Around the World

Cases from outside the United States and the agencies that studied them. 23 entries, oldest first.

FG-004 · Summer 1946Probably explained

Ghost Rockets of Scandinavia

Thousands of reports of rocket-like objects streaking over Sweden.

Sweden and Finland
FG-037 · April 6, 1966Unresolved

The Westall School Sighting

Hundreds of students and teachers watch an object descend near their school.

Melbourne, Australia
FG-039 · October 4, 1967Unresolved

The Shag Harbour Incident

Lights hit the water off a fishing village, and the Canadian Navy came looking.

Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada
FG-048 · September 19, 1976Unresolved

The Tehran F-4 Chase

Iranian jets lose instruments as they approach a brilliant light. A U.S. intelligence memo followed.

Tehran, Iran
FG-049 · 1977 – presentOn the record

GEIPAN: France's Official UAP Office

The longest-running government UAP office in the world publishes its cases online.

CNES, Toulouse, France
FG-050 · September 20, 1977Explained

The Petrozavodsk 'Jellyfish'

A glowing jellyfish hangs over a Soviet city before dawn and sets off a state UFO program.

Petrozavodsk, Soviet Union (now Russia)
FG-051 · October – December 1977Unresolved

Operação Prato

Brazil's Air Force sends a team to a river island where residents say lights are attacking them.

Colares island, Pará, Brazil
FG-052 · October 21, 1978Unresolved

The Disappearance of Frederick Valentich

A young pilot radios that something is hovering over him. Then he is gone.

Bass Strait, Australia
FG-053 · December 21 and 31, 1978Probably explained

The Kaikōura Lights

Cargo pilots see lights off the coast, radar tracks targets, and a TV crew films them.

Off Kaikōura, New Zealand
FG-054 · 1979 – presentOn the record

Uruguay's Air Force UFO Commission

One of the longest-running official UFO investigation units in the world.

Montevideo, Uruguay
FG-055 · December 26–28, 1980Disputed

Rendlesham Forest

Britain's most famous case, with a deputy base commander's memo and audio tape.

RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
FG-057 · January 8, 1981Unresolved

Trans-en-Provence

The French government's scientists analyze a landing trace in a garden.

Trans-en-Provence, France
FG-058 · 1981 – presentUnresolved

The Hessdalen Lights

A Norwegian valley where strange lights are studied with permanent instruments.

Hessdalen Valley, Norway
FG-061 · November 17, 1986Unresolved

Japan Air Lines Flight 1628

A 747 cargo crew says a huge object followed them across Alaska.

Over Alaska
FG-062 · May 19, 1986Unresolved

Brazil's Official UFO Night

Radar tracks 21 objects, five fighter jets scramble, and the Air Minister says he has no explanation.

São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Goiás, Brazil
FG-065 · November 1989 – 1990Disputed

The Belgian Wave

Triangles over Belgium, F-16s scrambled, and a photo that turned out to be fake.

Belgium
FG-068 · September 16, 1994Unresolved

The Ariel School Encounter

Dozens of schoolchildren describe a landed craft and strange beings during recess.

Ruwa, Zimbabwe
FG-070 · January 20, 1996Disputed

The Varginha Creature

Three young women report a strange creature crouched by a wall. Rumors of captures follow.

Varginha, Brazil
FG-073 · 1999On the record

The COMETA Report

Retired French generals and experts publish a report taking UAP seriously.

France
FG-075 · 2001 – 2008, reopened 2013On the record

Peru's Air Force UFO Office

Peru's Air Force opens, closes and reopens an office dedicated to anomalous aerial phenomena.

Lima, Peru
FG-077 · March 5, 2004Explained

The Mexican Air Force Infrared Video

A drug-surveillance plane films eleven glowing objects on infrared. They didn't move.

Over Campeche, Mexico
FG-079 · 2000–2013On the record

Britain's UFO Files & Project Condign

A secret UK intelligence study and decades of Ministry of Defence files go public.

United Kingdom
FG-083 · 1997 – present (video: November 11, 2014)Explained

Chile's CEFAA and the Navy Helicopter Video

Chile's official UFO committee releases a Navy video it calls unexplained. Online analysts found the airliner.

Chile