Enigma - Discover and report UFO/UAP sightings around the world
Enigma is a UFO/UAP sighting alerting and reporting platform. Every day, thousands of people see something they can't explain in the skies. Seen something unusual in the sky? Share your UFO sighting story and read accounts from thousands of other witnesses!
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Hey Product Hunt community,
I’m Carlos and I’m the Head of Product at Enigma Labs. We’re a group of open-minded technologists who are neutral on the origins of the UFO/UAP phenomenon. We are motivated by curiosity and optimism about the unknown. Over the past 2 years we’ve worked closely with UFO/UAP enthusiasts and skywatching communities to build Enigma, a first-of-its-kind alert network, data aggregation tool, and storytelling platform for UFO/UAP sightings.
With the Enigma mobile app, you can:
Discover Sightings: Watch videos and listen to the audio recordings of sightings from across the globe
Share your Story: Submit your personal UFO/UAP sightings and experiences
Receive Real-time Alerts: Be the first to know about sightings near you with nearby sighting alerts
Join the Conversation: Discuss the phenomena with a network of 100K+ like-minded enthusiasts
Identify Known Objects: Instantly identify satellites, planes, stars, planets and more with our AR Lens
We’re excited to crowdsolve this age-old mystery together and invite you to join our community by downloading our app.
Download on iOS
Download on Google Play
Otherwise, thanks very much for your interest! We’re looking forward to your feedback and questions about Enigma!
A dream come true for UFO enthusiasts! 🛸 How does Enigma verify sightings to filter out hoaxes or misidentifications?
@desmond_ren1 Great question, Desmond! In short, we use a mix of machine learning, human moderation, and crowdsourced intelligence when processing each submission.
First, sightings are automatically scored by a multivariate model that computes many factors, largely around object identification, confidence in the event occurring as described, and how anomalous the behavior of the UAP was.
Next, a moderator reviews the sighting to determine whether it satisfies our criteria. We believe that researchers benefit from more data than less, so moderators are responsible for filtering out hoaxes and misidentifications rather than determining the object’s origin.
We also listen to our enthusiastic community! You’ll find passionate debate in our comment sections, which we tap into when controversial submissions arise.
Finally, we’re working on a variety of ways to make the product more intelligent. This includes layering in satellite, FAA, and drone data to deconflict reports quicker and provide additional context for our community.
Thanks for your support!
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This reminds me of all those horror stories about UFOs I have heard and watched as a kid. :D such nostalgia.
Interesting :D
We loved those stories too,@busmark_w_nika! We're huge fans of NOVA on PBS, who featured us in January 😉
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Congratulations! Didn't know you had a shutout!
Interesting app! What was more interesting is this - I've visited your site and saw that you have the largest repository of sighting data. Do you somehow process or analyze the data to see if there's any significant signal or sign?
Hi,@hyuntak_lee! Yes, we do! When we receive a rash of concurrent reports in the same location, also known as “flaps”, we run a real-time analysis and attempt to triangulate the object. We do so by comparing metadata captured from the various reports received and viewpoints of our users. We also look back at historical sightings to identify trends based on craft shape, color, flight pattern, and more.
@closoliv Wow it must be true wonder every time you run the analysis. I want to know more about the analysis but you can keep it secret :)
Haven't NASA secretly contacted you to cooperate yet?
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I rarely use Product Hunt polls but this feels relevant...
Are aliens real!?
@rrhoover Let’s just say... they’re already among the voters 👽
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@rrhoover You forgot probably, maybe, probably not. I'm probably not.
Oh, it would be fun if multiple people showed up claiming to have seen the same UFO in Enigma! After all, it might really be a UFO.
Hey,@kay_arkain 👋 That happens more often than you think and we're iterating on ways to connect those people! With so many enthusiasts, researchers, and believers on the platform, our users are eager to compare notes, data, and experiences 🛸
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Wait is this a new app ? Or am I having deja-vu? I am sure either I am a user or I have used Enigma before. I dont know what, but something about having to see UFO or UAP is just beyond excitement. I just hope and wished there was some sort of challenge or contest in the app like Pokemon Go - exciting the community to actually go out and find. What if we are not looking in the right place? or through right lens?
I can go on about these all day ! hahah
All the best for your launch, I am already a user.
Thanks for your feedback, Krishna! Here's hoping you're already part of the Enigma community!
We're cooking up new ways for users to share their experiences and provide their own perspective on published sightings. I'd love to chat about your Pokemon Go idea though - drop me a line at carlos@enigmalabs.io and I'll find time for us to connect!
This app is sick! Love the integration of the Identify feature. Is the idea that we use that first to see if the object we're seeing is a drone, satellite etc before submitting something as unknown?
Thanks, Alice. Glad you like it!
Yes, that's right! Our AR lens visualizes live plane traffic plus satellite data relative to your position, and immediately tells you whether you're looking at a plane, satellite, or celestial object. That way, you can explore the world with a UAP-informed lens 😊
So pumped we're finally up on Product Hunt!!
Big day!! 🎉🎉🎉
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Such a cool app. Love the alerts when UAP sightings happen near me. Great reminder to look up every now and then!
Thanks for joining the search, Avneesh!
Awesome to see Enigma on here! Big fan of the app (especially the AR view).
Congrats on the launch!
Thanks for your support, Bennett! Much appreciated!
Slick app! Love the native telemetry camera - excited to see how that data is used!
You're the best, Sarah! Thanks for the support 😊
Feeling fomo after browsing around the mapped sightings and seeing so many near my home. 🤠 Love the ability to receive alerts for any activity nearby, but would also be interested in receiving alerts for any city of my choosing in the future!
A dream come true for UFO enthusiasts! 🛸 How does Enigma verify sightings to filter out hoaxes or misidentifications?
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This is a great project, much needed!
What is the business model?