UFO and UAP cases of the 1990s

21 well-documented UFO/UAP encounters of the 1990s, 1990 to 1997: 10 unresolved, 6 disputed, 3 explained, 2 identified. Each case has its sources, timeline and the official or best explanation.

21 cases

• Pereslavl-Zalessky — the Soviet air defence report 21 March 1990 · Pereslavl-Zalessky region, north-east of Moscow UNRESOLVED
• Belgian UFO wave — F-16 intercepts 30 March 1990 · Brussels – Wavre – Gembloux, Belgium DISPUTED
• Calvine photograph 4 August 1990 · Moors above Calvine, Perthshire UNRESOLVED
• The “immense triangle” over France — a Proton re-entry 5 November 1990 · From the Bay of Biscay across France to Alsace IDENTIFIED
• Montreal — lights over the Bonaventure Hotel 7 November 1990 · Hôtel Bonaventure, downtown Montreal, Quebec UNRESOLVED
• Alitalia MD-80 near miss over Kent 21 April 1991 · Near Lydd, Kent, England UNRESOLVED
• Mexico City eclipse videos 11 July 1991 · Mexico City, Mexico DISPUTED
• Crop circles — Doug Bower and Dave Chorley own up 9 September 1991 · The fields of Hampshire and Wiltshire; their first circles near Cheesefoot Head, Winchester IDENTIFIED
• Cosford incident 30 March 1993 · RAF Cosford and RAF Shawbury, Shropshire DISPUTED
• Air France 3532 — radar-visual over Coulommiers 28 January 1994 · Near Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, France UNRESOLVED
• Lake Michigan lights — 911 calls and a weather radar 8 March 1994 · The Lake Michigan shore of Ottawa and Muskegon counties, Michigan (Grand Haven to Holland) UNRESOLVED
• Ariel School, Ruwa 16 September 1994 · Ariel School, Ruwa, Zimbabwe DISPUTED
• British Airways 5061 near miss over the Pennines 6 January 1995 · About 8 nautical miles south-east of Manchester Airport UNRESOLVED
• America West Flight 564 over the Texas Panhandle 25 May 1995 · Over Bovina, Texas, near the New Mexico border UNRESOLVED
• Bariloche — the blackout and Aerolíneas Argentinas 674 31 July 1995 · San Carlos de Bariloche airport, Río Negro, Argentina UNRESOLVED
• Varginha "ET" 20 January 1996 · Varginha, Minas Gerais EXPLAINED
• Pretoria police helicopter chase 28 August 1996 · Pretoria to Cullinan, Gauteng UNRESOLVED
• The Wash incident 5 October 1996 · The Wash, Lincolnshire coast EXPLAINED
• The Yukon “mothership” 11 December 1996 · Along the Klondike Highway from Fox Lake through Carmacks to Pelly Crossing, Yukon DISPUTED
• Phoenix Lights 13 March 1997 · Henderson, NV → Phoenix → Tucson, Arizona EXPLAINED
• Howden Moor — sonic booms and the search for a crash 24 March 1997 · Howden Moors, Dark Peak, on the Derbyshire–South Yorkshire border DISPUTED

By decade

• 1950s 48
• 1970s 38
• 2020s 33
• 1960s 31
• 1980s 25
• 2010s 24
• 1940s 16
• 2000s 12
• Before 1900 6
• 1910s 5
• 1900s 2