PDF 1963 NASC Memo: "Thoughts on the Space Alien Race Question" (Hunter → Packard)
59_214434_SP 16 [7.18.1963]July 18, 1963 memorandum from Maxwell W. Hunter II (Executive Office of the President, National Aeronautics and Space Council) to Robert F. Packard at the State Department's Office of International Scientific Affairs, offering "miscellaneous thoughts" on what U.S. policy should b
PDF 1952 State Dept Memo on Increased UFO Sighting Reports (mirror bug — wrong PDF served)
59_64634_711.5612[7-2852Per the CSV metadata, this entry is supposed to be a two-page July 18, 1952 memo on the increase in UFO sighting reports (technological-improvement explanations, historical UFO records, USAF opinions) from State Decimal File 711.5612. NOTE: the mirrored extracted.txt is identical
PDF State Department UAP Cable 1, Papua New Guinea, January 28, 1985
January 28, 1985 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE cable (85 PORT MORESBY 199) from AmEmbassy Port Moresby to USCINCPAC and SecState, reporting that the PNG National Intelligence Organization queried the embassy about high-altitude, high-speed overflights the night of January 24, 1985 over We
PDF State Department UAP Cable 2, Kazakhstan, January 31, 1994
January 31, 1994 UNCLAS cable (94 DUSHANBE 259) from AmEmbassy Dushanbe reporting that Tajik Air chief pilot Ed Rhodes (American) and two American pilot colleagues, flying a Boeing 747SP at 41,000 ft over Kazakhstan on January 27, 1994, watched a brilliant high-altitude object ma
PDF State Department UAP Cable 3, Tbilisi, Georgia, October 30, 2001
October 30, 2001 CONFIDENTIAL cable from AmEmbassy Moscow (01 MOSCOW 13169), titled "UFOs over Georgia: Strange Encounters of an MFA Kind," reporting Ambassador Vershbow's meeting with Russian Deputy FM Mamedov and MFA Georgia desk chief Tereoken about Georgian accusations of Rus
PDF State Department UAP Cable 4, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, November 5, 2004
November 12, 2004 SBU cable (04 ASHGABAT 1028) from AmEmbassy Ashgabat describing a November 5, 2004 meeting between the DCM/USAID Director and the Union of UFOlogists of Turkmenabat — an NGO originally founded to study extraterrestrial life that has evolved into one of the most
PDF State Department UAP Cable 5, Mexico, September 16, 2003
September 16, 2023 (note: the file slug is misdated — the document is from 2023, not 2003) UNCLASSIFIED cable (23 MEXICO 2544) from AmEmbassy Mexico, the weekly Mission Mexico Political Blotter for September 11–15, 2023, covering MORENA pre-2024-election politics, INE commission
PDF RG 18 AMC Flying Disc Correspondence (1946-47) — McCoy/Craigie & Project Sign Origin
18_100754_ General 1946-7_Vol_2RG 18 Air Materiel Command (AMC) general correspondence file for 1946-1947, including a 19 December 1947 memo from Col. H.M. McCoy (Chief of Intelligence, AMC, Wright Field) to the USAF Chief of Staff (attn: Maj. Gen. L.C. Craigie, Director of R&D) forwarding earlier AMC reports
PDF RG 18 AMC Flying Disc Reports (1948) — Hobson OH / FBI Cleveland Cross-Reports
18_6369445_General_1948_Vol_1RG 18 AMC general file for 1948 containing flying-disc incident reports forwarded to HQ USAF and AMC Wright-Patterson under ADC Letter 45-5, including a June 1948 Eleventh Air Force (Harrisburg, PA) report of a phosphorescent disc-shaped object seen 8 May 1948 over Hobson, Ohio b
PDF RG 331 SHAEF Foo Fighters — 415th NFS Reports (1944-45)
331_120752_Numeric_Files_1944–1945_37153_German_Armament_Equipment_DocumentsRG 331 SHAEF Air Staff numeric file 37153 (1944-1945) containing March 1945 SHAEF Forward A-2 messages and Air Ministry replies regarding 'night phenomena (foo-fighters),' balls of fire, flak rockets, and unidentified cylindrical objects observed by the 415th Night Fighter Squadr
PDF RG 341 USAF Intelligence — Operation Dagger / Neubiberg Sighting (1948)
341_110448_Records_Relating_to_the_Collection_and_Dissemination_of_Intelligence_1948-1955-TS_CONT_No.2_2-5300-2-5399RG 341 HQ USAF Directorate of Intelligence top-secret control file (1948-1955) containing November 1948 USAFE cables to Maj. Gen. Cabell, including a 5 September 1948 'Operation Dagger' sighting by three crews of the 307th Bomb Group of an unidentified high-performance jet/rocket
PDF 1955 USAF Intel Report on Senator Richard Russell's USSR UFO Sighting
