Using the Entity Explorer
The Explorer is your structured way to browse the people, organizations, programs, locations, and cases that make up the disclosure record. It has two main views — Entities and Cases — each designed for a different kind of exploration.
Entities View
The Entities view lists every person, organization, program, and location that has been identified in the library. By default it shows all entity types together. Use the type filter buttons at the top to narrow to a specific category:
- ALL — every entity across all types
- PEOPLE — individual persons (officials, witnesses, researchers, pilots)
- ORGS — government agencies, military branches, research groups, companies
- PROGRAMS — named projects and classified or declassified programs
- LOCATIONS — bases, facilities, geographic sites, and airspace regions
There is also a search bar within the Explorer itself. Type a name or keyword to filter the visible cards on the fly — useful when you know roughly who or what you're looking for but don't need a full library search.
Each entity card shows the entity's name, its type label, one or more tier badges (T1 = government sources, T2 = research sources), and a relationship count indicating how many other entities it is directly connected to. A higher relationship count generally means the entity is more central to the disclosure record. Click any card to open the full entity profile.
Cases View
The Cases view lists curated incident profiles — specific events and investigations like Roswell, the Tic Tac encounter, Foo Fighters, Tinley Park, and others. Each case card shows the incident name, the approximate date or date range, and a brief description of what the case involves.
Click a case card to open its full profile page. Case profiles are organized into six tabs:
- Story — a narrative overview of the incident drawn from source documents
- Entities — people, organizations, programs, and locations associated with this case
- Documents — source documents in the library that reference this case
- Timeline — a chronological event view scoped to this case
- Threads — sub-phases of the investigation (e.g., "Early Wartime Encounters," "Post-War Investigation")
- Related Cases — other incidents with documented connections
Navigating Between Entities and Cases
The Explorer is designed for lateral navigation. From an entity profile you can follow relationship links to other entities, jump to cases that entity is associated with, or pivot to the timeline to see when that entity appears in the record. From a case profile you can click through to any of its associated entities. Everything in the Explorer is interconnected.