MUFON Launches Global UFO Database to Correlate Sightings Across Reports, Photos, and Video

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MUFON is launching a global, searchable database of UFO sightings from reports, photos, and videos to let researchers analyze patterns across cases; supporters like Jan Harzan hope it could reveal advanced technology and reshape humanity’s view of the cosmos, while skeptics such as Larry Lemke, James Oberg, and Robert Sheaffer warn about noise, hype, and credibility issues, though proponents believe a centralized archive could separate real observations from hoaxes and yield lasting insights about the phenomenon and humanity’s place in the universe.

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MUFON is launching a global, multimedia database to catalog and cross-reference sightings—from reports to photos and videos—to reveal patterns and the true scope of the phenomenon, building on a 2006 effort that logged about 70,000 cases, with proponents like executive director Jan Harzan arguing it could eventually uncover advanced technology and reshape humanity’s understanding of its place in the cosmos, while skeptics such as Larry Lemke, James Oberg, and Robert Sheaffer warn about noise, sensationalism, possible secret military activity, and the divide between new-age UFOlogy and scientific approaches, and contend that a centralized, searchable archive could help separate genuine observations from misidentifications and hoaxes and enable long-term analysis with practical insights.