Terms of Use

Last updated: October 25, 2026

Draft for review. These Terms are not yet in effect and will be finalized before the app launches.

1. About these Terms

UAParanormal (the "Service") is a mobile app and website for sharing and discussing reports of UAP, paranormal, and related topics. It is operated by Michael Coomer, an individual doing business as UAParanormal ("we," "us"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

2. Who can use the Service

You must be at least 18 years old. You must give accurate information when you sign up, including a working email address, and keep your password secure. You are responsible for everything that happens on your account. Do not share your account, and tell us right away if you think it has been compromised.

3. Your content

"Content" means anything you post, share, send, or upload through the Service, including reports, photos, videos, comments, shared article links and comments, profile information, and messages.

You own your content. We do not claim ownership of it.
License to us. By posting content, you give us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, display, and distribute it as needed to run, secure, and improve the Service, including showing it to other users. This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies that remain in backups for a limited time and copies saved with reports as described in section 5.
Your promises. You confirm that you have the right to post your content (you created it or have permission), and that it does not break these Terms or anyone else's rights.
Content is visible to others. Your username, profile, reports, comments, and shared articles can be seen by other users and may be reachable by people who are not logged in. Photos and videos are stored at web addresses that work for anyone who has the link. Do not post anything you want to keep private.
We do not verify content. Reports, comments, and articles are posted by users. We do not check them for accuracy and we do not endorse them. Do not treat them as fact.

4. Community rules

You agree not to:

Harass, threaten, bully, or abuse anyone, or post hate speech aimed at people because of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or national origin.
Post anything that sexualizes or endangers children. We have zero tolerance for this and report it to the authorities.
Post sexually explicit content, graphic violence, or intimate images of anyone without their consent.
Post illegal content, or content that encourages violence or self-harm.
Post other people's private information, including exact home addresses or personal contact details. Keep locations to a general area.
Impersonate any person or organization, or falsely claim a Verified badge or an affiliation.
Knowingly post fabricated evidence, such as edited or AI-generated photos or video, as if it were genuine.
Post spam, advertising, scams, or links to malicious or deceptive websites.
Repeatedly post content unrelated to UAP, the paranormal, or closely related topics.
Evade a suspension, ban, or block, including by creating new accounts.
Scrape or collect data from the Service by automated means, attack or probe its security, interfere with its operation, or reverse engineer it except as the law allows.
Use the Service for any unlawful purpose.

Please also stay safe. Do not trespass or put yourself or anyone else in danger to capture a sighting.

5. Reports, moderation, and enforcement

Reporting. Users can report posts, comments, shared articles, and private messages they receive. The person who is reported does not see who reported them.
Review. We review reports at our discretion. We may remove content, give a warning (a "strike"), suspend an account, or permanently ban an account. As of the date above, three strikes in total lead to a 30-day suspension, and three strikes for inappropriate or illegal content lead to a permanent ban. We may suspend or ban an account immediately for serious violations.
While suspended, you can browse but cannot post, comment, share articles, react, or send messages.
Notices and appeals. We will tell you in the app when a strike is added or your account is suspended. To ask us to reconsider a decision, email support@uaparanormal.app. We will review it, but decisions are at our discretion.
No duty to monitor. We are not required to review everything on the Service, and we may remove content for any reason.
Saved copies. When content is reported, we save a copy of it, including the author, so we can review it even if it is later edited or deleted. We may keep that copy for moderation, safety, and legal reasons.
Illegal content and safety. We may preserve content and share information with law enforcement. We report apparent child sexual exploitation material to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and other authorities as the law requires.

6. Private messages (SCIF)

SCIF is the Service's private messaging feature. Messages can be read in the app only by the people in the conversation, but they are not end-to-end encrypted. They are stored on our service providers' servers, and we technically have access to them. We do not read private messages except when a participant reports a message, when needed to investigate abuse or a security problem, or when the law requires it. When a message is reported, moderators see that message and a few messages before it. The community rules apply to private messages, and you can block anyone who contacts you.

7. Links and third-party services

Shared articles and other links lead to websites we do not control. We are not responsible for them, and a link is not an endorsement. Use caution when you open links. The Service also depends on outside providers for hosting, email, and maps, as described in the Privacy Policy.

8. Verified badges

A "Verified" badge means we have taken steps to confirm who is behind an account. It is not an endorsement of anything that account says.

9. Copyright complaints

If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, email a notice to support@uaparanormal.app with the subject line "Copyright notice." Your notice must include:

Your physical or electronic signature.
A description of the copyrighted work you say was infringed.
A description of the material and a link to where it appears on the Service.
Your name, address, phone number, and email address.
A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorized by the owner, its agent, or the law.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner or authorized to act for the owner.

We may remove the material and tell the person who posted it. That person may send a counter-notice with their signature, a description of the removed material and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that they believe in good faith it was removed by mistake, and their consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for their address, along with agreement to accept service of process from the person who filed the original notice. We may restore the material unless the complainant tells us they have filed a lawsuit. We will end the accounts of repeat infringers. Knowingly sending a false notice or counter-notice can have legal consequences.

10. Your account and deleting it

You can stop using the Service at any time. You can delete your account in the app under Profile, then Delete Account. Deleting permanently removes your profile, posts, comments, shared articles, reactions, follows, blocks, alerts, and private conversations (which are deleted for both people), with the exceptions in the Privacy Policy. You cannot delete your account while it is suspended or while a report about your content is still being reviewed.

We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms, for legal or security reasons, or if we change or discontinue the Service. Sections of these Terms that by their nature should continue after your account ends will continue.

11. Disclaimers

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not promise that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free. We are not responsible for user content, including its accuracy, or for the conduct of users, online or offline. The Service is for information and entertainment.

12. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost data, profits, or goodwill, arising out of your use of the Service. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service will not exceed $100. Some places do not allow certain limits, so in those places these limits apply only as far as the law permits.

13. Indemnity

You agree to defend and reimburse us for claims, damages, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) that arise from your content, your use of the Service, or your breaking these Terms or anyone else's rights.

14. Governing law and disputes

Kentucky law governs these Terms, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any lawsuit about these Terms or the Service must be brought in the state or federal courts located in Christian County, Kentucky, and you consent to those courts' jurisdiction. Before filing a claim, please email us and give us 30 days to try to resolve the matter informally.

15. Changes

We may update these Terms or change or discontinue the Service. If we make a material change to the Terms, we will tell you in the app or by email before it takes effect. If you keep using the Service after a change takes effect, you accept the new Terms. If you do not accept them, you can delete your account. The "Last updated" date above shows the latest version.

16. General

These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and us about the Service. If a part of these Terms cannot be enforced, the rest still applies. If we do not enforce something, that does not mean we give up the right to do so later. You may not transfer your rights under these Terms. We may transfer ours, including to a company we form or a successor that operates the Service.

17. Contact

Questions or notices: support@uaparanormal.app