341_110677_Numerical_File,_5-2500U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report dated 14 October 1955 (RG 341 / Records of HQ USAF, numerical file 5-2500, NARA accession NND 857013), documenting an eye-witness account of the ascent and flight of an unconventional aircraft in the trans-Caucasus region of the
PDF RG 342 USAF "Flying Discs 1949" — FSR 200-4 Reports (Lowry, Olmsted, Kansas City)
342_HS1-416511228_319.1 Flying Discs 1949RG 342 USAF Commands file 319.1 'Flying Discs 1949' (HS1-416511228, box 186) — a folder of UFO incident reports submitted under Flight Service Regulation 200-4 (2 November 1948), including a 9 January 1950 Lowry Flight Service Center report of two spherical objects over Kansas Ci
PDF Project Blue Book Incident Summaries #1-100 — Muroc Field, 8 July 1947
38_143685_box7_Incident_Summaries_1-100RG 38 Office of CNO incident summaries 1-100 (box 7), each consisting of a 'Check-List — Unidentified Flying Objects' form plus witness statements, including Incident #1: the 8 July 1947 Muroc Air Field (later Edwards AFB) sighting by 1st Lt Joseph C. McHenry and others of two si
PDF Project Blue Book Incident Summaries #101-172 — Norcatur KS Fireball (Feb 1948)
38_143685_box_Incident_Summaries_101-172RG 38 incident summaries 101-172, continuing the Project Sign/Grudge numbered case file with check-list forms and witness narratives, including Incident #101 — the 18 February 1948 daylight fireball/meteor over northern Kansas (Norcatur/Norton/Stockton) reported by editor M.R. Kr
PDF Project Blue Book Incident Summaries #173-233 — Ascension Parish LA (Oct 1948)
38_143685_box_Incident_Summaries_173-233RG 38 incident summaries 173-233, continuing the Project Sign/Grudge numbered case file, opening with a 1 October 1948 Ascension Parish, Louisiana sighting by E.B. Williams (President, United Land Co.) of a white-hot ice-cream-cone-shaped object at ~2,500 ft near New Orleans, obs
PDF DOW-UAP-D10, Mission Report, Middle East, May 2022
USCENTCOM/AFCENT Mission Report on an Operation Inherent Resolve (Iraq) UAP encounter on 6 May 2022.
PDF DOW-UAP-D12, Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022
USCENTCOM Mission Report on an Iraq UAP encounter dated 20 May 2022.
PDF DOW-UAP-D14, Mission Report, Iraq, May 2022
USCENTCOM Mission Report on a Syria UAP encounter dated 29 May 2022 (filed under "Iraq" slug; document body indicates Syria).
PDF DOW-UAP-D16, Mission Report, Syria, July 2022
USCENTCOM Mission Report on a Syria UAP encounter dated 31 July 2022.
PDF DOW-UAP-D18, Mission Report, Iraq, December 2022
USCENTCOM Mission Report on an Iraq UAP encounter dated 1 December 2022 — object reported flying west to east.
PDF DOW-UAP-D19, Mission Report, Syria, February 21, 2023
USCENTCOM Mission Report on a Syria UAP encounter dated 21 February 2023 — assessed in document as "possible balloon."
PDF DOW-UAP-D20, Mission Report, Southern United States, 2020
Mission Report describing a targeting-pod track of a UAP over the southern United States, dated 31 March 2023.
PDF DOW-UAP-D23, Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
USCENTCOM Mission Report on a Persian Gulf UAP encounter dated 31 October 2023; paired with the PR26/PR27 video reports.
PDF DOW-UAP-D25, Mission Report, Greece, January 2024
Mission Report describing a diamond-shaped UAP, ~434 knots, visible only on SWIR (short-wave infrared), tracked over the Mediterranean Sea on 25 January 2024.
PDF DOW-UAP-D27, Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
Mission Report on a Gulf of Oman UAP encounter on 7 June 2024.
PDF DOW-UAP-D28, Mission Report, Iraq, September 2024
Mission Report on an Iraq UAP encounter during AGM-176 weapons calibration, dated 20 September 2024.
PDF DOW-UAP-D3, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020
USCENTCOM Mission Report on a 2020 Arabian Gulf UAP encounter, declassified 2025–2026 for AARO release; "Approved for Release to AARO" stamp typical of this batch.
PDF DOW-UAP-D32, Mission Report, Syria, October 2024
Mission Report on a Syria UAP encounter dated 20 October 2024 — full-motion video of an FMV halo/glare anomaly. Paired with PR31, PR32, PR33 video reports.
PDF DOW-UAP-D33, Mission Report, Greece, October 2023
Mission Report describing a UAP making 90-degree turns over the Aegean on 27 October 2023.
