UFO Files
Uncover the truth that’s been hidden in the skies. The UFO Files dives deep into declassified documents, eyewitness accounts, government cover-ups, and chilling encounters from around the world.
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The USS Roosevelt Encounters: The Navy UFO Wave Before the Nimitz Case (opens the original)
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In 2014 and early 2015, Navy aviators assigned to Carrier Air Wing One reported recurring unidentified contacts over Atlantic training ranges off the U.S. East Coast. Many of the encounters occurred while F/A-18 Super Hornet squadrons, including VFA-11, were operating from Naval Air Station Oceana before the USS Theodore Roosevelt deployed in March 2015. Former Navy pilots Ryan Graves and Danny Accoin later described unfamiliar radar tracks, attempted intercepts, and contacts that appeared on mo
The Malmstrom Missile Incident: Did UFOs Shut Down America’s Nuclear Weapons? (opens the original)
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On March 16, 1967, at approximately 08:45, all ten Minuteman I missiles assigned to Echo Flight at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana lost strategic-alert status nearly simultaneously. The incident appears in the declassified command history of the 341st Strategic Missile Wing and prompted an engineering response involving Strategic Air Command, Air Force specialists, Boeing, Autonetics, and the Ogden Air Materiel Area. The missiles were restored without replacement of launch-facility equipment
The Japan Airlines Flight 1628 Encounter: What Followed a 747 Over Alaska? (opens the original)
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On November 17, 1986, Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 crossed the dark interior of Alaska on its way to Anchorage when its three-person Boeing 747 cargo crew reported unfamiliar lights where Anchorage Center had no known traffic. A January 9, 1987 certified Anchorage ARTCC transcript preserves the radio exchanges in real time: traffic checks, changing headings, military radar discussions, and attempts to obtain confirmation from other aircraft. Captain Kenju Terauchi later described two illuminated
The 1952 Washington UFO Incident: What Flew Over the Nation’s Capital? (opens the original)
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In July 1952, radar operators at Washington National Airport reported unidentified returns near the United States capital. Personnel at nearby Andrews Air Force Base also reported unusual radar activity, while pilots and ground witnesses described lights in portions of the same broader events. Air Force fighters were scrambled during two heavily publicized weekends, but no interceptor conclusively identified an aircraft responsible for the reports. The Washington incidents unfolded during a majo
The Travis Walton Case: What Happened During His Five Missing Days? (opens the original)
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On November 5, 1975, seven members of a logging crew were driving through Arizona’s Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Heber when they reported seeing a brilliant object hovering among the trees. According to the crew, twenty-two-year-old Travis Walton left the truck, approached the light, and was struck by an intense blue-green beam. The other men fled, then returned to find Walton and the object gone. For approximately five days, Walton was the subject of a major missing-person search. His
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