'Black triangles' have been seen hovering over the UK

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New UFO map shows 164 'black triangle' sightings above UK after Pentagon files released

By Tim Hanlon, Richard Ault

Dozens of "black triangles" have been spotted in the sky by Brits with an interactive map showing all the reports of UFOs in your area.

Nearly 2,000 Unidentified Flying Objects have been documented and logged in the UK over the last five years by research group UFO Identified

Strange black triangles speeding above military sites have triggered security concerns in the United States and the data shows that there are equally strange sightings in the UK.

Now, a searchable interactive map allows you to explore every unexplained encounter logged in your area between 2021 and 2026, and many of these British accounts closely mirror sightings reported across the Atlantic.

The Pentagon recently published its latest release of declassified files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP – the American term for UFO), following an executive order signed by Donald Trump.

Among the documents is an account from two federal agents stationed at a US “sensitive national security site” in June 2026.

According to the report, a matte-black triangular object with an estimated 15-foot wingspan hovered silently roughly 300 feet in the air for 20 seconds before descending into a canyon at high speed without leaving an exhaust trail.

While orbs, spheres and “star-like” sightings make up the bulk of British sightings, researchers have logged 164 reports of similar wedge-shaped objects – meaning roughly one in every 12 sightings involves a distinctive triangle.

Witnesses across the UK have reported seeing dark, matte triangles gliding soundlessly at low altitude over housing estates, farmland, and coastal areas before darting away at incredible speeds, just like the sighting made by federal agents in the USA.

The most recent was on July 22 of this year, when a “large black triangle” featuring a red light on each point was witnessed hovering over Stretford in Greater Manchester for over 30 minutes.

Earlier this year, a “perfect triangle” was seen speeding across the sky above Chesterfield in Derbyshire, a “black V-shaped boomerang” was spotted over the Fylde coast in Lancashire, and a soundless black wedge above Exmouth in Devon.

You can check what UFOs have been seen where you live using out interactive gadget.

Our map reveals hotspot areas across the UK where clusters of UFOs have been spotted above Greater Manchester, London, Essex, Lancashire, Cheshire, Merseyside, Kent and West Yorkshire.

The accounts have been gathered by UFO Identified to create a central, searchable public archive, called the UK UFO Database, to help researchers identify patterns.

Ash Ellis, founder of UFO Identified, said: “There are thousands of people across the UK who have seen something they could not readily explain, but the reports are often difficult to find once the initial interest has passed. We wanted to build a serious, easy-to-use public archive that keeps those accounts accessible and allows people to look for patterns for themselves.”

• To examine the UK UFO Database, or report sightings, visit: https://ukufodatabase.co.uk/.

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FBI agents reported witnessing a mysterious black triangular object hovering silently above a mountain ridge before suddenly accelerating at speeds comparable to a fighter jet, newly released Department of War documents reveal.

The 2026 sighting is among several incidents detailed in the newly released records examining unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), alongside decades-old military encounters and reports of mysterious creatures, unexplained lights and supposed portals at a Utah ranch.

One report from the FBI describes an encounter with a dark, nonreflective triangular object resembling a drone, with an estimated wingspan of 9 to 15 feet and no visible exhaust or conventional propulsion system.

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The agents reported seeing the object rise vertically above a ridgeline before accelerating into a canyon without making a sound.

An image released with a 2026 FBI report depicts a black triangular object above mountainous terrain. Federal agents reported seeing a silent, triangular object hover above a ridgeline before accelerating into a canyon. Authorities have not confirmed whether the image is an actual photograph or a reconstruction.

(Department of War)

A separate report from the Pentagon's All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which investigates reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, provides a more detailed account of the encounter.

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The report describes a matte-black triangular object that climbed about 200 to 300 feet above a ridgeline, hovered for roughly 20 seconds and then appeared to accelerate almost instantly, disappearing into a canyon within two to three seconds.

The witnesses described an object with no visible engines, rotors, exhaust or other conventional aircraft features.

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The agents also reported observing a uniform heat signature across the object's surface through handheld thermal equipment, without the concentrated hot spots typically associated with propulsion systems.

The Pentagon report notes that the object's speed was estimated by witnesses rather than measured by instruments.

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The two reports differ on the length of the encounter. The FBI described a sighting lasting approximately three seconds, while AARO detailed about 10 seconds of vertical ascent, 20 seconds of hovering and another two to three seconds of rapid flight before the object disappeared.

Neither report identifies the object or establishes its origin.

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Fox News Digital has contacted AARO for comment on the sighting, including whether the object has since been identified and whether images released with the FBI report show the actual encounter or are illustrations.

A declassified U.S. Air Force intelligence report dated Jan. 19, 1957, details an unidentified radar contact involving a B-52 bomber flying near Saudi Arabia during a Strategic Air Command mission.

(Department of War)

The newly released records also include an Air Force intelligence report dated Jan. 19, 1957, detailing an unidentified radar contact involving a U.S. B-52 bomber during a Strategic Air Command mission near Saudi Arabia.

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The bomber was flying at about 39,000 feet when its radar detected an unidentified target roughly 6,000 yards away on Jan. 18, 1957.

