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AARO's public release of all DHS records on KONA BLUE, a prospective Special Access Program at the Department of Homeland Security built on the premise that the US government holds off-world technology, which DHS terminated on February 10, 2012.
AARO's declassified narrative explaining the origin, brief establishment, and February 2012 termination of KONA BLUE, a prospective DHS Special Access Program proposed to protect retrieval and exploitation of claimed 'non-human biologics.'
DOE-UAP-D003, Pajarito Astronomers Invitation, 1986
A May 20, 1986 newsletter to Pajarito Astronomers club members announcing a meeting where Los Alamos physicist Dr. John Warren would give a talk titled "Why Should a Scientist be Concerned about UFO's?"
DOW-UAP-D017, UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950
A 116-page Department of War file (AFSWP and U.S. Air Force) documenting 1948-1950 sightings of green orbs, discs, and fireballs around Sandia Base, New Mexico, plus the copper-particle investigations that fed into Project Grudge.
DOW-UAP-D127, AAWSAP DIRD, An Introduction to the Statistical Drake Equation, March 2010
An 11 March 2010 AAWSAP Defense Intelligence Reference Document that rewrites the 1961 Drake Equation as a product of seven random variables, shows through the Central Limit Theorem that the number of communicating civilizations N follows a lognormal distribution, and derives a probability distribution for the distance to the nearest one.
DOE-UAP-D002, James Tuck Correspondence, 1970s
Personal 1970s correspondence to and from James L. Tuck, a Los Alamos-affiliated physicist, discussing atmospheric vortices, UFO literature, and unified field theory.
FBI-UAP-D028, FD-302, “Dark Triangle with Lights,” 2011
FBI-UAP-D028 is an FBI FD-302 documenting an April 2025 interview with two former U.S. military service members about a low, dark triangular object they reported seeing in June or July 2011.
DOW-UAP-D35, Mission Report, Greece, October 2023
USCENTCOM Mission Report 9337873 documenting an Air Force ISR aircraft's observation of a circular UAP skimming the ocean surface during a 28-29 October 2023 sortie out of LGLR in the Aegean.
DOW-UAP-PR127, Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019
DOW-UAP-PR127 is a 2019 Pacific Ocean UAP video file transferred from the Navy UAPTF to AARO in 2022, described as 2 minutes and 29 seconds of low-light handheld footage tracking an apparent light source.
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.
State Department UAP Cable 5, Mexico, September 16, 2003
A September 16, 2023 unclassified State Department cable from Embassy Mexico City, summarizing the week's political developments and including a section on the Mexican Congress hearing UAP testimony from Jaime Maussan and former U.S. Navy pilot Ryan Graves.
DOW-UAP-D134, AAWSAP DIRD, Maverick Inventor Versus Corporate Inventor: Where Will the Next Major Innovations Arise, March 2010
A March 2010 Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIA-08-1003-017) from the AAWSAP series that sorts lone inventors into five types and concludes that technically trained, independent 'Type 3 and 4' mavericks are the likeliest source of breakthroughs in exotic energy and propulsion.
NASA-UAP-D018, Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967
NASA's Gemini IV experiment debriefing records the mission's orbit photography and EVA planning, then asks McDivitt and White how to interpret bright particles, glare, and possible sky objects seen from low Earth orbit.
NASA-UAP-D017, Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965
A preliminary NASA transcript of the Gemini 4 Part II crew debriefing that preserves James McDivitt and Edward White's visual-observation discussion, including spacecraft debris, Earth and sky observations, and one aurora-like curtain of moving light seen from orbit.
Aatip Dird Documents 2018 2019 Dird 33 Dird Mhd Air Breathing Propulsion And Power For Aerospace Applications T
A November 2010 Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIA-08-1011-006) prepared under the AAWSA program reviewing magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) air-breathing propulsion and weakly ionized plasma concepts for aerospace applications.
DOW-UAP-D122, AAWSAP DIRD, Invisibility Cloaking Theory and Experiments, March 2010
A 2 March 2010 Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIA-08-1003-001), produced under DIA's AAWSAP program, that surveys the physics and early experiments of invisibility cloaking and concludes that microwave cloaking is within reach of present technology while perfect cloaking is physically impossible.
AARO Senate Armed Services Committee Briefing, Middle East Metallic Orb Video Declassified, DOD_109584445.mp4, Middle East Object video
AARO Director Sean Kirkpatrick declassified an MQ-9 Reaper drone video of a spherical metallic orb over the Middle East during his April 19, 2023 testimony before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities.
DOW-UAP-D125, AAWSAP DIRD, Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, March 2010
A 10 March 2010 Defense Intelligence Reference Document from the AAWSAP series, built around George Miley's University of Illinois work, that surveys inertial electrostatic confinement fusion, its working neutron-source spin-offs, its thruster and spacecraft concepts, and a still-unfunded proposal for a p-11B breakeven experiment.
