UPDB

Unexplained Phenomena Database

Total Reports

336,665

Reports

Reports on Map

285,671

Geolocated

Files Attached to Reports

111,615

Images & Videos

Document Pages OCR Indexed

507,438

Pages

UPDB only contains reports that have been listed in a public UFO database. It does not contain any exclusive or classified data and does not vouch for the accuracy or truthfulness of any reports.

UFO Reports by Country

North America

🇺🇸 United States – 267,334 reports

Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • District of Columbia (Washington DC) • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Hampshire • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • North Carolina • North Dakota • Ohio • Oklahoma • Oregon • Pennsylvania • Rhode Island • South Carolina • South Dakota • Tennessee • Texas • Utah • Vermont • Virginia • Washington • West Virginia • Wisconsin • Wyoming • American Samoa • Guam • Northern Mariana Islands • Puerto Rico • United States Minor Outlying Islands • Virgin Islands

🇨🇦 Canada – 16,491 reports

Alberta • British Columbia • Manitoba • New Brunswick • Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) • Nova Scotia • Nunavut • Northwest Territories • Ontario • Prince Edward Island • Quebec • Saskatchewan • Yukon

🇲🇽 Mexico (México) – 1,378 reports

🇵🇷 Puerto Rico – 483 reports

🇨🇷 Costa Rica – 153 reports

🇩🇴 Dominican Republic (República Dominicana) – 113 reports

🇵🇦 Panama (Panamá) – 77 reports

🇧🇸 Bahamas – 69 reports

🇨🇺 Cuba – 69 reports

🇬🇹 Guatemala – 69 reports

🇯🇲 Jamaica – 57 reports

🇧🇲 Bermuda – 43 reports

🇭🇳 Honduras – 42 reports

🇸🇻 El Salvador – 30 reports

🇻🇮 U.S. Virgin Islands (United States Virgin Islands) – 30 reports

🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago – 27 reports

🇧🇿 Belize – 25 reports

🇳🇮 Nicaragua – 25 reports

🇬🇱 Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat) – 23 reports

🇧🇧 Barbados – 18 reports

🇦🇼 Aruba – 17 reports

🇭🇹 Haiti (Haïti) – 17 reports

🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands – 11 reports

🇬🇵 Guadeloupe – 10 reports

🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands – 10 reports

🇰🇾 Cayman Islands – 7 reports

🇨🇼 Curacao (Curaçao) – 3 reports

🇱🇨 Saint Lucia – 3 reports

🇲🇶 Martinique – 3 reports

🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda – 2 reports

🇬🇩 Grenada – 2 reports

🇦🇮 Anguilla – 1 reports

🇩🇲 Dominica – 1 reports

🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis – 1 reports

🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – 1 reports

South America

🇧🇷 Brazil (Brasil) – 2,420 reports

🇦🇷 Argentina – 1,096 reports

🇨🇱 Chile – 438 reports

🇨🇴 Colombia – 337 reports

🇻🇪 Venezuela – 287 reports

🇵🇪 Peru (Perú) – 237 reports

🇺🇾 Uruguay – 193 reports

🇪🇨 Ecuador – 67 reports

🇧🇴 Bolivia – 54 reports

🇵🇾 Paraguay – 22 reports

🇬🇾 Guyana – 11 reports

🇸🇷 Suriname – 4 reports

🇬🇫 French Guiana (Guyane française) – 2 reports

Asia

🇮🇳 India (भारत) – 1,259 reports

🇯🇵 Japan (日本) – 581 reports

🇨🇳 China (中国) – 563 reports

🇮🇷 Iran (ایران) – 321 reports

🇲🇾 Malaysia – 278 reports

🇵🇭 Philippines (Pilipinas) – 274 reports

🇹🇷 Turkey (Türkiye) – 255 reports

🇰🇷 South Korea (대한민국) – 218 reports

🇮🇱 Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל) – 197 reports

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (العربية السعودية) – 131 reports

