About uapstats

How this record is built

uapstats is a free, chronological record of UAP and UFO events. It documents what was reported or claimed, by whom, and where the public record is. It does not assert that contested claims are true.

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Every entry has a source

Nothing is published without at least one public source you can open yourself. The site will not build if one is missing.

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Original, neutral writing

Summaries are written for this site. Contested claims are framed as claims, and official explanations are included.

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Nothing re-hosted without rights

Video and audio play through each platform's own player. Images are public domain or openly licensed, always credited.

Source tiers

Each source is labeled so you can judge it at a glance. Counts show how many of the 104 entries cite at least one source of that tier.

Official67 entries

Government documents, official reports and sworn testimony.

e.g. Project Blue Book files, ODNI reports, congressional hearing transcripts

Firsthand13 entries

On-record accounts from the people involved.

e.g. A pilot or officer describing their own encounter

Press58 entries

Reporting by established news organizations.

e.g. AP, UPI, The New York Times, regional newspapers of record

Other30 entries

Other published accounts, such as books and archives.

e.g. Library of Congress records, research archives

Scores

Every entry carries two editorial scores from 1 to 10, judged from the sources listed with it.

Evidence

How well documented the thing the entry describes is. It rates the record, not whether a claim is true.

  1. 9-10Official records plus multiple independent witnesses or sensor data.
  2. 7-8Official documentation, sworn testimony, or several named witnesses with contemporaneous press.
  3. 5-6Contemporaneous press with named witnesses.
  4. 3-4A single named witness, or accounts written long after the event.
  5. 1-2A single uncorroborated account.
Distribution of evidence scores, 104 entries

Significance

How important the entry is to the history of the subject.

  1. 10A defining moment in the subject.
  2. 7-9A widely known milestone.
  3. 4-6Notable within the field.
  4. 1-3Minor or regional.
Distribution of significance scores, 104 entries

How an entry is made

  1. 01

    Research

    A candidate event is checked against the public record before anything is written.

  2. 02

    Verify sources

    Every source link is opened and must actually support the entry. Anything that cannot be supported is dropped.

  3. 03

    Write

    An original one-to-three sentence summary that says what was claimed, by whom, and any official explanation.

  4. 04

    Score

    Evidence and significance are scored against the published scales below.

  5. 05

    Review

    A second check re-opens the riskiest sources, then an editor approves the change before it goes live.

Images and media

  • Images come from Wikimedia Commons, where each file's license and author are recorded. Only public-domain and Creative Commons images are used, and every one is credited with a link to its source.
  • Where no legitimate image exists, the entry shows a plain placeholder. A misleading picture is worse than none.
  • Video and audio are shown through the platform's own player or linked; nothing is downloaded or re-hosted.
  • Short quotes appear only when the exact wording matters, and link to where they came from.

Corrections

Spot a mistake, a broken link or a better source? Every change is reviewed before it goes live.

Suggest a correction