AARO Website Launch with Initial UAP Case Resolution Reports and Videos, DOD_110692791.mp4, Mt. Etna Object video
AARO public website launch asset: a video file (DOD_110692791.mp4) showing the Mt. Etna object, released alongside the initial batch of eight UAP case resolution reports on aaro.mil.
DOW-UAP-PR067, "Multiple Spherical UAP USO near Sub. [CALLSIGN] 2022/03/25 in and out of water"
A Department of War / AARO release describing an infrared video, uploader-titled "Multiple Spherical UAP USO near Sub. [CALLSIGN] 2022/03/25 in and out of water," that AARO assesses likely came from a U.S. military infrared sensor.
DOW-UAP-D087, U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100
This file is a Secret Department of War collection of 1947 unidentified flying object checklists, witness statements, and short evaluations from U.S. locations including Muroc Army Air Field, Portland, Vancouver, and Ohio.
DOW-UAP-D130, AAWSAP DIRD, Technological Approaches to Controlling External Devices, March 2010
A 36-page Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIA-08-1003-012, dated 23 March 2010) written for DIA's Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications program that surveys brain-machine interfaces for controlling machines by thought and concludes that muscle-signal sensors win the next 5 years while single-neuron implants remain decades out.
NARA Catalog Bulk Downloads for UAP-Related Records, 493468575-FAA-UAP-records.zip
NARA bulk download package of FAA UAP-related records released as part of the National Archives Catalog's UAP bulk-download initiative.
NARA Catalog Bulk Downloads for UAP-Related Records, 488808322-NRC-UAP-records.zip
A NARA bulk-download package (488808322-NRC-UAP-records.zip) collecting digitized UAP-related records from the National Archives Catalog, including Project Blue Book case files, photographs, and moving images.
NARA Catalog Bulk Downloads for UAP-Related Records, 493468579-ODNI-UAP-records.zip
NARA bulk download package containing digitized UAP-related records from the National Archives Catalog, distributed as a ZIP archive (file identifier 493468579-ODNI-UAP-records.zip).
NARA Catalog Bulk Downloads for UAP-Related Records, 493468580-OSD-UAP-records.zip
NARA bulk-download package 493468580-OSD-UAP-records.zip, posted September 1, 2024, bundles digitized UAP-related holdings from the National Archives Catalog for offline retrieval.
NARA Catalog Bulk Downloads for UAP-Related Records, 61934-blue-book-motion-pictures.zip
NARA bulk-download ZIP package containing digitized Project Blue Book motion-picture records (catalog identifier 61934).
Landing page for NARA's Record Group 615, the archival collection created under the FY2024 NDAA to receive and publicly disclose UAP records transferred from federal agencies.
NARA topic page announcing Record Group 615, the first dedicated federal archival collection for UAP records, established under Sections 1841 through 1843 of the FY2024 NDAA.
NARA collection page for Record Group 615, the archival group established under the FY2024 NDAA to receive and publicly disclose UAP records transferred from federal agencies.
USG-UAP-D001, Congressional, White House, UFO-related Constituent Correspondence, 1998
This 1998 U.S. Government correspondence file tracks White House, NASA, and congressional responses to constituent questions about UFOs, Mars imagery, astronaut sightings, and claims of withheld government information.
NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team Final Report, uap-independent-study-team-final-report.pdf
NASA's 16-member independent study team report finds no evidence of extraterrestrial origin for UAP and lays out a roadmap for NASA to support AARO's whole-of-government UAP effort using its civilian sensors, data-curation expertise, and public-trust position to reduce reporting stigma.
NASA news release announcing the September 14, 2023 delivery of its 16-member Independent Study Team's final UAP report, which found no evidence of extraterrestrial origin and recommended NASA expand its role in UAP data collection.
EOP-UAP-D001, NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963
This one-page FBIS wire report records a November 8, 1963 Radio Tupi broadcast claiming that a large metal sphere fell in Conde, Bahia, Brazil, with a human body inside, later flagged by NASC for State Department verification.
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.
CIA-UAP-D022, Unidentified Flying Object Reported near Puerto Rico, 1965
This CIA OXCART-controlled file records a February 1965 exchange between CIA Special Activities and Scientific Intelligence over a high-speed unidentified object seen near Puerto Rico in November 1964, with Navy radar film and pilot reporting reviewed to rule out the YF-12A.
DOW-UAP-D102, Project Blue Book File on Tremonton Film, Utah, 1952
Project Blue Book's case file on the 2 July 1952 Tremonton, Utah color film shot by U.S. Navy Chief Photographer Delbert C. Newhouse, tracing the Air Force and Navy laboratory analyses, the balloon and seagull inquiries, the 1953 release debate, and the paper trail of a deteriorating original.
DOW-UAP-PR159, Historical Film of Reported UFOs, Utah, 1952
A digitized 16mm Kodachrome print of the film U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer Delbert C. Newhouse shot of a group of bright airborne objects near Tremonton, Utah, on July 2, 1952, later reviewed by Project Blue Book without a conclusive resolution.
