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    "description": "realufo.org per-event geocode dump. Used by /map/ for case pins. Archive HQ centroids included as fallback.",
    "docs": "https://realufo.org/api/",
    "units": "WGS84 decimal degrees"
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      "archive": "uk",
      "href": "/stories/rendlesham/",
      "lat": 52.0848,
      "lon": 1.4423,
      "title": "Rendlesham Forest, Dec 1980",
      "date": "1981-01-13",
      "description": "The Rendlesham Forest incident, 26\u201328 December 1980 \u2014 RAF Woodbridge / RAF Bentwaters. Halt memo, witness depositions, DEFE 24/1948 file. Offline-archived from the UK National Archives."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/tic-tac/",
      "lat": 32.0,
      "lon": -117.0,
      "title": "Nimitz \"Tic-Tac\", November 2004",
      "date": "2020-04-27",
      "description": "The USS Nimitz / USS Princeton encounters, 10\u201316 November 2004, off Baja California. Cmdr David Fravor, FLIR1 footage, AAW exercise off Catalina. Offline-archived from DoD / AARO releases."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/gimbal/",
      "lat": 36.85,
      "lon": -75.3,
      "title": "Gimbal, January 2015",
      "date": "2020-04-27",
      "description": "The Gimbal encounter, 20 January 2015, east coast of the United States. F/A-18F Super Hornet ATFLIR pod footage, declassified by the Department of Defense in April 2020. Offline-archived from AARO releases."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/phoenix-lights/",
      "lat": 33.4484,
      "lon": -112.074,
      "title": "Phoenix Lights, March 1997",
      "date": "1997-03-13",
      "description": "The Phoenix Lights, 13 March 1997 \u2014 V-shaped craft observed by thousands across Arizona and the southwestern United States. Governor Symington's public confirmation a decade later. Offline-archived from DoD / Air Force\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/belgian-wave/",
      "lat": 50.6,
      "lon": 5.6,
      "title": "Belgian UFO Wave, 1989\u201390",
      "date": "1990-07-11",
      "description": "The Belgian UFO wave, November 1989 \u2013 April 1991 \u2014 triangular craft, F-16 scrambles, Belgian Air Force radar lock, public press conference by Colonel Wilfried De Brouwer. The most thoroughly documented military UAP\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "brazil",
      "href": "/stories/operacao-prato/",
      "lat": -0.92,
      "lon": -48.3,
      "title": "Opera\u00e7\u00e3o Prato, 1977\u201378",
      "date": "2005-01-01",
      "description": "Operation Saucer (Opera\u00e7\u00e3o Prato) \u2014 the Brazilian Air Force investigation into the Chupa-Chupa flap on the Par\u00e1 coast, September 1977 to January 1978. Captain Hollanda's 500-page report, declassified 2005."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "brazil",
      "href": "/stories/varginha/",
      "lat": -21.5519,
      "lon": -45.4297,
      "title": "Varginha, January 1996",
      "date": "1996-01-20",
      "description": "The Varginha incident, 20 January 1996 \u2014 three witnesses, a stranded entity, an Army deployment, and a soldier's contested death. Offline-archived from Brazilian Air Force and Minist\u00e9rio da Defesa records."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "brazil",
      "href": "/stories/trindade/",
      "lat": -20.5167,
      "lon": -29.3167,
      "title": "Trindade Island, January 1958",
      "date": "1958-01-16",
      "description": "The Trindade Island incident, 16 January 1958 \u2014 Almirante Saldanha (NEE-15) deck witnesses photograph a Saturn-shaped UAP over the South Atlantic island. Photos certified by President Juscelino Kubitschek; the most\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nz",
      "href": "/stories/kaikoura/",
      "lat": -42.4084,
      "lon": 173.6814,
      "title": "The Kaikoura Lights",
      "date": "2010-12-22",
      "description": "Safe Air Argosy freighter sightings + RNZAF 16 mm film + Wellington ATC radar over the Kaikoura coast, 21\u201331 December 1978. Released by NZDF in 2010 under the Official Information Act."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "spain",
      "href": "/stories/manises/",
      "lat": 39.4892,
      "lon": -0.4815,
      "title": "Caso Manises",
      "date": "1994-01-01",
      "description": "TAE Supercaravelle JK297 forced to divert and land at Manises (Valencia) after two luminous objects paced the aircraft. Mirage F1 fighters scrambled. Full Ej\u00e9rcito del Aire file released 1994."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "geipan",
      "href": "/stories/trans-en-provence/",
      "lat": 43.5044,
      "lon": 6.4844,
      "title": "Trans-en-Provence",
      "date": "1983-03-01",
      "description": "Renato Nicola\u00ef observed a metallic disc land in his garden; soil + plant samples analysed at GEPAN-CNES and INRA-Toulouse over 30 months. Most-thoroughly studied physical-trace UAP case in scientific literature."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nara",
      "href": "/stories/roswell/",
      "lat": 33.394,
      "lon": -104.523,