PDF DOW-UAP-D35, Mission Report, Greece, October 2023
Mission Report describing a sea-skimming UAP over the Aegean on 29 October 2023.
PDF DOW-UAP-D38, Range Fouler Debrief, Middle East, May 2020
US Navy Range Fouler debrief covering a Persian Gulf UAP encounter on 14 May 2020.
PDF DOW-UAP-D4, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020
U.S. military Mission Report (MISREP) of a 2020 Arabian Gulf UAP sighting in which an operator observed a UAP estimated at 321 knots that 'increased speed and changed direction towards the east.' Standard MISREP form with redactions; submitted to AARO.
PDF DOW-UAP-D42, Range Fouler Debrief, Japan, 2023
US Navy Range Fouler debrief covering an Arabian Gulf UAP encounter on 31 August 2020 (slug labels Japan/2023, but document body indicates Arabian Gulf 2020).
PDF DOW-UAP-D44, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, October 2020
Range Fouler reporting form covering an Arabian Sea UAP encounter on 15 October 2020.
PDF DOW-UAP-D48, Department of the Air Force Report, 1996
1996 RTI (Research Triangle Institute) report "Modeling Unlikely Space-Booster Failures in Risk Calculations" (contract F04703-91-C-0112, RTI/5180/77-43F), prepared for the Department of the Air Force — limited-distribution analysis bundled into Release 01.
PDF DOW-UAP-D49, Launch Summary, Vandenberg AFB, 2000
30th Space Wing Office of History launch chronology for Vandenberg AFB, covering 1958–2000 (February 2000 edition) — a standing reference produced by the base history office.
PDF DOW-UAP-D5, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020
Two short MISREP GENTEXT excerpts: one observation of 1 UAP at FL160-170 traveling at a constant 40 knots, and a second of 2 possible UAPs at ~278 knots that increased speed and turned south. Heavily redacted under 1.4(a); no unit, date, or operator identifying info visible.
PDF DOW-UAP-D50, Email Correspondence, INDOPACOM, April 2025
Email correspondence between an OUSD(I&S) Information Disclosure Analyst and a 12 AF/Det 3 PAROC team lead approving two UNCLASSIFIED tearlines describing US aircraft observations of possible UAP on 10APR25 (12 sec, 2353Z) and 11APR25 (23 sec, 0007Z) in the INDOPACOM AOR, both at
PDF DOW-UAP-D51, Email Correspondence, Pacific Time Zone, March 2023
Email correspondence (March 2023) between an OUSD(I&S) Information Disclosure Analyst and an AFOSI CI Collections/Operations PM seeking a derivative classification review (S//NF → UNCLASSIFIED) of a civilian-witness Intelligence Information Report describing a large blue triangul
PDF DOW-UAP-D52, Email Correspondance, NA, August 2024
Email exchange between a 15 AF/Det 1 PAROC analyst and an Information Disclosure Analyst approving release of the year (2024) for a tearline describing a 31 OCT 24 US aircraft observation of a possible oval/orb-shaped UAP moving at low speed, kept under FMV/visual observation for
PDF DOW-UAP-D54, Mission Report, Mediterranean Sea, NA
MISREP GENTEXT excerpt (SECRET//NOFORN) describing detection of 1 UAP characterized as triangular and metallic, observed during return-to-base at 1319Z over coordinates 363453N 0255943E (eastern Mediterranean) at 24,989 ft MSL and 168 knots.
PDF DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016
P-8A Poseidon Mission Report on a UAP encounter near Latakia, Syria on 18 November 2016. Note: distinct from the better-known Mosul "metallic orb" of April 2016 (which surfaced in Sean Kirkpatrick's April 2023 SASC briefing).
PDF DOW-UAP-D56, Range Fouler Debrief, Arabian Sea, August 2020
US Navy Range Fouler debrief covering a North Arabian Sea UAP encounter on 24 August 2020 — three objects observed.
PDF DOW-UAP-D57, Range Fouler Reporting Form, Gulf of Aden, September 2020
Range Fouler reporting form covering a Gulf of Aden UAP encounter on 4 September 2020 — 8-minute IR track.
PDF DOW-UAP-D58, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020
US Navy Range Fouler debrief covering an October 27, 2020 encounter — two "balloon-shaped" UAPs.
PDF DOW-UAP-D6, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020
U.S. military Mission Report (MISREP) of a 2020 UAP sighting (location listed as Pacific Ocean despite the 'Arabian Gulf' title slug) submitted to AARO; standard MISREP form with redactions and minimal narrative beyond confirming an operator observation.
