From the 19th-century accounts of the American West to modern-day Balochistan, the history of UFO crashes and recoveries reveals a startling pattern of military retrieval and media silence. While the Roswell incident of 1947 remains the most famous, it is merely one entry in a global ledger of anomalous wreckage and recovered “occupants.”

This comprehensive index maps over 130 years of reported retrievals, documenting the shift from frontier newspaper reports to high-stakes Cold War cover-ups. Whether it is the 1941 Cape Girardeau recovery or the 1996 Varginha incident in Brazil, these cases form the backbone of the physical evidence for non-human visitation.

1864 – 2000:

Reported Crashes and Recoveries based of Witnesses and Newspaper Articles.

1864 September Cadotte Pass, Missouri Original newspaper article of 1864.
1884 June 6 Holdredge, Nebraska Inconclusive but quite interesting.
1884 December 13 Sorisole, near Bergamo, Italy
1897 April 17 Aurora, Texas Hoax ?
1897 April 19 Leroy, Kansas, USA Hoax ?

1900

1907 Burlington, Vermont, USA
1908 June 30 Tunguska River, USSR
1910/1915 Puglia Italy
1923 Quetta, Pakistan
1925 Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
1925 Sept/Oct Polson, Montana
1930 Mandurah, West Australia
1933 Italy
1936 Black Forest, Germany
1938 summer Czernica, Poland
1941 West of San Diego, Ca
1941 Spring Cape Girardeau, Missouri
1941 July 4 Tinian Island, Oceania
1945 Somewhere in the UK
1945 Mataquescuintla, Guatemala
1946 Magdalena, NM
1946 July 9 Lake Barken, Sweden
1946 July 10 Bjorkon, Sweden
1946 July 18 Lake Mjosa Sweden
1946 July 19 Noon Lake Kolmjarv, Sweden
1946 August 12 SW Sweden
1946 August 16 Malmo Sweden
1946 mid-October Southern Sweden
1947 January Papagos Indian Reserv. AZ NEW
1947 May Spitzbergen, Norway Newspaper articles, cover up, 17 bodies.
1947 May 31 Socorro, New Mexico
1947 July Near St. Joseph, MO
1947 July 4 Roswell, New Mexico, USA The well known Roswell affair. 4-5 bodies, one alive ET?
1947 July 5 Plains of San Augustin, New Mexico, USA
1947 July 31 Maury Island, Tacoma, USA Complicated hoax?.
1947 August 13 Hopi Reservation, Arizona
1947 October 2 Cave Creek, Arizona, USA
1947 October Paradise Valley, Arizona, USA
1947 October 20 San Diego , California
1948 Kingman, Arizona, USA
1948 February 13 Aztec, New Mexico, USA Controversial, 12 alleged bodies rccovered
1948 March 25 White Sands, New Mexico, USA
1948 7/8 July Near Laredo, 38 miles inside Mexico Bodies recovered.
1948 August Laredo, Texas, USA 1 body recovered
1949 Roswell, NM, USA Not the famous case of 1947.
1949 August 19 Death Valley, California, USA Story by 2 prospectors.

1950

1950 (before) Near Mexico City, Mexico Second hand witness.
1950 January Mojave Desert, California, USA
1950 February 10 Copenhagen, Denmark Farmer witness UFO explode.
1950 March? New Mexico, USA FBI memo mentions recovery of 3 crashed saucers.
1950 April Argentina Bodies not there anymore on next day
1950 Birmingham, Alabama Single witness case.
1950 May 10 Bahia Blanca Province, Argentina
1950 September 10 Albuquerque, Texas, USA 3 bodies
1950 December 6 El Indio/Guerrero area, Tex-Mex border, Texas, USA
1952 July Washington DC, USA
1952 July 23 Pueblo, Colorado, USA Admitted hoax.
1952 August Ohio, USA
1952 August 14 Ely, Nevada, USA 16 bodies recovered.
1952 September 9 Spitzbergen, Norway Probable mystification.
1953 Brady, Montana, USA Recovery of bodies by military.
1953 April 18 South-West Arizona, USA
1953 May 20 Western Utah, USA
1953 May 20/21 Kingman, Arizona, USA Reliable witness, 2 bodies
1953 June 19 Laredo, Texas, USA 4 bodies
1953 Summer Fort Polk, LA, USA
1953 July 10 Johannesburg, South Africa 5 bodies
1953 October 13 Dutton, Montana, USA 4 bodies
1954 (Spring) Matydale, New York, USA Police denies incident.
1955 July Vestra Norrland, Sweden
1955 May 5 Brighton, UK 5 bodies
1957 July 18 Carlsbad, New Mexico, USA 4 bodies
1957 September 14 Ubatuba, Brazil Physical evidences, fragments analyzed.
1957 November 21 Reasty Hill, Scarborough, Yorks
1958/1959 Woomera, Australia
1958 Utah desert
1959 January 21 Gdynia, Poland
1959 Frdynia, Poland Body and parts.
1959 September 17 Wormer near Amsterdam
1959 Undated Italy, North of Rome

