THE MAP / 87 CASE FILES
Where the sky
went strange.
Every case file, pinned where it happened: a forest in Suffolk, a football stadium in Florence, a drowned volcano in the Antarctic.
Pick a marker for the story. Then open the file.
Case files by region
North America
33 CASE FILES- 1883The Swarm across the SunZacatecas, Mexico
- 1896The Airship over SacramentoCalifornia, United States
- 1942The Night Los Angeles Shot at the SkyCalifornia, United States
- 1947The Roswell IncidentNew Mexico, USA
- 1947Nine Objects over Mount RainierWashington, USA
- 1948The Death of Captain MantellKentucky, United States
- 1948Sixteen Little Men at AztecNew Mexico, United States
- 1951The Lubbock LightsTexas, United States
- 1952The Washington FlapWashington, D.C., USA
- 1952The Phantom on the Flatwoods HillWest Virginia, USA
- 1955The Little Men of KellyKentucky, USA
- 1957The Levelland NightTexas, USA
- 1961Two Lost Hours on Route 3New Hampshire, USA
- 1964The Socorro ArroyoNew Mexico, USA
- 1965The Acorn in the WoodsPennsylvania, USA
- 1965The Five Red Lights over ExeterNew Hampshire, USA
- 1967The Shag Harbour LightsNova Scotia, Canada
- 1967The Burning Grid at Falcon LakeManitoba, Canada
- 1968The Minot B-52 EncounterNorth Dakota, United States
- 1971The Disc on Frame 300Alajuela, Costa Rica
- 1973The Tape Behind the DoorMississippi, USA
- 1973The Green Light over MansfieldOhio, USA
- 1975Five Days in the PinesArizona, USA
- 1980The Fire on FM 1485Texas, USA
- 1986The Lights Beside Flight 1628Alaska, USA
- 1997The Phoenix LightsArizona, USA
- 2004The Nimitz EncounterPacific Ocean, USA
- 2004Eleven Lights behind the Left WingCampeche, Mexico
- 2006The Disc over O’HareIllinois, USA
- 2008The Lights over StephenvilleTexas, USA
- 2013The Heat Signature over AguadillaPuerto Rico, USA
- 2014–2015The Fleet Behind the GimbalU.S. East Coast
- 2019The Sphere at the WaterlinePacific Ocean, USA
South America
9 CASE FILES- 1954The Hairy Dwarfs of VenezuelaVenezuela
- 1957A Fragment from a Flying DiscSão Paulo, Brazil
- 1958The Saturn over TrindadeEspírito Santo, Brazil
- 1977The Lights that Hunted ColaresPará, Brazil
- 1977Fifteen Minutes at Pampa LluscumaArica y Parinacota, Chile
- 1980Sixty-Four Rounds over La JoyaArequipa, Peru
- 1986The Official UFO NightBrazil
- 1995The Light beside Flight 674Río Negro, Argentina
- 1996The Varginha EncounterMinas Gerais, Brazil
Europe
22 CASE FILES- 749The Ship in the Air over ClonmacnoiseCounty Offaly, Ireland
- 1561The Sky Battle over NurembergBavaria, Germany
- 1917The Sun That Danced at FátimaPortugal
- 1933–1934The Ghost Fliers of NorrlandSweden
- 1944The Foo Fighters of the RhineFrance and Germany
- 1946The Rocket in Lake KölmjärvSweden
- 1952The Saucer That Joined MainbraceNorth Yorkshire, England; Bornholm, Denmark; Norwegian Sea
- 1954The Silver Threads over FlorenceTuscany, Italy
- 1956The Lakenheath Radar NightSuffolk, England
- 1965The Lavender Field at ValensoleBasses-Alpes, France
- 1968The Saucer over the Baciu ForestCluj, Romania
- 1977The Jellyfish over PetrozavodskKarelia, USSR (now Russia)
- 1978The Crows Inside the BusLublin, Poland
- 1979The Spheres in Dechmont WoodsWest Lothian, Scotland
- 1979Red Lights at Ten O’ClockSpain
- 1980Rendlesham ForestSuffolk, England
- 1980PC Alan Godfrey and the Todmorden EncounterWest Yorkshire, England
- 1981The Landing at Trans-en-ProvenceVar, France
- 1981–1985The Lights of HessdalenTrøndelag, Norway
- 1989–1990The Belgian UFO WaveBelgium
- 1989The Three-Eyed Giants of VoronezhVoronezh, USSR (now Russia)
- 2007The Alderney LightsAlderney, Channel Islands
Middle East
3 CASE FILESAsia
8 CASE FILES- 1609The Light in Jeon Mun-wi’s CourtyardGangwon, South Korea
- 1803Utsuro-bune: The Woman in the Hollow BoatIbaraki, Japan
- 1908The Fire over the Stony TunguskaYeniseysk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia)
- 1927The Sign of ShambhalaGansu, China
- 1975A Tap on the Shoulder in KōfuYamanashi, Japan
- 1981The Spiral over ChinaChina
- 1986The Fall on Height 611Primorsky Krai, USSR (now Russia)
- 2012–2013The Yellow Spheres of LadakhLadakh, India (then part of Jammu and Kashmir)
Oceania
7 CASE FILES- 1909The Kelso AirshipNew Zealand
- 1959The Night the Sky Waved BackMilne Bay, Papua New Guinea
- 1966The Westall School MysteryVictoria, Australia
- 1966The Tully Saucer NestsQueensland, Australia
- 1978The Lights beside the Newspaper PlaneSouth Island, New Zealand
- 1978The Last Call over Bass StraitVictoria, Australia
- 1988The Night Drive across the NullarborWestern Australia, Australia
Africa
4 CASE FILESAntarctica
1 CASE FILEMarkers show where each case took place: usually a town, a site, or a stretch of sea or sky rather than a surveyed point.