Paranoid Time

Timeline

Public milestones in UAP history — a spine of dates that entered the open record.

  1. 1947

    Twining memo & Project SIGN

    Wright Field / AMC paperwork founds Project SIGN after the Twining letter — the bureaucracy “birth certificate.” Watch →

  2. 1947

    Roswell

    Debris near Roswell, New Mexico, enters public awareness after an Army Air Forces press release and correction — a lasting reference point in U.S. UFO history.

  3. 1997

    Phoenix Lights

    Thousands across Arizona report a large V-shaped formation of lights over the Phoenix area on March 13.

  4. 2004

    Nimitz encounters

    Navy aviators and sensors associated with the USS Nimitz strike group report unidentified objects off California.

  5. 2017

    AATIP / New York Times

    Reporting on the Pentagon’s AATIP program and release of U.S. military UAP videos later confirmed by the Defense Department.

  6. 2023+

    UAP hearings

    Congressional hearings bring UAP reporting and transparency into open public testimony.

  7. 2026

    PURSUE · Multiple Red Lights

    PURSUE Release 05 publishes 2026 FBI FD-302s and digital renderings on Multiple Red Lights — paper trail, not punchlines. Watch →

  8. 2026

    Fireball spike · AMS / NASA

    Elevated high-report fireball clusters and careful re-entry labels — including Starlink-1541 and the Aug 14 PNW Skyfall event (not Perseids). Watch →