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The US Department of Defense has published a CSV dataset containing UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) observation records. It appears to include structured en

The US Department of Defense has published a CSV dataset containing UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) observation records. It appears to include structured entries that can be used for independent analysis and research. Dataset: https://www.war.gov/Portals/1/Interactive/2026/UFO/uap-csv.csv https://www.war.gov/Portals/1/Interactive/2026/UFO/uap-csv.c... Mirror: https://gist.github.com/ahmetcadirci25/e4edb7d30109fdb8ff14b73dc75f67bc https://gist.github.com/ahmetcadirci25/e4edb7d30109fdb8ff14b... Could be useful for anyone interested in data analysis, anomaly detection, or open government datasets.

kittikitti 5mo ago
Thank you for the links. I was able to find the CSV too by taking a look at the network sources from the webpage. I find that the dataset is messy, with missing data. For example, 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153 has a link that doesn't work either in the CSV nor the webpage. On the other hand, there is no link in the CSV for NASA-UAP-D3A, Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965 but the link in the webpage does work. It utilizes https://api.dvidshub.net/ https://api.dvidshub.net/ to request the content. Another example are incident dates like with DOW-UAP-PR36, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2020 that are N/A in the CSV but have an incorrect one inside the snippet (5/1/20 as opposed to 5/14/20). It also seems like there are duplicate incidents just with different media. By the way, the video in this incident is compelling. I look forward to dissecting the dataset but it's far from perfect. There is definitely a massive amount of potential here.
- booleandilemma 5mo ago
  Their site has a bad link. The file for "65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153" is here: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153.pdf https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_HS1-834228961...
- qingcharles 5mo ago
  There are also fakes going around. Here's one I came across earlier: https://imgur.com/a/QTeZjyp https://imgur.com/a/QTeZjyp Which people claim was posted at this URL: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/memo_jcs_admiral_5.08.2026.pdf https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/memo_jcs_admiral... (the dates of the ship's movement don't align with its actual movements, and the C/O name is wrong)
nolok 5mo ago
I'm pretty sure they renamed it the departement of war, for some reason
- Terr_ 5mo ago
  *sigh* No, it wasn't not renamed, in the same way that a cape-wearing 4-year-old isn't actually changing his legal name to SuperBadguyKillerMan.
  - nolok 5mo ago
    I mean, apparently they didn't legally but he did sign an executive order, and they do use war.gov ; so it's a de facto versus de jure situation.
    - tardedmeme 5mo ago
      North Korea calls itself the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, but nobody else calls it that. It also claims to control the entire Korean peninsula.
    - dragonwriter 5mo ago
      The executive order doesn't purport to rename the department, it explicitly authorizes executive agencies to use a set of additional “secondary titles” for the department and its officials whose legal title includes the legal name of the department.
  - mcswell 5mo ago
    Umm...when we lived in Colombia, my son decided to re-name himself Martillo Veneno. For those who don't know Spanish, that's Hammer Poison. You have something against that?
- GolfPopper 5mo ago
  >I'm pretty sure they renamed it the daprtement of war, for some reason. Nope. Actually renaming it was too long and complicated a process, so instead they're pretending they renamed it.

kittikitti 5mo ago

Thank you for the links. I was able to find the CSV too by taking a look at the network sources from the webpage. I find that the dataset is messy, with missing data. For example, 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153 has a link that doesn't work either in the CSV nor the webpage. On the other hand, there is no link in the CSV for NASA-UAP-D3A, Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965 but the link in the webpage does work. It utilizes https://api.dvidshub.net/ https://api.dvidshub.net/ to request the content. Another example are incident dates like with DOW-UAP-PR36, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2020 that are N/A in the CSV but have an incorrect one inside the snippet (5/1/20 as opposed to 5/14/20). It also seems like there are duplicate incidents just with different media. By the way, the video in this incident is compelling. I look forward to dissecting the dataset but it's far from perfect. There is definitely a massive amount of potential here.

booleandilemma 5mo ago
Their site has a bad link. The file for "65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153" is here: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153.pdf https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/65_HS1-834228961...
qingcharles 5mo ago
There are also fakes going around. Here's one I came across earlier: https://imgur.com/a/QTeZjyp https://imgur.com/a/QTeZjyp Which people claim was posted at this URL: https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/memo_jcs_admiral_5.08.2026.pdf https://www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1/memo_jcs_admiral... (the dates of the ship's movement don't align with its actual movements, and the C/O name is wrong)

nolok 5mo ago

I'm pretty sure they renamed it the departement of war, for some reason

Terr_ 5mo ago
*sigh* No, it wasn't not renamed, in the same way that a cape-wearing 4-year-old isn't actually changing his legal name to SuperBadguyKillerMan.
- nolok 5mo ago
  I mean, apparently they didn't legally but he did sign an executive order, and they do use war.gov ; so it's a de facto versus de jure situation.
  - tardedmeme 5mo ago
    North Korea calls itself the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, but nobody else calls it that. It also claims to control the entire Korean peninsula.
  - dragonwriter 5mo ago
    The executive order doesn't purport to rename the department, it explicitly authorizes executive agencies to use a set of additional “secondary titles” for the department and its officials whose legal title includes the legal name of the department.
- mcswell 5mo ago
  Umm...when we lived in Colombia, my son decided to re-name himself Martillo Veneno. For those who don't know Spanish, that's Hammer Poison. You have something against that?
GolfPopper 5mo ago
>I'm pretty sure they renamed it the daprtement of war, for some reason. Nope. Actually renaming it was too long and complicated a process, so instead they're pretending they renamed it.