Data Sources

Independent UAP research and journalism outlet covering modern cases, government disclosures, military encounters, and analysis from credentialed researchers. Primary source for post-2009 UAP developments.

Data retrieved via the public WordPress REST API. Each entry links directly to the originating article.

Comprehensive chronological catalog of UFO/UAP incidents, government acknowledgments, notable quotes, key figures, and media documentation spanning recorded history.

Data scraped from public article listings. Provides the historical depth of the dataset, including pre-modern era cases.

National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena. Maintained by Fran Ridge, NICAP's chronology pages document thousands of significant UAP cases cross-referenced with Project Blue Book records, military reports, and primary witness accounts. Considered one of the most rigorously curated civilian UAP databases for the 1947-1989 era.

Historical events added to the timeline from NICAP chronology pages. Inclusion criteria: Project Blue Book Unknown (BBU) status or direct military/radar involvement, plus a dedicated NICAP case detail page. All 251 entries link directly to their NICAP case file.

Dedicated archive documenting Bob Lazar's timeline at S-4, his public disclosures, and the network of individuals connected to his accounts. Contributes Lazar-specific events to the timeline.

Source for Lazar-tagged entries in timeline.json. Also used as a primary reference in building the Lazar case file.

The most scholarly systematic treatment of pre-modern UAP accounts, authored by Jacques Vallee and Chris Aubeck. Documents and cross-references 500 cases from 1460 to 1879 against primary historical sources - ecclesiastical records, astronomical journals, and newspaper archives. Reference basis for the 1759 Jacobsson entry in the DECUR timeline.

Reference for historically documented pre-modern accounts. Provides primary source citations for each case.

Dr. Clarence Chant's compiled witness account of the February 9, 1913 Procession of Meteors, published in Vol. VII of the RASC Journal. The primary academic documentation of a formation of luminous objects traveling in near-horizontal trajectory from Saskatchewan to Bermuda - anomalous behavior for meteoric phenomena. Used for the 1913 Procession timeline entry.

Primary academic source for the 1913 Procession of Meteors (Cyrillids) timeline entry.

Official Navy log entry filed February 28, 1904 by Lt. Frank H. Schofield documenting the observation of three luminous objects from the USS Supply approximately 300 miles off the California coast. One of the earliest on-record military UAP reports by a named officer. Schofield later rose to Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Used for the 1904 USS Supply timeline entry.

Primary source for the 1904 USS Supply Aerial Encounter timeline entry. Original held in National Archives RG24.

Repository of primary documents related to Dan Burisch's testimony, including the Tom Mack Letter, Congressional Record entries, and sworn affidavits. Core documentary basis for the Burisch case file.

Used for: Dan Burisch. Source URLs preserved in burisch.json document entries.

Technical credibility analysis of Lazar's claims by researcher Dr. David Morgan. Provides structured analysis of the supporting and contradicting evidence used in the Lazar Assessment tab.

Used for: Bob Lazar.

Structured knowledge base entry on Bob Lazar with organized claim summaries, timeline data, and cross-references. Used as a secondary reference during case file construction.

Used for: Bob Lazar.

Preserved audio/video of Bob Lazar's original 1989 public disclosure interview. Used to verify claims and quotes documented in the Lazar case file.

Used for: Bob Lazar.

Full transcript of the 1989 KLAS-TV Dreamland interview, Lazar's first public appearance. Primary source for direct quotes and initial disclosure claims documented in the case file.

Used for: Bob Lazar.

Full transcript of the Joe Rogan Experience episode #1315 featuring Bob Lazar and Jeremy Corbell (June 2019). Used to document and verify Lazar's most recent comprehensive public statements.

Used for: Bob Lazar.

The December 2017 New York Times investigation that publicly revealed AATIP, the Navy UAP videos, and Luis Elizondo's resignation. The single most consequential piece of modern UAP journalism. Chris Mellon is credited with facilitating release of the videos to the Times.

Used for: Luis Elizondo, Chris Mellon.

October 2020 New York Times article in which Eric Davis confirmed he briefed a Defense Department agency and members of Congress about 'off-world vehicles not made on this earth.' The most direct on-record statement by a named researcher about crash-retrieved non-human craft.

Used for: Eric Davis.

The June 2023 article in The Debrief that first publicly identified David Grusch as a whistleblower who filed a formal Disclosure of Urgent Concern with the IC Inspector General regarding classified UAP crash retrieval programs.

Used for: David Grusch.

Official record of the July 26, 2023 House Oversight Subcommittee hearing on UAP, featuring sworn testimony from David Grusch, David Fravor, Ryan Graves, and Karl Nell. Includes written statements, oral testimony, and member Q&A transcripts.

