Growing up in Pensacola, I began seeing UFOs in the 1970's. But, unlike today, there was almost no way to report these. And, unless you had a huge story like the Pascagoula abduction case reported by Charles Hickson and Calvin Parker in 1973, a simple sighting would most likely be ignored my your local news outlet.
Today however, there is MUFON which stands for the Mutual UFO Network. And, while they have come under fire for hosting Corey Goode and his off-the-charts unprovable claims at their conventions, they also are a great source of UFO knowledge. This is because they have a huge database and trained investigators that are assigned regions in each state.
Nuforc.org is the National UFO Reporting Center. And this website shares their information with MUFON. Also, they have a searchable database. You can list UFO sightings by Event Date, State, Shape of UFO, and Date Posted. This comes in handy if you see something and are trying to find similarities to what you saw.
Nuforc.org is pretty much is run by one man. Peter Davenport is an Air Force veteran and has found a passion in documenting these sightings. And to date, his site is the easiest way to report a UFO. The online report form is extensive and detailed. But, it also allows whomever reports the UFO anonymity. This is done mainly to encourage people who have seen something odd in the sky, but perhaps are wary of speaking about it as they could fear ridicule.
Also, on the MUFON site is a handy interactive UFO map. This uses icons over a map with pop up briefs about different sightings.
Using the map's pop up sighting briefs is a quick way to research an area you live about UFO sightings.
Reporting a UFO is useless, nothing will happen for the witness, he wound get help and his report will only be used by third anonymous parties, who wil use it for god knows what reason.
The best option is to do your own research and keep all data for yourself, or write a ebook!
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Interesting take! I only 2 reports to MUFON out of the 20 or so sightings I've had. And, even the local MUFON investigator tell me that there are MUFON people who hoard cases for the purpose of pitching them to their connections at cable TV executives. So, that would support your idea about third parties and "who knows what?".
However, I do feel that Peter Davenport is honest and a good guy over at NUFORC. But, he does share everything with MUFON. And well, MUFON needs to either be disbanded or restructured. They have compromised themselves as a money making scheme. And it's gotten to the point that they are inviting guests to their conventions who are making up wild claims they cannot support and no one disprove.
Thanks for the comment. I will eventually document every siting I've had here.
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