A report of a string of nocturnal lights from Park City, Utah was identified as Starlink satellites. You can read our redacted Report of Investigation to learn more.
Category: Photos
Case 22-014 closed as Identified
A 2021 Photographic case from Ridegcrest, California has been closed as Identified. Read our Redacted Report of Investigation.
Case 17-035 Closed as Unidentified
Case 17-035 was a photographic case from Cleveland, Ohio was closed as unidentified. Read the redacted Report of Investigation.
Witness photos from Derby, UK
Case 21-017 is in the process of investigation, although we hope to have a report out in the next few weeks. Here are some photos that the witness took with an iPhone XS max, cropped and processed a bit by API. The cropped images have been scaled up without interpolation.
These were shot on 14 May 2021. The sky was overcast.
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Report of Investigation for Case 15-033 (Colorado)
Multiple witnesses saw a glowing orb moving over a lake in Colorado while photographing the sky with a 6mm fisheye lens. The lake and the opposite shore of the lake are visible in these photos.
The case was closed due to discontinued witness response, but we have a large collection of photographs. In some of these, the orb appears to be visible and is just over the lake.
Our growing photo library
We’re always adding new photos to our library. Some are IFOs (like the one below from the U.S. Department of Defense), some are genuine unknowns, and quite a few are in that grey area where we spend much of our time.
If you have any photos you would like us to look at, please contact us. If it is a real UFO photo or video you took, then please use our reporting form. In either case, we want to know as many of the specifics as possible, including the provenance of the image. If it’s a really good one, and contains no PII, we may feature it here or in one of our videos.
1972 UFO Photographs?
We received these three photographs in 2013 via e-mail. Unfortunately, we were not able to establish a chain of custody, but we are told they are from 1972. If these look familiar to you, please contact us and perhaps we can nail down the source. We have seen similar photographs before, so we are not ready to jump to any conclusions about what they are.
ROI for Case 12-020 photographic anomaly
Case 12-020 was based upon photographs taken in 2006. This case illustrates that apparently interesting anomalies showing up only on photographs are nearly always something mundane upon further analysis. We took a very close look at these photos to make sure.
Read the redacted ROI for 12-020
Army Officer Turned Ufologist Antonio Paris Chases Aliens With Reasonable Doubt
In our X-Files reboot world, it’s hard to take ufology, the study of UFOs, seriously. The problem, at its core, is less scientific than sociological. The community that believes in the proximity of extraterrestrial life has long had a fraught relationship with logic and reason. Antonio Paris’s job is to bridge the divide between those who want to believe and those who demand proof. As the head ofAerial Phenomena Investigations, Paris has spent the last five years working with a former NASA engineer and a journalist to uncover both evidence and its absence. Paris, a former U.S. Army intelligence officer, also works as anastronomer at St. Petersburg College in Florida. He spends a lot of time looking up, but even more time looking around.
It bears saying — precisely because it doesn’t go without saying — that Paris is not a crank. In a sense, he’s exactly the opposite. He exhibits the rare ability to keep belief close and doubt closer. It is this trait, coupled with the thoroughness of his work, that has enamored him to the scientific community, which embraces him with open arms. Paris spoke with Inverse about dueling with investigative and scientific pistols at a time when most other Ufologists are stuck on Area 51.