PDF DOW-UAP-D60, Mission Report, Persian Gulf, August 2020
Full MISREP 4592219 from 8 AUG 2020, originating with the 482 ATKS / 432 AEW (MQ-9-class AREC ISR mission) operating from OKAS in support of NAVCENT over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman. Includes one UAP observation at 0726Z described as 'TRANSITTING' via FMV
PDF DOW-UAP-D61, Mission Report, Persian Gulf, August 2020
Mission Report on a Persian Gulf UAP encounter on 27 August 2020 — formation of objects.
PDF DOW-UAP-D62, Mission Report, Strait of Hormuz, September 2020
Mission Report on a Strait of Hormuz UAP encounter on 16 September 2020.
PDF DOW-UAP-D63, Mission Report, Strait of Hormuz, October 2020
Full MISREP 4871281 from 1-2 OCT 2020 by 482 ATKS / 432 AEW supporting NAVCENT over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman; documents one UAP observation at 1829Z plus five Iranian Air Defense guardcalls, observation of Iranian aircraft at Abu Musa Island airfield (
PDF DOW-UAP-D64, Mission Report, Iran, November 2020
Mission Report on an Iran UAP encounter on 2 November 2020 — two distinct observations within the engagement.
PDF DOW-UAP-D65, Mission Report, Persian Gulf, July 2020
Full MISREP 4472514 from 16-17 JUL 2020 by 482 ATKS / 432 AEW supporting NAVCENT over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman; documents three separate UAP observations via FMV at 1830Z, 1920Z, and 2345Z, plus an Iranian Air Defense guardcall at 0615Z and observation
PDF DOW-UAP-D7, Mission Report, Arabian Gulf, 2020
MISREP GENTEXT excerpt describing a balloon-like UAP visually identified via TFLIR at 31,000 ft MSL, traveling with the winds; noted as similar to a previously reported UAP from 48FW. Weapons-quality track was obtained.
PDF DOW-UAP-D74, Mission Report, Syria, November 2023
Mission Report on a Syria UAP encounter on 9 November 2023 — "bouncy ball" object at 424 knots.
PDF DOW-UAP-D75, Mission Report, Gulf of Aden, July 2024
Mission Report on a Gulf of Aden UAP encounter on 14 July 2024.
PDF DOW-UAP-D8, Mission Report, Djibouti, 2025
MISREP GENTEXT excerpt (SECRET//REL USA, FIN, SWE, FVEY, NATO) describing observation of 2 round white-hot UAPs moving dynamically south at approximately 240 nautical miles per hour at 1653Z. Likely associated with operations from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
PDF DOW-UAP-PR20, Unresolved UAP Report, Kuwait, May 2022
Single-page USCENTCOM cover/recommendation sheet for an Unresolved UAP Report, recommended for release on 8 Oct 2025 by USCENTCOM Chief of Staff MG Richard A. Harrison and cleared by DoD OPSR on 10 Mar 2026; the substantive image and case content is referenced via companion missi
PDF Western US Event
AARO summary of the "Western US Event" — a series of 2024 sightings by seven federal law-enforcement agents grouped into four categories ("Orbs Launching Orbs," "Large Fiery Orb"/Eye-of-Sauron, "Dark Kite," "Transparent Kite"); no sensor or radar data, entirely witness testimony.
VID DOW-UAP-PR19, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2022
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D10 — Middle East / Iraq encounter, May 2022, "possible missile" assessment with CENTCOM imagery.
VID DOW-UAP-PR21, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, May 2022
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D14 — Iraq/Syria encounter May 2022, assessed in document as "probable SU-27/35" Russian aircraft.
VID DOW-UAP-PR22, Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, July 2022
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D16 — Syria encounter July 2022 with both IR and EO imagery.
VID DOW-UAP-PR23, Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D18 — Iraq encounter, 1 December 2022, "flying west to east."
VID DOW-UAP-PR26, Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D23 — Persian Gulf, 31 October 2023, ~43-second IR cut.
VID DOW-UAP-PR27, Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D23 — longer (~4:57) IR cut from the same UAE/Persian Gulf mission as PR26.
VID DOW-UAP-PR28, Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, January 2024
USCENTCOM-submitted 1m05s multi-sensor (electro-optical + SWIR) video from a U.S. military platform over Greece, January 2024, showing an inverted-teardrop-shaped area of contrast detectable only on SWIR. Companion to mission report DOW-UAP-D7 (which described the object as diamo
VID DOW-UAP-PR29, Unresolved UAP Report, United Arab Emirates, June 2024
USNORTHCOM-submitted 21-second IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Gulf of Oman, June 2024, showing an inverted-teardrop-shaped area of contrast with a vertical trailing mass. Companion mission report DOW-UAP-D8 noted the observer suggested it might be a water reflect
VID DOW-UAP-PR31, Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D32 — Syria, 20 October 2024, FMV white-light/halo anomaly.