The contact remained on the aircraft's radar screen for five to seven minutes before disappearing as the bomber turned left.

Air Force investigators noted that no other aircraft were expected in the area but acknowledged that the radar contact may have disappeared because of the bomber's change in direction.

Other historical records describe reported sightings near California's Santa Catalina Island.

An Air Force intelligence report dated Aug. 28, 1952, documents claims by three Boy Scouts who reported seeing a silent, silver object moving faster than a conventional jet near California's Santa Catalina Island. (Department of War)

In one case, three Boy Scouts attending summer camp reported seeing a silent, silver object moving faster than a conventional jet while hiking on the island June 25, 1952.

The scouts claimed the object made a climbing turn before appearing to disintegrate, an Air Force intelligence report states.

Investigators noted that the scouts had no instruments to measure its speed or altitude and that their limited experience made it difficult to assess the reliability of their account.

• Read the Catalina Island report here:

A separate March 15, 1955, report describes a witness near Avalon on Catalina Island who spotted a bright, round object that changed from orange to red before falling straight down.

The Air Force ultimately classified the sighting as a "probable meteor."

The files also include a 60-page investigation conducted in 2010 by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) at a Utah ranch associated with reports of unexplained phenomena.

Investigators interviewed residents who described towering dog-like creatures walking on two legs, mysterious balls of light and other unusual sightings.

Other witnesses reported smaller, hairy creatures, a prehistoric-looking bird and a worm allegedly measuring 8 feet long. One witness also described a transparent, rippling structure she believed was a portal to another world.

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Eyewitness sketches included in a 2010 investigation by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies depict mysterious creatures reportedly spotted at a Utah ranch associated with alleged paranormal activity. The sightings were not independently verified. (Department of War)

The investigation included eyewitness sketches, surveillance cameras, environmental monitoring and hair samples collected from areas associated with reported creature sightings.

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NASA astronaut reveals reason he is convinced aliens exist as he warns of possible war in space

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By CHRIS MELORE, US DEPUTY SCIENCE EDITOR

A NASA astronaut has publicly said that extraterrestrial life exists during an interview where he warned of a possible military showdown in space. 

Winston Scott, who flew on two space shuttle missions in the 1990s, told Jesse Watters Primetime he was confident humans were not the only intelligent life in the cosmos.

'I do believe there is life someplace else out there in the universe. Now, whether or not it’s visiting us here on Earth or not is a topic of discussion. I think E.T. is out there some place,' Scott said.

Scott explained that the math surrounding the search for extraterrestrials overwhelmingly favored their existence, simply because there are billions of planets in the universe – some must have evolved similar to Earth.

'We can’t be the only one that has intelligent life,' he added.

Scott's comments came days after the Pentagon released a new batch of declassified UFO files, including reports from witnesses who claimed they saw beings known as ‘skinwalkers’ and government agents who tracked a mysterious craft over the US.

The astronaut also gave a grim warning about the current state of America's space race with China and Russia, noting that weapons have already been placed in orbit above Earth and may be needed in a war between the world powers.

'We live in a world where we have to be prepared to defend ourselves militarily. We hope we don’t see conflict and combat in space but I would not rule it out,' Scott admitted.

NASA astronaut Winston Scott during his space shuttle missions in the 1990s

Photos released by the Pentagon show an alleged UFO flying over the western US in 2026

Scott said he hoped the exploration of space could be a unifying place. However, he also pointed out the real-world tensions between the countries – who actually still work together on certain space-related projects.

'Russia is our partner in terms of the International Space Station, but they are not our ally,' he told Fox News on Wednesday.

The astronaut then described the situation between the US and China as more 'military-oriented,' adding that the US Space Force already confirmed they placed weapons in orbit this year specifically to counter actions by their long-time rival.

A military spokesperson told the Daily Mail the US was facing increased threats that could originate from hostile satellites in Earth orbit and compared the vast vacuum just miles above the planet's surface to an actual battlefield.

'The US has warned about Russian and Chinese weapons testing and operationalization since 2007. Due to their actions, it is no longer a question that space is a warfighting domain,' the spokesperson said.

In September, the same month Space Force launched multiple top-secret payloads into space, the Pentagon released a chilling new plan to prepare all military bases to survive on their own for at least 90 days in the event of a major attack on the US.

Veteran FBI agents have said the plan, called FORTRESS America, is a clear response to the threat of a major nuclear attack on US soil.

The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which the US signed and ratified, states that countries may not place nuclear devices or other similar weapons in Earth orbit, on the moon or elsewhere in space. However, it does not ban deploying conventional weapons, signal jammers, missile interceptors or military satellites.

The US has deployed a space weapon in the Earth's orbit for the first time, the Air Force said

Although Scott warned of the potential for space to become the next battle ground, featuring America's missile interceptors raining down from orbit to take out enemy rockets, he added he was still optimistic about the race to the moon and beyond.

Compared to 50 years ago when NASA was the only US organization building spacecraft, the astronaut said private space companies have made space exploration cheaper, more efficient and more productive.

