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Mass sighting of aerial objects described in a broadsheet; often cited as an early UFO report but likely an atmospheric optical phenomenon.
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Investigated a body of UFO cases in the 1990s and subsequently declassified most of its historical files.
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Issued a 2020 directive formalizing pilot reporting procedures for unidentified aerial objects.
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Brief Soviet-era scientific commission established to formally study UFO reports during glasnost-era openness.
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Investigated cases including Shag Harbour (1967) and Falcon Lake (1967) and maintains historical UFO files.
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Uruguay's official government UFO investigation commission, one of the few in the world still actively operating and publishing findings.
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Peruvian Air Force office investigating anomalous aerial phenomena reports.
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Chile's official UFO study committee, operating under the country's civil aviation authority; one of the few active government UFO bodies today.
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Investigated multiple incidents including 'Operation Prato' in Colares and the Varginha case; has periodically declassified related files.
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French national space agency that houses and oversees GEIPAN's UFO investigations.