VID DOW-UAP-PR32, Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D32 — second cut from the same 20 October 2024 Syria FMV mission.
VID DOW-UAP-PR33, Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D32 — third cut from the same 20 October 2024 Syria FMV mission.
VID DOW-UAP-PR34, Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, October 2023
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D33 — Aegean, 27 October 2023, object making 90-degree turns over ocean.
VID DOW-UAP-PR35, Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, October 2023
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D35 — Aegean, 29 October 2023, small circular object over water; companion clip to PR34.
VID DOW-UAP-PR36, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2020
AARO public-report video paired with mission report DOW-UAP-D38 — US Navy Range Fouler debrief, Persian Gulf, 14 May 2020.
VID DOW-UAP-PR37, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM-submitted 9-second IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Arabian Gulf in 2020, showing an area of contrast traveling on a generally linear path from bottom-left to top-left of the sensor field-of-view.
VID DOW-UAP-PR38, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2013
USCENTCOM-submitted 1m46s IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Middle East in 2013, showing an eight-pointed-star-shaped area of contrast with a visible trail. NOTE: DVIDS metadata title is 'Resolved as an Aircraft, Middle East 2013', conflicting with the war.gov 'Unre
VID DOW-UAP-PR39, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM-submitted 5-second IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Arabian Gulf in 2020, showing a faint area of contrast crossing the bottom-right corner of the sensor field-of-view.
VID DOW-UAP-PR40, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM-submitted 1m03s IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Arabian Gulf in 2020, with reporter-added paused-frame annotation 'U/I SMALL THERMAL SIGNATURE' at 00:10. Sensor pans and cycles contrast/zoom while tracking the area of contrast.
VID DOW-UAP-PR41, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM-submitted 1m34s IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Arabian Gulf in 2020, showing the sensor panning left-to-right to track an area of contrast centered in the field-of-view.
VID DOW-UAP-PR42, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM-submitted 4m53s IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Arabian Gulf in 2020, with an area of contrast tracked through multiple sensor modality switches over nearly five minutes.
VID DOW-UAP-PR43, Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025
USAFRICOM-submitted 2-second IR video from a U.S. military platform over Djibouti in 2025, showing a barely distinguishable area of contrast crossing left-to-right and exiting bottom-right. Looped for viewing.
VID DOW-UAP-PR44, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM-submitted 5m11s IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Arabian Gulf in 2020, with the sensor tracking an area of contrast for ~3 minutes through multiple zoom/contrast cycles, then cycling reticle sizes. Includes incidental audio unrelated to the visual content
VID DOW-UAP-PR45, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
Department of the Air Force-submitted 58-second IR video from a U.S. military platform over the Southern United States in 2020 (despite the 'Middle East' slug), with sensor acquiring reticle lock and tracking an area of contrast that grows in apparent size before exiting bottom-r
VID DOW-UAP-PR46, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024
USINDOPACOM-submitted 9-second IR video from a U.S. military platform over the East China Sea in 2024, showing a football-shaped area of contrast with three radial projections (one vertical, two angled downward at 45 degrees).
VID DOW-UAP-PR47, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2023
USINDOPACOM-submitted 1m59s IR video from a U.S. military platform over Japan in 2023, showing three distinct areas of contrast maintaining a fixed position and orientation relative to one another for the duration of the clip.
VID DOW-UAP-PR48, Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024
USINDOPACOM-submitted 1m39s IR video from a U.S. military platform in the Indo-PACOM AOR in 2024, with the sensor tracking a single area of contrast centered in the field-of-view.
VID DOW-UAP-PR49, Unresolved UAP Report, Department of the Army, 2026
Department of the Army-submitted 1m49s IR video from a U.S. military platform in North America in 2026, with the sensor tracking two areas of contrast through multiple zoom and contrast cycles.
IMG FBI Photo A1
FBI-submitted UAP still image (PNG) derived from a U.S. government system, with redactions applied prior to AARO submission. No date, location, or mission report provided; operator could not positively identify the UAP. Incident date listed as 'Late 2025'.
IMG FBI Photo A2
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still derived from a U.S. government system; no date, location, or mission report accompanied the report. Operator unable to positively identify the UAP. Incident date 'Late 2025'.
IMG FBI Photo A3
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still derived from a U.S. government system; no accompanying mission report or location provided. Late 2025.
IMG FBI Photo A4
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still derived from a U.S. government system; no accompanying mission report or location provided. Late 2025.
IMG FBI Photo A5
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still derived from a U.S. government system; no accompanying mission report or location provided. Late 2025.
IMG FBI Photo A6
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still derived from a U.S. government system; no accompanying mission report or location provided. Late 2025.
IMG FBI Photo A7
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still derived from a U.S. government system; no accompanying mission report or location provided. Late 2025.
