Help me collect debunked UFO/UAP cases

[Sourcut]

Hey, I'm running the Polish UAP Repository (it has Google translation, it's not perfect, but ye), which includes a section for debunked UFO/UAP videos and photos.

I'm trying to collect debunked UFO materials in my list that brings everything in one place and makes it easy to link and browse. If you know of any solid and rational debunks, drop the links here. Doesn't matter if it's an old case or something recent. Everything helps, because most of those keep popping up again, again, and again every few months.

Atm the list cover over 30 popular cases: https://ufonapowaznie.pl/repozytorium-uap/zdemaskowane-ufo-filmy-i-zdjecia/

 

[JMartJr]

No collection of debunked UFOs would be complete without the "Smoking Gun Orb" photo...

https://www.metabunk.org/threads/cl...-photo-of-orb-captured-by-photographer.13182/

A nice example of the incredible range things that can be unidentified and generate a UFO report.

 

[Ann K]

Read this thread about the misidentified triangular bokeh:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/pyramid-ufos-in-night-vision-footage-are-bokeh.11695/post-247357

 

[Mauro]

Hey, I'm running the Polish UAP Repository (it has Google translation, it's not perfect, but ye)

Just skimmed through it for now but it looks cool, and the translation is fine. Thumbs up.

 

[Mendel]

If you know of any solid and rational debunks, drop the links here.

in the upper right corner of this web page, click on "search"

type the word "explained"
check "search titles only"
enjoy 9 pages of results

if you want to limit it to UFO cases, change "everywhere" to "this forum"
but then you might have to repeat the search fof subforums

you can find some more cases by searching for "debunked", too

 

[JMartJr]

Really, the list is almost endless. ANY UFO case where there was sufficient detail captured in the way of supporting pics or videos has a very good chance of having been debunked.

PS: I enjoyed seeing the LED kite in there. I'm seeing a lot of them in FaceBook "Reels" in the past few weeks -- none are getting a ton of traction, and so are unlikely to become well known, but as a CLASS of UFO videos being shared they are reasonably common at the moment.

 

[FatPhil]

Really, the list is almost endless. ANY UFO case where there was sufficient detail captured in the way of supporting pics or videos has a very good chance of having been debunked.

One esteemed member in particular is responsible for the seeming endlessness - I'm thinking of the posts shredding someone's unfounded narrative about something not being a plane or a satellite. Several hundred solid debunks. We're privileged to be premium subscribers of the @flarkey Radar 24 (minutes, average debunk time) service.

 

[Mendel]

see https://www.metabunk.org/threads/wh...ack-flares-mostly-reported-from-planes.12720/ for satellite debunks, and do a title search for "starlink"

 

[Sourcut]

Just skimmed through it for now but it looks cool, and the translation is fine. Thumbs up.

Thanks.

type the word "explained"
check "search titles only"
enjoy 9 pages of results

if you want to limit it to UFO cases, change "everywhere" to "this forum"
but then you might have to repeat the search fof subforums

you can find some more cases by searching for "debunked", too

I went through all 9 pages and the satellite debunks, but most of the interesting stuff I found ended up as examples in the natural sky phenomena category: https://ufonapowaznie.pl/repozytorium-uap/czy-widzialem-ufo-misidentyfikacje-zjawisk-na-niebie/

Read this thread about the misidentified triangular bokeh:
https://www.metabunk.org/threads/pyramid-ufos-in-night-vision-footage-are-bokeh.11695/post-247357

Already on the list.

Really, the list is almost endless. ANY UFO case where there was sufficient detail captured in the way of supporting pics or videos has a very good chance of having been debunked.

PS: I enjoyed seeing the LED kite in there. I'm seeing a lot of them in FaceBook "Reels" in the past few weeks -- none are getting a ton of traction, and so are unlikely to become well known, but as a CLASS of UFO videos being shared they are reasonably common at the moment.

Yeah, there's tons of it, mostly lights. I'm trying to focus on the most popular stuff and what's being promoted by UFO celebrities. I'm mostly seeing AI slop about flying pyramids in fb reels xD

 

[Gary C]

Are you building a database? Outside NUFORC, I'm not seeing much in the way of publicly accessible databases that allow one to cross reference various reports and eliminate duplicates.

 

[Sourcut]

Are you building a database? Outside NUFORC, I'm not seeing much in the way of publicly accessible databases that allow one to cross reference various reports and eliminate duplicates.

Not that kind of database. My repo is a bit of everything across 13 categories, focused on what I consider to be the most important information and materials, kinda "need to know" in this topic.

 

[Fin]

This twitter profile has done a really great job of collating many popular hoaxes
https://x.com/ufoofinterest
His youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/ufoofinterest

Isaac Koi has a similar project:
https://www.isaackoi.com/alien-photos.html
https://www.isaackoi.com/ufo-videos.html

Phil Langdon did an absolutely stellar job on Billy Meier, exploring individual hoaxes and different variations of the hoax method in detail:
Playlist 1:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL978CD9B78157E002

Playlist 2:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5E7373CE3194D578


A related website:
https://ww.billymeierufocase.com/index.html

More good hoax debunking work done here on UFO Theatre:
https://www.youtube.com/@UFOTheater/videos

 

[Sourcut]

https://www.isaackoi.com/ufo-videos.html -

This twitter profile has done a really great job of collating many popular hoaxes
https://x.com/ufoofinterest
His youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/ufoofinterest

Isaac Koi has a similar project:
https://www.isaackoi.com/alien-photos.html
https://www.isaackoi.com/ufo-videos.html

Phil Langdon did an absolutely stellar job on Billy Meier, exploring individual hoaxes and different variations of the hoax method in detail:
Playlist 1:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL978CD9B78157E002

Playlist 2:

Source: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5E7373CE3194D578


A related website:
https://ww.billymeierufocase.com/index.html

More good hoax debunking work done here on UFO Theatre:
https://www.youtube.com/@UFOTheater/videos

Thanks, I was actually trying to find a video debunking the Fukushima UFOs, it's popular case, and I remembered seeing it somewhere, and it's on the UFO of Interest channel - noice. As for those alien pictures and videos from the issackoi website, I'll probably skip them. Thos aliens are just too much, many videos have been deleted, and most of those left look really fake and ridiculous, especially compared to videos like the UFOs over Fukushima - this video looks legit because it's real, just misidentified with a UFO story. Regarding Meier, I have a whole dedicated article.

 

[Curt Collins]

Here's a useful reference for some old cases. https://www.isaackoi.com/alien-photos.html