# Wikipedia contributors 2026: National Institute for Discovery Science

> Wikipedia contributors, 2026. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. NIDS dates and the hotline figures.

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# National Institute for Discovery Science

Wikipedia contributors, 2026. _Wikipedia_.

The encyclopaedia article on NIDS: founded 1995, disbanded October 2004, a public hotline from 1999 whose reports were mostly explained as missile launches and meteors.

**Skinwalker Ranch** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

NIDS dates and the hotline figures.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[NIDS's own hotline found most of more than 5,000 reports were missile launches and meteors.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/evidence/EVD0D014ACG16HG/nidss-own-hotline-found-most-of-more-than-5-000-reports-were)

Evidence

EVD

[NIDS disbands](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/events/EVT0D0144H06AAP/nids-disbands)

EVT

[Skinwalker Ranch](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch)

The mystery article

MYS

[National Institute for Discovery Science](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/skinwalker-ranch/organisations/ORG0D0142TA4CVG/national-institute-for-discovery-science)

ORG

## Cite it

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Wikipedia contributors (2026). National Institute for Discovery Science. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_for_Discovery_Science
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**SRC** 0D013Z5427Y5

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