Despite his reasoning for why aliens must exist, the US gover

Scott strongly endorsed the competition between Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to build the vehicles which will reach the lunar surface by 2028.

'Competition is the American way,' Scott declared.

Compared to 50 years ago when NASA was the only US organization building spacecraft, the astronaut said private space companies have made space exploration cheaper, more efficient and more productive.

Despite his reasoning for why aliens must exist, the US government has maintained that no physical proof of UFOs or extraterrestrials has ever been discovered on Earth.

Former military personnel, NASA astronauts and scientists have claimed this is not true, alleging they had first-hand encounters with alien life which had crashed on Earth over the last 80 years.

This included a report in the October 23 Pentagon release, detailing the eyewitness testimony of US Army Officer Walter G Haut, who claimed in a sworn statement that he saw the debris and dead bodies from the infamous 1947 Roswell UFO crash.

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Can the world’s religions survive the existence of aliens?

Finding alien life could shake some people to their very souls, but different religions can take very distinct approaches to the existence of extraterrestrial life

By Adam Kovac, edited by Claire Cameron

One of the greatest mysteries of life is whether we are alone in the cosmos. The laws of probability suggest we aren’t, but despite centuries of searching, we have never seen any clear evidence of life beyond our planet. Still, the world’s religious leaders are already formulating how they would respond to extraterrestrial life—and some have more interesting approaches than others.

These discussions took center stage at a Capitol Hill gathering called the Disclosure Forum that took place earlier this year on a sunny day in June. A gaggle of lawmakers, retired military personnel, academics and businesspeople crowded into the Russell Senate Office Building’s Kennedy Caucus Room with me. As I listened, they spitballed ideas on how to handle what they believe are the increasingly likely chances of first contact with alien life.

Several speakers at the event stressed that a revelation that Earth has been visited by intelligent extraterrestrials would raise immediate questions about planetary defense. Others theorized hopefully that there could be enormous economic opportunities.

There would also be enormous societal impacts: Carlos Eire, a historian and religious studies professor at Yale University, told event attendees that finding out humanity isn’t alone in the universe could shake us to our very souls—religious leaders would need to contain the fallout, he said.

Eire serves on the advisory board for the Disclosure Foundation, a nonprofit that organized the event and is dedicated to transparency around unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and aliens.

“If disclosure reveals that there are nonhuman intelligences,” Eire told me later in an interview, “it remains to be seen who these intelligences really are and what they do, or what they’re hoping to accomplish, with human beings.”

“There won’t be a single reaction,” he adds. “For some people, it will confirm all sorts of things. For some people, it will demolish certain beliefs.”

Reactions could be split along religious lines—and some belief systems may be better equipped to deal with aliens than others, experts say.

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For example, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and other religions that originate in the Global East “have always conceived of the universe as vast, as going through many cycles of existence,” says Jeffery Long, a religious studies professor at Elizabethtown College.

Hinduism, Long tells me, has many deities, some of whom are described in religious texts as traveling through the cosmos on “vimanas”—flying chariots that could, to some, be read as akin to spaceships.

“If you start reading ancient Hindu literature and about different deities and then other species of intelligent beings, it’s very sci-fi,” Long says.

Meanwhile, the Abrahamic religions—the largest of which are Christianity, Judaism and Islam—are largely accepting of the idea that conscious life might exist that isn’t human, but none of these religions are monoliths.

The sheer scope of Christian belief systems makes attitudes to aliens among believers difficult to pin down, Eire says. Some theologians are optimistic: in his 2023 book Astrobiology and Christian Doctrine: Exploring the Implications of Life in the Universe, which received some NASA grant funding, Andrew Davison, now a divinity professor at the University of Oxford, wrote that he believes Christianity would be more “robust” in accepting alien life than some might think.

Certainly, leaders in the Roman Catholic Church have hinted at being open to extraterrestrials—the late Pope Francis once said he’d happily baptize an alien if they asked—Eire points out that within certain forms of Christianity, such as Protestantism, there can be incredible diversity in beliefs.

“There are Bible-thumping antievolutionists in parts of the U.S. that call themselves Evangelicals, and there are Evangelicals that are damn close to Catholics,” Eire says. “Predicting what Protestants will do is just impossible. The spectrum is so wide and contains so many different kinds of Christianity.”

The Abrahamic religion that may be the most open-minded about aliens, Long says, is also the oldest. Jewish scripture, while making no mention of spaceships, does include repeated mention of angels with a higher consciousness than that of humans. Even the most devout followers would perhaps be accepting of aliens because the religion’s dogma is “more about ethics and living your life here and now than it’s about ‘if you do this, you’ll go to heaven,’” Long says.

Academic explorations of how religious belief might influence attitudes to potential alien life are spotty at best, but that dearth of research could change. Aliens have become less taboo for scientists beyond astrobiology; the possibility of extraterrestrial life is no longer a punch line.

At the June Disclosure Forum, I heard more about how the White House is approaching the issue by setting up an advisory group on UAP, led by Harvard professor Avi Loeb. Loeb said at the event that he hopes the UAP Science Advisory Council will go on to publish scientific findings in reputable journals. That may include research in the field of exotheology—the study of religion and theological ideas related to alien life, Eire says.