      "title": "Roswell",
      "date": "1947-07-08",
      "description": "The 8 July 1947 RAAF 'flying disc' press release and its successor explanations \u2014 Project Mogul (1994), Air Force GAO inquiry (1995), 'Case Closed' report (1997). Held at NARA in RG 341."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/tehran/",
      "lat": 35.6892,
      "lon": 51.389,
      "title": "Tehran 1976",
      "date": "1976-09-22",
      "description": "Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom interception, 19 September 1976. Two F-4s scrambled; both reported weapons + radio systems disabled approaching the object. Documented in the DIA Defense Intelligence Agency\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nara",
      "href": "/stories/socorro/",
      "lat": 34.0584,
      "lon": -106.8914,
      "title": "Socorro",
      "date": "1964-04-25",
      "description": "Patrolman Lonnie Zamora's daylight close-encounter observation of an egg-shaped object on landing legs, 24 April 1964, Socorro, NM. Project Blue Book case 8766; physical-trace investigation by Capt. Hector\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/jal-1628/",
      "lat": 64.0,
      "lon": -152.0,
      "title": "JAL Flight 1628 over Alaska",
      "date": "1987-01-01",
      "description": "Japan Air Lines cargo Boeing 747 freighter pursued by a UAP over interior Alaska for ~50 minutes. Captain Kenju Terauchi, multiple radar returns, FAA + NORAD review. Documented by FAA Anchorage ARTCC and the AARO 2024\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/coyne/",
      "lat": 40.7,
      "lon": -81.4,
      "title": "Coyne helicopter near-miss",
      "date": "1973-10-18",
      "description": "U.S. Army Reserve UH-1H Iroquois piloted by Capt. Lawrence Coyne forced into an unexplained 1000 ft uncommanded climb after a near-collision with an unidentified cigar-shaped object near Mansfield, Ohio, 18 October\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/travis-walton/",
      "lat": 34.5108,
      "lon": -110.0784,
      "title": "Travis Walton",
      "date": "1975-11-05",
      "description": "USFS forestry contractor Travis Walton reportedly struck by a beam of light from an unidentified object in Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, 5 November 1975. Six co-witnesses; APD missing-persons investigation;\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/cash-landrum/",
      "lat": 30.0744,
      "lon": -95.0972,
      "title": "Cash-Landrum",
      "date": "1981-08-17",
      "description": "Betty Cash, Vickie Landrum, and 7-year-old Colby Landrum observed a diamond-shaped object spewing flame escorted by ~23 military helicopters near Huffman, Texas, 29 December 1980. Multiple medical hospitalisations\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nara",
      "href": "/stories/robertson-panel/",
      "lat": 38.95,
      "lon": -77.15,
      "title": "The Robertson Panel",
      "date": "1953-01-18",
      "description": "Five-day CIA-convened scientific review of the U.S. government's UFO data corpus, chaired by physicist H.P. Robertson at Caltech, conducted 14\u201318 January 1953. Recommended that the public be 'debunked' to\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nara",
      "href": "/stories/condon-committee/",
      "lat": 40.01,
      "lon": -105.27,
      "title": "The Condon Committee",
      "date": "1969-01-08",
      "description": "U.S. Air Force-funded scientific study of UFOs led by physicist Edward U. Condon at the University of Colorado, 1966\u20131969. 1485-page final report. Used as the formal basis for closing Project Blue Book in December 1969."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "geipan",
      "href": "/stories/valensole/",
      "lat": 43.8378,
      "lon": 5.9831,
      "title": "Valensole",
      "date": "1965-07-01",
      "description": "Lavender farmer Maurice Masse observed an egg-shaped craft landed in his field with two small occupants, 1 July 1965, Valensole. The case is the GEIPAN type-specimen for a daylight close-encounter with witness paralysis\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "chile",
      "href": "/stories/el-bosque/",
      "lat": -33.568,
      "lon": -70.6864,
      "title": "El Bosque",
      "date": "2014-04-01",
      "description": "Multi-amateur-video observation of an unidentified flat-disc object during the Chilean Air Force aerobatics demonstration at El Bosque Air Base, Santiago, 31 May 2010. SEFAA investigated for 24 months; final case\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/ohare-2006/",
      "lat": 41.9742,
      "lon": -87.9073,
      "title": "O'Hare International 2006",
      "date": "2007-01-01",
      "description": "A metallic disc reportedly hovered ~700 ft over United Airlines Gate C-17 at Chicago O'Hare for ~5 minutes on 7 November 2006. ~12 United employees witnessed; FAA confirmed the report, classified it as a\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/stories/stephenville/",
      "lat": 32.2207,
      "lon": -98.2023,
      "title": "Stephenville",
      "date": "2008-04-20",
