UFO and UAP cases with audio recordings or radio transcripts

15 well-documented UFO/UAP encounters backed by audio recordings or radio transcripts, 1965 to 2026: 9 disputed, 4 unresolved, 2 explained. Each case has its sources, timeline and the official or best explanation.

15 cases

• Gemini 4 — McDivitt’s “beer can with an arm” 4 June 1965 · In orbit, passing over Hawaii, on the 20th revolution of Gemini 4 DISPUTED
• Portage County police chase 17 April 1966 · Ravenna, Ohio → Conway, Pennsylvania DISPUTED
• Pascagoula encounter 11 October 1973 · Pascagoula River, Pascagoula, Mississippi UNRESOLVED
• Disappearance of Frederick Valentich 21 October 1978 · Bass Strait, off Cape Otway, Victoria UNRESOLVED
• Kaikōura lights 31 December 1978 · Kaikōura coast, New Zealand DISPUTED
• Paul Bennewitz and the lights over Manzano 24 October 1980 · Kirtland Air Force Base and the Manzano weapons storage area, Albuquerque, New Mexico DISPUTED
• Rendlesham Forest 26 December 1980 · Rendlesham Forest, outside RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk DISPUTED
• America West Flight 564 over the Texas Panhandle 25 May 1995 · Over Bovina, Texas, near the New Mexico border UNRESOLVED
• Learjet and American 1095 over Arizona — “something just passed over us” 24 February 2018 · Over southern Arizona, east of the Sonoran Desert National Monument DISPUTED
• Ireland — airline pilots report fast lights 9 November 2018 · Atlantic off County Kerry, Ireland DISPUTED
• American Airlines 2292 — “cruise-missile type of thing” 21 February 2021 · Northeastern New Mexico, at about 36,000 ft UNRESOLVED
• Porto Alegre — airline pilots report blinking lights 5 November 2022 · Approach to Salgado Filho airport, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul DISPUTED
• Las Vegas backyard “landing” 30 April 2023 · North-west Las Vegas valley, Nevada DISPUTED
• Espora naval air base — the “battle” that the Navy denied 5 September 2023 · Base Aeronaval Comandante Espora, Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires province EXPLAINED
• Campo Largo — an influencer’s lights traced to a campsite 31 May 2026 · Rural Campo Largo, Paraná EXPLAINED

By evidence

• Official government documents 158
• Many independent witnesses 135
• Military witnesses 74
• Pilot and aircrew witnesses 57
• Photographs 55
• Video footage 53
• Radar tracking 48
• Physical traces 39
• Police witnesses 36
• Infrared or other sensor data 21
• Reported electromagnetic effects 13
• Documented physiological effects 11
• Motion-picture film 6