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The UAP sightings map: 93 documented encounters on one globe

This is an interactive map of every UAP sighting in the Disclosure Archives record — 93 documented events across 22 countries, from 1944 to 2026. Every pin is a real entry in the archive: a dated case file with its primary government source, named witnesses where they exist on the record, and the photos, videos, and documents the case produced.

The globe also plots something no other UFO sightings map does: the headquarters of all 17 official government UAP-investigation agencies, past and present — AARO at the Pentagon, France's GEIPAN, Chile's CEFAA, the UK MoD's closed UFO desk, and more. Filter by year range or event type, watch the day/night terminator move in real time, and zoom out far enough and you'll find the Moon.

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Events mapped
93
Countries
22
Years covered
1944–26
Gov. agencies
17

Landmark cases on the map

All 93 events →

Twelve of the most consequential documented encounters, from Roswell to the Lake Huron shootdown. Open one on the globe, or go straight to the sourced case file.

July 8, 1947 · Roswell, United States
Roswell Army Air Field announces recovery of a 'flying disc'Read the case file
July 19–26, 1952 · Washington, United States
Radar tracks unidentified objects over Washington, D.C.Read the case file
April 6, 1966 · Westall, Australia
Westall mass sighting in MelbourneRead the case file
September 19, 1976 · Tehran, Iran
Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 reports loss of weapons systems near TehranRead the case file
December 26–28, 1980 · Rendlesham Forest, United Kingdom
U.S. Air Force personnel report close encounter at Rendlesham ForestRead the case file
November 17, 1986 · Near Anchorage, United States
Japan Airlines Flight 1628 reports objects over AlaskaRead the case file
November 29, 1989 · Brussels, Belgium
Belgian UAP wave beginsRead the case file
September 16, 1994 · Ruwa, Zimbabwe
Ariel School encounter outside HarareRead the case file
March 13, 1997 · Phoenix, United States
Phoenix Lights observed across ArizonaRead the case file
November 14, 2004 · Off the coast of San Diego, United States
USS Nimitz strike group reports the 'Tic Tac' encounterRead the case file
January 8, 2008 · Stephenville, United States
Stephenville sightings tracked by FAA radarRead the case file
February 12, 2023 · Lake Huron, United States
Lake Huron: F-16C engages and downs an unidentified objectRead the case file
Share any view

Every event pin has a Copy share link button — the URL reopens the globe zoomed to that exact case with its panel open. Year-range and type filters are encoded in the URL too, so the view you build is the view they see.

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Writing about UAP? A free embeddable widget with this dataset drops into any site with one iframe line — no key, no tracking.

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About this map

How many UAP sightings are on this map?
The map currently plots 93 documented UAP events across 22 countries, spanning 1944 to 2026, alongside 17 official government UAP-investigation agencies pinned at their headquarters. Every pin opens a dated, sourced case file.
Where does the sighting data come from?
Every event on the map is backed by a primary source: government hearings, declassified documents, DoD/AARO/ODNI releases, NASA records, FOIA files, or named witness testimony given on the record. The case file behind each pin links directly to its original source, and new events are added as official releases drop.
What are the two kinds of pins?
Event pins mark documented UAP encounters at the location where they happened. Agency pins mark the headquarters of every official government UAP-investigation program, past and present — from AARO at the Pentagon to France's GEIPAN and Chile's CEFAA. Click an event for its case file; click an agency for its archive.
Can I link to a specific sighting on the globe?
Yes. Open any event pin and use "Copy share link" — the URL (for example /globe?event=uss-nimitz-tic-tac-2004) reopens the globe zoomed to that exact event with its case panel open. Filters for year range and event type are also encoded in the URL, so any view you build is shareable.
Can I put this map on my own website?
A free embeddable timeline widget with the same dataset is available at /embed — one iframe line, no key required. It's used by UAP newsletters, blogs, and video descriptions to give readers a live view of the record.
Why does the map show the Moon?
A handful of documented events in the record are lunar-adjacent — Apollo crew debriefs among them — so the globe renders the Moon at its real orbital position, with its own event pins. Zoom out and click it.