UFO and UAP Incidents in the Continental US

Overview

The Continental US region contains 12 declassified UAP incidents on the UAP.WATCH index, spanning 1947, 1948, 1950, 1999, 2023, 2025. Source agencies for this region include Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Air Force, Department of War (DoD). Status breakdown: 0 resolved, 4 unresolved, 5 anomalous, 3 corroborated.

All Continental US incidents

• Roswell, New Mexico — 08 JUL 1947 (PURSUE-001 · CORROBORATED · Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  FBI Dallas field memo describing hexagonal object suspended from a 20-foot balloon by cable.
• Wright Field, Ohio (Air Material Command) — DEC 1947 (PURSUE-023 · CORROBORATED · United States Air Force)
  AMC memorandum to HQ noting recurring 'flying disc' reports from qualified observers.
• Air Force Intelligence (HQ) — NOV 1948 (PURSUE-024 · ANOMALOUS · United States Air Force)
  Top Secret Air Force Intelligence report: 'For some time we have been concerned by the recurring reports on flying saucers'.
• Idaho — c.1950 (PURSUE-010 · CORROBORATED · Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  FBI regional office concerned unexplained sightings could cause 'hysteria, or panic'.
• United States (undisclosed) — 31 DEC 1999 (PURSUE-025 · ANOMALOUS · Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  FBI New Year's Eve photographs: UAP captured in same frame as U.S. aircraft.
• Western United States — 2023 (PURSUE-005 · UNRESOLVED · Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  Multiple federal agents over 2 days observed orange orbs emitting smaller red orbs in groups of 2-4.
• Western United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2023 (PURSUE-019 · ANOMALOUS · Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  Two federal agents reported glowing orange orb near rock pinnacle; 'Eye of Sauron' description.
• United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2023 (PURSUE-026 · ANOMALOUS · Department of War (DoD))
  Photo of ellipsoid bronze metallic object 'materializing out of a bright light'; FBI lab overlay corroborates eyewitness sketch.
• Southeastern United States (undisclosed) — 2023 (PURSUE-020 · UNRESOLVED · Department of War (DoD))
  Two government contractors observed large stationary metallic cylinder, ~commercial-airplane sized.
• Western United States (undisclosed) — 2023 (PURSUE-021 · ANOMALOUS · Department of War (DoD))
  Witness saw 'blacker than black' Prius-sized object that tilted 45° and shot upward at 40-60m range.
• Western United States (undisclosed) — SEP 2025 (PURSUE-017 · UNRESOLVED · Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  Black-hot infrared imagery of unidentified object below helicopter, September 2025.
• Western United States (undisclosed) — DEC 2025 (PURSUE-018 · UNRESOLVED · Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  December 2025 black-hot infrared images of UAP captured by FBI/DoD assets.