1960

1960s offshore Spain
1960s Great Sand Dunes, Co
1960 March New Paltz, New York, USA Alien dies 28 days later.
1961 Timmensdorfer, Germany
1961 April 28 2am. Lake Onega, Karelskaya, USSR.
1962 June 12 Holoman AFB, New Mexico, USA 2 bodies
1962 Otero County, NM
1962 April 18 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Impressive events.
1963/1972 Australia, 12 recoveries
1963 July 16 Charlton, UK
1963 December 10 Cosford RAF, UK Alleged crash cover-up on RAF base.
1964 November 10 Fort Riley, Kansas, USA 9 bodies
1965 San Miguel, Argentina
1965 December 9 Kecksburg, Michigan, USA Very famous controversial case.
1966 October 26 Arizona, USA 1 body
1967 January South-West Missouri, USA 40 inches disc
1968 February 12 Orocue, Columbia US say ‘satellite debris’.

1970

1972 July 18 Saharian desert, Morocco 3 bodies
1973 July 10 Northwest Arizona, USA 5 bodies
1974 Llandrillo, Clwyd, Wales, UK
1974 November 9 Carbondale, Pennsylvania, USA Hoax or cover story?
1974 May 17 Chili, New Mexico, USA UFO moved to Kirtland AFB.
1974 August 25 Chihuahua, Mexico Disc crash
1976 May 12 Desert, Australia 4 bodies
1977 April 5 South-West Ohio, USA 11 bodies
1977 June 22 Northwest Arizona, USA 5 bodies
1977 August 17 Tobasco, Mexico 2 bodies
1978 May 6 Padcaya, Bolivia Search team finds nothing.
1978 Ocean off Finland, USSR USSR army rcovers bodies.
1978 November 10 Lebannon
1988 Russia Hill 611: debris recovered, analysis, conclusion: ET craft.
1988 November Afghanistan 7 bodies
1989 Cap Ontario, Canada
1989 May 7 Kalahari desert, Botswana, South Africa (Hoax or controversial)
1989 Siberia 9 alive
1989 September 28 Smith’s Point Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
1990 September 2 Megas Platanos, Greece
1992 April Niagara Falls, USA Recovery by Army in front of witnesses
1992 November Long Island, New York, USA UFO Network is investigating.
1994 Birmingham, UK
1996 January 20 Varginha, Brazil Alleged capture of aliens by the military.
2000 August 27 Balochistan, Pakistan Newspaper report ufos and ufo crash.

Executive Summary

This archive serves as a chronological master list of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP) impact events. It categorizes reports based on eyewitness testimony, newspaper clippings, and declassified military memos, highlighting cases where physical debris or biological entities were allegedly secured.

Key Chronological Clusters:

The Pre-Roswell Era (1864–1946): Early accounts include the 1864 Cadotte Pass event and the 1941 Tinian Island recovery, suggesting that retrieval operations predated the modern UFO era.
The 1947 Surge: Beyond Roswell, 1947 saw a concentration of activity in the American Southwest, including the Plains of San Augustin and Cave Creek, Arizona.
International Retrievals: Significant non-U.S. cases include the 1947 Spitzbergen, Norway crash (17 bodies reported) and the 1989 Kalahari Desert incident in South Africa.
Modern Era Deception: Later cases like the 1974 Carbondale event highlight the evolution of “hoax” narratives used by authorities to manage public witness reports.