IMG FBI Photo A8
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still derived from a U.S. government system; no accompanying mission report or location provided. Late 2025.
PDF FBI 100-DE-18221 Serial 844 — Detroit "Crystal-Dome" Sighting (Apr 1958)
65_HS1-101634279_100-DE-18221_Serial_844April 17, 1958 FBI Detroit office memorandum from SA Robert Ross Reynolds reporting a 1:08 AM phone call from a 23-year-old caller (Weaver) at 15801 Decosta, Detroit who described a circular object with a crystal-type dome reflecting lights crossing the city; recommends advising
PDF FBI 100-DE-26505 — Detroit / Krasuski / Gut Alt-Golssen (1957)
65_HS1-101634279_100-DE-26505FBI Detroit field-office case file 100-DE-26505 (Krasuski / Gut Alt-Golssen) — Detroit office-of-origin number for documents cross-filed at FBI HQ as serials 62-83894-383 through 62-83894-385 (dated Nov 7–8, 1957) covering a 1957 sighting account.
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 SUB A — Oak Ridge Saucer Photos & 1947 Enclosures
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_SUB_ASub-file A enclosures to FBI HQ 62-HQ-83894 — includes Knoxville file 65-11 photographs of reputed flying saucers seen over Oak Ridge, TN in July 1947 with a Knoxville News-Sentinel clipping (Mr. Presley photo), references to Kenneth Arnold, and other 1947-era enclosures and clip
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §1 — First 1947 Flying Disc Wave (Arnold-era)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1First section of FBI HQ UFO file 62-HQ-83894, dating from July-August 1947 — the inaugural wave of 'flying disc' reports including SAC field-office summaries, an FBI memo to D.M. Ladd dated July 7, 1947, a San Marcos TX teletype of July 7 1947, references to Kenneth Arnold of Boi
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §10 — Condon Committee Era (1966-1977)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_10Section 10 (1966 to 1977) — final section of the case file covering the Condon Committee era, the contract awarded to Dr. Edward U. Condon at the University of Colorado, Philip Klass-related material, J. Edgar Hoover's 1966 reply to a citizen (Mrs. Florence Dow of Goffstown NH) i
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §2 — 1947 SAC Memos & AMC Routing
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_2Section 2 of the FBI's main UFO case file (HQ 62-HQ-83894), containing 1947-era SAC memos, field-office reports of flying disc sightings, and Bureau-internal correspondence routing inquiries to the Air Materiel Command.
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §3 — 1952 Savannah River Plant & Hoover Form Letters
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_3Section 3 of FBI HQ case file 62-HQ-83894, including 1952 incident reports (e.g., Savannah River Plant sightings) and the Bureau's Hoover-era form letters acknowledging citizen UFO reports.
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §4 — Oak Ridge / Chiles-Whitted / Roswell (1948-49)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_4Section 4 of 62-HQ-83894 covers 1948-1949, including FBI/AEC correspondence on the Oak Ridge, TN flying-saucer sightings (referencing the July 1947 Oak Ridge photos and the Nuclear Energy for the Propulsion of Aircraft / NEPA research center), the famous July 24, 1948 Eastern Air
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §5 — La Paz Green Fireballs & Project Twinkle (1949-50)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5Section 5 (1949-1950) — Belmont memo summarizing the New Mexico aerial-phenomena investigation including Dr. Lincoln La Paz's analysis of the 'green fireballs' and discs, Air Force/Land-Air Inc. photographic study at Vaughn NM, and continuing Oak Ridge radar tracks of unknown obj
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §6 — Mantell Death & Roswell Sighting Tables
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_6Section 6 — large media-clipping-heavy section including the death of Capt. Thomas F. Mantell (1948 Kentucky chase), Roswell-area sighting summary tables, references to General Mills balloon explanations, and Kenneth Arnold's Boise origin of the 'flying saucer' term; covers the M
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §7 — 1950 Garcia Macias Propulsion Proposal
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_7Section 7 of FBI HQ case file 62-HQ-83894, including the 1950 Garcia Macias propulsion proposal correspondence and other letters/proposals from researchers and the public submitted to the FBI.
