UFO and UAP cases of the 2000s

12 well-documented UFO/UAP encounters of the 2000s, 2000 to 2009: 4 disputed, 4 unresolved, 3 explained, 1 identified. Each case has its sources, timeline and the official or best explanation.

12 cases

• Southern Illinois police sightings 5 January 2000 · Highland → Lebanon → Shiloh → Dupo, Illinois DISPUTED
• Mexican Air Force FLIR — Campeche 5 March 2004 · Southern Campeche, Mexico EXPLAINED
• Tinley Park lights 21 August 2004 · Tinley Park and Oak Forest, Illinois DISPUTED
• USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" 14 November 2004 · Pacific Ocean ~100 mi SW of San Diego UNRESOLVED
• Río de la Plata — two airliners and a rising light 4 April 2005 · Over the Río de la Plata between Ezeiza (Buenos Aires) and Carrasco (Montevideo) UNRESOLVED
• Chicago O’Hare disc 7 November 2006 · O’Hare International Airport, Gate C-17 DISPUTED
• Alderney airline sighting 23 April 2007 · English Channel near Alderney & Guernsey UNRESOLVED
• The Haiti UFO videos 15 August 2007 · Said to be Haiti, and in a second video the Dominican Republic EXPLAINED
• Stephenville, Texas 8 January 2008 · Stephenville / Dublin, Erath County, Texas DISPUTED
• Cláudio — Military Police report 19 November 2008 · Cláudio, Minas Gerais UNRESOLVED
• Morristown lights (admitted hoax) 5 January 2009 · Morris County, New Jersey EXPLAINED
• Norwegian spiral 9 December 2009 · Northern Norway and Sweden (seen from Troms and Finnmark) IDENTIFIED

By decade

• 1950s 48
• 1970s 38
• 2020s 33
• 1960s 31
• 1980s 25
• 2010s 24
• 1990s 21
• 1940s 16
• Before 1900 6
• 1910s 5
• 1900s 2