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Mapped from our reports: 25 published dispatches with a reported location. Dots mark the approximate city or area.

Mapped dispatches 25

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  1. Illustration: a huge soft disc of white, orange and red light hanging low over a misty field at the edge of a birch forest at night

    UFOOzhogino, Moscow region, Russia

    Two Nights Over Ozhogino: Villagers Outside Moscow Say a Silent, 20-Meter Glowing Disc Hovered Over a Field

  2. Illustration: a large cat's silhouette at the edge of a dark autumn wood beside a quiet road, a drone's red light hovering above the trees

    CryptidWôlinak, Quebec

    A Cougar in the Streets of Wôlinak? Abenaki Police Told Residents to Stay Inside While a Thermal Drone Searched the Woods

  3. Illustration: a rocket climbing above the Earth trailing a curved blue-white streak

    UFOStarbase, Texas

    A 'Mothership' Behind Starship? A Pale Streak on SpaceX's Flight 14 Livestream Sets Off UFO Claims

  4. Illustration: a long shape in the still water of a moonlit river lake, a lit paddle boat in the distance

    CryptidLake Pepin, Minn.

    $60,000 for Proof of 'Pepie': A Minnesota Author Raises the Bounty on Lake Pepin's Monster

  5. Illustration: flashlight beams sweeping through a wooded ravine at night

    ParanormalChapultepec Forest, Mexico City

    Nine Young Ghost Hunters Rescued From a Chapultepec Ravine While Searching for the 'House of Aunt Toña'

  6. Illustration: a projector beam lighting a screen that shows a tall dark figure in a snowy forest

    CryptidBluff Creek, Calif. (1967 film)

    Bigfoot's Most Famous Film Turns 59 on Oct. 20, With a Restoration and a Documentary About a 1966 Reel Out the Same Day

  7. Illustration: an open notebook on a desk by a rain-streaked window over a city street at night

    Time TravelShimokitazawa, Tokyo

    Shimokitazawa Time-Slip Case: The Notebook Owner's Grandson Writes In, and Asks the Search to Stop

  8. Illustration: a flashlight beam reaching toward a tall shape with glowing eyes in dark woods

    CryptidLarue County, Ky.

    They Whistled Back at a Knock in the Kentucky Woods. Then, a Witness Says, Their Spotlight Found Something 7 to 8 Feet Tall

  9. Illustration: a person resting in a reclining chair in a dark room as a pale form drifts above, light under a closed door

    ParanormalCharlottesville, Va.

    Out-of-Body Test Misses Its Target, but Two Participants Described the Researchers in the Next Room

  10. Illustration: a small submarine's lights in deep lake water, a long-necked shadow beyond

    CryptidBariloche, Argentina

    A Robot Submarine Goes Looking for 'Nahuelito' at the Site of Bariloche's Latest Lake Sighting

  11. Illustration: a small shrine with lanterns in heavy rain among glass office towers at night

    ParanormalOtemachi, Tokyo

    Tokyo's Record Rain Revives Talk of 'Masakado's Curse' After a Streamer Climbed the Samurai's Head-Tomb

  12. Illustration: an empty rural train platform at night in fog, a red signal light down the tracks

    Time TravelKawasaki, Japan

    Kisaragi Station Returns to Japanese TV, Alongside Someone Who Says They and Two Friends Wandered Into 'a Strange World' Near Kawasaki

  13. Illustration: red lights over a riverside town with church domes at night

    UFOUglich, Russia

    Red Lights Over Uglich: Three Observers Say They Watched Objects Hover and Rotate for 25 Minutes

  14. Illustration: a tall dark figure at the forest edge beside a mountain highway under gray skies

    CryptidSlumgullion Pass, Colo.

    'Its Gait Was a Glide': A Colorado Woman Reports a Daylight Bigfoot Near the Top of Slumgullion Pass

  15. Illustration: a dark diamond shape in a glowing break in the clouds above a city at night

    UFOMexico City

    Mexico City: A Black 'Diamond' During the Independence Day Flyover, Then a 'Colossal Light' in the Clouds

  16. Illustration: a bright light in the clouds above an empty steppe and a fence line at night, horses far off

    CryptidRío Mayo, Chubut, Argentina

    Five Horses Found Mutilated Outside Río Mayo, and Neighbors Describe 'a Light Like a Plate, With a Tail'

  17. Illustration: a narrow stone street at night under a lantern, a church dome in the distance

    ParanormalXewkija, Gozo, Malta

    Holidaymakers in Gozo Say a White-Faced, Eyeless Figure Attacked Them. Police Confirm They Answered a 112 Call.

  18. Illustration: a long dark shape beneath the surface of a misty, forest-ringed lake, seen from above

    CryptidPort Henry, N.Y.

    '1,000% Convinced': Filmmakers Put Their Champ Drone Footage Before a Science Panel, With Names Due Oct. 5

  19. Illustration: a figure seen from behind climbing subway stairs into an old-fashioned city street

    Time TravelSantiago, Chile

    A 'Time Vortex' Under Santiago? Riders Say Line 1's Universidad Católica Station Let Them Out Into the 1970s

  20. Illustration: red, green, blue and violet lights in the sky above a mountain ridge and a city at night

    UFOTehran, Iran

    Silent Rainbow Lights Over Tehran, 50 Years After the City's Famous UFO Night

  21. Illustration: three small lights in the night sky, seen from inside a dark airliner cockpit

    UFONear Tandil, Argentina

    Argentine Pilot Says Three 'Dancing' Lights Stayed Ahead of His Plane for 35 Minutes

  22. Illustration: stacks of files under a green desk lamp in a dark office, a light visible through the window

    UFOWashington, D.C.

    Pentagon's Sixth UFO File Release Includes a 2010 Study of Injuries Linked to an 'Anomalous Aerospace' Event

  23. Illustration: a glowing orb above a dark rural road at night, a parked car and a lone silhouette below

    UFOColorado (exact location redacted)

    Pentagon Releases a Colorado Officer's Footage of a Silent, Flashing Orb, Filmed in 2023

  24. Illustration: a long, pale airship-like object over misty mountains and a riverside city

    UFODujiangyan, China

    A Translucent 'Airship' Hovered Over Dujiangyan, and China's Weather Office Says It Wasn't a Weather Balloon

  25. Illustration: a small dark sphere hanging above a long, lit freeway at dusk

    UFOLos Angeles

    A News Helicopter's Traffic Camera Catches a Sphere Gliding Over an LA Freeway