Computer UFO Network (CUFON)

The Computer UFO Network (CUFON) is a civilian organization focused on UFO/UAP research, operating primarily online as a free, 24-hour public archive of reliable, verifiable information on UFO phenomena. Founded in the early 1990s in the United States, CUFON digitized and hosted key UFO documents, including reports from the UFOCAT Database provided by Dr. Donald Johnson, state-by-state sighting analyses, and cases like the Bentwaters incident (1980) and Cobra Mist project. It featured directories of 'Other Files' with HTML, PDF, and Excel formats for accessibility. Notable for its role in early internet UFO data preservation, referenced in RFC 3092 for etymology studies (e.g., 'foo fighters'), CUFON complemented groups like MUFON by emphasizing digital archiving over field investigations. Its website (cufon.org) remains active, hosting extensive UFO-related materials without affiliation to government programs.