🇦🇫 Afghanistan (افغانستان) – 126 reports

🇹🇭 Thailand (ประเทศไทย) – 115 reports

🇮🇩 Indonesia – 111 reports

🇮🇶 Iraq (العراق) – 89 reports

🇻🇳 Vietnam (Việt Nam) – 84 reports

🇵🇰 Pakistan – 81 reports

🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates (دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة) – 75 reports

🇸🇬 Singapore – 61 reports

🇱🇰 Sri Lanka (śrī laṃkāva) – 57 reports

🇹🇼 Taiwan (臺灣) – 56 reports

🇱🇧 Lebanon (لبنان) – 51 reports

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan (Қазақстан) – 50 reports

🇰🇼 Kuwait (الكويت) – 41 reports

🇬🇪 Georgia (საქართველო) – 39 reports

🇰🇵 North Korea (북한) – 39 reports

🇭🇰 Hong Kong (香港) – 37 reports

🇯🇴 Jordan (الأردن) – 35 reports

🇧🇩 Bangladesh – 29 reports

🇳🇵 Nepal (नपल) – 23 reports

🇦🇲 Armenia (Հայաստան) – 18 reports

🇰🇭 Cambodia (Kâmpŭchéa) – 17 reports

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan (O‘zbekiston) – 17 reports

🇲🇳 Mongolia (Монгол улс) – 13 reports

🇴🇲 Oman (عمان) – 13 reports

🇦🇿 Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan) – 12 reports

🇸🇾 Syria (سوريا) – 12 reports

🇧🇭 Bahrain (‏البحرين) – 11 reports

🇶🇦 Qatar (قطر) – 11 reports

🇧🇳 Brunei (Negara Brunei Darussalam) – 8 reports

🇲🇻 Maldives – 7 reports

🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan (Кыргызстан) – 6 reports

🇵🇸 Palestine (فلسطين) – 6 reports

🇱🇦 Laos (ສປປລາວ) – 5 reports

🇹🇲 Turkmenistan (Türkmenistan) – 5 reports

🇾🇪 Yemen (اليَمَن) – 5 reports

🇲🇲 Myanmar [Burma] (မြန်မာ) – 4 reports

🇲🇴 Macao (澳門) – 3 reports

🇹🇯 Tajikistan (Тоҷикистон) – 2 reports

🇧🇹 Bhutan (ʼbrug-yul) – 1 reports

Antarctica

🇦🇶 Antarctica – 49 reports

🇬🇸 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (South Georgia) – 1 reports

🇹🇫 French Southern Territories (Territoire des Terres australes et antarctiques fr) – 1 reports

Europe

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – 14,129 reports

🇫🇷 France – 2,902 reports

🇩🇪 Germany (Deutschland) – 1,550 reports

🇪🇸 Spain (España) – 1,187 reports

🇮🇹 Italy (Italia) – 1,154 reports

🇸🇪 Sweden (Sverige) – 887 reports

🇩🇰 Denmark (Danmark) – 548 reports

🇷🇺 Russia (Россия) – 534 reports

🇮🇪 Ireland (Éire) – 517 reports

🇨🇭 Switzerland (Schweiz) – 495 reports

🇵🇹 Portugal – 446 reports

🇧🇪 Belgium (België) – 440 reports

🇳🇱 Netherlands (Nederland) – 412 reports

🇳🇴 Norway (Norge) – 402 reports

🇷🇴 Romania (România) – 351 reports

🇵🇱 Poland (Polska) – 262 reports

🇬🇷 Greece (Ελλάδα) – 242 reports

🇦🇹 Austria (Österreich) – 235 reports

🇫🇮 Finland (Suomi) – 225 reports

🇺🇦 Ukraine (Україна) – 169 reports

🇭🇷 Croatia (Hrvatska) – 149 reports

🇧🇬 Bulgaria (България) – 141 reports

🇭🇺 Hungary (Magyarország) – 129 reports

🇨🇿 Czech Republic (Česká republika) – 115 reports

🇸🇮 Slovenia (Slovenija) – 92 reports

🇨🇾 Cyprus (Κύπρος) – 87 reports

🇮🇸 Iceland (Ísland) – 67 reports

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosna i Hercegovina) – 61 reports

