The Next Phoenix Lights: Real-Time UFO Tracking for a Connected World

How Real-Time Tech Could Finally Blow UFO Secrets Wide Open

Imagine it's the evening of March 13, 1997, in Phoenix, Arizona. A colossal, silent, V-shaped craft drifts slowly over the city, blotting out the stars. Thousands of people stare up in awe and confusion. Some grab a disposable camera; others a bulky camcorder. The resulting evidence is sparse, shaky, and debated to this day.

Illustrative image courtesy of Gemini AI

Now, Imagine a Different Scenario...

The moment the first credible report is made - or the instant a specialized sensor detects a strange anomaly - hundreds of phones buzz in pockets across the Phoenix metro area. The message is simple: "Anomaly detected. Look up. Be ready."

Within minutes, hundreds of prepared citizens are outside, pointing not just their smartphones, but their critical eyes to the sky. The result? A flood of high-quality photos and videos from multiple angles, timestamped and geo-located. An isolated anomaly becomes a verified, data-rich event.

This scenario is no longer science fiction! It's the driving force behind a new citizen-science initiative called UFO-Track. Their mission is to move beyond after-the-fact investigations and build a system that can respond to sightings as they happen.

The UFO-Sense device alerts you via your phone, even away from home. Get yours here.

UFO-Track's Mission: To develop a real-time, rapid-response network that can turn isolated anomalous sightings into verified events using the power of technology and teamwork.

The world is changing fast, and so is UFO research. Just a few years ago, off-the-cuff explanations from "official" sources were often taken at face value. Today, anyone with a smartphone can instantly check the position of Venus, Mars, or Jupiter, find historical weather data, or verify the time of a satellite or airplane pass.

This access to information is powerful, but it's not enough. To truly understand this phenomenon, there's a need to coordinate.

A Community-Powered Network

The next logical step for the empowered investigator is to connect with others. This is the core of UFO-Track: a dedicated, collaborative community of serious observers. More than just a website or a piece of hardware, UFO-Track is a member-supported organization.

Join at https://patreon.com/ufotrack

For a modest membership fee of $5 per month - about the cost of a single cup of coffee - you can join this growing network. This contribution covers their server and operational expenses and, just as importantly, helps ensure the member driven community remains focused and serious. Members gain access to:

UFO-Track events are added in real time to a publicly available map

The UFO-Track Alert System: Hardware and Human Intelligence

The UFO-Track community powers a potentially disruptive new capability in UFO research: a real-time detection and alert grid. This is achieved through two methods working in unison:

  1. The UFO-Sense Device: For members who wish to purchase one, the $100 UFO-Sense is a state-of-the-art detector. Unlike other detectors on the market that simply beep or flash, the UFO-Sense connects to the internet in real-time. It constantly monitors for the magnetic and gravitational changes often associated with close-proximity UFO sightings.
  2. Member Sighting Reports: Any UFO-Track member can submit a sighting through a quick online form on the UFO-Track website, instantly triggering the alert system. https://report.ufo-track.com
The quick report form pre-fills your email and location for speed

When either a UFO-Sense device detects an anomaly or a member submits a report, the system instantly sends an alert to all members within a 50-mile radius. The goal is to get people outside immediately , with cameras and critical observation skills at the ready.

Imagine the potential. Multiple witnesses capturing multiple photos and videos of the same event allows for rigorous analysis of an object's size, distance, and velocity. Most importantly, multiple, independent, credible witnesses elevate the significance and credibility of a sighting event exponentially.

The Science Behind Detection

What evidence is there that UFOs create these anomalies? If you study the vast historical record of sightings, a curious pattern emerges. Whenever a compass was observed during a close encounter, it was almost always affected. This is especially true in reports from pilots, who have a magnetic compass directly in their field of view.

Commander Graham Bethune. Courtesy Northern Ontario UFO Research & Study

For example, Cmdr. Graham Bethune, a retired Navy commander pilot with a top-secret clearance, was flying high-ranking officials in 1951 near Newfoundland. He and his entire crew witnessed a massive object on radar and with their own eyes. They carefully noted that several onboard compasses spun erratically , only returning to normal after the object departed. This is just one of hundreds of similar reports from credible military and civilian pilots. The UFO-Sense device is designed to detect exactly these kinds of environmental disturbances.

Will You Be Ready for the Next Big Sighting?

The UFO-Track community is what makes this system powerful. The hardware is a tool, but the people on the ground are the true sensors. In the near future, members will also have access to new devices currently in development, such as the UFO-CQ, a specialized device for CE5 initiatives, and a new type of affordable all-sky camera.

With deep roots in the MUFON community, UFO-Track and UFO-Sense are designed to work hand-in-hand with their mission. UFO-Track's focus is on real-time event capture and community alerts, providing crucial, immediate data that complements MUFON's essential work of in-depth, after-the-fact scientific investigation.

The next major sighting event is a matter of when, not if. With a coordinated network, the UFO-Track initiative can be prepared to collect the kind of high-quality, high-credibility data that this subject has always deserved.

To learn more and become part of this critical project, visit the websites at https://UFO-Track.com or https://patreon.com/ufotrack

Will you be ready?