A credible witness in central New Jersey reported a triangular formation of lights in the early morning of 29 February 2024. We were not able to find an explanation that fit her observation. You can read our Report of Investigation if you want to know more.
Unfortunately, there was no corroboration discovered in our investigation. If you were in New Jersey or Eastern Pennsylvania at the time and saw something similar, please get in touch.
Case 24-005 (California) has been closed as Identified. You can read our Report of Investigation if you want to know more.
Case 24-005 screen capture from FR 24
A sighting in New Jersey occurring in 2023 was investigated and closed as Identified.
Read the redacted Report of Investigation.
We have a new Public information video out going over a few simple steps to capture a UFO on video should you happen to sight one.
Here at API we have lots of experience with people submitting video to us of something weird they saw in the sky. Most of the time, it turns out that it’s not so weird, but sometimes we are left puzzled, or at least a little perplexed. If you are watching this video, chances are you are hoping to someday capture video of an object you can’t identify – something that is moving in odd ways, or has a shape or color that makes little sense. This is about what to do when that moment arrives.
We’ll assume that what you are shooting this video with is your mobile phone, since that is the only camera most people routinely carry, but the basic advice should apply to any camera.
There really isn’t any question of whether to shoot or not shoot video – if you have a functioning camera, you shoot. You don’t have to worry that people will think less of you – API will protect you from all the stigma, and anything in the video that might identify you will be muted, blurred, or edited out.
We haven’t released the report for this case, but you can read a redacted transcript of an interview with Witness 1 in this case.
Update: the redacted transcript of the interview with Witness 2 is now available.
Case 23-031 was a single-witness FB 1 sighting on the 8th of November 2023. The case has been closed as Identified. Read our redacted Report of Investigation.
Witness Sketch from Case 23-031 (Virginia)
We closed Case 23-029 as uninvestigated because the witness requested we not investigate, and was unresponsive to our inquiries. You can read our abbreviated report on the case.
Case 20-017 was a photographic case in May 2021 in Derby, UK. We couldn’t positively identify the object(s) photographed, nor could we show with certainty that they were moving with the wind, but little else anomalous was discovered. Read our Report of Investigation for the case.
API’s Paul Carr spoke at the Mysteries of Space and Sky 2023 conference in Gambrills, Maryland on the 21st of October. The purpose of the talk was four fold:
As usual, the materials for this talk are published under Creative Commons 1.0. You can copy and remix them as you see fit. Attribution would be nice, but we won’t insist.
Mysteries of Space and Sky 2023 – Presentation materials by Paul Carr is marked with CC0 1.0 
Mysteries of Space and Sky 2023 – talk text by Paul Carr is marked with CC0 1.0
The visual aids for the talk can be seen here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HLgHmUsY-46fQnyY746HBoY4SfojICPf/view?usp=share_link
The text of the talk, which was not followed exactly, can be read here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vS6PcRQdKQODc6pbldYNpistTsatuV_ASxIxp6KtgVykZyhc8J4OmsYIvCy3qHsJRP2-djfMJE98V2a/pub
Almost 5 years ago, we published a Conversation with Justin Bamforth. Now Justin has his own podcast, and has put out an episode with API senior leadership.
Click below to listen:
