About Close Contact
Close Contact is a searchable, browsable archive of entity and being encounter reports — the most comprehensive publicly accessible database of CE-III (Close Encounters of the Third Kind), CE-IV (abductions), and CE-V (voluntary contact) events assembled in a modern web format.
The best entity encounter data — Albert Rosales' 18,000+ case Humanoid Encounters catalog, URECAT, HUMCAT, the Magonia catalog, NICAP Category 7 files — exists scattered across PDFs, early-2000s HTML pages, out-of-print books, and DOS-era databases. No single resource has presented this material in a clean, searchable, visually navigable interface. Close Contact fills that gap.
The archive spans from 19th-century accounts to the present day. Every case is individually sourced, classified, and cross-referenced. The goal is preservation and accessibility: making this body of reports available to researchers, historians, and anyone with a serious interest in the subject.
Methodology
Cases are compiled from established catalogs and databases built over decades by dedicated researchers. Each source is parsed, normalized into a unified data schema, and deduplicated against existing records. Where a single encounter appears in multiple catalogs, records are merged and all originating sources are cited.
Every case record links back to its original source or sources. Source types include published books, academic journals, newspaper archives, government documents, investigator field reports, and established online databases. No case is included without at least one traceable source.
Structured metadata is extracted or inferred for each case: date, location (with coordinates where available), entity descriptions, encounter classification, witness information, and reported effects. Where information is uncertain or approximate, that uncertainty is noted in the record.
Editorial Approach
Close Contact maintains a neutral editorial tone throughout. Reports are presented as reports. The archive does not claim that any encounter proves the existence of extraterrestrial life, nor does it dismiss any report as fabrication. The purpose is documentation, not adjudication.
Cases are not ranked or rated beyond noting their investigation status (uninvestigated, investigated, explained, debunked) and the quality of their sourcing. Where a case has been credibly debunked or explained, that information appears in the case record alongside the original report — it is noted, not hidden.
Witness privacy is respected. Names appear only when they are already part of the public record in the source literature. Anonymous reports remain anonymous. Original language is preserved where possible; translations are noted as such.
Data Sources
The archive draws from the following major catalogs and databases. Each has been built over years or decades of systematic collection by individual researchers or organizations.
Albert Rosales Humanoid Encounters
The single largest catalog of entity encounter reports, comprising over 18,000 cases spanning from antiquity to the present. Compiled by researcher Albert Rosales over several decades. Cases are organized chronologically and classified by encounter subtype.
URECAT (Patrick Gross)
A catalog of over 1,000 entity encounter cases maintained by Patrick Gross, notable for its critical analysis. Each case includes an evaluation of possible explanations, making it a valuable resource for understanding case reliability.
Magonia Catalog (Jacques Vallee)
923 cases of landings and occupant sightings spanning 1868 to 1968, compiled by Jacques Vallee and published in Passport to Magonia (1969). A foundational reference in entity encounter research.
Larry Hatch *U* Database
A comprehensive UFO sighting database originally maintained on a DOS-era system, containing approximately 2,000 entity-relevant cases. Now available in parsed digital formats.
HUMCAT (Webb/Bloecher)
The Humanoid Catalog, compiled by David Webb and Ted Bloecher, containing approximately 2,000 humanoid encounter reports. Much of this data has been absorbed into the Rosales and URECAT catalogs.
NICAP Category 7
Entity and occupant sighting files from the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena, containing approximately 500 cases. NICAP was one of the most prominent civilian UFO research organizations in the United States.
Project Blue Book (Entity Cases)
A subset of 50 to 100 entity-relevant cases from the United States Air Force's systematic investigation of UFO reports (1952-1969). These government-investigated cases are available through FOIA releases.
Classification System
Encounter Types (Hynek Scale)
Entity Taxonomy
Reported entities are classified into broad morphological categories. These groupings are descriptive, not explanatory — they reflect witness descriptions, not assumptions about the nature or origin of the reported beings.
Contact
For corrections, additions, or inquiries: contact@closecontact.org