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §8 — Bethurum/Williamson Contactees (1954)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_8Section 8 (mid-1954 onward) — Cincinnati FBI investigation into contactees Truman Bethurum and George Hunt Williamson around their June 1954 Taft Auditorium 'real flying saucer story' lecture, with informant Thomas Eickhoff and references to George Adamski and Donald Keyhoe books
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 §9 — Post-Sputnik 1957 Wave (Levelland, Reinhold Schmidt)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_9Section 9 (late 1957-1959) — including Belmont/Roach memo of Nov 12, 1957 noting the post-Sputnik surge in UFO reports (Reinhold Schmidt/Kearney Nebraska 'six occupants' case, Vernal Utah landing, Levelland-era car-stalling reports, Gulf of Mexico Coast Guard sighting), Dallas SA
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 Serial 130 — Portland Police Sightings (Sep 1947)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_130Serial 130 — October 9, 1947 SAC Portland memo to Director FBI on the September 11, 1947 Portland police flying-disc sightings (Officers Adair, Caldwell, Chief Jenkins, Patrolman Raney, Shaylor, Cowling), plus a SAC Anchorage memo of October 18, 1947 on Bethel, Alaska pilot Peck
FBI 62-HQ-83894 Serial 153 — 1949 "Flying Disks" Memo (Cuneo / SAC San Antonio)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_153Serial 153 — short fragment of an FBI memo on 'Flying Disks' Internal Security-R from SAC San Antonio dated July 26, 1949, mentioning a Galveston News article on the Young Men's Business Club of Alexandria, Louisiana planning a flying-saucer convention, plus telephone-call record
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 Serial 164 — USAF Air Intelligence Memo No. 4 (Feb 1949)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_164Serial 164 — copy of USAF Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum No. 4, 'Unconventional Aircraft,' dated 15 February 1949 (DECLASSIFIED), establishing standardized Air Force reporting procedures and detailed observer-questionnaire requirements for sightings of unconventional ai
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 Serial 220 — Gray Barker Book Enclosure (1956)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_220Serial 220 of 62-HQ-83894 — at present the OCR yields only the dust-jacket text of Gray Barker's 1956 book *They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers* (University Books, NY), suggesting the FBI-collected enclosure is a copy of that jacket; the underlying Bureau cover memo is not vi
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 Serial 403 — (sparse OCR; needs review)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_403Serial 403 of 62-HQ-83894 — current OCR is very sparse (~95 lines), insufficient to characterize the document beyond it being a multi-page Bureau record from the case file. Re-process after primary OCR completes.
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 Serial 438 — Lonnie Zamora / Socorro NM (Apr 24 1964)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_438Serial 438 of 62-HQ-83894 — the FBI's report on the Lonnie Zamora sighting at Socorro, New Mexico on April 24, 1964, written by Albuquerque SA D. Arthur Byrnes Jr. and dated May 8, 1964 — one of the most-investigated and widely-cited unexplained UFO cases in U.S. history.
PDF FBI 62-HQ-83894 Serial 449 — AFSCA / Bob Renaud "Korendor" Contactee (1966)
65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Serial_449Serial 449 — 1966 SAC Los Angeles memo to FBI Director forwarding Issue No. 24 (July 1966) of 'Flying Saucers International,' the official journal of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America (AFSCA, headquartered at 2004 N. Hoover St., Los Angeles), which had been reported
PDF FBI Photo B1
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (delivered as PDF) from a U.S. military system, 2025; no accompanying mission report. Operator unable to positively identify the UAP. Western United States. Image timestamp is reportedly incorrect due to a system clock issue.
PDF FBI Photo B10
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B11
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B12
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B13
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B14
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B15
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B16
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B17
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B18
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B19
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B2
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B20
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B21
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B22
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B23
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B24
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B3
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B4
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B5
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B6
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B7
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B8
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI Photo B9
FBI-submitted redacted UAP still (PDF) from a U.S. military/government system; operator unable to positively identify the UAP.
PDF FBI September 2023 Sighting - Composite Sketch
Site photograph from the September 1, 2023 FBI-investigated UAP case in the United States, with an FBI Lab-rendered graphic overlay depicting the corroborating eyewitness reports of an ellipsoid bronze metallic object (130-195 ft long) materializing from a bright light and disapp
PDF FBI September 2023 Sighting - Serial 3
Per the metadata, an FBI 302 interview with a US person reporting a metallic-bronze UAP at a US test site (September 2023). NOTE: the war.gov CSV had a mirror bug — the source URL for this entry pointed to the same PDF as Serial 5, so the file mirrored locally is actually a dupli
PDF FBI September 2023 Sighting - Serial 4
FBI FD-302 interview record (September 2023) of a US person describing a cigar-shaped object observed at a US test site — one of three FD-302s released as part of the 2026-05-08 DOW package.
PDF FBI September 2023 Sighting - Serial 5
Continuation page (page 2) of an FBI FD-302a interview, Rev. 5-8-10, documenting a September 2023 UAP encounter at a US drone-test site — a witness in a vehicle observed an object that maintained constant size/light intensity until passing through a gate, a second person in anoth
PDF USPER Statement about UAP Sighting
SECRET//NOFORN narrative statement from a US person describing a late-2025 multi-orb event observed from a helicopter — written/declassified for inclusion in this 2026-05-08 release.
