This is a node application to read binary data file of the *U* UFO database.
As this database software can only run on old MS-DOS platforms and its maintenance has been discontinued, it is important to allow users to access its data from modern platforms.
A simple form is available online to query the database using uDb.
- Make sure to have node 18.18.0 or later installed on your computer.
- Install uDb:
npm install -g @rr0/udb - Run the software:
udb --help
npm run cli -- [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-db, --database <udb|nuforc> [source] Database to read (defaults to udb).
Optional source, depending on database, can default to input/db/udb/data/U.RND or http://www.nuforc.org/webreports)
-s, --sources [sourcesFile] Sources file to read. Defaults to ./input/db/udb/data/usources.txt
-wm, --worldmap [wmFile] World map file to read. Defaults to ./input/db/udb/data/WM.VCE
-c, --count <maxCount> Maximum number of records to output.
-m, --match <field=value>[&field=value...][|field=value...] Output records that match the criteria.
-f, --format <default|csv|xml>[?params] Format of the output. default params are latLng=dms|dd, csv params are separator
-o, --out <outputFile|memory> Name of the file to output. "memory" will enter interactive mode.
-v, --verbose Displays detailed processing information.
--debug Displays debug info.
If no files are specified, it will look for input/usources.txt as a source file, and input/U.RND as a data file in the current directory.
npm run cli -- -c 10 --verbose
will display the 10 first decoded records in the default format:
Using ts-node version 8.1.0, typescript version 3.4.5
Record #1
Title : EZEKIEL
Date : -593
Location :
Pasture, CHALDEA (Chaldea, Iraq, Middle East), 31º00'00" N 46º10'12" E
Elevation 200 m
Observer: Map, Ground, Civilian
Description :
FIERY SPHERE LANDS/4 SUPPORTS
TAKEN FOR A RIDE
see Bible acct.
Miscellaneous details and features : Oddity
Type of UFO / Craft : Fireball
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : Pseudo-Human, Monster
Apparent UFO/Occupant activities : Missing time
Places visited and things affected : Human affected, Apparent Landing
Evidence and special effects : Historical
Duration : 60 min
Strangeness : 8
Credibility : 4
Reference : VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°2
udb: Reading world map:
udb: Read 12127 WM records.
udb: Reading sources:
udb: - 253 primary references
udb: - 43 newspapers and footnotes
udb: - 67 newspapers and footnotes
udb: - 40 other periodicals
udb: - 63 misc. books, reports, files & correspondance
udb: - 93 discredited reports
udb: Opening file input/db/udb/data/U.RND
udb: Reading cases from #1:
udb: Querying...
udb: Writing console
Record #2
Title : SIEGE/ALEXANDER the GREAT
Date : -322
Location :
Town & city, TYRE =SUR,LEBANON (Tyre, Lebanon, Middle East), 33º16'12" N 35º13'12" E
Elevation 20 m, relative altitude 100 m
Observer: Map, Ground, Coast, Military, High quality observer(s)
Description :
FLYING SHIELD BEAMS
WALLS CRUMBLE
Type of UFO / Craft : Saucer, Delta
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : No occupant
Apparent UFO/Occupant activities : Observation, Ray
Places visited and things affected : Animals affected, Human affected, Building or ANY MANMADE STRUCTURE
Evidence and special effects : Traces, Historical
Duration : 3 min
Strangeness : 9
Credibility : 6
Reference : MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin,TX USA. Monthly., page n°320
Record #3
Title : 'ALTAR' IN SKY
Date : -213
Location :
Pasture, HADRIA,ROMAN EMP (Firenze, Italy, Western Europe), 43º58'48" N 11º16'12" E
Observer: Map, Ground
Description :
