Things reported as UFO but subsequently Identfied

  • Stars
  • Planets (Venus, Jupiter)
  • Advertising planes
  • Bolides
  • Aircraft
  • meteors
  • satellite re-entries
  • satellite passage
  • moon
  • prank ballons
  • searchlights
  • balloons
  • missile launches
  • martian spacecraft
  • Goodyear and other blimps
  • birds
  • kites
  • clouds (lenticular, and other)
  • test clouds (eg Wallops Island sodium and barium releases)
  • flares (on parachutes)
  • mirage
  • moondog
  • sundogs