The situation
Track the Unknown needed a place where live witness reports and historical UAP case files sit side by side on one map, with an archive people can search and a way for signed-in observers to open new case files.
Track the Unknown
A live UAP sightings map and case archive: witness reports, historical case files and strategic sites on one interactive map.
Overview
New reports and old case files on one map.
What needed to happen
The interface had to be dark, map-first and readable with dense data, and it had to work well on a phone, where most people check a sighting.
What Was Built
A map, an archive and a report flow.
A focused product built around the map and the case files.
Interactive map
A Mapbox map showing live files and legacy historic files, with filters for the last 24 hours, unresolved cases, multi-witness reports, legacy files and strategic sites.
Case file archive
An archive of case dossiers and strategic sites, searchable by location, case number or shape, with filters by scope and status.
Observer sign-in and reporting
Signed-in observers can open a new case file through the report flow.
Phone navigation
A bottom navigation bar on phones for Observe, Archive, Report and Observer.
Dark, high-contrast design
A dark interface built around the map, with dense case cards showing case number, status, location and witness count.
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