I'm on a 5KLY trek to nowhere in particular to unlock the Thruster Engineers, and yesterday crossed from the Inner to the Outer Orion Spur region. As soon as I did, I began getting notifications of logging objects to the Codex that to me seem pedestrian, I've scanned many of the same type while closer to home in the Inner Orion Spur but with no Codex response. Is there some Codex mechanism to explain this that I have yet to uncover?
Codex now logging object types I'm sure I've already encountered
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C'mon - you can work it out if you think real hard.... there's a clue in your post...
The region change is obvious, which is why I mentioned it. The puzzlement is because I have done lot of exploring of the Inner Orion Spur, in particular the Synuefe Guardian Bubble area, and do not recall seeing one such codex update message despite having visited and used the FSS & DSS on dozens of systems. The whole "Reported" and "Confirmed" schtick seems a bit chaotic, as there is no definitve explanation I have found as to how to "Report" an object, and how it is then "Confirmed." It doesn't help that my Codex for the new region (Outer Orion Spur) now lists items that are "Confirmed" (I assume by me given the date listed) but not listed as "Reported." Plus the number of updates is much more than I have seen before. Is it because these are objects I have "First discovered?" The whole thing seems rather Byzantine. Ah, well, I guess it makes little diff in the cosmic scale of things anyway 
The Codex classifies new discoveries per region. Cross over into a new region, and in the first system you visit, every single object is a "new dicovery" for your Codex. First Class III gas giant, first ice world, First Earth-like, etc.
The Codex only gives you the little message for the first ever such thing you find in each region. So, in your new region, if the first system you visited has two Class III gas giants, it will give you the message for the first one, but not the second, nor for any other Class III giants you might find in that new region (unless you happen to find one of the super-rare green ones, which are a separate Codex entry).
You can't "report" stuff. "Reported" happens automatically when other people find and Confirm stuff; their finds then become visible as "Reported" to you. They become "Confirmed" for you only when you find and scan it (or one just like it) yourself.
Suppose, while you're travelling about the Outer Orion Spur, you happen to find a Green Class II gas giant. NO ONE has ever found one of these before in that Region, so in your Codex, it will appear as both Reported and Confirmed by you. This discovery gets immediately Reported by your ship's computer to every other commander in the galaxy, so that every other player in the game will now see Green Class II Giants as a new "Reported" item in the Outer Orion Spur, and your name emblazoned there as the Reporter. If I now want to make that Green Class II Giant "Confirmed" in my Codex, I need to fly there and scan it myself, but no-one else can steal the glory of being the Reporter of Green Class II Gas Giants from you.
Note that this Reporting happens immedately when you FSS the object in question, it does not wait until you sell the data. ANd the star system where you found it is public knowledge; everyone can now see it in their Codex. So if you do happen to find a really, really rare object with a brand new Codex entry for which you are the Reporter, rush back to base immediately and sell the data - otherwise, someone else is likely to fly out and steal the First Discovered By tag on that item. They can't steal your "Reported By" tag in the Codex, but they can steal your "First Discovered By" tag on the system map.
The Codex only gives you the little message for the first ever such thing you find in each region. So, in your new region, if the first system you visited has two Class III gas giants, it will give you the message for the first one, but not the second, nor for any other Class III giants you might find in that new region (unless you happen to find one of the super-rare green ones, which are a separate Codex entry).
You can't "report" stuff. "Reported" happens automatically when other people find and Confirm stuff; their finds then become visible as "Reported" to you. They become "Confirmed" for you only when you find and scan it (or one just like it) yourself.
Suppose, while you're travelling about the Outer Orion Spur, you happen to find a Green Class II gas giant. NO ONE has ever found one of these before in that Region, so in your Codex, it will appear as both Reported and Confirmed by you. This discovery gets immediately Reported by your ship's computer to every other commander in the galaxy, so that every other player in the game will now see Green Class II Giants as a new "Reported" item in the Outer Orion Spur, and your name emblazoned there as the Reporter. If I now want to make that Green Class II Giant "Confirmed" in my Codex, I need to fly there and scan it myself, but no-one else can steal the glory of being the Reporter of Green Class II Gas Giants from you.
Note that this Reporting happens immedately when you FSS the object in question, it does not wait until you sell the data. ANd the star system where you found it is public knowledge; everyone can now see it in their Codex. So if you do happen to find a really, really rare object with a brand new Codex entry for which you are the Reporter, rush back to base immediately and sell the data - otherwise, someone else is likely to fly out and steal the First Discovered By tag on that item. They can't steal your "Reported By" tag in the Codex, but they can steal your "First Discovered By" tag on the system map.
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Many, many thanks, Sapyx, very clear, very concise, and enormously helpful as regards the "rush back to base" part. Not easy to do at 5000LY from home, but it's a point well-taken.
I want to reiterate my thanks for Sapyx clarifying the Codex "Reported" and "Confirmed" questions I had. Now that I see what's what I'm actually using the Codex to help guide my route back home from my 5KLY sojourn. I have not yet met anything truly exotic, but a few very interesting planets have been image-captured and I've made a boatload of first discoveries and mappings to turn in, if I don't get rooked again (half of my last "First mapped by" rewards got skipped for some reason). It's an interesting enough ride as long as I don't try to stretch it into a marathon -- frequent breaks are necessary!