Manhattan Project Scientists Debate New Mexico Green Fireballs

DOE-UAP-D004, Los Alamos Conference on Aerial Phenomena, 1949

A declassified transcript of a Secret conference held at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory on 16 February 1949 where Manhattan Project scientists and investigators debated the origin of the 'green fireballs' seen over New Mexico since December 1948.

• green fireball
• nearly horizontal trajectory

Two Hundred Ten Incidents: Domestic or Soviet

DOW-UAP-D094, Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the United States, 1949

A December 1948 USAF Air Intelligence Division study, "Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the U.S." (Study No. 203), assessing roughly 210 reported flying-object sightings and weighing whether they are domestic devices or Soviet unconventional aircraft.

• disk-shaped
• cigar-shaped

Project Sign Opens With 100 Sightings, 1948

DOW-UAP-D097, Project Sign Progress Report, 1948

The initial Air Materiel Command report on Project Sign (the U.S. Air Force's 1948 UFO study), tabulating 100 sightings from 1947-1948 plus an appended magazine article, 'The Biology of the Flying Saucer.'

• disc
• oval

Six-Pointed Star Over Yellow Sea, 2025

DOW-UAP-PR104, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2025

A Department of War / AARO case file (DOW-UAP-PR104) documenting an unresolved UAP report: 18 seconds of infrared video of a six-pointed-star-shaped contrast recorded over the Yellow Sea in 2025.

• six-pointed star
• infrared sensor

Thermal Signature Fades, East China Sea

DOW-UAP-PR105, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2025

A U.S. Indo-Pacific Command report to AARO documenting an unresolved UAP: 5 minutes of infrared video captured from a U.S. military platform over the East China Sea in 2025.

• infrared
• East China Sea

Three-Second Infrared Crossing, Western US 1996

DOW-UAP-PR113, Unresolved UAP Report, Western United States, 1996

A Department of War release of a 2 minute 57 second infrared video, likely captured by a U.S. military platform in 1996 over the western United States, that the Navy's UAP Task Force transferred to AARO in 2022.

• infrared
• video

Flickering Infrared Track, Gulf of America 2019

DOW-UAP-PR115, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of America, 2019

A Department of War release of a U.S. Air Force UAP report to AARO, built around 8 seconds of infrared video shot from a U.S. military platform over the Gulf of America in 2019.

• infrared video
• area of contrast

Unidentified Object at Earth's Limb, STS-80

NASA-UAP-D030, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996

A NASA photograph from Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-80 mission showing an unidentified object in low-Earth orbit near the center of the frame.

• unidentified object
• low-Earth orbit

STS-80 Rotating Object Over Earth, 1996

NASA-UAP-D031, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 2, 1996

A NASA photograph from Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-80 mission showing the second of three images of an unidentified object in low-Earth orbit, captured between November 19 and December 7, 1996.

• unidentified object
• low-Earth orbit

STS-80 Object Image Three, Over Earth

NASA-UAP-D032, STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996

A NASA photograph, the third of three, taken during Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-80 mission in 1996, showing an unidentified object in low-Earth orbit superimposed against the Earth.

• unidentified object
• low-Earth orbit

Senator Russell's Luminescent Train Sighting, 1955

CIA-UAP-D020, Memorandum on Unconventional Aircraft Sightings, 1955

A 1 November 1955 CIA cover sheet and memorandum summarizing the debriefing of four Americans, including U.S. Senator Richard Russell, who reported an unconventional aircraft sighting from a train in the Soviet Union in 1955.

• greenish-yellow luminescence
• rising/climbing object

Two Rising Lights Dismissed by CIA, 1955

CIA-UAP-D021, Analysis of Unconventional Aircraft Sightings, 1955

A 1955 CIA Top Secret memorandum analyzing reports of 'flying saucers' or unconventional aircraft, tied to observer debriefings in CIA-UAP-D020, that concludes the sighting did not evidence an unconventional aircraft.

• two lights
• vertical ascent

Silent Object Over Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant

DOE-UAP-D005, Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report, 2015

A Department of Energy incident report documenting a September 1, 2015 unidentified object that entered the airspace over the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas, the primary U.S. nuclear-weapons assembly and disassembly site.

• diamond shape
• silent object

Range Fouler Debrief, Reflective Object 2020

DOW-UAP-D089, Range Fouler Debrief, Eastern United States, 2020

A U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief form documenting a military operator's sighting of a small, metallic-looking object with a reflective underside in Eastern U.S. airspace around 2020, released by the Department of War on July 10, 2026.