CIA-UAP-013, Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity
A 1956 CIA Information Report relaying a Hungarian niece's letter describing fast-moving flying objects seen over Budapest, with a sketch of their suspected formation and course toward Moscow.
DOW-UAP-PR37, Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
A nine-second infrared clip from a U.S. military platform over the Arabian Gulf in 2020, submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO with no witness statement attached.
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.
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.
FBI-UAP-D006, FD-1057-05, Northeastern United States, 2024
This FBI FD-1057 records a November 2024 site survey at a northeastern U.S. property where a U.S. person had reported repeated UAP observations over three years.
FBI-UAP-D005, FD-1057-04, Northeastern United States, 2024
This FBI FD-1057 records an October 2024 interview with a U.S. person who described repeated UAP light sightings in the northeastern United States, including a 2021 triangular light pattern, a 2022 recorded sighting, later video corruption, and attempts to check sightings against ADS-B aircraft data.
DOW-UAP-PR077, "2 November 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] Observes and tracks UAP 1 of 2"
An AARO-released Department of War file for a 4-minute, 58-second infrared video titled by its uploader "2 November 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] Observes and tracks UAP 1 of 2," assessed as likely from a U.S. military IR sensor over the CENTCOM area in November 2020.
DOW-UAP-PR078, "2 November 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] Observes and tracks UAP 2 of 2"
An AARO release of a 4-minute 58-second infrared video, uploader-titled "2 November 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] Observes and tracks UAP 2 of 2," assessed as likely from a U.S. military IR sensor operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in November 2020.
NSA Top Secret UMBRA UAP FOIA Production
A 334-page NSA FOIA production, formerly carrying TOP SECRET UMBRA markings in part, preserves UAP-related message traffic, radar-track reports, visual sightings, redactions, and repeated analytic caution from classified signals-intelligence channels.
DOW-UAP-D28, Mission Report, Iraq, September 2024
USCENTCOM Mission Report documenting a September 20 2024 UAP incident over Ayn al Asad Airbase, Iraq, where aircrew observed an unidentified object create an IR lens flare on MX-20 and MX-25 sensors during an AGM-176 Griffin weapons calibration.
FBI-UAP-D020, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-5, Western United States Event, 2023
FBI-UAP-D020 is a 2026 FBI digital rendering of a reported October 2023 UAP incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States, based on a federal law enforcement special agent's first-hand description in DOW-UAP-D080.
Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf
ODNI's June 25, 2021 Preliminary Assessment to Congress on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, reviewing 144 U.S. government UAP reports from November 2004 to March 2021.
2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Unclassified-2022-Annual-Report-UAP.pdf
ODNI's first congressionally-mandated annual UAP report (Oct 31, 2022) catalogues 510 total UAP reports through 30 August 2022 and documents AARO's establishment as the UAPTF's successor.
Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, FY23_Consolidated_Annual_Report_on_UAP-Oct_2023.pdf
The joint ODNI–DoD FY2023 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP, dated October 2023, documents 291 new UAP reports received by AARO and introduces a case-resolution methodology illustrated by a Western U.S. case resolved as commercial aircraft.
Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, FY2023-Consolidated-Annual-Report-UAP-Oct2023.pdf
Joint ODNI–DoD FY2023 annual report disclosing that AARO received 291 new UAP reports between 31 August 2022 and 30 April 2023, raising the total holdings to 801 cases, and introducing AARO's case-resolution methodology with one resolved Western U.S. example.
DOW-UAP-D081, Narrative Statement 3, Western United States Event, 2023
This UNCLASSIFIED Department of War memorandum records Witness 3's first-hand account to AARO of orange and red light-orb UAP sightings over two nights in the western United States in October 2023.
FBI-UAP-D010, FD-302-71, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026
An FBI FD-302 interview form recording a witness's first-hand account of yellow and red orb sightings in the northeastern United States, plus a separate 1987 sighting near power lines.
DOW-UAP-D55, Mission Report, Syria, November 2016
USCENTCOM mission report describing a U.S. Navy P-8A aircraft's EO/IR observation of an unidentified low-flying object 55 nautical miles northwest of Latakia, Syria, on 18 November 2016.
FBI-UAP-D012, Newark Field Office, 1952-1967
This FBI Newark Field Office file collects 1952 to 1967 New Jersey UFO sighting reports, with the strongest early thread centered on Air Force doubts about July 31, 1952 Passaic saucer photographs and FBI background checks on the photographer and witness.
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.
DoD Official Release of Three Unclassified Navy UAP Videos (FLIR1, GIMBAL, GOFAST), FLIR1.webm
Official Navy infrared video FLIR1, recorded in 2004 and released by the U.S. Department of Defense on April 27, 2020, showing an unidentified aerial object tracked by an F/A-18 targeting pod.
DoD Official Release of Three Unclassified Navy UAP Videos (FLIR1, GIMBAL, GOFAST), GIMBAL.webm
Official Department of Defense release of the Navy GIMBAL infrared video, one of three Navy UAP clips formally declassified on April 27, 2020.