SECTOR // 03 // UAP / UFO
UAP / UFO
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena and Unidentified Flying Objects — craft and lights observed in the sky, on the ground, and underwater that resist conventional explanation.
UAP — Unidentified Aerial Phenomena — is the modern term for what was once UFO. The shift in nomenclature reflects a shift in posture: from popular spectacle to a category the United States Department of Defense, the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, and at least three congressional inquiries now treat as legitimate.
This file catalogues sightings by reported shape: triangle, disc, sphere, tic-tac, cigar, pyramid, egg. Form correlates with era and region. The radar-confirmed cases sit at the top of our evidential hierarchy; the multi-witness ground reports next; the single-witness anonymous reports at the foot.
We hold every claim against the documentary record. Where conventional explanation exists — a Maryland Air National Guard flare drop, a SpaceX launch, a Starlink train — we say so. Where it does not, we say that too.
SUB-CATEGORIES
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Triangle
Black triangular craft, often silent and slow-moving, with lights at three or more points. The single most-reported UAP form of the past forty years.
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Disc / Saucer
Classic flying-saucer morphology — disc-shaped, often with a domed upper section.
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Spheres / Orbs
Spherical or orb-like UAP, often metallic, often without visible propulsion.
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Pyramid
Pyramid-shaped UAP, observed by US Navy assets including the 2019 USS Russell pyramid sighting.
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Tic-Tac
Elongated, smooth, white, oval UAP — the morphology of the 2004 USS Nimitz encounter.
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Egg
Egg-shaped UAP, observed in multiple modern military and civilian encounter reports.
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Cigar
Cigar-shaped or tubular UAP, often large-scale and reportedly silent.
RECENT FILES IN THIS CATEGORY
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UF-26002 // Triangle
Phoenix Lights
On the evening of 13 March 1997, thousands of witnesses across Arizona observed a slow-moving V-shaped formation of lights traversing the state. The Arizona governor's office, USAF, and FAA each issued conflicting statements over the following decade.
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UF-26001 // Triangle
Rendlesham Forest Incident
Across three nights in late December 1980, USAF personnel stationed at twin bases RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge reported an unexplained luminous craft, ground-trace evidence, and elevated radiation readings in the surrounding pine forest.
CONFIDENTIAL