Used for: David Grusch, David Fravor, Karl Nell.

Tyler Rogoway's defense and aviation reporting unit at The Drive, producing the most technically rigorous investigative UAP journalism. Primary source for Nimitz encounter documentation, FOIA-released UAP reports, and the AATIP/AAWSAP program history.

Used for: David Fravor, Luis Elizondo.

TTSA's official website and publication archive. Primary source for organizational structure, membership biographies, public disclosures, and the TTSA multimedia releases that include the Navy UAP videos.

Used for: Luis Elizondo, Hal Puthoff, Chris Mellon.

The Stanford-affiliated academic UAP research organization co-founded by Karl Nell, David Grusch, and Dr. Garry Nolan. Symposium proceedings, member biographies, and published papers were used to document the Sol Foundation sections across multiple case files.

Used for: Karl Nell, David Grusch, Garry Nolan.

Dr. Garry Nolan's laboratory page at Stanford School of Medicine, documenting his research positions, publications, patent portfolio, and academic biography. Used to establish his institutional credentials and research history.

Used for: Garry Nolan.

CIA's declassified STARGATE remote viewing program documents, available through the CIA FOIA Reading Room. Primary source for the SRI International remote viewing program history, Puthoff's directorship, and program findings (1972-1995).

Used for: Hal Puthoff.

Declassified Defense Intelligence Reference Documents produced under the AAWSAP program (2007-2012), released via FOIA. Confirmed authorship of 38 papers including documents by Hal Puthoff and Eric Davis covering warp drives, wormholes, and related exotic physics.

Used for: Hal Puthoff, Eric Davis.

Chris Mellon's personal website and Substack publication. Primary source for his analysis of UAP program budget line items, legislative strategy, and documentation of Congressional advocacy efforts. Includes Washington Post op-eds and policy papers.

Used for: Chris Mellon.

15-page document recording physicist Eric Davis's notes from an alleged 2002 meeting with Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson about a private aerospace contractor running a UAP crash retrieval program. Leaked to the TTSA community platform in June 2019; extensively analyzed by UAP researchers for authenticity. Wilson has denied the account.

Used for: Eric Davis. Document status: disputed — see Davis case file Wilson-Davis Memo tab.

Friedman's own website preserving his bibliography, lecture schedule archive, research papers, and public statements spanning five decades of UAP investigation. Primary reference for career timeline and publication record.

Used for: Stanton Friedman.

Friedman's nuclear physics-based analysis of UAP propulsion, interstellar travel feasibility, and the scientific case for extraterrestrial origin. His most technically rigorous publication and the primary source for the physics-based sections of his profile.

Used for: Stanton Friedman.

Friedman's comprehensive analysis of the MJ-12 briefing documents. Applied historical document methodology to the authenticity question. Primary source for the MJ-12 sections of his profile and for context on the document dispute.

Used for: Stanton Friedman.

Official Galileo Project homepage at Harvard, documenting the project's multi-sensor observatory methodology, peer-reviewed publications, and findings. Primary source for Avi Loeb's Galileo Project profile sections.

Used for: Avi Loeb.

Loeb's international bestseller arguing for rigorous scientific investigation of potential extraterrestrial technological artifacts. Primary source for his 'Oumuamua analysis and public advocacy positions documented in his profile.

Used for: Avi Loeb.

National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena's digitized case files, organizational history, and chronology pages. Primary source for Donald Keyhoe's NICAP directorship period and the Levelland, Texas case documentation.

Used for: Donald Keyhoe, Levelland 1957 case.

Historian Richard Dolan's foundational two-volume history of government UAP involvement and civilian research organizations. The most comprehensive published account of the Keyhoe/NICAP era. Used as the primary secondary source for Keyhoe's profile.

Used for: Donald Keyhoe.

Philip Corso's memoir co-authored with William J. Birnes, detailing his claimed role managing Roswell crash debris at the Pentagon's Foreign Technology Division and seeding artifacts to private contractors. New York Times bestseller and primary source for the Corso profile.

Used for: Philip Corso.

C-SPAN recording of the May 9, 2001 Disclosure Project National Press Club event organized by Steven Greer, featuring testimony from 20+ former military and government witnesses. Primary source for the Greer profile's disclosure event documentation.

Used for: Steven Greer, Daniel Sheehan.

Robert Hastings's official research site documenting UAP incidents at nuclear weapons facilities, with FOIA-obtained military documents, veteran testimony summaries, and case-by-case analysis. Primary source for the Hastings profile and for the Minot AFB 1968 case documentation.