IMG NASA-UAP-VM1, Apollo 12, 1969
Archival NASA photograph of the Apollo 12 (November 1969) lunar landing site, with one highlighted area of interest above the horizon (right of frame's vertical axis) marking purported unidentified phenomena. Annotation/highlighting was added by DOW for the 2026-05-08 release; th
IMG NASA-UAP-VM2, Apollo 12, 1969
Archival NASA photograph of the Apollo 12 lunar landing site (November 1969) with a highlighted area of interest above the horizon flagging purported unidentified phenomena. The highlight is a 2026 editorial overlay added by DOW for transparency.
IMG NASA-UAP-VM3, Apollo 12, 1969
Archival Apollo 12 (1969) lunar surface photograph from the landing site with a highlighted region above the horizon flagging an alleged UAP. The highlight is a 2026 editorial overlay; the underlying frame is from the public Apollo 12 surface magazine set.
IMG NASA-UAP-VM4, Apollo 12, 1969
Archival Apollo 12 (1969) lunar surface photograph from the landing site with a highlighted region above the horizon marking an alleged UAP. The highlight is a 2026 editorial overlay; the underlying photograph is from the public Apollo 12 magazine set.
IMG NASA-UAP-VM5, Apollo 12, 1969
Archival Apollo 12 (1969) lunar surface photograph with a highlighted area-of-interest overlay above the horizon flagging an alleged UAP. Press coverage of the 2026-05-08 release notes one of the five Apollo 12 images includes up to five separately highlighted areas of interest;
IMG NASA-UAP-VM6, Apollo 17, 1972
Apollo 17 (December 1972) photograph showing three dots in a triangular formation in the lower-right quadrant of the lunar sky, visible upon magnification. DOW has opened a PURSUE-program case to investigate it; the metadata explicitly states 'this photo has been previously relea
PDF COMETA Report (1999) — "UFOs and Defense, What Should We Prepare For?"
255_413270_UFO's_and_Defense_What_Should_we_Prepare_ForEnglish translation of the 1999 French COMETA Report ("UFOs and Defense: What Should We Prepare For?"), authored by a group of retired French generals, scientists, and a former IHEDN director, arguing that UFOs warrant serious study and proposing the extraterrestrial hypothesis a
PDF NASA-UAP-D1, Apollo 12 Transcript, 1969
Apollo 12 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription (November 1969) excerpted to capture LMP Alan Bean's report of small particles seen through the AOT (Alignment Optical Telescope) and CDR Pete Conrad's tracking of debris. Routine air-to-ground PAO mission tape, no anomalous i
PDF NASA-UAP-D2, Apollo 17 Transcript, 1972
Apollo 17 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription (December 1972) excerpted to capture the crew's "Fourth of July" S-IVB particle field comments, Cernan flashing-object reports, and Schmitt's possible Grimaldi-area lunar flash observation.
PDF NASA-UAP-D3, Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965
Gemini VII Public Affairs commentary tape T-00763 R1b (December 5, 1965) capturing astronaut Frank Borman's "bogey at ten o'clock high" report and Jim Lovell's accompanying booster/particle descriptions — one of the most widely cited astronaut UFO accounts. The handwritten "UFO S
PDF NASA-UAP-D4, Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing, 1969
Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing (July 31, 1969, Volumes I & II), excerpted to capture Aldrin's account of an unidentified object near the S-IVB, in-cabin flashes, and a possible laser return-trip light.
PDF NASA-UAP-D5, Apollo 17 Crew Debriefing for Science, 1973
Apollo 17 Crew Debriefing for Science (MSC-07632, January 8, 1973), excerpted to capture astronaut/scientist Dick Henry's report of an unexpected UV spectrum resembling a hot star at high galactic latitudes — an anomaly in scientific data, not a UFO sighting.
PDF NASA-UAP-D6, Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing, 1973
Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing (MSC-07631, January 4, 1973), excerpted to capture Schmitt's continuous in-cabin light-flash observations and a lull during the ALFMED (Apollo Light Flash Moving Emulsion Detector) experiment.
PDF NASA-UAP-D7, Skylab Techincal Crew Debriefing 1973
Skylab Technical Crew Debriefings (JSC-08053 Skylab 1/2, plus 1/3 and 1/4, 1973-1974), capturing crew reports of light flashes (Kerwin/Conrad), Garriott's reddish satellite-like object, and Carr's flashing lights moving relative to Skylab — phenomena widely written up in subseque
VID NASA-UAP-D3A, Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965
DVIDS audio recording (PAO/air-to-ground) of Gemini VII astronaut Frank Borman's December 5, 1965 'bogey' UAP report from low Earth orbit, with additional remarks by Jim Lovell. Same incident as the previously-released NASA-UAP-D3 transcript.