      "description": "Dozens of independent civilian witnesses observed a mile-wide formation of luminous objects over Erath County, Texas, 8 January 2008. FAA radar tape released via FOIA showed unidentified contacts; the USAF first denied\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nara",
      "href": "/stories/lubbock-lights/",
      "lat": 33.5779,
      "lon": -101.8552,
      "title": "Lubbock Lights",
      "date": "1951-08-25",
      "description": "Multi-night V-formation observations + Carl Hart Jr. photographs over Lubbock, Texas, August-September 1951. Project Blue Book case study; Texas Tech faculty four-witness anchor."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nara",
      "href": "/stories/mantell/",
      "lat": 37.907,
      "lon": -85.9722,
      "title": "Mantell",
      "date": "1948-01-07",
      "description": "Kentucky Air National Guard P-51D Mustang piloted by Capt. Thomas Mantell crashed during pursuit of an unidentified object near Godman Field, Fort Knox, 7 January 1948 \u2014 the first known U.S. military fatality during a\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nara",
      "href": "/stories/chiles-whitted/",
      "lat": 32.5,
      "lon": -85.2,
      "title": "Chiles\u2013Whitted",
      "date": "1948-07-24",
      "description": "Eastern Air Lines DC-3 commanded by Capt. Clarence Chiles and First Officer John Whitted near-miss with a cigar-shaped luminous craft, 24 July 1948, over Alabama. Project Sign treated as the first US commercial-pilot\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nara",
      "href": "/stories/levelland/",
      "lat": 33.587,
      "lon": -102.3776,
      "title": "Levelland",
      "date": "1957-11-03",
      "description": "Multi-witness electromagnetic-effects cluster around Levelland, Texas, 2-3 November 1957. Approximately 15 independent civilian witnesses reported vehicle engine + lights failures in proximity to a large luminous\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "nara",
      "href": "/stories/mcminnville/",
      "lat": 45.2099,
      "lon": -123.1968,
      "title": "McMinnville",
      "date": "1950-05-11",
      "description": "Paul Trent photographs a metallic disc over his McMinnville, Oregon farm on 11 May 1950 \u2014 two exposures that became the foundational photographic case in the Project Blue Book record. Reviewed by Sturrock Panel in 1998."
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "canada",
      "href": "/stories/shag-harbour/",
      "lat": 43.5092,
      "lon": -65.6622,
      "title": "Shag Harbour",
      "date": "1967-10-04",
      "description": "An unidentified object reportedly struck the surface of the Atlantic off Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, 4 October 1967. RCMP + Coast Guard + Royal Canadian Navy joint search; HMCS Granby diver deployment. The most\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "canada",
      "href": "/stories/falcon-lake/",
      "lat": 49.7167,
      "lon": -95.3,
      "title": "Falcon Lake",
      "date": "1967-05-20",
      "description": "Industrial mechanic Stefan Michalak encountered two landed disc-shaped craft while prospecting near Falcon Lake, Manitoba, 20 May 1967. He sustained severe radiation burns + chemical contamination, treated at\u2026"
    },
    {
      "kind": "case",
      "archive": "uk",
      "href": "/stories/cosford/",
      "lat": 52.6394,
      "lon": -2.3056,
      "title": "Cosford / RAF Shawbury",
      "date": "1993-03-31",
      "description": "Multi-base RAF UAP event spanning RAF Cosford + RAF Shawbury, Shropshire, 30-31 March 1993. RAF Cosford guard observed a craft pass low overhead; RAF Shawbury Met Officer Wayne Elliott observed and described in detail.\u2026"
    }
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      "lon": -77.0364,
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      "description": ""
    },
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      "kind": "archive",
      "archive": "aaro",
      "href": "/aaro/",
      "lat": 38.8703,
      "lon": -77.0566,
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      "description": ""
    },
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      "kind": "archive",
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      "href": "/nasa/",
      "lat": 38.883,
      "lon": -77.0163,
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      "lon": -77.0227,
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      "kind": "archive",
      "archive": "uk",
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      "lon": -0.279,
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      "description": ""
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      "lat": -34.6037,
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      "title": "Canada \u00b7 LAC / Magnet",
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      "href": "/italy/",
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      "lon": -77.0428,
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      "href": "/spain/",
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      "kind": "archive",
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