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- 01PDFForça Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacionalp.1
Internal registry CC-023 sits inside Operação Prato I COMAR-FAB under military registry 076.
Brazilian Air Force Operação Prato photographic dossier (Registro 076) documenting a December 17, 1977 UFO landing at Fazenda Jejú in Pará that left two 40x40 cm ground impressions inside a 2.5-meter circle.
→ Operação Prato, Photographic Dossier (CC_023, Registro 076)
- 02PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
Document is a CODA (Centre Opérationnel de Défense Aérienne) chronology of information received on January 28 1994, transmitted November 1 1995 at 16:06.
French Air Force CODA chronology of the January 28 1994 Air France AFR 3532 Airbus encounter over Coulommiers, in which a three-person cockpit crew tracked an unidentified object for one minute at flight level 370.
→ GEIPAN Case 1994-01-01345, « AF3532 » [AERO AFR] COULOMMIERS (77) 28.01.1994 (part 3)
- 03PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
Annex 04 to GEIPAN case 2009-07-02361 documents a satellite-correlation analysis for an observation at Rixheim (68170) on Sunday 26-07-2009 around 23h45 local time, authored by G. Munsch (IPN/GEIPAN).
GEIPAN annex computing whether Cosmos 1151 Rocket could account for phase 1 of a white-point sighting over Rixheim on 26 July 2009.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361, RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009 (part 10)
- 04PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
Annex prepared by G. Munsch of IPN for GEIPAN documenting the Rixheim observation on 26 July 2009 at approximately 23h45 local time.
GEIPAN annex computing whether Cosmos 1151 Rocket could account for the first phase of a luminous-point sighting at Rixheim (Haut-Rhin) on 26 July 2009.
→ GEIPAN Case 2009-07-02361, RIXHEIM (68) 26.07.2009 (part 4)
- 05PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
Case is logged as GEIPAN 2014-06-50078, classification D1 (unexplained), location ETRELLES (35), date 01.06.2014.
GEIPAN case file 2014-06-50078 (classification D1) on a 1 June 2014 nocturnal sighting at Étrelles (Ille-et-Vilaine, France) of a dark mass with two faint lights that vanished at high speed, ruled an unexplained phenomenon.
→ GEIPAN Case 2014-06-50078, ETRELLES (35) 01.06.2014 (part 1)
- 06PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.3
Cover sheet reclassifies all folios in all parts of Department of Air File series 580/1/1 to UNCLASSIFIED effective 7 May 1982, signed by G CAPT A. Perske, JAFIS.
Part 4 of 32 of RAAF Department of Air HQ UFO file A703 580/1/1, holding the bulk of 1965-66 sighting correspondence including reports adjacent to the Westall and Tully incidents.
→ A703 580/1/1 Part 4, RAAF Department of Air HQ UFO Reports
- 07PDFDepartment of National Defence / RCMP / National Research Councilp.7
UFO reporting in Canada was governed by JANAP 146(D), CIRVIS/MERINT, agreed to and implemented by both the US and Canadian governments.
Pages 5701–6000 of Canada's consolidated UFO FOIA release, containing 1960 RCAF correspondence with NICAP investigators and internal Air Staff guidance on Canada's UFO reporting regime under JANAP 146(D).
→ Canada UFO FOIA Release, Part 20 (Pages 5701–6000)
- 08PDFUK Ministry of Defence / Sec(AS) / DI55p.3
File opened on a MoD Form 3290 (Revised 2/99) jacket within the Sec(AS) UFO desk, subject line "UFOs - published files (Dr D Clarke)."
DEFE 24/2030 is a UK Ministry of Defence file of 1990 UFO desk public correspondence and incident reports, with later overlay material documenting Dr David Clarke's 2000 Freedom of Information request for MoD UFO policy and sighting files.
→ DEFE 24/2030, MoD UFO Desk Correspondence 1990 (Calvine-era reporting)
- 09PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.4
Hobart Tower air traffic controller K. Hansen logged sightings between 290108 and 290120 local time on 29 December 1968.
Part 10 of the Royal Australian Air Force Department of Air UFO file A703 580/1/1, holding witness intelligence reports from late-December 1968 sightings around Hobart, Tasmania.
