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UFOs by the Numbers
Four decades of sighting reports, government files, and public polls — eight charts on what the UAP data actually shows.
SOURCES: NUFORC · ODNI · AARO · Gallup · YouGov
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UAP Data · Visuals
UFO & UAP Infographics
Original, source-cited data visuals on the UAP phenomenon — sighting statistics, the road to disclosure, famous cases, and the Pentagon’s own footage. Built from public records (NUFORC, ODNI, AARO, Gallup and more). Free to view, download and share.
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Timeline
The Road to Disclosure
How the U.S. went from denial to a Pentagon UAP office — 14 milestones from 1947 to today.
SOURCES: ODNI · AARO · DoD · NYT · Congressional record
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Cases
Famous UFO Cases
Eight of the most-cited sightings — location, witnesses, and what investigators actually concluded.
SOURCES: USAF · UK MoD · FAA · U.S. Navy
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Opinion
Who Believes in UFOs?
Belief in UFOs and alien life is mainstream — and it skews young. Polling, database sizes, and rising military reports.
SOURCES: Gallup · Pew · NUFORC · MUFON · ODNI
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Cases
The Pentagon's UFO Videos
FLIR1, Gimbal and Go Fast — the three declassified Navy encounters the U.S. government filmed and officially can't explain.
SOURCES: U.S. DoD / U.S. Navy (public domain)
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Data
UFO Shapes Field Guide
The six craft forms witnesses report most — illustrated, by reported count. Plus the #1 'shape' that isn't one.
SOURCES: NUFORC by-shape index (all-time)
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Data
UFO Sightings Around the World
Where reports come from — and why that isn't the same as where UFOs appear. The U.S. dominates by reporting infrastructure, not phenomenon.
SOURCES: NUFORC-based aggregate (World Population Review) — estimates
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Guide
The Close Encounter Scale
From distant lights to direct contact — astronomer J. Allen Hynek's system for classifying UFO sightings, explained.
SOURCES: J. Allen Hynek, 'The UFO Experience' (1972)
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History
What UFOs Turn Out To Be
The U.S. Air Force studied 12,618 sightings over 17 years. About 94.5% were explained — and 701 never were.
SOURCES: USAF Project Blue Book (1952–1969) — category split approximate
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Government
The Cost of Chasing UFOs
What the U.S. government has spent studying UAP — and what it won't say. AATIP's $22M is the only program budget ever made public; AARO's is classified.
SOURCES: DoD / DIA — AATIP & AARO public record
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Testimony
Voices on the Record
Who has gone before Congress and the cameras — Grusch, Fravor, Graves, Elizondo and more — and what they actually said. Eyewitness accounts vs. officially-unverified claims.
SOURCES: House Oversight & Intelligence hearings · AARO · CBS / NPR
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Case Study
Anatomy of the Tic Tac
A step-by-step breakdown of the 2004 USS Nimitz encounter — the most documented UAP case on record — built around the real declassified FLIR1 footage.
SOURCES: U.S. Navy · ODNI 2021 · pilot testimony
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Field Guide
Is It Really a UFO?
A decision flowchart that walks a strange light in the sky to its most likely explanation — meteor, Starlink, aircraft, planet, lantern, lens flare or drone — and when it might be the real thing.
SOURCES: USAF Project Blue Book · NUFORC · astronomy & aviation references
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