Records Archive
Government UAP and UFO file releases, sorted by release date. AI-assisted summaries are provided for each record. Verify all details against original source documents.
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
AARO publishes aggregate statistics on UAP cases on its official website. As of January 2026, closed case resolution outcomes show that balloons account for 52.1% (510 cases), satellites for 32.1%…
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
The August 2025 UAP Workshop brought together 40 participants from government agencies, academic institutions, and independent research organizations. Organized around the challenges and…
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
AARO's 2025 declassification information paper addresses a common public question: why is so much UAP information still classified? The paper explains that classification typically protects sources…
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
This report covers AARO's case intake and resolution process for UAP incidents reported by military and government personnel during FY2024. It describes the office's efforts to reduce stigma around…
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
AARO's information paper on Starlink satellite flaring addresses a significant source of UAP misidentification. Satellite flaring occurs when sunlight reflects off a satellite's antennas or solar…
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
AARO's information paper on forced perspective and parallax addresses two common sources of UAP misperception. Forced perspective occurs when the relative size of objects at different distances…
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
The AARO FY2023 consolidated annual report documented the office's second full fiscal year of operations. It described continued case intake growth, investigative methodologies, and improvements in…
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) / Oak Ridge National Laboratory
In 2022, AARO contracted ORNL to test a magnesium alloy specimen that had been publicly alleged to be recovered from a crashed extraterrestrial vehicle in 1947. Claimants asserted it functioned as a…
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
AARO released Volume 1 of its Historical Record Program report, examining allegations of secret government UAP recovery and reverse-engineering programs. The report found no verifiable evidence of…
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
The 2023 ODNI annual UAP report reflected continued expansion of government UAP reporting infrastructure. It documented a significant increase in submitted cases compared to prior years, attributed…
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee
The UAP Disclosure Act, championed in part by Senator Chuck Schumer, sought to establish a presidentially appointed review board with authority to declassify UAP-related government records. While the…
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
The FY2024 NDAA directed NARA to establish a formal UAP Records Collection. NARA created Record Group 615 and issued guidance to federal agencies on identifying, preparing, and transferring…
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) / Oak Ridge National Laboratory
ORNL evaluated a metallic specimen submitted to AARO that was alleged to have anomalous properties. The specimen was reportedly recovered from private property in Ohio in the mid-1990s. After…
U.S. House of Representatives
The November 2023 House Armed Services subcommittee hearing focused on AARO's operational status and investigative progress approximately four months after the high-profile July 2023 Oversight…
NASA
NASA convened an independent study team to examine the UAP phenomenon from a scientific perspective. The 33-page report concluded that current data is insufficient to draw firm conclusions about UAP…
U.S. House of Representatives
The House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security held a public UAP hearing in July 2023 that drew significant public attention. David Grusch testified that he had been told of alleged U.S.…
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
The ODNI 2022 annual UAP report built on the landmark 2021 preliminary assessment by documenting 247 new UAP reports submitted between March 2021 and August 2022, bringing the total historical case…
U.S. Department of Defense
Following passage of the UAP Disclosure Act provisions embedded in the FY2023 NDAA, the Department of Defense released a set of historical UAP-related records. These cover sensor data summaries,…
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
This landmark 9-page report examined 144 UAP incidents reported by U.S. government sources, mostly military aviators. Of these, only one was explained with high confidence (a large, deflating…
U.S. Department of Defense / U.S. Navy
The 'Gimbal' video was captured off the U.S. East Coast in 2015 and officially released by the DoD in April 2020. Navy pilots describe tracking an object that rotated against the wind while…
U.S. Department of Defense / U.S. Navy
The 'GoFast' video was recorded off the U.S. East Coast and officially released by the DoD in 2020. Pilots expressed surprise at the object's apparent speed and low altitude. Independent analysis has…
U.S. Navy / Department of Defense
In November 2004, pilots from the USS Nimitz reported an encounter with an unidentified aerial object approximately 40 feet long, white, and oblong. Pilot David Fravor described the object as making…
U.S. Air Force / National Archives
Project Blue Book was the U.S. Air Force's official UFO investigation program, running from 1947 to 1969 (formalized 1952). It examined over 12,600 reports. The Air Force concluded that no reports…