Where the record comes from

Every event in Phenomainon traces back to one or more of these catalogs and archives. Sources are preserved on every event row; researchers can drill back to the original catalog entry from any case file.

• UFOCAT

  The Hatch UFO Catalog — the largest historical compilation of UFO reports, integrating data from hundreds of contributing catalogs and investigators.

• NUFORC

  National UFO Reporting Center — open public witness reports, US-based, run by Peter Davenport.

• MUFON

  Mutual UFO Network — investigator-vetted case files, the largest civilian investigation network worldwide.

• NIDS

  National Institute for Discovery Science — Bigelow-funded scientific investigation, focused on high-strangeness events.

• PILOTS

  Compiled pilot reports — commercial, military, and general aviation observers with high-credibility witness profiles.

• BAAS

  Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies — DIA-contracted investigation files (AAWSAP/AATIP-adjacent).

• UK MOD

  Released United Kingdom Ministry of Defence files: the country's official UAP-related correspondence and incident reports through 2007.

• COLARES

  Operação Prato — the Brazilian Air Force investigation of the 1977–1978 light-projection events on Colares island, the most-documented military UAP investigation in history.

• Skinwalker Ranch

  NIDS-era and NSF-funded investigative records from the Northern Ute Reservation site in Utah's Uintah Basin.

• AARO releases

  All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office — current US DoD UAP investigative releases, polled from aaro.mil.

• FOIA reading rooms

  FBI Vault, CIA CREST, NARA Project Blue Book holdings — declassified historical files from US intelligence and military archives.

• Congressional record

  House and Senate hearings, transcripts, and committee reports related to UAP.