UAP Catalogue & Comparison

The original 'flying saucer' archetype: a flat disc, often with a transparent or metallic dome, capable of silent low-altitude transit and abrupt direction changes. The form-factor that gave the FBI's 1947–80s master file 62-HQ-83894 its name.

Long cylindrical body with a brilliant diamond-white light at one end, metallic bronze coloration, and the length of two-to-three Blackhawk helicopters lined up nose-to-tail. Hovers briefly then drifts laterally, completely silent.

A linear, metallic-gray object passing parallel to the ground at ~5,000 ft AGL with a bright diamond-white light on one side. No wings, no exhaust. The light extinguishes; the object instantly vanishes against a clear sky.

A glowing orange orb estimated at 12–18 m in diameter, hovering motionless beside a rock formation at ~1,050 m. Witnesses likened it to 'the Eye of Sauron without the pupil'. Completely silent, suspended with zero apparent resistance.

Orange 'mother' orbs that briefly appear (1–2 s), launch groups of two-to-four red 'child' orbs (consensus: three), then disappear. The red orbs typically depart horizontally, sometimes angle upwards, occasionally swoop down. Cycle observed at least five times across two days.

Oval orange orbs with white-or-yellow centres that flare up sequentially in horizontal lines or triangular formations, persist 10–15 s, then flare down in reverse order. Several formations observed simultaneously by helicopter crew (NVG), naked-eye witness, and LP/OP (FLIR). Some orbs broke off to pursue military aircraft.

Two-ship F-16CM formation observed POSS 10X–20X UAPs — bright, fast-moving, west-to-east, NE of a restricted zone at FL265. Pilots could lock targeting pods on each for ~20 s before objects dimmed and disappeared. None in the formation patterns observed in earlier sorties; analyst comparison ruled out stars.

Initially mistaken for a vehicle on a road in a restricted zone (red + white lights, 2–3 ft above ground). On approach the object drifted laterally off the road at 15–20 mph without changing orientation, then appeared in NVGs as a thin horizontal line ~4 ft wide. AARO subsequently described it as triangular.

Kite-shaped object floating ~6 m off the ground, canted lower-right to upper-left. Through NVGs witnesses could 'vaguely see a bright star or two through it'; flashlight beam stopped at one point ~50 yards away on nothing in particular, then projected normally when moved off that spot.

AARO PR28 (Greece, January 2024). UAP described as 'diamond-shaped' moving at ~434 knots; visible only in short-wave infrared, invisible to electro-optical and visible-light sensors. Inverted-teardrop body with vertical linear trailing mass below.

AARO PR38 (Middle East, 2013). Contrast area resembling an eight-pointed star with arms of alternating length, leaving a visible trail. Earliest IR-recorded entry in this dataset.

AARO PR46 (INDOPACOM, 2024). Football-shaped main body with three radial projections — one vertical, two angled downward at 45° to the body's major axis.

AARO PR31 / PR32 / PR33 (Syria, October 2024). 'Misshapen and uneven ball of white light' with a 'light/glare halo effect' at the top of the FMV feed. Three short clips (5–6 s) capture the same event from different timestamps.

Objects seen entering or leaving the water without debris, or tracked beneath the surface, moving at depths and speeds beyond any known submersible. Often reported near coastlines or naval exercises.

Sonar-tracked underwater contacts moving far faster than any known torpedo or submarine, sometimes shadowing or circling surface groups, with no cavitation signature.

Apollo 17 cislunar transit. Bright object at 10–12 Earth-diameters, rotating with a rhythmic two-flash pattern (one bright + one dim) for 24+ hours. Crew rejected the 'nearby particle' explanation via three-dimensional optical comparison.

Apollo 12 LMP Alan Bean, observing the dark Quadrant 1 through the Alignment Optical Telescope, reported flashing particles streaming away from the Moon — 'they really haul out of here and just press off at the stars'. Mission Control logged simultaneous all-81s flashing on the AGS display.

Tajik Air Boeing 747SP, 41,000 ft over Kazakhstan, January 1994. Three pilots observed a bright object closing from the eastern horizon and performing 90-degree turns / circles / corkscrews under high G for 40 minutes. Light had a 'bow-wave' resembling a high-speed photo of a bullet. Contrails seen at ~100,000 ft (impossible for ordinary aircraft). Captain Rhodes deemed it 'extraterrestrial and under intelligent control'.

Objects that transition seamlessly between air and water (and, in some claims, space) with no change in propulsion — the modern 'Tic-Tac' archetype, corroborated across multiple sensors.

Recurring, often instrumented light phenomena that behave like neither aircraft nor ordinary plasma — splitting, hovering, pacing observers, or recurring at fixed sites (e.g. the Hessdalen lights).