MAN IN WHITE
12 SUCH BETWEEN 222 AND 90 B.C.
Miscellaneous details and features : Oddity, Wave
Type of UFO / Craft : Cigar, Delta
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : Pseudo-Human
Evidence and special effects : Historical
Duration : 15 min
Strangeness : 8
Credibility : 4
Reference : VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°4
Record #4
Title : SPECTACULAR FLEET OF SHIPS IN AIR
Date : -170
Location :
Pasture, LANUPIUM = ALBANO LAZIALE,ITL (RM, Italy, Western Europe), 41º43'48" N 12º38'24" E
Elevation 384 m
Observer: Map, Ground, Civilian
Description :
NFD
Miscellaneous details and features : Oddity, Wave
Type of UFO / Craft : Saucer, Cigar
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : No occupant
Evidence and special effects : Historical
Duration : 2 min
Strangeness : 6
Credibility : 6
Reference : HAINES,Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880,Los Altos,CA 94023 USA, page n°125
Record #5
Title : MANY OBS
Date : 70/5/21, ~18:00
Location :
Pasture, PALESTINE (UNK, Israel, Middle East), 31º46'12" N 35º13'48" E
Observer: Map, Ground, Military, Civilian, High quality observer(s)
Description :
CHARIOTS+REGIMENTS CIRCLE TOWNS in SKY
LOUD NOISES LATER
Miscellaneous details and features : Wave
Type of UFO / Craft : Saucer, Cigar, Delta, Nightlights
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : Figure
Evidence and special effects : Technical, Historical
Miscellaneous details : Sound
Duration : 60 min
Strangeness : 7
Credibility : 4
Reference : HAINES,Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880,Los Altos,CA 94023 USA, page n°120
Record #6
Title : MOB LYNCHES 3 FIGURES FROM 'CLOUDSHIP'
Date : 840
Location :
Town & city, LYON,FRANCE (Rhône, France, Western Europe), 45º44'24" N 4º52'12" E
Observer: Map, Ground, Civilian, High quality observer(s)
Description :
they admitted flying
Type of UFO / Craft : Cigar
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : Figure
Evidence and special effects : Historical
Duration : 20 min
Strangeness : 10
Credibility : 4
Reference : VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°7
Record #7
Title : 'FIERY ARMIES' PASS IN SKY HERE +ALL E.FRANCE per Scribe FLODOARD
Date : 927/~3
Location :
Town & city, VERDUN,FR (Meuse, France, Western Europe), 49º08'24" N 5º21'36" E
Observer: Map, Ground, Civilian
Description :
Miscellaneous details and features : News, Misidentification
Type of UFO / Craft : Nightlights, Fireball
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : No occupant
Evidence and special effects : Historical
Duration : 15 min
Strangeness : 3
Credibility : 7
Reference : FIGEUT,Michel & RUCHON,Jean-Louis: OVNI- Le Premier Dossier..; Alain LeFeuvre,Paris 1979., page n°32
Record #8
Title : UNUSUALLY BRIGHT SCRS FLY
Date : 989/8/3
Location :
Mountains, JAPAN/LOC UNK (HNS, Japan, Asia Pacific), 35º40'12" N 139º49'48" E
Observer: Map, Ground, Civilian
Description :
THEN JOIN TOGETHER
TIME UNKNOWN.
Type of UFO / Craft : Saucer
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : No occupant
Evidence and special effects : Historical
Duration : 15 min
Strangeness : 6
Credibility : 5
Reference : VALLEE,Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.Regnery,Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp., page n°0
Record #9
Title : 2 SPHERES HVR
Date : 1015/8/23
Location :
Mountains, JAPAN/LOC UNK (HNS, Japan, Asia Pacific), 35º37'48" N 139º48'00" E
Observer: Map, Ground, Civilian
Description :
2 SML OBJs EXIT..1 smokes
NFD
/SOBEPS IFS#23 p35
Type of UFO / Craft : Saucer, Cigar, Fireball
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : No occupant
Evidence and special effects : Technical, Historical
Duration : 15 min
Strangeness : 4
Credibility : 6
Reference : VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°9
Record #10
Title : FIERY OVOID >>SE TURNS >>W
Date : 1034
Location :
Farmlands, nr VERDUN,FR (Meuse, France, Western Europe), 49º04'48" N 5º19'48" E
Observer: Map, Ground, Civilian
Description :
/VERDUN MUSEUM /SOBEPS IFS#23 p35
Miscellaneous details and features : Oddity
Type of UFO / Craft : Saucer, Cigar
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : No occupant
Evidence and special effects : Historical
Duration : 15 min
Strangeness : 6
Credibility : 6
Reference : VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°9
udb: Found 10 records in 0.01 seconds.
