Case 25-002 was a video case from Calabasas, California. The date of the video is uncertain. After an investigation, the anomalous object in the video was identified. read our redacted Report of Investigation for more details.
Case 25-002 Calabasas, California
Case 23-002 was a sequence of two observations by the same two witnesses on the same night near Killeen, Texas. The first has been closed as Identified, and the second as a low strangeness Unidentified.
Read our Report of Investigation for all the details: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DuggqUaHBjkOixaFlm1LUtS75DpaZ2OG/view?usp=share_link
We’re welcoming Erica Lukes of Expanding Frontiers on the 14th of this month at 9:30 on API Case Files Live. Please let us have your questions for Erica or API or both. You can shoot us questions live in the chat, or send themn ahead of time using our Contact Us page. Please let us know if it’s Ok to use your name during the show.
Erica Lukes is an experienced podcaster and longtime popular video show host. As executive director of Expanding Frontiers Research, Erica conducts engaging interviews with journalists, researchers and experts on a variety of social and technical issues, including cults, cybersecurity, the environment, and the overlapping of the intelligence and UFO communities.
She also facilitates the Expanding Frontiers Archive, an online group of special collections inspired by a physical archive Erica maintains that includes files representing the life work of select pioneers of UFO research. Due to the organization’s effective use of public records requests and subsequent reporting, Expanding Frontiers Research was the recipient of an annual state-wide award from the Utah Investigative Journalism Project.
Erica’s investigation of UFOs includes conducting hundreds of interviews on her popular UFO Classified podcast; a far above-average familiarity with what she came to assess as the unverified claims surrounding the Skinwalker Ranch; and serving as state director of Utah MUFON before becoming disappointed in the organization’s leadership. Erica studied music and voice at the University of Utah and is a longtime successful Salt Lake City business owner in the health and wellness industry.
We closed video case 23-003 (Jacksonville, Florida) as Unidentified. Read our redacted Report of Investigation for full details.
A video case from New Zealand was closed as Identified. Read our redacted report for the full details.
We closed the video case 23-025 as Unidentified. You can read our redacted report of Investigation for full details.
This episode was webcast on 31 July 2025, and focused on the analysis of witness submitted UFO videos.
