From time to time in the history of science, situations have arisen in which a problem of ultimately enormous importance went begging for adequate attention simply because that problem appeared to involve phenomena so far outside the current bounds of scientific knowledge that it was not even regarded as a legitimate subject of serious scientific concern. That is precisely the situation in which the UFO problem now lies.
James E. McDonald, Senior Physicist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona.
Statement on Unidentified Flying Objects to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, July 29, 1968
The National UFO Reporting Center was recently featured on ABC News Live’s 50 states in 50 weeks series to discuss Nevada, and its special place in UFO lore. Preparing for the segment reminded us of just how prolific the state is for UFO sightings. To date, NUFORC has logged over
Over several nights from September through October of 2025, a northern Michigan couple experienced repeated encounters with anomalous, basketball-sized illuminated objects appearing at eye level in the yard of their isolated woodland home. The witnesses—a 76-year-old professional artist and her 87-year-old husband, a Ph.D. psychologist—live on forty wooded acres far
We’ve just released a big update to our Gallery, adding 68 of the best new images we have received since the last update. The Gallery is a great place to check out the incredible variety of types of craft reported to NUFORC.
In early August, The National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) participated in the “2025 UAP Workshop: Narrative Data, Infrastructures, and Analysis”, a multi-day event held in the Washington, D.C. area. This in-person gathering was sponsored by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) and hosted by Associated Universities, Inc. (AUI). The workshop
Every year, on July 2, UFO witnesses, enthusiasts, researchers and journalists from around the world celebrate the anniversary of the 1947 Roswell incident, where a crashed flying saucer was allegedly recovered from a remote ranch in Northern New Mexico. The occasion brings attention to the global UFO phenomenon, and its
Peter Davenport and Christian Stepien recently attended the annual Contact in the Desert conference, held from May 29 to June 2 at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort in Indian Wells, California. This year’s event featured a rich tapestry of panels and presentations covering topics such as the interactions of UAPs with
While the most commonly UAP shapes reported to NUFORC are orbs, triangles, and circles or disks, other strange shapes are known to make their appearance from time to time. One of these is the Octahedron, or 8 sided “double pyramid”. Two dramatic Octahedron sightings were recently reported to NUFORC, one
On the afternoon of 9/17/24, the NUFORC hotline received a call from an air traffic controller operating out of the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic Control Center in Palmdale, CA. The controller had just had just received a communication from the crew of TROY21, a Beechcraft King Air 350iER flying
Over the past few months, NUFORC investigators dug into several of our best cases from 2024, performing witness interviews and contacting officials to gather more information. In all four of the cases below, the witnesses were deemed to be credible, and their experiences to be of an anomalous nature. Case
Its been a week since we first posted our first thoughts on the mystery drone situation plaguing the country. In that time, we have received 65 new reports of objects conforming to the general “drone” description, that is flying very low, large size, and with bright flashing lights (more come
The anomalous activity in our skies continues unabated, and since the last sighting summary we posted on August 23, we have added 929 new reports to our online Data Bank. The reports range from recent sightings to recollections of events that happened as far back as 1960. While many seem
A sharp eyed observer noticed what could be a “Foo Fighter” in German gun camera footage taken in 1944. Foo fighters” were unexplained aerial phenomena reported by pilots during World War II. These sightings, often described as glowing orbs or balls of light, appeared to follow aircraft and perform maneuvers