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UFO and UAP cases: tracked object events
22 well-documented UFO/UAP encounters of the kind “tracked object event”, 1897 to 2024: 10 identified, 6 explained, 4 unresolved, 2 disputed. Each case has its sources, timeline and the official or best explanation.
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22 cases
Aurora, Texas airship "crash" 17 April 1897 · Aurora, Wise County, Texas EXPLAINED
Tunguska explosion 30 June 1908 · Podkamennaya Tunguska River basin, Central Siberia EXPLAINED
Great Meteor Procession 9 February 1913 · Toronto, Ontario, on a path from Saskatchewan to Bermuda EXPLAINED
Ghost rockets — Lake Kölmjärv 19 July 1946 · Lake Kölmjärv, Norrbotten, Sweden UNRESOLVED
Roswell debris recovery 8 July 1947 · Foster homestead near Corona, New Mexico EXPLAINED
Kecksburg fireball 9 December 1965 · Kecksburg, Pennsylvania DISPUTED
Shag Harbour crash-landing 4 October 1967 · Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia UNRESOLVED
Zond IV re-entry — the “craft with windows” 3 March 1968 · Across the sky from Kentucky through Ohio to Pennsylvania IDENTIFIED
Berwyn Mountains "crash" 23 January 1974 · Cadair Berwyn, North Wales EXPLAINED
Coyame “crash” — Chihuahua 25 August 1974 · Coyame, Chihuahua, Mexico DISPUTED
The Moroccan coast “UFO” — a Soviet rocket part re-entering 19 September 1976 · Along the Atlantic coast of Morocco, from Agadir to Kenitra and inland to Meknes and Fez IDENTIFIED
The object that fell near Bermejo — Bolivia’s 1978 search 6 May 1978 · El Taire hill above the Bermejo River, Tarija department, on the Argentine border UNRESOLVED
The “immense triangle” over France — a Proton re-entry 5 November 1990 · From the Bay of Biscay across France to Alsace IDENTIFIED
Chelyabinsk meteor — and the “UFO that shot it down” 15 February 2013 · Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia; the air burst south of Chelyabinsk EXPLAINED
The light over California — a Trident II test from USS Kentucky 7 November 2015 · The Navy’s Pacific Test Range off Southern California; seen from California, Nevada and Arizona IDENTIFIED
Fireball over the West — a Chinese rocket stage re-entering 27 July 2016 · Across California, Nevada and Utah IDENTIFIED
Lights over Seattle and Portland — a Falcon 9 stage re-entering 25 March 2021 · Over western Oregon and Washington; debris in Grant County, Washington IDENTIFIED
Long March 5B core stage burns up over Sarawak 31 July 2022 · Over Sarawak, Malaysia, toward the Sulu Sea IDENTIFIED
Chinese surveillance balloon 28 January 2023 · Aleutians → Montana → Carolina coast IDENTIFIED
The balloon over Colombia — China’s second airship 3 February 2023 · Northern Colombian airspace; also reported over Costa Rica and on towards Venezuela IDENTIFIED
February 2023 shoot-downs (Alaska, Yukon, Lake Huron) 10 February 2023 · Deadhorse AK · Yukon · Lake Huron UNRESOLVED
The “plume” over Buenos Aires — a Chinese rocket identified 8 May 2024 · Castelar, Buenos Aires province; also seen from Entre Ríos, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay IDENTIFIED
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