“The academic community is readier now than it was 10 years ago for various reasons,” he says. Eire points to the Pentagon’s recent publishing of several tranches of previously classified UAP-related documents and media as a reason for this increased openness.

As to whether a kind of spiritual malaise or panic might result from aliens revealing themselves, that’s unclear. According to one recent poll, a third of Americans believe at least some UAP sightings were actual spacecraft; another poll found about half the country believes aliens probably exist. But drilling down more formally into specific religions is more murky: A 2021 poll revealed that among U.S. Christians, people who said religion was very important to them were less likely to believe that intelligent life might exist on other planets, as were those who attended religious services at least weekly. Belief in alien life also varied by denomination.

Much could also hinge on what kind of alien life is out there. While most people imagine intelligent beings that are in the best case friendly and curious like E.T., or, in the worst case, here to annihilate humanity, like in Independence Day, that’s not what most exobiologists are searching for. Instead they are on the lookout for distant exoplanets that exhibit signs of life closer to Earth’s microbes than humans.

“If there was amoebalike life on other planets, that would be a significant thing,” says Shoaib Malik, a science and religion lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and co-editor of the book Islamic Theology and Extraterrestrial Life: New Frontiers in Science and Religion. But while microscopic life would “definitely show proof of concept,” Malik adds, it wouldn’t fundamentally shake people’s faith.

“I think the real challenge really is if there’s something equivalent or something more advanced than the human being, particularly if you associate human uniqueness with rationality and spirituality,” Malik says.

Other scholars aren’t so sure. David Weintraub, a retired astronomer and author of Religions and Extraterrestrial Life: How Will We Deal With It?, says the difference between a microbe and, say, a primate is only a matter of degree.

“I think it would only make a difference to someone who does not believe in evolution, and that’s where we start drilling into the religious aspect of this,” he says. “If you accept evolution as a natural part of the way the universe works, then if you find microbial life of any sort, a possibility exists that that microbial life could evolve into intelligent life someday.”

Although there are no direct comparisons of similar evolutionary situations arising in modern history, says Paul Gutjahr, a professor at Indiana University Bloomington and author of the book Faith in Space: American Religious Belief in Extraterrestrial Life, there are many examples in human history in which religion and new knowledge of the cosmos has collided. When evolution was an emerging theory, for example, it presented a major challenge to Christianity.

“What you find is that people within that tradition find ways to adapt,” Gutjahr says. “It’s not like everybody becomes a friend of evolution, but there are there are very smart, capable and vocal people that start to think about if evolution is just the way that God worked his magic.”

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The Five-Image “Costello Leak” Hoax — April 2014

By April 11, 2014, a group of five images was being circulated by In5D in an article titled “UFO ET Dulce Base Revealed From A Scientist Now In Hiding.”

The page claimed that the photographs had been smuggled from the underground facility by “Thomas Costello,” described as a Dulce security officer who had subsequently disappeared with his family.

The material was reposted by the Chromographics Institute on April 12, 2014, which credited the In5D article as its source.

No documented chain of custody connects the images to the evidence Castello was alleged to have removed from Dulce in 1979.

The Underlying Source Image of the “Costello Leak”

On April 1, 2016, John Greenewald of The Black Vault investigated one of the photographs circulating under the claim that it had been leaked from Dulce by Thomas Costello.

Greenewald traced the image to the 2000 science-fiction film The 6th Day, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The positions of the suspended bodies in the alleged Dulce photograph correspond to the film scene.

Tal LeVesque’s Says it was a “Creation” — November 2015

During correspondence with researcher Adam Gorightly, LeVesque was questioned about the origins of the Thomas Castello material.

In November 2015, LeVesque stated that “TEC (Thomas Edwin Castello) is a creation” and said the alleged Castello interview had never taken place.

LeVesque described the interview as creative writing, saying that questions submitted for Castello had instead been answered by Cherry Hinkle as if she were Castello.

• William F. Hamilton III and Tal LeVesque, “The Deep Dark Secret at Dulce,” UFO Universe, February–March 1991. Read the reproduced article

• The Dulce Book, compiled material concerning the alleged Castello evidence packages and photographs. PDF

• John Lear, Project Camelot — John Lear Tells All, April 2008. Project Camelot interview

• AlienHub, “A terminally ill Thomas Edwin Castello speaks out,” October 2009. Original AlienHub thread

• Danila85, Baksan Neutrino Observatory photographs, February 4, 2008. Original LiveJournal gallery

• Chromographics Institute, “Regarding the Dulce, NM Base,” April 12, 2014. Original 2014 page

• John Greenewald, “‘Leaked’ Underground Dulce Base Alien Photo by Thomas Costello,” The Black Vault, April 1, 2016. The Black Vault investigation

• Adam Gorightly, Saucers, Spooks and Kooks: UFO Disinformation in the Age of Aquarius, 2021. Google Books entry

• Norio Hayakawa, “Thomas E. Castello never existed, admitted the late Tal Levesque, originator of the Dulce Base myths,” April 23, 2021. Norio Hayakawa article

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Retired lawyer Robert Martinez discusses an unusual UAP-related client

Overview

In a recent episode of Reality Check, investigative journalist Ross Coulthart interviewed Robert Martinez, a retired attorney from Tucson, Arizona, about claims made by a former client who allegedly had access to highly classified U.S. government programs involving Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). Martinez identified the client by the pseudonym “Dwayne Backer,” saying he represented him during an employment-discrimination case in the mid-1990s.

