Cases in the PURSUE files
Incidents that at least two declassified files discuss. We found them by reading every transcribed page of every PURSUE document, then grouped the mentions of the same event. Each case page quotes the files and links to the exact pages, and lists the explanations the documents themselves give.
1940s
- Gut Alt Golssen enclosure vehicle sighting, Germany
- Ghost rockets, Sweden
- 30 December 1947 Western US flame/fireball sightings
- A. C. Urie sighting, Snake River Canyon, Twin Falls
- Arlington, Virginia Cobb sighting
- Bethel, Alaska DC-3 disc encounter
- Birmingham, Alabama sightings
- Browning B-25 sighting west of Kansas City
- Codroy, Newfoundland sighting (Evans, Samms, Legge)
- David N. Johnson sighting, Boise-Meridian
- Frank Ryman photograph, Seattle
- Grand Falls, Newfoundland sighting (Kearsey)
- Hackensack, New Jersey disc sighting
- Hamilton Field sightings, 29 July 1947
- Harmon Field, Newfoundland Woodruff/Leidy sighting
- Hawkins and Brown sighting, Salmon Dam, Idaho
- Highway 17 sighting near White Sands, New Mexico
- Kenneth Arnold sighting, Mount Rainier, Washington
- Lakeland, Florida Griffin sighting
- Lt. E. B. Armstrong sighting, Lake Mead, Nevada
- Maury Island incident, Washington
- Maxwell Field, Alabama light sighting
- Muroc Air Field sightings
- Oak Ridge photographs by William Presley
- Oklahoma City Byron Savage sighting
- Philadelphia flying object sightings
- Pikes Peak Railway silver object sighting, Manitou Springs
- Portland, Oregon July 4 1947 sightings
- Richard Rankin sighting, Bakersfield, California
- Richmond, Virginia pibal disk sightings
- Roswell crash, New Mexico
- Tanker Ticonderoga disk sighting off Oregon coast
- United Air Lines Smith sighting near Emmett, Idaho
- William Rhoads photographs, Phoenix, Arizona
- Anacostia Naval Air Station yellow sphere (Lowe)
- Ashley and Delaware, Ohio sightings
- Bakersfield, California falling objects, March 1948
- Chiles-Whitted Eastern Air Lines sighting
- Fairfield-Suisun control tower sighting
- Fargo, North Dakota Gorman F-51 pursuit of light
- Green fireball, Las Vegas / Starvation Peak, New Mexico
- Holloman AFB sightings, April 1948
- Lockbourne Army Air Base sighting, Columbus, Ohio
- Los Alamos green fireball sightings
- Los Alamos green fireball, 20 December 1948
- Mantell crash, Godman Field, Kentucky
- Moscow object sighting
- Norcatur, Kansas sky explosion
- Paraguay sightings near Asuncion
- Van Nuys luminous sphere (Glover)
- Wildwood, New Jersey sightings
- Wilmington, Ohio Clinton County Air Base sighting
- Camp Hood lights, March 1949
- Green fireball of 30 January 1949
1950s
- Nicholas Mariana film sighting, Great Falls, Montana
- Lubbock Lights, Texas
- Newhouse Tremonton, Utah film sighting
- Riley/Stock photographs, Passaic, New Jersey
- Savannah River Plant sightings, 1952
- Washington, D.C. radar sightings, July 1952
- Truman Bethurum Nevada desert contact claims
- Senator Russell train sighting, Baku to Tiflis
1960s
1970s
2000s
2020s
- Arabian Gulf UAP observations, 2 November 2020
- Arabian Gulf UAP observations, 8 August 2020
- Iran/Strait of Hormuz UAP observations, 16 September 2020
- Gulf of Oman AC-130J infrared sightings, 8 September 2021
- Northeastern United States witness orb sightings near residence, 2021-2022
- Cheyenne Mountain / Fort Carson sighting, Colorado Springs, February 2022
- Iraq ISR UAP observation, 5 May 2022
- Iraq UAP, December 2022
- Syria UAP, July 2022
- Aegean Sea UAP observation, October 2023
- Colorado law enforcement UAP videos, October 2023
- Colorado Springs triangle sightings, October 2023
- FBI September 2023 test site sighting
- Western United States sensitive national security site sightings (Orbs Launching Orbs, Dark Kite), October 2023
- Gulf of Oman UAP, June 2024
- Northeastern pond lights, November 2024
- Syria ISR UAP sightings, October 2024
- Western US test range orb and helicopter encounters, late 2025
- Western US multiple red lights sightings, 2026
- Western US triangular craft, June 2026