Title : FIERY OVOID >>SE TURNS >>W
Date : 1034
Location :
Farmlands, nr VERDUN,FR (Meuse, France, Western Europe), 5º19'48" E 49º04'48" N
Observer: Map, Ground, Civilian
Description :
/VERDUN MUSEUM /SOBEPS IFS#23 p35
Miscellaneous details and features : Oddity
Type of UFO / Craft : Saucer, Cigar
Aliens! Monsters! (no religious figures) : No occupant
Evidence and special effects : Historical
Duration : 15 min
Strangeness : 6
Credibility : 6
Reference : VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp.
at index #9
Read 10 reports.
If you want to output in a CSV format and save the result into a file that could be imported in some spreadsheet software (Microsoft Excel, Google Spreadsheets, Apple Numbers, etc.):
npm run cli -- -f csv --out export.csv --count 10
will create/overwrite an export.csv file with the following contents, where the first row list columns names, and each column is separated by a comma:
"id","year","month","day","time","location","stateOrProvince","title","description","locale","duration","credibility","locationFlags","longitude","typeOfUfoCraftFlags","aliensMonstersFlags","apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags","placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags","evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags","miscellaneousDetailsFlags","latitude","elevation","relativeAltitude","ref","strangeness","miscellaneousFlags","continent","country"
1,-593,"","","","CHALDEA","Chaldea","EZEKIEL","FIERY SPHERE LANDS/4 SUPPORTS
TAKEN FOR A RIDE
see Bible acct.","Pasture",60,4,"Map, Ground, Civilian",46.17,"Fireball","Pseudo-Human, Monster","Missing time","Human affected, Apparent Landing","Historical","",31,200,0,"VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°2",8,"Oddity","Middle East","Iraq"
2,-322,"","","","TYRE =SUR,LEBANON","Tyre","SIEGE/ALEXANDER the GREAT","FLYING SHIELD BEAMS
WALLS CRUMBLE","Town & city",3,6,"Map, Ground, Coast, Military, High quality observer(s)",35.22,"Saucer, Delta","No occupant","Observation, Ray","Animals affected, Human affected, Building or ANY MANMADE STRUCTURE","Traces, Historical","",33.27,20,100,"MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin,TX USA. Monthly., page n°320",9,"","Middle East","Lebanon"
3,-213,"","","","HADRIA,ROMAN EMP","Firenze","'ALTAR' IN SKY","MAN IN WHITE
12 SUCH BETWEEN 222 AND 90 B.C.","Pasture",15,4,"Map, Ground",11.27,"Cigar, Delta","Pseudo-Human","","","Historical","",43.98,"","","VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°4",8,"Oddity, Wave","Western Europe","Italy"
4,-170,"","","","LANUPIUM = ALBANO LAZIALE,ITL","RM","SPECTACULAR FLEET OF SHIPS IN AIR","NFD","Pasture",2,6,"Map, Ground, Civilian",12.64,"Saucer, Cigar","No occupant","","","Historical","",41.73,384,"","HAINES,Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880,Los Altos,CA 94023 USA, page n°125",6,"Oddity, Wave","Western Europe","Italy"
5,70,5,21,"~18:00","PALESTINE","UNK","MANY OBS","CHARIOTS+REGIMENTS CIRCLE TOWNS in SKY
LOUD NOISES LATER","Pasture",60,4,"Map, Ground, Military, Civilian, High quality observer(s)",35.23,"Saucer, Cigar, Delta, Nightlights","Figure","","","Technical, Historical","Sound",31.77,"","","HAINES,Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880,Los Altos,CA 94023 USA, page n°120",7,"Wave","Middle East","Israel"
6,840,"","","","LYON,FRANCE","Rhône","MOB LYNCHES 3 FIGURES FROM 'CLOUDSHIP'","they admitted flying","Town & city",20,4,"Map, Ground, Civilian, High quality observer(s)",4.87,"Cigar","Figure","","","Historical","",45.74,"","","VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°7",10,"","Western Europe","France"
7,927,"~3","","","VERDUN,FR","Meuse","'FIERY ARMIES' PASS IN SKY HERE +ALL E.FRANCE per Scribe FLODOARD",undefined,"Town & city",15,7,"Map, Ground, Civilian",5.36,"Nightlights, Fireball","No occupant","","","Historical","",49.14,"","","FIGEUT,Michel & RUCHON,Jean-Louis: OVNI- Le Premier Dossier..; Alain LeFeuvre,Paris 1979., page n°32",3,"News, Misidentification","Western Europe","France"
8,989,8,3,"","JAPAN/LOC UNK","HNS","UNUSUALLY BRIGHT SCRS FLY","THEN JOIN TOGETHER
TIME UNKNOWN.","Mountains",15,5,"Map, Ground, Civilian",139.83,"Saucer","No occupant","","","Historical","",35.67,"","","VALLEE,Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.Regnery,Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp., page n°0",6,"","Asia Pacific","Japan"
9,1015,8,23,"","JAPAN/LOC UNK","HNS","2 SPHERES HVR","2 SML OBJs EXIT..1 smokes
