The European Crash Retrieval Initiative (ECRI) is an effort led by UAP Sweden and Ocean X Team, with the support of the VASCO Project and an interdisciplinary group of civilian scientists and experts. The project has the ambition of mapping and analyzing alleged UFO/UAP crash sites on European soil, both contemporary and historical.

Recent whistleblower testimony has brought to light highly credible claims stating that sophisticated technology and biological specimens of non-human origin are in the possession of private military contractors. If true, these allegations imply that a concerted effort has been made to keep this information hidden from the public and the wider scientific community. Thus, instead of waiting for a hypothetical government-lead disclosure, ECRI aims to:

  • Create an independent, community-driven project, empowering ordinary citizens to uncover answers that they previously appear to have been denied.

  • Identify credible crash sites using data-protected information-gathering and applying methods stemming from criminal forensics, science, and psychology, with the oversight of professionals from within these fields. 

  • Visit and examine these crash sites in order to safely gather any materials.

  • Share our findings with scientists for further examination.

  • Share any discoveries with the public in a transparent manner.

Do you have information regarding a potential UFO/UAP crash site, material originating from one, or anything else relevant? Please consider helping us in this project by reporting it HERE.

No information given will be shared with any third party.

Several eminent scientists and public figures give their support to ECRI, including Avi Loeb, the Harvard astronomer and founder of the Galileo Project.


"We know from last year's historic hearing before the U.S. Congress that the U.S. is concealing a UFO crash retrieval program and that such exotic craft have been recovered in other regions of the world.  I am proud to support the European UFO Crash Retrieval Initiative for the potential scientific breakthroughs it might yield."

— Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., U.S. Navy (ret), former Under Secretary of Commerce and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

All members of the ECRI team work for the project pro bono – in their free time – and are entirely independent of any third party interests.