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How to read this site
UAP Docket publishes the UAP Research Registry, a workbook that records who said what, in which document, and how far each record can be trusted. It does not argue for or against any explanation of UAP.
Caveats that apply everywhere
- Purpose
- Separate credentials, claims, observations, corroboration and competing explanations.
- Interpretation
- A documented investigation does not verify anomalous or non-human origin.
- Evidence principle
- Do not treat a video, witness assertion, or government interest as proof of non-human origin.
- Evidence method
- Congressional testimony is documentary evidence that a statement was made; it does not independently prove the underlying extraordinary claim.
- Methodology
- A journalist documenting an allegation is not an independent witness to the underlying event.
- Cross-references
- Use explicit IDs rather than treating shared testimony as independent corroboration.
- Shared-source caution
- Tedesco brothers operate jointly; shared sensor observations are not two independent datasets.
- Source qualification
- Reported FBI coordination is not confirmation of FBI employment or formal contract.
- Evidence cautions
- Academic credentials, testimony, source provenance and non-human origin claims are assessed separately.
The grade badges
Every evidence record, chart position, timeline event and program carries one grade from a fixed set, and Evidence Log records also say where the account comes from. The grades are derived from columns the registry already keeps; the rules are keyword rules over those columns, written in scripts/grades.py. When a grade looks wrong, the column it was read from is shown on the record's page.
| Badge | Meaning | Evidence Log | Case Evidence | Positions | Ranks | Timeline | Programs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corroborated | The record is documented and the Evidence Log names an independent corroborating record (an official report, transcript, archive or similar), and nothing in the assessment marks it unverified. | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Documented | The record itself is established: an official record, public record, publication or documented role, with no unverified part noted. | 45 | 72 | 63 | 22 | 55 | 12 |
| Claim unverified | The statement, testimony or record is documented, but the claim inside it is not (for example "Testimony documented; underlying claim unverified"). | 45 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 7 |
| Reported | Attributed in the sources but not independently confirmed. Chart positions marked "Reported" and ranks marked "(reported)" land here, as do assessments with no documented or unverified wording. | 39 | 34 | 32 | 2 | 48 | 8 |
| Disputed | The registry records a dispute, contest or competing account. | 18 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 |
| Alleged | An allegation with nothing documented behind it. | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Unverified | The registry marks it unverified, unconfirmed or not established, with no documented part. | 51 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Verify | Still to be checked: "Needs date check" positions, ranks added "from public record – verify", and pending items. | 10 | 10 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 1 |
Where an account comes from (Evidence Log only)
- Firsthand Evidence Log "Firsthand?" says yes or claims firsthand involvement. This says where the account comes from, not whether it is true.
- Secondhand Conveyed by someone else ("No", "secondhand", "conveyed").
- Analysis Research, official analysis or a record rather than a witness account.
Which column each grade is read from
- Evidence Log: Assessment, upgraded to Corroborated when Independent corroboration names a record; Firsthand? gives the source badge. Publicly accessible? and Independent corroboration are also filters on the Evidence page.
- Case Evidence: Verification status.
- V86 Chart Positions: Verification. Public record → Documented, Reported → Reported, Needs date check → Verify, Unverified → Unverified, Disputed → Disputed. On the chart canvas these still show as the red asterisk.
- People Registry: Rank source. People Registry → Documented, "(reported)" → Reported, "verify" → Verify.
- Timeline and Programs: Evidence status / caveat and Status / qualification, read with the same rules as Assessment.
Case studies keep their own status (Open, Disputed, Explained, Documented, Not assessed) from the Case Assessment Matrix, because that describes whether a case is resolved, not how good one record is.
The research standard
| Dimension | Recording rule | Why it matters | Application |
|---|---|---|---|
| Documented occurrence | Record that a report, investigation, or video exists; do not infer the reported explanation | Prevents circular corroboration | Separate FAA/DoD documents from object identity |
| Firsthand source | Prefer original signed report, sensor file, contemporaneous log, or direct interview | Later retellings may diverge | Flag original versus secondary narratives |
| Original data access | Public full / public partial / archival restricted / unavailable / unverified | Reproducibility depends on access | GOFAST public clip but incomplete telemetry |
| Instrument evidence | Specify device, calibration, geometry, metadata, and missing fields | Visual speed and shape can mislead | Aguadilla and GOFAST motion reconstructions |
| Independent corroboration | Require independently obtained measurements, not repetitions of a single account | Repeated stories are not independent measurements | Check pilot vs radar source independence |
| Conventional alternatives | State strongest mundane hypotheses and whether tested | Avoids selecting only anomalous interpretation | Parallax, balloons, radar propagation, aircraft |
| Uncertainty and disagreement | Record source-specific confidence and unresolved variables | Preserves methodological disagreement | AARO high confidence on motion; not definitive GOFAST identity |
| Historical integrity | Preserve event date, report date, release date separately | Prevents retrospective narrative inflation | 1952/1964 archival cases |
| Research priority | Prioritize original records and falsifiable analyses | Makes registry actionable | Retrieve logs, radar files, full sensor metadata |
| No origin inference | Do not treat unexplained status as extraterrestrial confirmation | Unidentified is not a positive identification | Apply to every case |
Where the data comes from
Everything here is generated from UAP_Research_Registry_Version_99_Merged.xlsx (exported 2026-11-12). The workbook is the source of truth; the site is rebuilt from it and never edited by hand. Each count below is the number of non-empty rows in the sheet and the number of records on the site.
| Sheet | Rows | On the site |
|---|---|---|
| Case Studies | 89 | 89 |
| People Registry | 188 | 188 |
| Evidence Log | 269 | 269 |
| Case Evidence | 239 | 239 |
| Source Library | 401 | 374 ⚠ |
| Congressional Oversight | 24 | 24 |
| Legislative Registry | 5 | 5 |
| Programs & Organizations | 31 | 31 |
| Chronological Timeline | 176 | 176 |
| V86 Chart Offices | 57 | 57 |
| V86 Chart Positions | 122 | 122 |
| Cross-References | 382 | 382 |
Duplicate IDs in the workbook: E143. Each row still has its own page; the second copy's address ends in -2. These need new IDs in the workbook.
The original chart is also available as ten Letter-landscape print pages and a PDF.