Official reportInside AARO’s FY2025 report
The July 2026 release adds a new reporting window—and another reminder to separate an unexplained observation from an extraordinary explanation.
UAP · Space science · Ancient mysteriesUFO & UAP news.
The Cosmic Cliffs · Webb infrared image · NASA / ESA / CSA / STScIUFO & UAP news.
A closer look.
Explore UFO sightings, the search for alien life, ancient mysteries and encounter folklore. Follow the evidence behind the extraordinary stories.
01 / The news desk
All stories Follow the evidence.
Official report
Case analysis
What the GoFast analysis actually resolved
AARO’s case analysis found no anomalous performance. It stopped short of definitively identifying the object.
Unverified account
The Kandahar giant: what is actually on the record?
Timothy Alberino, an unnamed C-130 pilot, and a story whose chain of attribution matters as much as its extraordinary details.
Research debate
A possible biosignature is the start of an investigation
The debate over a distant planet illustrates three separate questions: is a feature real, which molecule caused it, and would biology be required?
The people behind the claims
All 24 profiles ↗Whistleblowers. Witnesses. The record.
Who said it? What did they personally know? Explore the background and evidence behind the names.
Whistleblower
David Grusch
Former Air Force intelligence officer and National Reconnaissance Office representative to the UAP Task Force
David Grusch brought allegations of concealed UAP recovery programs to Congress. His intelligence background, whistleblower complaint and claims about recovered material require separate evaluation.
Background & evidenceFormer official
Luis Elizondo
Former Defense Department intelligence official, author and UAP disclosure advocate
Luis 'Lue' Elizondo is a former Pentagon official associated with AATIP and UAP disclosure. His asserted program role and nonhuman-technology claims have distinct evidentiary questions.
Background & evidenceWitness
David Fravor
Retired U.S. Navy commander and pilot in the 2004 USS Nimitz encounter
David Fravor is a direct visual witness in the USS Nimitz 'Tic Tac' case. His account must be distinguished from later video and shipboard radar reports.
Background & evidenceWitness
Ryan Graves
Former U.S. Navy F/A-18F pilot and founder of Americans for Safe Aerospace
Ryan Graves connects Navy UAP reports with aviation safety advocacy. His own sensor observations differ from the close visual encounters other pilots reported to him.
Background & evidenceFormer official
Tim Gallaudet
Retired Navy rear admiral, oceanographer and former acting NOAA administrator
Tim Gallaudet's UAP testimony centers on a Navy safety email and the GoFast video. His senior service and scientific credentials are separate from his interpretation of that evidence.
Background & evidenceFormer official
Christopher Mellon
Former Pentagon intelligence official and minority staff director of the Senate Intelligence Committee
Christopher Mellon helped bring military UAP reports to journalists and Congress. His strongest documented contribution is connecting witnesses, records, and oversight.
Background & evidenceThe distinction matters
Curiosity comes with context.
Every story tells you what kind of evidence it rests on. How we label the unknown
Official & scientific
Records, measurements and published research—with limits.
Attributed claims
What a named speaker says, separated from verification.
Unverified account
An extraordinary claim still missing corroboration.
Texts & folklore
Stories, beliefs and interpretations in their own context.
02 / Into the ancient world
Explore the archive Old texts. Enduring questions.
Sumerian administrative tablet · ca. 3100–2900 BCEThe Met · CC0 · Context object, not a Gilgamesh manuscript
Text & interpretationBefore the theory,
Before the theory,
read the tablet.
Gilgamesh. The Watchers. Lost technology. Ancient writing opens a remarkable window into human imagination—but the text and the modern theory are different layers of the story.
Start with GilgameshRead nextThe Book of Enoch, in context
03 / The encounter field guide
Open the field guide Faces from the folklore.
Five familiar descriptions. The stories behind them. Explore the record without mistaking a label for a verified species.
The humanlike visitors
Nordics
Fair-haired, humanlike figures in contactee literature.
The Nevada narratives
Tall Whites
The pale humanoids described in Charles Hall’s accounts.
The small-stature accounts
Short Greys
Large-eyed, slight figures in reported encounters.
The familiar umbrella term
Regular Greys
An informal overview of a widely recurring visual motif.
The reptile-like motif
Reptilians
A motif in alien lore and modern conspiracy culture.
Original AI-generated editorial illustrations based on common reported descriptions. These are not photographs, biological reconstructions, or evidence of extraterrestrial beings.
04 / Watch, then investigate
Video library The conversation, in full.
CARSONOFFICIAL PLAYER
Attributed claims
JRE #2160 — Billy Carson
Ancient texts, pyramids and proposed lost technologies. Start with the full conversation, then compare the claims with archaeological and bibliographic sources.
ALBERINOOFFICIAL PLAYER
Unverified account
JRE #2530 — Timothy Alberino
Alberino recounts an unnamed pilot’s alleged giant-transport story. The pilot does not appear as the guest; the recovery remains unverified.
NASAUAP STUDYOFFICIAL PLAYER
Official broadcast
NASA’s public meeting on UAP
The independent study team discusses the data, methods and reporting needed for scientific investigation.