Used for: Robert Hastings, Minot AFB 1968.

Official Senate Armed Services Subcommittee record of Sean Kirkpatrick's April 2023 testimony - the first public congressional appearance by an AARO director. Primary source for Kirkpatrick's profile and AARO's organizational record.

Used for: Sean Kirkpatrick, AARO.

Preprint paper co-authored by AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick and Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, proposing physical signature hypotheses for UAP. The only peer-reviewed paper co-authored by a sitting AARO director. Used for both Kirkpatrick and Loeb profiles.

Used for: Sean Kirkpatrick, Avi Loeb.

Dylan Borland's official written testimony submitted to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform for the September 9, 2025 hearing on UAP transparency. Describes the summer 2012 close-range triangle UAP encounter at Langley AFB and the alleged retaliation following his whistleblower disclosures.

Used for: Dylan Borland.

NewsNation coverage of Dylan Borland's whistleblower account, including his Langley AFB sighting and claims of security clearance manipulation and blacklisting from intelligence community contracting work.

Used for: Dylan Borland.

DefenseScoop reporting on the September 9, 2025 House Oversight UAP hearing, covering testimony from military whistleblowers including Dylan Borland.

Used for: Dylan Borland.

The official declassified records of Project Blue Book and predecessor programs (Sign, Grudge), held at the National Archives. Comprises approximately 130,000 pages of case files, administrative records, and investigative reports. The primary evidentiary basis for the Blue Book, Sign, and Grudge program pages.

Used for: Project Blue Book, Project Sign, Project Grudge.

The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office's official public-facing website. Primary source for AARO's stated mandate, organizational structure, reporting framework, and historical record publications. Used to document AARO's establishment, scope, and public findings.

Used for: AARO.

The Pentagon's first official historical account of U.S. government UAP programs. Provides AARO's characterization of AAWSAP, Kona Blue, and other predecessor programs. Used for both factual program data and as a reference point for contested claims in the disclosure community.

Used for: AARO, Kona Blue, AAWSAP.

First-person account of the AAWSAP program by AAWSAP's founding program manager James T. Lacatski, Colm Kelleher, and George Knapp. Primary source for AAWSAP's true scope, Bigelow Aerospace's BAASS contract, and the connection to Skinwalker Ranch investigations. Also used for NIDS organizational history and Bigelow Aerospace's role.

Used for: AAWSAP, NIDS, Bigelow Aerospace.

The 38 Defense Intelligence Reference Documents (DIRDs) produced under AAWSAP and released via FOIA. Used to document the program's scientific scope and the participation of researchers including Hal Puthoff and Eric Davis.

Used for: AAWSAP.

Written by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, the first director of Project Blue Book. The definitive insider account of the transition from Project Grudge to Blue Book, the 1952 Washington D.C. UFO wave, and the institutional pressures shaping official investigation. Primary source for Sign and Grudge program histories.

Used for: Project Sign, Project Grudge, Project Blue Book.

Scientific analysis of the UFO phenomenon by J. Allen Hynek, Blue Book's chief scientific consultant for its entire 21-year run. Provides Hynek's first-person critique of Blue Book methodology and his classification system for UFO reports. Used to document Hynek's role and Blue Book's analytical limitations.

Used for: Project Blue Book.

TTSA's official SEC Regulation A offering circular documenting the company's stated mission, organizational structure, founding team biographies, and financial disclosures. Used as the primary source for TTSA membership data, organizational purpose, and founding timeline.

Used for: TTSA.

The Sol Foundation's official website, documenting its academic mission, leadership, symposium proceedings, and affiliated researchers. Primary source for organizational structure and the published outputs of the 2023 and 2024 UAP symposia.

Used for: Sol Foundation.

Official congressional record of David Grusch's sworn testimony identifying Immaculate Constellation by name as a UAP analysis program. The only on-record public reference to Immaculate Constellation that served as the primary source for that program entry.

Used for: Immaculate Constellation, AARO, Kona Blue.

Department of Defense official press release announcing the formal establishment of the UAP Task Force within the Office of Naval Intelligence, signed by Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist. Primary source for the UAPTF founding mandate and organizational structure.

Used for: UAP Task Force (UAPTF).

The UAP Task Force's 9-page unclassified preliminary assessment, released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Found 143 of 144 reported incidents unexplained. The primary output of the UAPTF and the document that directly drove the creation of AARO.

Used for: UAP Task Force (UAPTF).

Official Galileo Project homepage at Harvard, documenting the project's multi-sensor observatory methodology, peer-reviewed publications, and research findings since its 2021 founding. Primary source for the Galileo Project program entry.