• balloon-shaped
• metallic

Navy Aviator Tracks Rectangular Bogey, 2019

DOW-UAP-D090, Range Fouler Debrief, Eastern United States, 2019

A U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief form documenting a 2019 sighting over the Eastern United States of a small object that a 28-year military aviator and others could not identify, filed alongside the video DOW-UAP-PR112.

• rectangular object
• small object

Atlantic Range Fouler: Maroon Balloon Contact 2020

DOW-UAP-D091, Range Fouler Debrief, Atlantic Ocean, 2020

A U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief form recording an aircrew's 2020 observation of a maroon, balloon-shaped object over Atlantic Ocean training airspace, filed alongside video DOW-UAP-PR116.

• balloon-shaped
• maroon object

Pentagon's Blue Book Facing Rigorous Scientific Review, 1966

DOW-UAP-D092, Department of the Air Force Committee to Review Project Bluebook, 1966-1967

Internal U.S. Air Force records documenting the 1966 O'Brien Committee (the Scientific Advisory Board Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book) and the Air Force's steps to act on its recommendation to contract an outside scientific team to investigate selected UFO sightings.

• UFO
• Project Blue Book

Soviet Flying Wings Over Atomic Sites, 1948

DOW-UAP-D093, Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the United States, 1948

A U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Division study, Study No. 203 dated 10 December 1948, analyzing roughly 210 reported flying-object incidents over the United States and weighing whether they are domestic devices, natural phenomena, or Soviet-origin aircraft.

• disk-shaped
• cigar-shaped

Project Ladybird: Classified Saucer Meets UFO Reports

DOW-UAP-D095, Joint U.S.-Canadian Aviation Projects and UFO Sighting Reports, 1954-1955

A 1954-1955 U.S. Air Force intelligence file (released by the Department of War) on the Avro Canada Project Y2, a joint U.S.-Canadian circular VTOL aircraft, and its overlap with flying-saucer reports, plus related UFO, radar, and reporting-program correspondence.

• circular/saucer-shaped VTOL
• Avro Project Y2

Senator Sparkman's Alabama Meteorite Referral to ATIC

DOW-UAP-D096, Correspondence Relating to Project Blue Book, 1955

A 1955 Project Blue Book correspondence file from the U.S. Air Force's Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, holding letters and memoranda between the Air Force, members of Congress, and private citizens about UFO sightings and Blue Book findings.

• UAP
• Project Blue Book

CENTCOM Platform Infrared Targeting, 2023

DOW-UAP-PR024, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023

A U.S. Central Command report to AARO describing 18 seconds of infrared video of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon recorded from a U.S. military platform in the Middle East in 2023.

• infrared video
• bright areas of contrast

Two Heat Signatures Over Middle East

DOW-UAP-PR030, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023

A U.S. Central Command report to AARO documenting a 2023 Middle East UAP incident captured as 10 seconds of infrared video from a U.S. military platform.

• infrared
• two objects

INDOPACOM Tracks Recurring Yellow Sea Object, 2023

DOW-UAP-PR100, Unresolved UAP Report, Yellow Sea, 2023

A Department of War / AARO file releasing a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command report of an unresolved UAP captured as 4 minutes 57 seconds of electro-optical and infrared sensor video from a U.S. military platform over the Yellow Sea in 2023.

• dark object
• area of contrast

Infrared Contrast Line, South China Sea 2024

DOW-UAP-PR101, Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024

A Department of War release of an AARO case: 1 minute 46 seconds of infrared video of an unresolved anomalous phenomenon over the South China Sea in 2024, reported by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

• infrared video
• area of contrast

36-Second Infrared Track, East China Sea

DOW-UAP-PR102, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024

A Department of War release logging a 2024 unidentified anomalous phenomenon report that U.S. Indo-Pacific Command submitted to AARO: 36 seconds of infrared video of an object over the East China Sea.

• infrared
• video

Reticle-Locked Infrared Anomaly, East China Sea 2024

DOW-UAP-PR103, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024

An AARO case file on an unresolved UAP: 1 minute 16 seconds of infrared sensor video of an unidentified area of contrast, submitted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command from a 2024 encounter over the East China Sea.

• infrared
• area of contrast

NORTHCOM Infrared Contact, Eastern U.S., 2020

DOW-UAP-PR106, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2020

A Department of War UAP report packaging 11 seconds of infrared video that U.S. Northern Command submitted to AARO on a 2020 encounter over the eastern United States.

