Updated: 31 October 2024
The API Video channel will focus on four main areas:
- Public education about the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and how the public can contribute to research.
- Training for Field Investigators and others.
- Information on specific cases that is too visually oriented for our audio podcast.
- Videos submitted to us by witnesses. These will often include both the original clip(s) submitted, and clips with API enhancement, stabilization, slow motion, freeze frames, or annotations of the original video.
In addition, we will occasionally publish videos from some of our older cases, or experiments we have conducted in support of investigations.
Please “Like” our videos and subscribe to the channel. That will encourage us to make more and better videos. We would also love to hear your suggestions for what topics we should cover. Also, if we made a mistake and got a fact wrong, please let us know, and we’ll correct it.
Unless otherwise noted, all our videos are released under the Creative Commons Attribution license. The means you can include them in your own videos as long as you give API credit.
Education and Public Outreach (most recent first)
Video 6 – capturing UFO video
Video 5 – Recognizing Starlink and Other Satellite Constellations
Video 4 – A short introduction to Google Earth for Witnesses
Video 3 – A quick summary of what to do during a UFO sighting
Video 2 – The API Sighting Report Form
Video 1 – What to do if you’ve seen a UFO
Video 0 – A short introduction to the series
Investigator Training and Techniques
A series of training videos for field investigators on:
Introduction to the Report of Investigation (ROI) Template
How to get started with the ROI template and when to start one.
Field Photography Overview (Backpack #5)
What sort of camera(s) should you take into the field, and why?
Flashlights (Backpack #4)
What flashlights, if any, should you carry into the field with you, and why?
Introduction to FlightRadar24
We use this website all the time in our investigations. This is meant to get you started.
The Kitting Concept (Backpack #3)
How to prepare your gear so you can quickly outfit for a particular mission.
The Site Visit Plan (Backpack #2)
The most important piece of kit to have with you is a 4 by 6 card.
Introduction to the Field Investigator’s Backpack
What the FIBP series is about.
Our Ethical Policies and Practices
The single most important video for FIs to watch and understand.
The Supplemental Questionnaire
The why and wherefore of this important web-based form.
Introduction to the Investigative Process
An overview of the investigative process flow to help new investigators get oriented.
Planned videos in this series:
- Unidentified, unresolved,and identified (script in progress).
- The witness interview (outline in development)
- The Field investigator’s backpack
- The investigation plan
- The minimal set of gear (awaiting field validation)
- Camera terminology and basics (video in work)
- Record keeping and audio recording
- interchangeable lens cameras and lenses
- physical evidence and landing site measurement
- Compass and inclinometer
- binoculars, scopes, and telephoto lenses
- mobile devices and software tools
- team communication
- night vision devices
- magnetometry
- outfitting: belts, shoulder bags, slingbags and backpacks (in planning).
- Redacting an ROI.
- Field investigation photography part 2
- Skywatch photography and videography ( a multi-part series)
- Google Earth for Field Investigators
- Deep dives into specific cases
- ..and much more..
Supplemental Training material
Videos not produced by API but which provide valuable information supplementing our basic training material. These videos have their own playlist.
Video Case Summaries
Video case summaries are brief videos about cases that API has investigated. We have so many of these videos now that they have their own page.
If you want more information, please visit our Investigations page.
Case Investigation Deep Dives
These videos are for those keenly interested in the detailed methods and techniques used in real UFO case investigations. Here’s the latest:
Videos Submitted by Witnesses
Some of the videos submitted to us by witnesses are up on the channel, and have their own playlist. Most of them include annotations and enhancements added by API to make it easier to understand what is going on. Here’s the most recent one:
Legacy Videos
Older videos created before 2018. They have their own playlist.
Audio Podcasts
YouTube has been added as a destination for our audio podcasts, if you prefer to listen there. We have a separate playlist for the podcasts, and also one for the API Conversations.
Experiments
We are always performing experiments for various purposes, and often we shoot video. Learn along with us.
Visit the experiments playlist for more information.
IFOs
We are collecting good examples of Identified Flying Objects for comparison to UFO reports. If you have any you know of (not hoaxes), please let us know and we’ll add them.