→ A703 580/1/1 Part 10, RAAF Department of Air HQ UFO Reports
- 10PDFRoyal New Zealand Air Force / Ministry of Defencep.1
Cover sheet identifies the file as AIR 39/3/3A Volume 1, Parts 1 & 2, opened 1979 and closed 1984, declassified September 2010, with the original held at Archives New Zealand and restricted until 2043.
Declassified Royal New Zealand Air Force subfile AIR 39/3/3A Volume 1, Parts 1 and 2, holding 1979-1984 correspondence from a single Christchurch writer on what they called the 'Ethology of Light' alongside RNZAF handling notes.
→ RNZAF UFO File, AIR 39/3/3A Volume 1 (1979–1984)
- 11PDFUK Ministry of Defence / Sec(AS)p.2
On 12 October 2000 the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence declined to pursue a UFO-related enquiry and returned two files to Sec(AS).
UK MoD Sec(AS) UFO desk file covering 1998–2000 correspondence on press handling, 30-year-rule file releases, and ministerial briefings around the Bonnybridge/Falkirk Triangle era.
→ DEFE 24/2006, MoD UFO Desk Reports c.1998–2000 (Bonnybridge / Falkirk Triangle era)
- 12PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.1
File opened at Base Squadron Pearce on 1 July 1958, file number B.S. 5/5/AIR, titled 'UNUSUAL AERIAL SIGHTINGS', and closed 27 May 1964.
RAAF Western Area file PP474/1 5/5/AIR collects Western Australia UFO sighting reports and correspondence opened at Base Squadron Pearce on 1 July 1958 and closed 27 May 1964.
→ PP474/1 5/5/AIR, RAAF Western Area (Western Australia) UFO File
- 13PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
GEIPAN/CNES case file is procès-verbal N° 745/1976, registered at the Gendarmerie's regional command on 14 December 1976 under N° 016639.
Gendarmerie procès-verbal N° 745/1976 documenting a farmer's close-range sighting of a cylindrical luminous object near Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs (Isère) on 25 November 1976, classified D1 (unexplained) by GEIPAN.
→ GEIPAN Case 1976-11-02763, SAINT-GEOIRS (38) 25.11.1976 (part 2)
- 14PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.7
Three national hunting wardens on night surveillance against poaching near Neuvelle-les-Lure observed three round projectors flashing in triangle formation overhead at 23h15 on 30 May 1989.
GEIPAN case 1989-05-01176 (classification D): gendarmerie procès-verbaux and federation correspondence on a 30 May 1989 sighting near Neuvelle-les-Lure (Haute-Saône) by three national hunting wardens of three flashing projectors performing silent zigzag maneuvers and vertical ascent.
→ GEIPAN Case 1989-05-01176, NEUVELLE-LES-LURE (LA) (70) 30.05.1989
- 15PDFRoyal New Zealand Air Force / Ministry of Defencep.1
AIR 39/3/3 Volume 4 was opened in January 1981, closed in 1984, declassified in September 2010, and remains restricted at Archives New Zealand until 2054 under Section 9 of the Official Information Act 1982.
Final volume of the Royal New Zealand Air Force's AIR 39/3/3 UFO correspondence file, covering 1981 to 1984, including the Christchurch and Temuka 1982 sightings and a 1984 Official Information Act dispute over Defence's UFO records.
→ RNZAF UFO File, AIR 39/3/3 Volume 4 (1981–1984)
- 16PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.2
Headquarters Operational Command circulated UFO investigation guidance under reference 5/15/Air(18) to RAAF bases including Darwin, Townsville, Amberley, Williamtown, Richmond, Fairbairn, Pearce, Edinburgh and Laverton.
RAAF Southern Area (Victoria) UFO file E1327 5/4/AIR Part 1, holding sighting reports, witness questionnaires, intelligence evaluations, and correspondence on the investigation of unidentified flying objects across Australian regional commands from the late 1960s.
→ E1327 5/4/AIR Part 1, RAAF Southern Area (Victoria) UFO File
- 17PDFForça Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacionalp.39
Air-defense radar site ANDA tracked an unidentified target on radial 240 at 8 NM on 20 May 1986 at 0148Z, prompting JG 116 to launch on heading 270.
Brazilian Air Force CENDOC Envelope 08 (1986) compiling radar logs, intercept reports, and pilot statements from the May 19, 1986 multi-fighter scramble against roughly 20 unidentified targets over southeastern Brazil.