NFD
/SOBEPS IFS#23 p35","Mountains",15,6,"Map, Ground, Civilian",139.8,"Saucer, Cigar, Fireball","No occupant","","","Technical, Historical","",35.63,"","","VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°9",4,"","Asia Pacific","Japan"
10,1034,"","","","nr VERDUN,FR","Meuse","FIERY OVOID >>SE TURNS >>W","/VERDUN MUSEUM /SOBEPS IFS#23 p35","Farmlands",15,6,"Map, Ground, Civilian",5.33,"Saucer, Cigar","No occupant","","","Historical","",49.08,"","","VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°9",6,"Oddity","Western Europe","France"
Note that texts are enclosed in double quotes to preserve line feeds in a cell.
See such a CSV export imported into Google Spreadsheets.
If you want to output in a XML format and save the result into a file:
node udb -f xml --out export.xml --count 10
will create/overwrite an export.xml file with the following contents:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<udb>
<record><id>1</id><year>-593</year><month/><day/><time/><location>CHALDEA</location><stateOrProvince>Chaldea</stateOrProvince><title>EZEKIEL</title><description>FIERY SPHERE LANDS/4 SUPPORTS
TAKEN FOR A RIDE
see Bible acct.</description><locale>Pasture</locale><duration>60</duration><credibility>4</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground, Civilian</locationFlags><longitude>46.17</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Fireball</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>Pseudo-Human, Monster</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags>Missing time</apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags>Human affected, Apparent Landing</placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags/><latitude>31</latitude><elevation>200</elevation><relativeAltitude>0</relativeAltitude><ref>VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°2</ref><strangeness>8</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags>Oddity</miscellaneousFlags><continent>Middle East</continent><country>Iraq</country></record>
<record><id>2</id><year>-322</year><month/><day/><time/><location>TYRE =SUR,LEBANON</location><stateOrProvince>Tyre</stateOrProvince><title>SIEGE/ALEXANDER the GREAT</title><description>FLYING SHIELD BEAMS
WALLS CRUMBLE</description><locale>Town & city</locale><duration>3</duration><credibility>6</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground, Coast, Military, High quality observer(s)</locationFlags><longitude>35.22</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Saucer, Delta</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>No occupant</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags>Observation, Ray</apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags>Animals affected, Human affected, Building or ANY MANMADE STRUCTURE</placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Traces, Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags/><latitude>33.27</latitude><elevation>20</elevation><relativeAltitude>100</relativeAltitude><ref>MUFON UFO JOURNAL, Seguin,TX USA. Monthly., page n°320</ref><strangeness>9</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags/><continent>Middle East</continent><country>Lebanon</country></record>
<record><id>3</id><year>-213</year><month/><day/><time/><location>HADRIA,ROMAN EMP</location><stateOrProvince>Firenze</stateOrProvince><title>'ALTAR' IN SKY</title><description>MAN IN WHITE
12 SUCH BETWEEN 222 AND 90 B.C.</description><locale>Pasture</locale><duration>15</duration><credibility>4</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground</locationFlags><longitude>11.27</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Cigar, Delta</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>Pseudo-Human</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags/><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags/><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags/><latitude>43.98</latitude><elevation/><relativeAltitude/><ref>VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°4</ref><strangeness>8</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags>Oddity, Wave</miscellaneousFlags><continent>Western Europe</continent><country>Italy</country></record>