Used for: Galileo Project.

Declassified documents confirming the existence and operational scope of Project Moon Dust and Operation Blue Fly, obtained via FOIA requests. Includes State Department cables referencing Moon Dust field operations in Bolivia, Pakistan, and other international locations. Primary source for the Moon Dust program entry.

Used for: Project Moon Dust / Blue Fly.

The foundational research publication establishing Project Moon Dust's existence through FOIA document analysis by Barry Greenwood and Lawrence Fawcett. Documents the scope of government UAP-related recovery programs through declassified records.

Used for: Project Moon Dust / Blue Fly.

Declassified Project Blue Book investigation files, including the official case reports for Levelland (1957) and many other historically documented cases. The primary official record for cases investigated during the Blue Book era (1952-1969).

Used for: Levelland 1957, Malmstrom AFB 1967, Washington D.C. 1952, and other Blue Book-era cases.

NICAP's digitized case investigation files maintained by Fran Ridge. Includes the independent investigation reports for Levelland (1957) that challenged Blue Book's ball lightning explanation, and the Coyne Helicopter (1973) documentation.

Used for: Levelland 1957, Coyne Helicopter 1973.

Jennie Zeidman's comprehensive CUFOS investigation report on the October 18, 1973 Coyne Helicopter encounter near Mansfield, Ohio. The most detailed case analysis available, based on interviews with all four crew members and independent civilian witnesses. J. Allen Hynek co-presented the case to the United Nations in 1978.

Used for: Coyne Helicopter 1973.

The Condon Committee's full analysis of the July 17, 1957 RB-47H encounter, formally classified Unknown. The only Condon case involving simultaneous ELINT sensor, ground radar, and visual confirmation of the same object. Investigated by atmospheric physicist Dr. James McDonald. Primary source for the RB-47 case entry.

Used for: RB-47 1957.

NICAP's case file for the July 17, 1957 RB-47H incident, including Air Force intelligence report references, crew testimony summaries, and cross-references to the Condon analysis.

Used for: RB-47 1957.

Book-length account of the May 20, 1967 Falcon Lake encounter by witness Stefan Michalak and Canadian UAP researcher Chris Rutkowski. Includes medical documentation, RCMP investigation records, and physical evidence analysis. Primary source for the Falcon Lake case entry.

Used for: Falcon Lake 1967.

Robert Hastings's compiled documentation of the October 24, 1968 Minot AFB incident, incorporating FOIA-obtained Air Force intelligence report (Project Blue Book Case 12548), B-52 crew records, and security team reports. Primary source for the Minot AFB case entry.

Used for: Minot AFB 1968.

The FBI's official online Freedom of Information Act database containing the March 22, 1950 Hottel Memo - a field office memo to J. Edgar Hoover describing recovered craft and occupants. The FBI's own Vault page notes this is its most-accessed document and explicitly states the information is unverified.

Used for: Hottel Memo (1950).

NICAP's hosted copy of the January 9, 1953 Pentacle Memorandum - a classified Battelle Memorial Institute memo to Wright-Patterson AFB revealing a parallel secret UAP analysis program alongside Blue Book, discovered in J. Allen Hynek's personal papers by Jacques Vallee. Primary source for the document profile.

Used for: Pentacle Memorandum (1953).

Full text of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, signed December 22, 2023. Contains the UAP provisions including eminent domain authorization, NDA review requirements, and language vindicating Luis Elizondo's AATIP role. Primary source for the NDAA FY2024 document entry.

Used for: NDAA FY2024 UAP Provisions.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence's 2024 annual UAP report covering calendar year 2023. Documents 291 new cases bringing the total AARO database to over 2,300 entries; 97% lack sufficient data for characterization. Primary source for the 2024 DNI Annual Report document entry.

Used for: 2024 DNI Annual Report on UAP.

Non-fiction account of the AAWSAP program by James T. Lacatski, Colm Kelleher, and George Knapp (2021). The book's Key to Abbreviations appendix served as a primary reference for defense and intelligence terminology used in UAP research contexts, including program-specific terms like BAASS, DIRD, NIDS, and SVP.

15 terms sourced from this reference.

61 research-focused UAP videos by independent analyst Gerb covering government programs, key figures, and technical concepts. Transcripts were extracted and processed to identify domain-specific terminology used across the UAP research community.

Terms sourced from this channel are tagged with source: gerb in glossary data.

18 foundational UAP and NHI terms written and defined by DECUR contributors. Covers core concepts like Non-Human Intelligence, Crash Retrieval, the Five Observables, and key program names not adequately defined elsewhere.

Terms tagged with source: curated in glossary data.