According to Martinez, Backer worked for decades at sensitive national-security facilities, including White Sands Missile Range and nearby Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. Backer reportedly claimed that his career began in 1947 and continued for nearly 50 years. The allegations, which have circulated widely among online UAP communities, remain unverified and have not been independently corroborated by documentary evidence presented in the interview.

Claims Concerning Roswell and Military Encounters

Martinez said Backer claimed to have seen photographs related to the 1947 Roswell incident, including images purportedly showing a crashed craft and non-human bodies. Backer allegedly maintained that the crash occurred several miles from the location identified in official accounts. The U.S. government has historically attributed the Roswell debris to a classified balloon project, while UAP advocates continue to dispute that explanation.

The former client also described what he characterized as a long-running “secret war” between U.S. military aircraft and unknown objects. Martinez said Backer believed numerous pilots and advanced jets had been lost during these encounters, with the incidents later classified as training accidents. In one reported episode, three aircraft sent to intercept a UAP allegedly received an unauthorized instruction to return to base. Ground controllers reportedly denied transmitting the order, an account Martinez presented as evidence of possible technological interference.

Abduction and Depopulation Allegations

Among the most controversial claims discussed was Backer’s assertion that some non-human entities were “good” while others were hostile. Martinez cited an alleged incident involving an Air Force pilot whose parachute was recovered with an empty harness, suggesting the pilot had disappeared during ejection. No independent records confirming that event were provided during the interview.

Backer also allegedly believed that certain entities considered Earth overpopulated and intended to reduce the human population. Martinez said his former client specifically mentioned pandemics as a possible method. The program offered no verified evidence linking any pandemic to non-human activity, and the claim remains speculative.

Alleged Suppression and Harassment

Martinez further described events he interpreted as efforts to intimidate him and suppress Backer’s testimony. He said a major Washington, D.C., law firm representing Backer’s employer sent him a letter highlighting the death penalty under the Espionage Act. Martinez also alleged that two unidentified men in dark suits entered his office while he was in court and stole a physical file containing notes about the case.

He recounted surviving a serious vehicle collision and described a separate incident involving his girlfriend, which he considered suspicious. Martinez connected these events with Backer’s death from a heart attack, reportedly occurring soon after Martinez met former Congressman Steve Schiff, a New Mexico lawmaker who had supported greater disclosure about Roswell. The interview also referenced Air Force safety investigator Alan Diehl and Harvard psychiatrist John Mack, although no direct evidence was presented tying their deaths or work to a coordinated suppression effort.

Martinez’s Position

Martinez told Coulthart that decades of reflection, combined with recent UAP disclosures, had strengthened his belief in Backer’s account. He said he would be willing to testify before Congress in a secure setting and identify corporations and individuals allegedly involved in the programs. The interview documents serious allegations, but it does not establish them as fact. Confirmation would require corroborating witnesses, official records, forensic evidence, or congressional investigation.

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Alien Disclosure: Pentagon Contractor Modelled Military-Documented UFO, UAP & USO Physics

The 141-page document, produced by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) in November 2010, details the company’s analytical capabilities for studying UAPs and unidentified submerged objects (USOs) under DIA contract HHM402-08-C-0072.

The contract ran from 2008 to 2010 and tasked BAASS with building what the report described as “the largest known UAP performance and behavior Data Warehouse in the world,” alongside computational modelling tools capable of simulating the physics of reported encounters.

The report is part of the seventh release under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). It’s designated DOW-UAP-D175.

Decades of military UFO research

A collection of reported UFO types from DOW-UAP-D175.

The report traced the US military’s interest in unidentified aerial objects back to the 1940s, beginning with Project Sign in 1947, which was established by the US Air Force to investigate flying disc reports.

Project Sign gave way to Project Grudge and then to Project Blue Book, the longest-running of the military’s UFO programs, which operated from 1952 to 1970. Blue Book investigated 12,618 UFO sightings during its tenure, according to the BAASS report.

Of those sightings, 701 remained classified as “unidentified” at the program’s conclusion. The Condon Committee, a University of Colorado study commissioned by the Air Force, recommended in 1968 that the government discontinue formal UFO research, concluding that it had produced nothing of scientific value.

The DIA contract with BAASS represented a resumption of that research, decades later, with a focus on computational physics rather than field investigation alone.

Twelve technology focus areas

BAASS organised its research around twelve technology focus areas drawn from reported UAP characteristics: lift, propulsion, control, power generation, spatial-temporal translation, materials, configuration and structure, signature reduction, human interface, human effects, armament and “other.”