• metallic
• reflective underside

Repeated Infrared Re-Entry, Eastern US 2020

DOW-UAP-PR107, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2020

A U.S. Northern Command report to AARO documenting an unresolved UAP: 28 seconds of infrared video shot from a U.S. military platform over the eastern United States in 2020.

• area of contrast
• infrared sensor

Auto-Tracked Infrared Object, Western U.S. 2020

DOW-UAP-PR108, Unresolved UAP Report, Western United States, 2020

A U.S. Northern Command report to AARO consisting of 2 minutes 16 seconds of infrared sensor video of an unresolved anomalous object recorded from a U.S. military platform in 2020 over the western United States.

• infrared sensor
• area of contrast

Altered Infrared Footage, Eastern U.S. 2015

DOW-UAP-PR109, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2015

A U.S. Department of War (AARO) release of 21 seconds of infrared footage from a 2015 UAP event over the eastern United States, digitally altered before it ever reached the Navy's UAP Task Force.

• infrared footage
• area of contrast

Auto-Tracked Infrared Object, Eastern US 2020

DOW-UAP-PR110, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2020

A U.S. Northern Command report to AARO documenting 27 seconds of infrared video of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon recorded from a U.S. military platform in 2020 over the Eastern United States.

• area of contrast
• infrared sensor

NORTHCOM Infrared Auto-Track, Eastern US 2020

DOW-UAP-PR111, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2020

A Department of War release of a U.S. Northern Command report to AARO documenting one minute of infrared sensor video of an unresolved anomalous phenomenon recorded over the eastern United States in 2020.

• infrared sensor
• area of contrast

High-Speed Object Over Eastern US, Infrared Video 2019

DOW-UAP-PR112, Unresolved UAP Report, Eastern United States, 2019

A U.S. Navy submission to AARO of 20 seconds of infrared video shot from a civilian aircraft over the eastern United States in 2019, released by the Department of War on July 10 2026.

• small object
• straight-line high-speed

Reticle-Tracked Infrared Video, Atlantic Ocean 2016

DOW-UAP-PR114, Unresolved UAP Report, Atlantic Ocean, 2016

A U.S. Northern Command report to AARO documenting 39 seconds of infrared video of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon captured by a U.S. military platform over the Atlantic Ocean in 2016.

• infrared
• area of contrast

Wind-Driven Atlantic Object, Infrared Video

DOW-UAP-PR116, Unresolved UAP Report, Atlantic Ocean, 2020

A U.S. Northern Command report to AARO on an unresolved 2020 UAP over the Atlantic Ocean, built around 32 seconds of infrared video from a U.S. military platform.

• balloon-like
• maroon

Chicago Boy Reports Flash, FBI Denies Intake

FBI-UAP-D014, Correspondence Relating to UFO Sightings, 1967, 1974

An FBI file of two correspondence items, a 1967 Chicago memo logging an 11-year-old's UFO report and a 1974 exchange in which the Bureau tells researcher Larry W. Bryant it has no record of an April 8, 1954 occupied-UFO sighting and does not collect UFO reports.

• flash of light
• occupied UFO

Apollo 14 Crew Debriefing: Biomedical Sensor Failures

NASA-UAP-D026, Apollo 14 Debriefing, 1971

Segment 1 of 2 of the Apollo 14 post-mission crew debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, transcribing crew and debriefer discussion of in-flight food, biomedical sensor failures, sleep, and (per the release framing) the cosmic-ray 'light flash phenomena.'

• light flash phenomena
• cosmic rays

Apollo 14 Crew Describes Cosmic Ray Light Flashes

NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971

Segment 2 of 2 of NASA's Apollo 14 post-mission crew debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, covering the crew's discussion of the cosmic-ray light flash phenomenon.

• light flash phenomena
• cosmic rays

Apollo 17 Astronauts Report Cosmic Ray Light Flashes

NASA-UAP-D028, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing, 1972

Segment 1 of 2 of the Apollo 17 post-mission crew medical debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, where astronauts discuss the cosmic-ray 'light flash phenomena' they perceived during the mission.

• light flash phenomena
• cosmic rays

Apollo 17 Crew Reports Cosmic-Ray Light Flashes

NASA-UAP-D029, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing (Continued), 1972

Segment 2 of 2 of the Apollo 17 post-mission medical debriefing at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, covering crew discussion of the cosmic-ray 'light flash phenomena.'

• light flash phenomena
• cosmic rays