→ CENDOC Envelope 08, 1986 FAB UFO Records (Noite dos OVNIs)
- 18PDFEjército del Aire / Ministerio de Defensap.3
The intelligence officer of the MOA, writing from Torrejón on 3 November 1996, proposed the classification "DESCLASIFICADO" for the Normativa OVNI package, finding no aspects that recommended maintaining classified status.
A formally declassified 1996 Spanish Air Force file containing the Normativa OVNI, the regulatory backbone of the 1992-1999 Ministerio de Defensa UFO declassification programme.
→ Normativa OVNI, Spanish Air Force UFO Investigation and Declassification Procedure (8 November 1996)
- 19PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.6
Gendarmerie message 81072/M dated 9 September 1989 reports a square luminous patch 10 m by 10 m in a field below the witness's home and, above the house, a very bright spinning-top-shaped object 3 m high by 3 m wide visible for 30 seconds.
Gendarmerie procès-verbal 599/89 and SEPRA follow-up on a 4 September 1989 sighting at Bertre (Tarn), where retiree F. A. reported a luminous spinning-top object stationed above his roof, leaving discolored, displaced tiles and a sagged ridge.
→ GEIPAN Case 1989-09-01666, « LES TUILES » BERTRE (81) 04.09.1989 (part 4)
- 20PDFForça Aérea Brasileira / Arquivo Nacionalp.1
The form is the official FAB intake instrument tied to the SIOANI (Sistema de Investigação de Objetos Aéreos Não Identificados) records held in the Arquivo Nacional.
The standardized Brazilian Air Force intake form (Formulário de Relatório sobre OANI) used to log unidentified-aerial-object sightings before they enter the FAB investigation pipeline.
→ FAB Formulário de Relatório sobre OANI, Official UFO Reporting Form
- 21PDFGEIPAN / CNESp.1
The daily synthesis telex from Marseille to DIRGENDARM Paris on 5 July 1965 records the event at lieu-dit OLIVOL, 2 km northwest of Valensole, with the farmer aged 41 declaring he saw a 'soucoupe volante' the size of a Dauphine with two passengers.
GEIPAN case 1965-07-00050: French gendarmerie procès-verbaux documenting the Valensole, Basses-Alpes close-encounter and landing-trace report by a lavender farmer on 1 July 1965, classified D (unidentified) by CNES's UAP unit.
→ GEIPAN Case 1965-07-00050, VALENSOLE (04) 01.07.1965 (part 2)
- 22IMGBelgian Air Force / Force Aérienne Belge (operations under Col. Wilfried De Brouwer)p.1
Glons NATO Control Reporting Centre and Semmerzake ATC radar both tracked the unidentified targets the night of March 30–31, 1990.
Belgian Air Force radar trace charts from the March 30–31, 1990 F-16 interception over central Belgium, presented by Col. Wilfried De Brouwer at NATO headquarters in Evere on July 11, 1990.
→ Belgian F-16 Radar Trace Charts, March 30–31, 1990 Eupen/Wavre Interception (part 4)
- 23PDFUK Air Ministry / Air Staffp.2
Registered file AF 3459/75, Part I opened 13 May 1970; Part II opened 12 August 1975; second review stamp dated 8 January 1999.
UK Air Ministry/MOD policy file AIR 2/19086 documents Air Staff handling of UFO reports, including standard acknowledgement letters, parliamentary handling, and the 1974 decision to stop categorising UFO reports.
→ AIR 2/19086, Air Ministry / Air Staff UFO Policy and Reporting Procedures
- 24PDFRoyal Australian Air Force / National Archives of Australiap.3
The 1972 policy letter from Headquarters Support Command (file 5/6/Air(27), 4 August 1972) states the RAAF is responsible for investigating UFO reports in Australia and the Trust Territories and that the main purpose is to establish whether the report poses a threat to the security of Australia.
Royal Australian Air Force North-Eastern Area (Queensland) regional UFO file holding RAAF sighting reports, investigation policy correspondence, and Department of Air summaries covering 1960 through the early 1970s, including the January 1966 Tully reed-mat investigation.
→ PP959/1 5/3/AIR, RAAF North-Eastern Area (Queensland) UFO File