Anomaly Ledger

Timeline

Case files in order of the real historical date of their subject — when the wreck sank, the paper printed, the film was shot — oldest first. This differs from the Archive, which groups files by topic timing, and from the home page, which lists what was added most recently.

Antiquity (BCE) 1

  1. 1st century BCE shipwreck (recovered 1901)

    The Antikythera Mechanism Cited

Before 1500 1

  1. Late 15th or 16th century (Beinecke dating)

    Voynich Manuscript — Beinecke MS 408 Open

1800s 21

  1. 17 June 1826 (disappearance); ghost first in print September 1832

    Fisher's Ghost: the Campbelltown Murder (1826) and the Ghost That Arrived in 1832 Folklore

  2. Found 1846; identified 5 July 1847

    The Bunyip Skull: Sydney, 1847, and the Freak Foal That Fooled a Colony Cited

  3. 1850 (Cooper's “The Lake Gun”)

    Seneca Guns: The Booms Over the Finger Lakes, and the 'Legend' Cooper Made Up Open

  4. March 1851 (reported 9 May 1851)

    The Wild Man of the Woods: Arkansas, 1851, and How the Story Reached New Zealand Folklore

  5. 1869

    Cardiff Giant — Carved Gypsum Hoax Hoax

  6. 27 March 1873 and 2 October 1874

    The Live Moa Reports: a Waiau Shepherd (1873) and the Browning Pass 'Capture' (1874) Hoax

  7. 1885–1917

    How Halloween Came to Territorial Arizona, 1885–1917 Folklore

  8. 21 October 1888

    The Fox Sisters' Confession, 1888: Raps From a Big Toe Hoax

  9. 26 April 1890

    Tombstone's Winged Monster and the Thunderbird Photo That Never Was Hoax

  10. Dispatch dated Salton, 6 July 1891; printed 7 July 1891

    The Salton Lake Sea Serpent, 1891 Hoax

  11. Printed in the Arizona Weekly Citizen, 22 August 1891 (an earlier daily printing is likely)

    The Seven-Headed Serpent of the Santa Cruz, Tucson 1891 Hoax

  12. c. 1883–1893 (killing reported 25 Feb 1893)

    The Red Ghost: Arizona's Camel With a Dead Man on Its Back Folklore

  13. Name in print 1 April 1893; resort pitch 5 August 1896

    Haunted Canyon: How a Spooky Name Became a Sales Pitch, 1893–1896 Folklore

  14. Sunday 7 October 1894, about 9:30–10 p.m.

    The Meteor Every Town Claimed, October 1894 Cited

  15. Sightings from about 19 September 1894; “laid” 22 October 1894; sentence March 1895

    Tucson's Main Street Spook, 1894: A Ghost for Commercial Purposes Hoax

  16. August 1895 (Mount Gambier dispatch dated 21 Aug)

    The Tantanoola Tiger, 1895: Shot, Stuffed and Still Argued Over Disputed

  17. 17 November 1896

    Sacramento, November 1896: The Airship That Sang Disputed

  18. April 1897 (exact night varies by source)

    Vernon, Kansas, 1897: The Airship That Rustled a Heifer Hoax

  19. Night of 1 April 1897

    Kansas City's April Fool's Airship, 1897 — and Flagstaff's Recipe Open

  20. 19 April 1897

    Aurora, Texas, 1897: The Martian Who Hit a Windmill Hoax

  21. Late August–September 1898 (crowd peak Thu 22 Sep); follow-up June 1899

    Phoenix, 1898: The Stones That Followed a Family Open

1900–1949 13

  1. December 1900 – April 1901

    The Fort Lowell Ghost: A 'Soldier' in the Ruins, Tucson, 1900–1901 Folklore

  2. 23 May 1903

    The Grand Canyon Wild Man of 1903 Folklore

  3. July–October 1905

    Phosphorus Jack, New Zealand, 1905: A Rumor With a Glowing Coat Folklore

  4. 6 October 1906, about 6 p.m.