<record><id>4</id><year>-170</year><month/><day/><time/><location>LANUPIUM = ALBANO LAZIALE,ITL</location><stateOrProvince>RM</stateOrProvince><title>SPECTACULAR FLEET OF SHIPS IN AIR</title><description>NFD</description><locale>Pasture</locale><duration>2</duration><credibility>6</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground, Civilian</locationFlags><longitude>12.64</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Saucer, Cigar</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>No occupant</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags/><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags/><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags/><latitude>41.73</latitude><elevation>384</elevation><relativeAltitude/><ref>HAINES,Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880,Los Altos,CA 94023 USA, page n°125</ref><strangeness>6</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags>Oddity, Wave</miscellaneousFlags><continent>Western Europe</continent><country>Italy</country></record>
<record><id>5</id><year>70</year><month>5</month><day>21</day><time>~18:00</time><location>PALESTINE</location><stateOrProvince>UNK</stateOrProvince><title>MANY OBS</title><description>CHARIOTS+REGIMENTS CIRCLE TOWNS in SKY
LOUD NOISES LATER</description><locale>Pasture</locale><duration>60</duration><credibility>4</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground, Military, Civilian, High quality observer(s)</locationFlags><longitude>35.23</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Saucer, Cigar, Delta, Nightlights</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>Figure</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags/><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags/><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Technical, Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags>Sound</miscellaneousDetailsFlags><latitude>31.77</latitude><elevation/><relativeAltitude/><ref>HAINES,Richard Ph.D: PROJECT DELTA; 1994, LDA Press, PO Box 880,Los Altos,CA 94023 USA, page n°120</ref><strangeness>7</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags>Wave</miscellaneousFlags><continent>Middle East</continent><country>Israel</country></record>
<record><id>6</id><year>840</year><month/><day/><time/><location>LYON,FRANCE</location><stateOrProvince>Rhône</stateOrProvince><title>MOB LYNCHES 3 FIGURES FROM 'CLOUDSHIP'</title><description>they admitted flying</description><locale>Town & city</locale><duration>20</duration><credibility>4</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground, Civilian, High quality observer(s)</locationFlags><longitude>4.87</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Cigar</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>Figure</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags/><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags/><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags/><latitude>45.74</latitude><elevation/><relativeAltitude/><ref>VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°7</ref><strangeness>10</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags/><continent>Western Europe</continent><country>France</country></record>
<record><id>7</id><year>927</year><month>~3</month><day/><time/><location>VERDUN,FR</location><stateOrProvince>Meuse</stateOrProvince><title>'FIERY ARMIES' PASS IN SKY HERE +ALL E.FRANCE per Scribe FLODOARD</title><description/><locale>Town & city</locale><duration>15</duration><credibility>7</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground, Civilian</locationFlags><longitude>5.36</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Nightlights, Fireball</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>No occupant</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags/><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags/><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags/><latitude>49.14</latitude><elevation/><relativeAltitude/><ref>FIGEUT,Michel & RUCHON,Jean-Louis: OVNI- Le Premier Dossier..; Alain LeFeuvre,Paris 1979., page n°32</ref><strangeness>3</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags>News, Misidentification</miscellaneousFlags><continent>Western Europe</continent><country>France</country></record>
<record><id>8</id><year>989</year><month>8</month><day>3</day><time/><location>JAPAN/LOC UNK</location><stateOrProvince>HNS</stateOrProvince><title>UNUSUALLY BRIGHT SCRS FLY</title><description>THEN JOIN TOGETHER
