The Evidence Room · 12 Files

The files they tried to bury

Each case rated for credibility, traced from first report to official verdict. Some are folklore. Some are on government letterhead. We tell you which.

FILE-1947-RSWDISPUTED

The Roswell Incident

Something fell from the New Mexico sky — and the story changed twice.

Roswell Army Air Field, New Mexico1947
Credibility
FILE-S4-GROOMPARTIAL

Area 51 & the S-4 Hangars

The base the government denied existed for 58 years.

Groom Lake, Nevada1955 – present
Credibility
FILE-FBI-HOTTELDECLASSIFIED

The Hottel Memo (FBI Vault)

The most-viewed document in the FBI's history is about flying saucers.

FBI Washington Field Office1950
Credibility
FILE-AATIP-UAPONGOING

AATIP & the Pentagon UAP Disclosure

The footage the U.S. Navy filmed — and the Pentagon confirmed is real.

U.S. Navy operational airspace2007 – present
Credibility
FILE-1997-PHXDISPUTED

The Phoenix Lights

Thousands watched a mile-wide craft drift over a major city in silence.

Phoenix, Arizona1997
Credibility
FILE-1980-RFIPARTIAL

The Rendlesham Forest Incident

'Britain's Roswell' — and the airman who touched the craft.

RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk, England1980
Credibility
FILE-1961-HILLDISPUTED

The Hill Abduction

The first abduction that mainstream America couldn't dismiss.

White Mountains, New Hampshire1961
Credibility
FILE-1975-WALTONDISPUTED

The Travis Walton Abduction

Six men watched him get hit by a beam of light. Then he vanished for five days.

Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona1975
Credibility
FILE-1996-VGADISPUTED

The Varginha Incident

Brazil's Roswell — a captured creature, a dead soldier, and a town that never forgot.

Varginha, Minas Gerais, Brazil1996
Credibility
FILE-2004-NIMONGOING

The Nimitz 'Tic Tac' Encounter

Two Navy fighter pilots chased a 40-foot object that defied physics — on radar, on video, and in person.

Pacific Ocean, off San Diego2004
Credibility
FILE-USAF-PBBDECLASSIFIED

Project Blue Book

The U.S. Air Force studied UFOs for 17 years — and 701 cases were never solved.

Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio1952 – 1969
Credibility
FILE-1965-KCKDISPUTED

The Kecksburg UFO

An acorn-shaped object fell into the Pennsylvania woods — and the military hauled something away.

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania1965
Credibility