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UFO Report Databases

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UFO Archives UFO report databases and catalogues are not a single, unified body of evidence. They are a patchwork of witness-report repositories, government case files, investigative records, bibliographies and archival finding aids, each built for a different purpose. 91 pages

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Blue Book What Did Project Blue Book Leave Unexplained? Project Blue Book preserved thousands of military-era reports, but an unidentified ruling meant no satisfactory explanation was reached, not that...

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British Files How to Find UFO Files in Britain's Archives British UFO records are scattered across departmental series, making search terms, dates, and government provenance essential to finding useful files.

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Canada Files What Canada's UFO Archives Preserve Canada's historical UFO records offer a separate national trail of military and civil documentation for comparing official reporting practices.

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Database Comparison Which UFO Database Best Fits Your Question? Database totals and unexplained rates cannot be compared fairly until differences in intake, geography, investigation, classification, and access are

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Duplicates When One UFO Sighting Becomes Many Records One incident can appear in several databases or through multiple witnesses, creating false clusters unless records are carefully matched and...

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GEIPAN Why GEIPAN's UFO Classifications Matter GEIPAN separates identified, poorly documented, and genuinely unresolved cases through a public investigation and classification system.

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MUFON How Much Evidence Does a MUFON Case Hold? MUFON cases may include interviews, images, and investigator findings, although paid access and uneven volunteer work limit transparency.

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NUFORC What Can NUFORC Reports Really Reveal? NUFORC offers an unusually large collection of witness accounts, but its patterns reflect reporting behavior as well as events in the sky.

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Report Maps Do UFO Hotspot Maps Show Real Patterns? Maps can reveal where reports concentrate, but population, publicity, database reach, and repeated records can create misleading hotspots.

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Reporting Bias Why More UFO Reports Do Not Mean More UFOs Public UFO databases measure who chooses to report and under what conditions, not the true frequency of unexplained objects.

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Reports vs Files Is a UFO Report the Same as Evidence? A first-hand account records what someone says they saw, while an investigated file adds checks, context, competing explanations, and a documented...

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Search by Date How to Trace UFO Reports From One Night A strong date-based search checks public reports, investigated cases, government files, and local context without assuming matching entries are...

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UFOCAT How UFOCAT Connects Decades of Case Research UFOCAT connects reports scattered across books, periodicals, investigator files, and older databases, but its entries often require source-by-source

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Unidentified What Does Unidentified Actually Mean? A case remains unidentified when available evidence does not support a satisfactory explanation, which is not the same as confirming an extraordinary...

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US Archives Where America's Government UFO Records Are Kept The US National Archives brings together UFO and UAP records from many agencies, formats, and record groups beyond Project Blue Book.

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