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NUFORC (National UFO Reporting Center)

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🗄️ Database🇺🇸 USSince 1974🔗 Visit Website
Methodology
7/10
Transparency
9/10
Institutional
2/10
Peer Review
2/10
Track Record
10/10
Fact vs. Spec.
8/10
Self-Correction
6/10

The CRED-7 framework evaluates sources across seven criteria: Methodology (20%), Transparency (20%), Institutional Affiliation (15%), Peer Review (15%), Track Record (10%), Fact/Speculation (10%), and Self-Correction (10%).

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Description

Overview
Founded in 1974, led by Peter Davenport. The National UFO Reporting Center is the most important long-term sighting database in the USA with over 180,000 cataloged reports spanning 50+ years.

Methodology
Online reporting form and telephone hotline. Each report is personally reviewed by Davenport and cataloged with date, location, shape, and witness details. Open, searchable database. Since August 2025, cooperation with AARO on UAP data analysis.

Strengths and Weaknesses
Irreplaceable historical dataset — the longest continuous UAP time series in the USA. Easy access for witnesses. However: no field verification of reports (self-reporting only), no standardized quality assessment, one-man operation. 929 new reports in August-November 2024 alone show persistently high reporting activity.

Focus Areas

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