    The Phoenix Fireball, October 1906 Cited

  5. January 1909 press panic (legend set in colonial era)

    The Jersey Devil of the Pine Barrens Folklore

  6. 23 July 1909

    The Kelso Airship: New Zealand's Zeppelin Scare, July 1909 Disputed

  7. 29 July 1909

    The Invercargill School 'Airship': 23 Children, Two Drawings, 29 July 1909 Disputed

  8. September 1924 (finds continue to 1930)

    The Tucson Lead Crosses and the Kingdom of Calalus Hoax

  9. June 1931

    Adolph Ruth and the Superstitions, 1931 Disputed

  10. 9 October 1933

    October 9, 1933: The Night the Dragon Woke Up Over Europe Cited

  11. Last known thylacine dies, 7 September 1936; records followed to 2019

    After 1936: The Thylacine's Paper Trail Open

  12. July 1937

    The White River Monster: Newport, Arkansas, 1937 Folklore

  13. Early July 1947

    Roswell Debris, Summer 1947 Open

1950–1999 11

  1. 1950–1966 film series

    Blue Book Motion-Picture Films Series (NARA RG 341) Cited

  2. 1950

    Great Falls / Mariana Montana 1950 Film Open

  3. 1952

    Ruppelt 1952 Talk — Audio in PURSUE Batch 6 Cited

  4. 2 July 1952

    Tremonton Utah 1952 Film Digitized — DOW-UAP-PR159 Open

  5. September 1952 (Flatwoods) · 1966 (Point Pleasant)

    Appalachian Winged Folklore Corridor — Flatwoods to Point Pleasant Folklore

  6. 1953

    Navy 1953 Analysis of Utah and Montana Films — DOW-UAP-D098 Cited

  7. Name first in print by 1967 (paper not yet identified)

    The Mogollon Monster in Print: A Short Explainer Folklore

  8. 17 December 1969 (end of the 1947–1969 project)

    NARA Blue Book: 701 Residual “Unidentified” Cited

  9. 11 October 1973, shortly after dark

    Pascagoula, 11 October 1973: Two Fishermen and the Tape Left Running Disputed

  10. 31 December 1978 (NZ time)

    The Kaikōura Lights, 1978: What New Zealand's Government Actually Said Disputed

  11. 9 October 1992, evening (US Eastern time)

    The Peekskill Fireball, 9 October 1992: The Meteor That Hit a Car Cited

2000–2025 14

  1. January 2000 (Spain); 1998 FAA notice

    Ice From a Clear Sky: Airliner 'Blue Ice' and Spain's Ice-Block Scare of January 2000 Open

  2. July 2012 (published January 2014)

    Qinghai, 2012: The Ball Lightning That Got Caught on a Spectrograph Open

  3. 17 October 2012, about 7:45 p.m. Pacific time

    The Novato Fireball, 17 October 2012: Cameras Called the Fall, a Roof Confirmed It Cited

  4. 22 December 2015

    The Slow Fireball of December 22, 2015: A Russian Rocket Stage Comes Home Over Arizona Cited

  5. 2 June 2016, 3:56 a.m. MST

    The 2 June 2016 Arizona Fireball: Not a Rocket, and the Stones to Prove It Cited

  6. June 2016 viral press cycle

    Deception Island “Kraken” → Sail Rock Hoax

  7. 22 December 2017

    Iridium-4: The Night Los Angeles Pulled Over to Watch a Rocket Cited

  8. 7 October 2018

    SAOCOM 1A: The 'Ghostlike' Streak Over Phoenix Was a Rocket (and Its Booster Coming Home) Cited

  9. 2021

    Gulf of Oman “Cold Orbs” — DOW-UAP-PR117 Open

  10. 2023

    Middle East IR Transit — DOW-UAP-PR149 Open

  11. 2023

    Yellow Sea IR Contrast — DOW-UAP-PR150 Open

  12. 2024

    South China Sea “Line of Contrasts” — DOW-UAP-PR101 Open

  13. 2025

    CENTCOM Spheres on IR: Six Objects, ~480 mph Open

  14. 28 September 2025

    Starlink 11-20: The "Comet" Over Phoenix Was a Rocket Cited

2026 9

  1. 5–7 June 2026

    Squatch Fest — Lee County / Beattyville, KY (2026) Folklore

  2. 9–12 July 2026

    Hodag Country Festival — Rhinelander, WI (2026) Folklore

  3. Release 05 (7 Aug 2026) and 06 (18 Sep 2026)

    PURSUE Portal on war.gov — Rolling Unsealing Cited

  4. Mid-September 2026

    Loch Ness from Orbit: Three Elongated Shapes Open

  5. 11–12 September 2026 (canceled)

    Flatwoods Monster Convention 2026 — Canceled Folklore

  6. 15 September 2026

    The LA Freeway Orb: A Dawn Chopper Clip, Re-dated Open

  7. Republished 18 Sep 2026 (AAWSAP-era papers)

    AAWSAP DIRD Tranche — Speculative Aerospace Papers Cited

  8. 19–20 September 2026

    Mothman Festival Returns to Point Pleasant Folklore

  9. About 23–25 September 2026

    Orbs over Spirit Mountain: Cody's Ridge Lights Return Open

Undated 7

Method notes, records-process files, and objects whose date this ledger has not yet sourced. We leave them undated rather than guess.