This is a partial list by date of sightings of alleged
unidentified flying objects (
UFOs
An unidentified flying object (UFO), more recently renamed by US officials as a UAP (unidentified aerial phenomenon), is any perceived aerial phenomenon that cannot be immediately identified or explained. On investigation, most UFOs are ide ...
), including reports of
close encounters and
alien abductions.
Second millennium BCE
Classical antiquity
8th century
16th–17th centuries
19th century
20th century
1909–1948
1950–1974
1975–2000
21st century
By location
See also
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List of alleged extraterrestrial beings
This is a list of alleged extraterrestrial beings that have been reported in close encounters, claimed or speculated to be associated with "Unidentified flying objects" (UFOs) (not to be confused with the meaning of the term 'alien species' in the ...
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List of unexplained explosion events
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Space jellyfish
A space jellyfish (or ''jellyfish UFO''; also ''rocket jellyfish'') is a rocket launch-related phenomenon caused by sunlight reflecting off the high altitude rocket plume gases emitted by a launching rocket during morning or evening twilight. The ...
, a type of UFO also containing a list of sightings.
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Table of reports during the 1947 flying disc craze
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UFO sightings in outer space
Notes and references
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UFO-related lists