Patterns

The same thing, seen again.

Details that turn up in separate cases, told by people who never met, in different countries and decades. Each pattern was found by checking every case against every other. A pattern is a lead, not a proof: it says where to look next.

Behaviour · 7 cases · 1956–2010Always above the fighter's ceilingSeven air forces scrambled jets that could not climb to the object. It stayed above them, even when they went supersonic.Mariana Islands · Turkey · Spain · Yugoslavia · China · BrazilAftermath · 2 cases · 1997–2009The anthrax boosterTwo Marines, twelve years apart, say they were given an anthrax shot under guard after the encounter, with an unmarked armed team on site.California · IndonesiaBehaviour · 6 cases · 1977–2026The glowing cloud with no rocketAn expanding, glowing cloud seen across a region. Each time a rocket launch was proposed; four times no launch was ever matched.Karelia · Qinghai and south-central China · South Korea · China · Chile · RussiaBehaviour · 3 cases · 1975–1987Weapons that would not fireRadar lock, then the missiles or guns failed at the moment of firing, over Yugoslavia, Iran and Czechoslovakia.Yugoslavia · Iran · Vranov nad DyjíPhysical effects · 4 cases · 1958–2009Engines and radios dieCars stall, dashboards dim, phones and police radios go dead while the object is overhead.Maryland · France · Arkansas · New YorkPlaces · 4 cases · 1984–2025Civil nuclear power plantsNot only weapons sites: lights and failures at Indian Point, Arkansas Nuclear One, Genkai and Bushehr.New York · Iran · Arkansas · JapanPlaces · 7 cases · 2003–2020Bushehr, seen from both sidesUS surveillance flights in 2020 and the Iranian Air Force in 2003-12 both report objects around the Bushehr nuclear plant.Iran · Persian GulfTiming · 6 cases · 1969–2010The night shift, before dawnGendarmes, police, border guards and sentries between 01:00 and 05:00. Likely about who is awake on duty, not a peak hour.South Vietnam · Karelia · France · Germany · CanadaPlaces · 2 cases · 1986–2001Anápolis scrambles twiceThe same Brazilian base sent Mirage F-103 alert jets after unknown objects fifteen years apart.BrazilTiming · 6 cases · 2026October 2026: searches that found nothingToulon, Galilee, Nuremberg, Lublin, Głowaczowa, Jersey: six official searches in three weeks, no operator, no debris.France · Germany · Poland · Israel · Channel Islands

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Sources include war.gov/ufo (PURSUE), the FBI Vault, NASA and ASU Apollo archives, congressional testimony and the witnesses' own words. Each case links to its sources.A research project by Igor France · updated 1 November 2026 · Privacy