🇷🇸 Serbia (Србија) – 55 reports

🇪🇪 Estonia (Eesti) – 54 reports

🇱🇹 Lithuania (Lietuva) – 49 reports

🇲🇹 Malta – 44 reports

🇲🇪 Montenegro (Црна Гора) – 36 reports

🇸🇰 Slovakia (Slovensko) – 31 reports

🇱🇻 Latvia (Latvija) – 28 reports

🇦🇱 Albania (Shqipëria) – 25 reports

🇲🇰 North Macedonia (Северна Македонија) – 25 reports

🇽🇰 Kosovo (Republika e Kosovës) – 14 reports

🇱🇺 Luxembourg – 12 reports

🇧🇾 Belarus (Белару́сь) – 11 reports

🇲🇩 Moldova – 9 reports

🇦🇽 Åland – 8 reports

🇬🇮 Gibraltar – 8 reports

🇲🇨 Monaco – 4 reports

🇦🇩 Andorra – 2 reports

🇮🇲 Isle of Man – 2 reports

🇫🇴 Faroe Islands (Føroyar) – 1 reports

🇱🇮 Liechtenstein – 1 reports

🇸🇯 Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Svalbard og Jan Mayen) – 1 reports

Australia

🇦🇺 Australia – 4,759 reports

🇳🇿 New Zealand – 822 reports

🇦🇸 American Samoa – 220 reports

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea (Papua Niugini) – 38 reports

🇬🇺 Guam – 29 reports

🇺🇲 U.S. Minor Outlying Islands (United States Minor Outlying Islands) – 14 reports

