
Project Serpo
Project Sign
Project Silver Bug
Robertson Panel
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
(AARO)
NASA's UAP independent study team
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act
Immaculate Constellation
Uruguay
Uruguayan Air Force Commission for the Reception and Investigation of Complaints of Unidentified Flying Objects (CRIDOVNI)
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References
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"Uruguayan Air Force Commission for the Reception and Investigation of Complaints of Unidentified Flying Objects (CRIDOVNI) website"
.
Archived
from the original on 2023-10-04
. Retrieved
2024-04-05
.
External links
CIA
CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947-90 — Central Intelligence Agency
Canada
Canada's UFOs: The search for the unknown
University of Colorado
UCB Libraries | Government Publications Library | UFOs
UK National Archives
The National Archives - Homepage
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UFOs
Ufology
Claimed sightings
General
List of reported UFO sightings
Sightings in outer space
Pre-20th century
Ezekiel's Wheel (circa 622–570 BC)
Airship of Clonmacnoise
(740s)
1561 celestial phenomenon over Nuremberg
1566 celestial phenomenon over Basel
1665 celestial phenomenon over Stralsund
José Bonilla observation (1883)
Airship wave (1896–97)
Aurora (1897)
20th century
Los Angeles (1942)
Ängelholm UFO memorial (1946)
Kenneth Arnold (1947)
1947 craze
Flight 105 (1947)
Roswell (1947)
Rhodes (1947)
Mantell (1948)
Chiles-Whitted (1948)
Gorman Dogfight (1948)
Mariana (1950)
McMinnville photographs (1950)
Sperry (1950)
Lubbock Lights (1951)
Nash-Fortenberry (1952)
Washington, D.C. (1952)
Flatwoods monster (1952)
Kelly–Hopkinsville (1955)
Lakenheath-Bentwaters (1956)
Antônio Villas Boas (1957)
Levelland (1957)
Barney and Betty Hill abduction (1961)
Lonnie Zamora incident (1964)
Solway Firth Spaceman (1964)
Exeter (1965)
Kecksburg (1965)
Westall (1966)
Falcon Lake (1967)
Shag Harbour (1967)
Jimmy Carter (1969)
Finnish Air Force (1969)
Pascagoula Abduction (1973)
John Lennon UFO incident (1974)
Travis Walton incident (1975)
Tehran (1976)
Petrozavodsk phenomenon (1977)
Operação Prato (1977)
Zanfretta incident (1978)
Valentich disappearance (1978)
Kaikoura Lights (1978)
Robert Taylor incident (1979)
Val Johnson incident (1979)
Manises (1979)
Cash–Landrum incident (1980)
Rendlesham Forest (1980)
Trans-en-Provence (1981)
Japan Air Lines (1986)
Ilkley Moor (1987)
Voronezh incident (1989)
Belgian UFO wave (1990)
Ariel School (1994)
Varginha (1996)
Phoenix Lights (1997)
21st century
USS
Nimitz
UFO incident (2004)
Campeche, Mexico (2004)
O'Hare Airport (2006)
Alderney (2007)
Norway (2009)
USS
Theodore Roosevelt
UFO incidents (2014)
Jetpack man (2020–21)
High-altitude object events (2023)
David Grusch claims (2023)
Confirmed hoaxes
Maury Island hoax (1947)
Twin Falls, Idaho hoax (1947)
Aztec, New Mexico hoax (1949)
Southern England (1967)
Majestic 12 (1985)
Gulf Breeze (1987–88)
Alien Autopsy (1995 film)
Morristown (2009)
Sightings by country
Africa
(
South Africa
)
Albania
Argentina
Australia
Belarus
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
Czech Republic
France
Greece
India
Indonesia
Iran
Italy
Mexico
Nepal
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Russia
Spain
(
Canary Islands
)
Sweden
United Kingdom
United States
Types of UFOs
Black triangle
Flying saucer
Foo fighter
Ghost rockets
Green fireballs
Mystery airship
Space jellyfish
Types of alleged
extraterrestrial beings
Energy beings
Grey aliens
Insectoids
Little green men
Nordic aliens
Reptilian humanoids
Studies and timeline
Investigation of UFO reports by the United States government
The Flying Saucers Are Real
(1947–1950)
Project Sign (1948)
Project Grudge (1949)
Flying Saucer Working Party (1950)
Project Magnet (1950–1962)
Project Blue Book (1952–1970)
Robertson Panel (1953)
Ruppelt report (1956)
National Investigations Committee On Aerial Phenomena (1956–1980)
Condon Report (1966–1968)
Institute 22 (1978–?)
Project Condign (1997–2000)
Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (2007–2012)
Identification studies of UFOs
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (current)
NASA's UAP independent study team
Hypotheses
Ancient astronauts
Cryptoterrestrial
Extraterrestrial
Interdimensional
Psychological perspectives on UFO belief
Psychosocial
Nazi UFOs
Time-traveller
Trotskyist-Posadism
Conspiracy theories
Area 51
Storm Area 51
Bob Lazar
Dulce Base
Men in black
Project Serpo
Involvement
Abduction claims
History
Entities
Claimants
Narrative
Perspectives
Insurance
Other
Implants
Cattle mutilation
Close encounter
Contactee
Crop circles
Government responses
GEIPAN
Organizations
Ufologists
Culture
Fiction
Religions
list
Skepticism
List of scientific skeptics
Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Government & Law
United States Congress hearings on UFOs (2022)
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act (UADPA), USA law (2023)
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