The report acknowledged that many UAP sightings could be attributed to conventional military aircraft. It specifically cited the SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, B-2 Spirit bomber and X-45A unmanned combat air vehicle as platforms that had been misidentified as UAPs during their respective development and operational periods.

However, the report argued that a subset of incidents involved performance characteristics that could not be explained by known technology. It was this subset that BAASS focused its computational analysis on.

The 2004 Tic Tac encounter

The centrepiece of the BAASS report’s analytical work was a detailed examination of the November 2004 encounter between US Navy F/A-18 fighter jets and an unidentified object off the coast of Mexico, involving the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Group.

The incident began on 10 November 2004, when the USS Princeton, an Aegis-class guided missile cruiser, detected anomalous aerial contacts on its SPY-1B radar system. The contacts appeared intermittently over several days, with objects descending rapidly from altitudes above 60,000 feet to as low as 50 feet before disappearing from radar.

On 14 November 2004, two F/A-18F Super Hornets were vectored to intercept one of the contacts. The lead pilot reported a visual sighting of a white, oblong object hovering over a patch of disturbed water.

The object was described as “solid white, smooth, with no edges” and approximately 46 feet long, roughly the size of the F/A-18 itself. Its shape was compared to a Tic Tac breath mint.

As the lead pilot descended to investigate, the object appeared to ascend towards the aircraft before accelerating away at high speed. A second pair of F/A-18s equipped with forward-looking infrared (FLIR) pods subsequently tracked the object, capturing video footage that would later become one of the most widely discussed pieces of UAP evidence in the public domain.

The BAASS report included a DIA assessment of the incident that characterised the object’s performance in stark terms.

The Anomalous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) was no known aircraft or air vehicle currently in the inventory of the United States or any foreign nation,” the assessment stated.

The assessment further noted that the object demonstrated “advanced aerodynamic performance” with “no visible control surfaces, no visible means of propulsion and no visible exhaust.”

Speeds exceeding Mach 10

BAASS conducted a parametric velocity and acceleration analysis of the Tic Tac object based on radar tracking data and witness accounts. The results, presented in a table in the report, suggested the object reached speeds and acceleration rates far beyond those of any known aircraft.

At a conservative transit time estimate of five seconds, the analysis calculated the object’s velocity at Mach 10.7, with an acceleration of 75g. At a one-second transit time, the figures rose to Mach 53.8 and 375g. At half a second, the modelled speed reached Mach 107.5 with 750g of acceleration.

For context, the fastest crewed aircraft ever built, the SR-71 Blackbird, reached speeds of around Mach 3.3. Human pilots begin to lose consciousness at sustained accelerations above 9g.

The DIA assessment observed that the object had been tracked descending from above 60,000 feet to approximately 50 feet in a matter of seconds, and had been witnessed travelling from the encounter area to the carrier strike group’s combat air patrol point, a distance of roughly 60 miles, in under a minute.

Computational fluid dynamics modelling

To model the aerodynamic behaviour suggested by the Tic Tac encounter, BAASS used ANSYS Multiphysics, an industry-standard finite element analysis package (running on a dedicated 12-core HP server with 48GB RAM and 1TB of storage).

The firm created three-dimensional solid models of the Tic Tac geometry in SolidWorks and ran compressible fluid flow simulations using the ANSYS CFX module. These simulations modelled air pressure, temperature and Mach number contours around the object at various speeds, from 100 mph through to 1,500 mph.

The report noted that at speeds up to 500 mph, pressure, temperature and Mach number values increased gradually, with the most significant changes occurring at the front of the object. As speeds approached 700 mph, close to the speed of sound, the simulations showed pronounced shock formations in the pressure and Mach contours.

At 1,100 mph, the simulated temperature rose not only at the nose but also along the sides and in the wake of the object. Detached shock waves appeared in the simulations from 700 mph upward through to 1,500 mph.

“In the field of UAP studies, it is believed this preliminary analysis of the Tic Tac incident is the first of its kind to utilize a multi-industry standard Finite Element Analysis (FEA) code to perform computational studies,” the report stated.

BAASS performed extensive modelling to explain the military-documented behaviour of the ‘Tic Tac.’

Flat-faced cylinder comparison

BAASS also modelled a right circular cylinder geometry for comparison, noting that while “it would seem counter intuitive to have a craft with a flat face pushing through the air,” there had been “many reports of objects of just this sort seen maneuvering in the skies.”

The cylinder simulations showed no significant aerodynamic lift advantages over the Tic Tac shape at any speed tested. The report concluded that both basic geometries served as a starting point for more complex simulations that could incorporate heat generation, electromagnetic effects and acoustics.

BAASS noted the simulations indicated that a sonic boom or vibration “may have been perturbated into the environment” at higher velocities, though it judged it “doubtful the aircrew would have felt a shock wave in the cockpit unless extremely close to the object while traveling at high rates of speed, which the fighter jets were not.”

The report characterised the work as demonstrating “in a basic model that FEA algorithms describing multiphysics can provide to be an invaluable tool in gaining insight into UAP flight characteristics and even possibly rule out improbable scenarios.”