🇫🇯 Fiji – 10 reports

🇻🇺 Vanuatu – 9 reports

🇵🇫 French Polynesia (Polynésie française) – 5 reports

🇹🇱 East Timor (Timor-Leste) – 4 reports

🇹🇴 Tonga – 4 reports

🇼🇸 Samoa – 4 reports

🇹🇻 Tuvalu – 3 reports

🇫🇲 Micronesia – 2 reports

🇰🇮 Kiribati – 2 reports

🇲🇭 Marshall Islands (M̧ajeļ) – 2 reports

🇳🇫 Norfolk Island – 2 reports

🇳🇷 Nauru – 2 reports

🇵🇳 Pitcairn Islands – 2 reports

🇸🇧 Solomon Islands – 2 reports

🇼🇫 Wallis and Futuna (Wallis et Futuna) – 2 reports

🇨🇰 Cook Islands – 1 reports

🇳🇨 New Caledonia (Nouvelle-Calédonie) – 1 reports

🇵🇼 Palau – 1 reports

Africa

🇿🇦 South Africa – 633 reports

🇩🇿 Algeria (الجزائر) – 126 reports

🇪🇬 Egypt (مصر‎) – 124 reports

🇲🇦 Morocco (المغرب) – 90 reports

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe – 59 reports

🇰🇪 Kenya – 47 reports

🇹🇳 Tunisia (تونس) – 43 reports

🇱🇾 Libya (‏ليبيا) – 23 reports

🇦🇴 Angola – 21 reports

🇲🇺 Mauritius (Maurice) – 18 reports

🇳🇬 Nigeria – 17 reports

🇹🇿 Tanzania – 16 reports

🇪🇹 Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ) – 14 reports

🇲🇬 Madagascar (Madagasikara) – 14 reports

🇿🇲 Zambia – 14 reports

🇳🇦 Namibia – 13 reports

🇸🇳 Senegal (Sénégal) – 11 reports

🇺🇬 Uganda – 10 reports

🇲🇿 Mozambique (Moçambique) – 9 reports

🇧🇼 Botswana – 8 reports

🇨🇮 Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) – 7 reports

🇧🇮 Burundi – 5 reports

🇬🇭 Ghana – 5 reports

🇸🇨 Seychelles – 5 reports

🇸🇩 Sudan (السودان) – 5 reports

🇹🇩 Chad (Tchad) – 5 reports

🇨🇲 Cameroon – 4 reports

🇷🇪 Réunion (La Réunion) – 4 reports

🇹🇬 Togo – 4 reports

🇬🇦 Gabon – 3 reports

🇱🇷 Liberia – 3 reports

🇲🇱 Mali – 3 reports

🇧🇯 Benin (Bénin) – 2 reports

🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo (République du Congo) – 2 reports

🇩🇯 Djibouti – 2 reports

🇬🇲 Gambia – 2 reports

🇱🇸 Lesotho – 2 reports

🇲🇼 Malawi – 2 reports

🇳🇪 Niger – 2 reports

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone – 2 reports

🇸🇴 Somalia (Soomaaliya) – 2 reports

🇧🇫 Burkina Faso – 1 reports

🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo) – 1 reports

🇨🇫 Central African Republic (Ködörösêse tî Bêafrîka) – 1 reports

🇪🇭 Western Sahara (الصحراء الغربية) – 1 reports

🇬🇳 Guinea (Guinée) – 1 reports

🇲🇷 Mauritania (موريتانيا) – 1 reports

🇷🇼 Rwanda – 1 reports

🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe (São Tomé e Príncipe) – 1 reports

🇸🇿 Swaziland – 1 reports

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UPDB data comes from the following sources. Thank you to these organizations and their staff for helping to build an open and public record of unexplained phenomena.

NUFORC (145,194)

Scraped and parsed by Publius from nuforc.org.

MUFON (125,702)

Scraped and parsed by Publius from mufoncms.com.

UFODNA (38,269)

Scraped and parsed by Publius from Internet Archive mirror of ufodna.com.

BLUEBOOK (14,035)

Downloaded from phenomAInon on 2022-05-08, case details parsed by Publius.

NICAP (5,839)

List imported from https://www.nicap.org/NSID/NSID_DBListingbyDate.pdf . Individual case details parsed from nicap.org mirror scraped by Publius.

UKTNA (2,837)

Downloaded from phenomAInon on 2022-05-08, case details parsed by Publius.

CANADAGOV (1,511)

Downloaded from phenomAInon on 2022-05-08, case details parsed by Publius.

NIDS (1,472)

Downloaded from phenomAInon on 2022-05-08, case details parsed by Publius.

BRAZILGOV (696)

Downloaded from phenomAInon on 2022-05-08, case details parsed by Publius.

SKINWALKER (585)

Downloaded from phenomAInon on 2022-05-08, case details parsed by Publius.

PILOTS (481)

Downloaded from phenomAInon on 2022-05-08, case details parsed by Publius.

BAASS (44)

Downloaded from phenomAInon on 2022-05-08, case details parsed by Publius.

• Locations & dates are parsed and converted into a common schema before being added to the database
• Locations are parsed into: city, district, country, water body, other
• Dates are always assumed to be in the local time of the report location and are stored without timezone
• Reports without dates, or with unparseable dates, are not included in the database

• updb-scrapers CLI scripts to crawl and download reports from sources
• updb-importers Script for reading downloaded/OCRed data, cleaning/parsing, then inserting into the database
• updb-app Vue SSR frontend for website
• updb-ocr Custom macOS app using Apple's ML-backed VisionKit for multi-language OCR of over 500,000 document pages. Processing took ~6 CPU-months on a 3.2 GHz 8-Core Intel Xeon W (~3 weeks wall time).

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