The Archive Is Public, but None of the Reports Has Been Independently Verified
People who contacted a research group submitted the reports. Most describe spheres or flashing lights.
A British research group collected nearly 2,000 reports of unidentified aerial phenomena over five years, including a recurring pattern of dark triangles. The reports have not been verified, and the archive is meant to preserve them, not explain them.
A British research group called UFO Identified has compiled nearly 2,000 reports of unidentified aerial phenomena over the past five years. Its archive is open to the public and searchable by region. The news outlets Derbyshire Live and Plymouth Live have published interactive maps based on the data.
What the Archive Contains
People contacted the group to submit their reports. More than 40 entries concern Derbyshire, in central England. Most describe spheres or flashing lights, but 164 describe wedge- or triangle-shaped objects, about one in every 12 reports. According to the accounts, the dark objects hover silently at low altitude over neighborhoods, fields, and coastal areas, then disappear quickly. One report from Derbyshire describes a perfect triangle passing over Chesterfield in May.
What Does the United States Have to Do With It?
The Pentagon recently released declassified files following an order signed by President Donald Trump. One document describes a dark triangle hovering silently near a sensitive national security site in the United States before plunging rapidly into a channel. According to the document, two federal agents submitted the report, and the incident was recorded in June 2026. British news outlets have noted the similarity to reports from Britain, but have not suggested a direct connection.
The reports have not been independently verified. The articles offer no expert assessment and do not say whether the accounts were checked against radar or air-traffic data. The archive itself offers no explanation for any of them.
Ash Ellis, founder of UFO Identified, said: “Thousands of people across Britain have seen something they couldn’t easily explain, but these reports are hard to find once the initial interest fades. We wanted to build a serious, easy-to-use public archive that would keep the reports accessible and let people search for patterns themselves.”
Questions & answers
Who collects the reports?
The research group UFO Identified collects reports from people who contact it themselves. The archive is open to the public and searchable by region.
Is there a connection between the British reports and those from the United States?
News outlets have noted similarities between the accounts, but have not suggested a direct connection. The British reports have not been independently verified.