Simulating a UAP entering water

A separate analysis modelled a disc-shaped UAP descending through the air and entering a body of water, a scenario relevant to the disturbed water observed during the Tic Tac encounter and to reports of unidentified submerged objects more broadly.

The simulation modelled a solid steel disc moving downward at five metres per second into water at 25 degrees Celsius. Three distinct phases were created: air, the solid UAP and water. The water surface sat approximately ten feet below the bottom of the disc.

The simulation ran for ten seconds in 0.2-second time steps, tracking pressure changes, volume fraction of water and fluid velocity as the disc penetrated the surface. Results showed the expected trend of increasing pressure with depth, and concentric ripple patterns spreading outward from the point of water entry.

BAASS described the scenario as illustrative of what ANSYS CFX could produce, noting that “a typical problem of this type when solved by hand, would have taken weeks if not longer.” The report suggested the tools could be extended to study heat transfer from a craft entering the atmosphere, wave generation during water impact at various speeds and the recreation of eyewitness observations.

Underwater acoustics and the Shag Harbour incident

The report dedicated a section to the acoustical analysis of spherical unidentified submerged objects, drawing on one of the few cases where a government agency formally acknowledged an encounter with an unidentified flying object entering water.

In 1967, a UFO was reported crashing into Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. Witnesses described hovering, flashing orange lights before the object tilted at a 45-degree angle and entered the water, leaving a trail of yellow foam. At least eleven people reported seeing a low-flying, lit object heading toward the harbour.

“Multiple witnesses reported hearing a whistling sound ‘like a bomb,’ then a ‘whoosh,’ and finally a loud bang,” the report recounted. “Some reported a flash of light as the object entered the water.”

The Canadian Coast Guard was dispatched but found only yellow foam at the point of entry. The report noted that several military witnesses, including a diver involved in recovery efforts, claimed an alien spacecraft was responsible. The case was briefly investigated by a US Air Force UFO study, which offered no explanation.

BAASS used the incident as a basis for developing an acoustical analysis framework for USOs, proposing that such craft might “operate using some sort of electromagnetic frequency based propulsion system to control underwater ‘flight’ and to achieve incredible performance capabilities in velocity and acceleration.”

Some of BAASS’ ANSYS modelling of trans-medium USO UAP disc.

The acoustical modelling used a full harmonic simulation to analyse how a radiating sphere would propagate sound waves underwater. The analysis concluded that varying frequencies produced acoustic pressures that declined with distance following an inverse square law relationship.

“In the future, ships and submarines could possibly detect these pressure disturbances and a frequency of the mode of operation could be calculated with a known distance from the vessel,” the report stated.

Electromagnetic modelling and radar cross section

BAASS also explored the electromagnetic characteristics of spherical UAPs, noting that ANSYS Multiphysics included a full-wave electromagnetic solver capable of modelling resonant, propagating, radiation and scattering phenomena.

The report highlighted a recurring puzzle from UAP encounters: pilots reporting visual contact with objects that did not appear on radar.

“Many UAP have been reported across the globe. Pilots have reported seeing these craft in the air, but when asked for confirmation of other aircraft in the area, air traffic control reports nothing on radar,” the report observed.

To investigate this, BAASS conducted a radar cross section analysis of a 10-metre spherical metallic object with a one-metre dielectric coating. The analysis used a 300MHz ultrahigh frequency radar frequency, representative of a long-range military radar system.

The report compared typical radar cross sections across a range of objects and platforms, from insects and birds at the low end through cruise missiles, fighter jets, bombers, surface ships and aircraft carriers at the high end. It noted that the radar cross section of a stealth aircraft was “typically multiple orders of magnitude lower than a conventional plane and is often comparable to that of a small bird or large insect.”

The analysis found the FEA model to be mesh-independent, with the 25-element-per-wavelength model producing results consistent with the 50-element model. Normalised radar cross section values varied from 0 to 180 degrees, with the largest returns occurring at the point of incidence as expected.

The report concluded that “various shapes of UAPs may be evaluated for RCS and the resulting electric field due to an incidental radar wave is also attainable,” and that the information could be used to “determine the prominence of an object’s expected RCS and whether similar radar returns were received.”

Eleven databases in a single warehouse

Beyond computational modelling, BAASS built a data warehouse called Project Capella, comprising eleven databases that the report described as a “Six Layer Model for Anomalous Phenomena.” The warehouse was designed to catalogue and cross-reference UAP sighting data, witness reports and physical evidence.

BAASS also assembled a field investigation kit that included high-definition video cameras, night vision equipment, thermal imaging cameras, GPS devices, microscopes, radiation detectors and spectrum analysers. The equipment was intended for rapid deployment to UAP sighting locations for evidence collection.

The report listed five categories of commonly reported UAP shapes: saucer or disc, ellipsoidal or oval, cylindrical or cigar-shaped, sphere and triangle. Each shape was associated with distinct reported flight characteristics and capabilities.

A broader research agenda

The report’s summary made clear that BAASS viewed the computational analysis work as a starting point, not a conclusion. It described academic areas of concentration including computational fluid dynamics, heat transfer, nuclear engineering, electromagnetics, radio frequencies, theoretical and computational physics, biological sciences and chemistry.

