Public Archive UAP Observatory

Methodology

Source-first, candidate-first, and conclusion-light.

The archive is being built to preserve serious UAP events with usable provenance, not to push a predetermined theory.

Research rules

  • Prefer first-order sources and traceable provenance.
  • Treat source records as the atomic unit behind factual claims.
  • Separate research from later synthesis and speculation.
  • Use a candidate-first funnel: discovery, capture, triage, promotion, then analysis.
  • Preserve original artifacts locally whenever feasible.

Current public footing

  • 136 canonical incident records
  • 331 candidate incidents
  • 8,928 source records
  • 187 active international lanes

Why this matters

The subject stays stigmatized partly because most public UAP material is either sensationalized, poorly sourced, or impossible to inspect. A usable archive lowers that barrier. It gives journalists, researchers, and ordinary readers a way to engage the topic without first joining a subculture.

That is also why the project avoids framing itself around certainty. UAP Observatory is not an answer machine. It is an evidence surface.