Beyond The Familiar Sky

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Major Event Files

Major Event · 1947

Area 51 & Roswell UFO Crash Files

The Roswell debris-field incident of July 1947 and the secrecy surrounding the Nevada Test and Training Range Groom Lake facility — popularly known as Area 51 — together form the cornerstone of modern UFO discourse.

Roswell, New Mexico, USA / Groom Lake, Nevada, USA
Major Event · 2010

Hangzhou Xiaoshan Airport Mass UFO Sighting

On 7 July 2010 a luminous unidentified object forced the closure of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport for nearly an hour, becoming one of the most heavily reported UFO incidents in modern China.

Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Zhejiang, China
Major Event · 1997

Phoenix Lights V-Formation Mass Sighting 1997

On 13 March 1997 thousands of residents across Arizona and Nevada watched a silent V-shaped formation of lights drift south from the Nevada border to Tucson over roughly two hours.

Arizona & Nevada, USA
Major Event · 1980

Rendlesham Forest Incident UK Air Base Encounter

Between 26 and 28 December 1980 U.S. Air Force personnel stationed at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge documented a metallic object landing in Rendlesham Forest — Britain's most extensively investigated UFO case.

Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Major Event · 2004

USS Nimitz Tic Tac UAP Encounter Pacific 2004

In November 2004 the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group repeatedly tracked white Tic-Tac shaped objects off the Baja California coast — the encounter that catalysed the U.S. Navy's modern UAP disclosure programme.

Pacific Ocean off Baja California
Major Event · 1989

Belgian UFO Wave Triangular Craft 1989-1990

From November 1989 to April 1990 thousands of Belgian witnesses, including police and air force pilots, reported large silent triangular craft moving across the country.

Belgium
Major Event · 1976

1976 Tehran F-4 Phantom UFO Dogfight Incident

On 19 September 1976 two Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom IIs scrambled to intercept a brilliant unknown object over Tehran and twice lost their weapons systems while attempting engagement.

Tehran, Iran
Major Event · 1965

1965 Kecksburg Pennsylvania Acorn-Shape Recovery

On 9 December 1965 a fireball entered the atmosphere over the Great Lakes region; eyewitnesses near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania reported a bronze-coloured acorn-shaped object embedded in the woods that the U.S. Army quietly removed.

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Major Event · 1966

Westall High School Mass UFO Sighting Australia 1966

On 6 April 1966 more than 200 students and staff at Westall High School in Melbourne watched a metallic disc descend, hover and depart — Australia's largest mass UFO sighting.

Clayton South, Melbourne, Australia
Major Event · 1967

Shag Harbour 1967 Maritime UFO Crash Nova Scotia

On 4 October 1967 multiple witnesses watched an object splash down off Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, prompting a Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Royal Canadian Navy joint search — Canada's most thoroughly documented UFO incident.

Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
Major Event · 2023

U.S. Congress UAP Disclosure Hearings 2023-2025

Beginning with the 17 May 2022 House Intelligence Subcommittee hearing and accelerating through David Grusch's July 2023 testimony, the U.S. Congress placed Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena onto the formal national-security agenda.

Washington, D.C., USA

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