TIME UNKNOWN.</description><locale>Mountains</locale><duration>15</duration><credibility>5</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground, Civilian</locationFlags><longitude>139.83</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Saucer</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>No occupant</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags/><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags/><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags/><latitude>35.67</latitude><elevation/><relativeAltitude/><ref>VALLEE,Jacques: PASSPORT TO MAGONIA; H.Regnery,Chicago HC 1969 & Contemporary Books,Chicago 1993. 372pp., page n°0</ref><strangeness>6</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags/><continent>Asia Pacific</continent><country>Japan</country></record>
<record><id>9</id><year>1015</year><month>8</month><day>23</day><time/><location>JAPAN/LOC UNK</location><stateOrProvince>HNS</stateOrProvince><title>2 SPHERES HVR</title><description>2 SML OBJs EXIT..1 smokes
NFD
/SOBEPS IFS#23 p35</description><locale>Mountains</locale><duration>15</duration><credibility>6</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground, Civilian</locationFlags><longitude>139.8</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Saucer, Cigar, Fireball</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>No occupant</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags/><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags/><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Technical, Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags/><latitude>35.63</latitude><elevation/><relativeAltitude/><ref>VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°9</ref><strangeness>4</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags/><continent>Asia Pacific</continent><country>Japan</country></record>
<record><id>10</id><year>1034</year><month/><day/><time/><location>nr VERDUN,FR</location><stateOrProvince>Meuse</stateOrProvince><title>FIERY OVOID >>SE TURNS >>W</title><description>/VERDUN MUSEUM /SOBEPS IFS#23 p35</description><locale>Farmlands</locale><duration>15</duration><credibility>6</credibility><locationFlags>Map, Ground, Civilian</locationFlags><longitude>5.33</longitude><typeOfUfoCraftFlags>Saucer, Cigar</typeOfUfoCraftFlags><aliensMonstersFlags>No occupant</aliensMonstersFlags><apparentUfoOccupantActivitiesFlags/><placesVisitedAndThingsAffectedFlags/><evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags>Historical</evidenceAndSpecialEffectsFlags><miscellaneousDetailsFlags/><latitude>49.08</latitude><elevation/><relativeAltitude/><ref>VALLEE,Jacques: UFOS IN SPACE- Anatomy of a Phenomenon Henry Regnery 1966 & Ballentine PB 1974 294pp., page n°9</ref><strangeness>6</strangeness><miscellaneousFlags>Oddity</miscellaneousFlags><continent>Western Europe</continent><country>France</country></record>
</udb>
For details about input/output formats, please check the uDb Wiki.
npm run cli -- --match year=1972&month=8&day=12
will output records about cases that occurred on August 12th, 1972.
npm run cli -- --match id=256|id=12
will output records #12 and #256.
You can use any UdbInputRecord property in a matching criteria.
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First I would like to thank Larry Hatch for his invaluable work in building this huge quality database.
Also I would like to thank several contributors (EvillerBob, nablator, harpysounds) of an ATS thread for their own analysis of the binary format. Notably, they helped localizing the latitude/longitude bytes and corrected some wrong interpretations I made. Thanks also goes to Adam who notified a longitude inversion error.
Last but not least, I want to thank Isaac Koi for his restless efforts in collecting and sharing UFO data with the permission of their owners. This work could not have been possible without him, who managed to run the old software, perform an textual export of the data, and got the permission from Larry's nephew (the holder of Larry's Power of Attorney) to share Larry's work.
Since then, this project has been credited by Adam Kehoe's paper "Analyzing The Nearly Lost Hatch Database: 18,123 case files".
Please note that some data from this database are incorrect:
- The Jaboticatubas case year is 1976, not 1968. This is particularly to note important to note, as Hatch ranked this case highly in both credibility and strangeness.
- The "Pinheiro" case (Colares sightings) month is July (7) 1977, not March (3). This is particularly to note important to note, as Hatch ranked this case highly in both credibility and strangeness.