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LocationCountryGermany has no official UFO office, but its UAP record runs from wartime foo fighter files to drone flights over Ramstein and a 2026 Bundestag inquiry into reporting channels.
Germany has no official UFO office, but its UAP record runs from wartime foo fighter files to drone flights over Ramstein and a 2026 Bundestag inquiry into reporting channels.
Germany has no state body charged with investigating UFO reports, and the federal government has told parliament that it has no knowledge of sightings of "so-called UFOs or extraterrestrials" and keeps no files on them. The nearest thing to an official study is a 2009 paper by the Bundestag's research service on the search for extraterrestrial life and UN resolution A/33/426 on observing unidentified flying objects. CDU lawmaker Gitta Connemann had requested it, and after a freedom-of-information lawsuit the Federal Administrative Court ruled on 25 June 2015 that it must be released. On 2 October 2026 the AfD parliamentary group filed a formal inquiry asking whether the government considers itself responsible for receiving and assessing UAP reports and what reporting channels exist for pilots and air traffic controllers.
Much of the older record sits in Allied files. American night-fighter crews over the Rhine coined the term foo fighters in 1944 and 1945, and a SHAEF file in the Department of War's first UFO records release in May 2026 records crews "followed by lights that blink on and off" and an aluminium-coloured cylinder floating in the air (1944–45 file). The file's own interpretation named Me 262 jets and flak rockets as the likeliest explanation. Postwar talk of German flying discs also left a paper trail: a 1950 CIA report from Santiago, released in June 2026, summarises an article by a former researcher at the Junkers plant in Dessau who argued that saucer reports described an aircraft based on German aerodynamic research (CIA report). The file records his argument without endorsing it.
Civilian investigation has been led by skeptics. CENAP, based in Lützelbach, Hesse, says it has cleared up about 14,000 cases, mostly aircraft, satellites, meteors, balloons and lasers, and of the unresolved remainder its director Hansjürgen Köhler told Euronews in August 2026, "These were not alien visits." Drones over military sites became a public security issue in December 2024, when drones flew over Ramstein Air Base, the largest U.S. hub in Europe; the 86th Airlift Wing said their number "has fluctuated", and state police said they were not typical hobby drones. On 11 March 2026 Berlin Brandenburg Airport halted flights after an employee at a hangar reported a suspicious object, and federal police found neither a drone nor any other aircraft.
Germany's UAP history thus sits largely in Allied archives and the casework of skeptical civilian investigators, while the Ramstein drone flights and the 2026 Bundestag inquiry have raised the question of which German authority should record such reports.
What do we think of this? Caught today in Berlin Germany, was quite surreal to see this black objects swirling around with tails? Or just balloons? Edit: Please be kind, i'm not saying it's anything. i'd just like to see what people make of it.
German Navy officials are reporting increasing electronic anomalies across the Baltic Sea, including GPS interference affecting ships and aircraft. The official explanation points toward Russian electronic warfare, particularly around Kaliningrad. But considering the Baltic Sea's history of unexplained phenomena, I can't help wondering whether there's another angle worth investigating. Could some UAP reports in the region be connected to these disturbances? Or are we simply looking at conve...
Hey everyone, I wanted to share an observation I made back on September 20, 2024, at around 19:32 in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, while I was out hunting. I wanted to get your thoughts on it, especially since this happened on the exact same day as the reported UAP/UFO incident in Friesenheim. While sitting out in the stand, I spotted a single, bright, constant light in the sky. Here is what made it so unusual to me: Movement: It flew horizontally, came to a complete stop, changed direction, an...
[Retweeted] Germany’s Space Command chief, Major General Michael Traut, says he is “absolutely certain” that extraterrestrial intelligence exists. "Ich bin mir absolut sicher, dass es da draußen andere Lebensformen gibt.“ https://t.co/ad73iuQgqt https://t.co/1MhQAj6CGB
Germany’s Space Command chief, Major General Michael Traut, says he is “absolutely certain” that extraterrestrial intelligence exists. "Ich bin mir absolut sicher, dass es da draußen andere Lebensformen gibt.“ https://t.co/ad73iuQgqt https://t.co/1MhQAj6CGB
From the original post: This video was filmed on October 1, 2023 at 7PM CET, in Karlsruhe, Germany; the original sighting post (https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/s/4ZCo3LTnCE) still exists. This UAP closely matches the triangular morphology (https://imgur.com/a/ec1ALMz) according to the Immaculate Constellation report (https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/117721/documents/HHRG-118-GO12-20241113-SD003.pdf); this specific shape is also known as the “pumpinkseed (https://imgur.com/a/QmLqaao)”...
October 25, 2026, 6:40 p.m., Germany I was just experimenting a bit with the filter settings, which is why the first 2 minutes are extremely bright and a night filter was used in the last 2 minutes, explaining the green tint. According to air traffic control radar, the aircraft is at an altitude of approximately 35,010 ft. Filmed with a Nikon P1000 hand without a tripod, connected to a PC via HDMI, and recorded with OBS. Shortly before the filter change at around 1:33, a second object appeare...
THIS STRANGE OBJECT WAS FILMED OVER GERMANY IN 2023 This footage was recorded over Karlsruhe on October 1, 2023 and uploaded by u/kopperxl, the same day. At s [Quoted] 🚨FBI AND PENTAGON RELEASE ACCOUNTS OF A BLACK TRIANGULAR UFO BUT SOMETHING DOESN'T ADD UP Two documents released in UFO Tranche #7 describe an encounter involving federal law enforcement agents and an unidentified black triangular object in 2026. According to the AARO memo, the object was roughly 13-15ft across, with a feature...
Spearhead-shaped object caught on camera by [u/kopperxl](u/kopperxl) over Karlsruhe, Germany on Oct 1, 2023 at 7pm local time. The video from 00:12 to 00:16 shows the object staying in one place and rotating around a vertical axis. An impossible maneuver for a delta-winged drone with rear propulsion. It also seems unlikely that the object is a balloon or a kite. It reminds me of a similar dark, pointed object depicted in Hans Glaser’s famous 1561 Nuremberg woodcut.
