What people
call them.
Fifty names in wide circulation, each one checked against what the archive actually holds. 22 of them track nothing at all. Where a name does track something, the line that matters is not the star it is said to come from. It is the country whose archive holds the file.
5 names
Partly tracked 5
It overlaps something the archive holds without matching it.
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Shape-Shifters
Reported in United States (3), Brazil, Denmark, Spain, USSR/Russia, Venezuela
— 8 cases across the other morphology family, not this name in particular
Amorphous/non-solid is tracked. Shape-shifting as an ability is a claim, not a body plan.
In the roster as OTH-08 Amorphous
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Shadow Beings
Claimed origin: Dark Dimension
Reported in United States (3), Brazil, Denmark, Spain, USSR/Russia, Venezuela
— 8 cases across the other morphology family, not this name in particular
Shadow-like forms fall under amorphous. Dark Dimension is not a place in any record.
In the roster as OTH-08 Amorphous
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Light Beings
Claimed origin: Higher Dimension
Reported in United States (3), Brazil, Denmark, Spain, USSR/Russia, Venezuela
— 8 cases across the other morphology family, not this name in particular
Same slot as Energy Beings. Higher Dimension is unsupported.
In the roster as OTH-04 Luminous
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Robotic Civilizations
Claimed origin: Artificial Worlds
Reported in United States (3), Brazil, Denmark, Spain, USSR/Russia, Venezuela
— 8 cases across the other morphology family, not this name in particular
Same slot as Cybernetic Aliens.
In the roster as OTH-03 Robotic
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Bioluminescent Humanoids
Claimed origin: Oceanic Worlds
Reported in United States (3), Brazil, Denmark, Spain, USSR/Russia, Venezuela
— 8 cases across the other morphology family, not this name in particular
Overlaps Energy Beings and Light Beings. Three poster entries, one class.
In the roster as OTH-04 Luminous
Why this page exists
Most writing on this subject starts from the names and works backwards to find records that fit. This archive starts from the records, so a name only earns an entry when something in the record carries a body plan behind it. Where nothing does, the name stays on this page with the reason attached rather than quietly disappearing.
A tracked form is still only as good as its evidence tier, and most of them are Reported. Tracked means the archive has somewhere to put it, not that anyone has established it exists.