“Theoretical and computational applications, as well as experimentation on components of non-conventional propulsion systems is under way to provide for future development of vehicles that are capable of operating in the atmosphere, under water and in space,” the report stated.

The goal, according to BAASS, was hypersonic flight that would provide “superior performance in its ability to reach intended targets, faster delivery of weapons, greater effective range and an engagement capability enabling employment of complex tactics against multiple targets across multiple domains.”

The report further stated that BAASS’s “acquired knowledge and capabilities are leading the way to quantum leaps in technology for travel in the atmosphere, space and under water, along with advances in armament and defense systems.”

Where analytical solutions did not exist or the geometry was too complex, the report concluded, “BAASS incorporates ANSYS Multiphysics to provide a powerful computational platform to solve large problems numerically, while combining and solving many different physical equations.”

The combination of computational software with field measurement equipment and historical databases of UAP events, the report argued, allowed BAASS “to utilize state of the art engineering techniques and tools to assess the operational capabilities of UAP and USOs.”

“A greater understanding of these objects will allow for an accurate threat assessment, as well as provide the physics behind the incredible performance attributes that some have displayed,” the report concluded.

The references section of the report was redacted under exemption 1843(a)(2), as were the names of BAASS personnel throughout the document.

• Last Updated on October 28, 2026 by Nick Ross

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Pilots flying over Ohio contacted air traffic control after spotting a strange object near their plane, only to be told nothing was registering on radar.

An account posted to the National UFO Reporting Center (NUFORC) on October 26 described a silver, pill-shaped UFO that appeared almost stationary as the aircraft approached.

One pilot captured a photograph of the object, which he described during a follow-up interview with NUFORC investigator Ben Hansen. The encounter occurred on August 16.

‘The surface was silver and highly reflective, like pure polished metal,’ reads the investigator’s report, which identified the pilot only as ‘J.’

‘J described the UAP as uniform, pill-shaped. There were no warps or creases on the surface, nor was it tapered at the bottom,' Hansen wrote.

The crew saw no other aircraft on their collision-warning system or flight-tracking app. According to the report, Cleveland Center air traffic controllers also told them no aircraft or unidentified objects were showing on radar.

J believed the object may have emerged from thunderstorm clouds the pilots were attempting to fly between.

He questioned whether a balloon could have survived those conditions, reporting that their own aircraft experienced engine icing and moderate turbulence after entering the clouds.

One pilot captured a photograph of the object, describing it as a silver, pill-shaped UFO that appeared almost stationary as the aircraft approached

The NUFORC confirmed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) did not detect an object on radar and found no database matches for planned balloon launches.

'Coupled with the witness’s estimate that the object was at least 30 feet in height and uniformly shaped without tapering at the top or bottom, it presents some challenges to the balloon theory,'  Hansen said in the report.

At about 8pm ET, the pilots said they had reached 41,000 feet and were approaching a large thunderstorm, with clouds rising as high as 55,000 feet.

They dcided flying through a gap between the clouds was the safest route. 

That was when J spotted a strange object ahead of them, slightly above their plane. 

He initially reported that it was about five miles away, but later estimated the distance was closer to two or three miles. 

The pilots estimated that the object was flying at about 43,000 feet, traveling in the opposite direction and passing to their left. 

He initially wondered whether it was a weather balloon. However, its even shape, with no narrowing at the bottom, made him question that explanation.

NUFORC shared a CGI recreation of the UFO based on the witness's description

Its surface looked like highly polished metal. J believed its brightness came from reflecting sunlight rather than producing its own light.

The encounter lasted about two minutes. Flight information he later supplied showed that their plane was traveling at roughly 380mph.

J took one photograph with his iPhone after the object had passed them. By then, he estimated it was about seven miles behind the aircraft. He stressed that his description came from seeing it much closer earlier in the encounter.

The pilot said the way they approached and passed the object reminded him of encounters with oncoming aircraft, reinforcing his impression that it was moving rather than floating in place.

About a minute after first spotting it, he contacted Cleveland Center air traffic controllers to ask whether any aircraft or weather balloons were nearby.

Nothing appeared on the plane’s collision-warning system or the pilot’s flight-tracking app. According to J’s account, controllers also told the crew that nothing was showing on radar in the area where they saw the object.

The pilots continued watching it until it disappeared into the distance behind them.

NUFORC said the encounter raises wider questions about how authorities handle reports of unidentified objects near civilian aircraft.

The organization said there was no indication the FAA had referred this sighting to other agencies for a parallel investigation, arguing that potential aviation hazards deserve closer scrutiny.

It also highlighted an exchange in the audio recording in which an air traffic controller joked about the pilots submitting a NUFORC report, saying: ‘Make sure you include what color the alien was.’

NUFORC argued that such reactions reinforce the stigma surrounding UFO sightings and can discourage pilots from reporting encounters.

Even if an object ultimately proves to be a balloon, the organization said its presence in controlled airspace can raise safety concerns. 

Aircraft traveling at hundreds of miles per hour could suffer serious damage in a collision, while unidentified surveillance balloons could pose a national security threat.

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