Case analysis & statistical patterns
Quantitative review of historical case files: UAP shape and behavior across thousands of reports, geographic and temporal clustering, the recurring nuclear-site signal, and FAA pilot reports.
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Grosvenor et al.
Peer-reviewed extension of the Hancock atomic-complex pattern work, published in Limina. Refines the indications model and the per-facility intensity scoring.
Transients in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey May Be Associated with Nuclear Testing and UAP Reports
Scientific Reports · 2025Brühl, Villarroel et al.
Statistically tests whether photographic transients in the 1950s Palomar Sky Survey cluster with atmospheric nuclear tests and contemporaneous UAP reports. Published in Nature's open-access journal.
UAP Activity Pattern Study 1945–1975: Military and Public Activities
Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) · 2024Hancock et al.
SCU's continuation of the long-running Hancock pattern-recognition work: distribution of military and public UAP activity over the 1945–1975 window.
An Environmental Analysis of Public UAP Sightings and Sky View Potential
Scientific Reports · 2023Medina et al.
Geospatial analysis of UAP-report distribution across the United States, testing for population, dark-sky, and military-airspace covariates.
FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Sighting Reports: A Preliminary Survey
AIAA Aviation 2023 · 2023Howard Jr.
Preliminary statistical survey of the FAA's pilot UAS-sighting reports — the de facto dataset where civil aviation UAP cases land before they're triaged elsewhere.
UAP Pattern Recognition Study 1945–1975: US Military Atomic Warfare Complex
Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU) · 2022Hancock et al.
Statistical analysis showing UAP-event clustering around US atomic-warfare facilities (Oak Ridge, Hanford, Los Alamos, Pantex) over a three-decade window.
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