Source Documents

94-page record titled UFOs and Defense: What Should We Prepare For, opening with an April 2001 letter from Carol Rosin.

NASA transcript of a Gemini-7 air-to-ground tape in which Borman reports an unidentified bogey and particle debris.

SHAEF and Air Ministry papers on 1945 night light phenomena reported by Allied bomber crews in Europe.

FBI Detroit record on unidentified flying objects, featuring a 1957 interview with Wladyslaw Krasuski about a circular craft he saw in wartime Germany.

State Department cable on Papua New Guinea's inquiry into reported high-altitude overflights, January 1985.

State Department cable reporting a UFO encountered by Tajik Air pilots over Kazakhstan at 41,000 feet, January 1994.

USCENTCOM mission report noting one UAP observed during an Operation Inherent Resolve flight in the Middle East, May 2022.

USCENTCOM mission report documenting an ISR flight over Iraq supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, May 2022.

USCENTCOM mission report noting multiple possible UAPs observed during a defensive counterair flight, March 2023.

USCENTCOM mission report recording an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed during a flight from Greece, January 2024.

USCENTCOM mission report noting one UAP detected during return to Al Dhafra, United Arab Emirates, October 2023.

USCENTCOM mission report noting unidentified aerial phenomena observed during an armed overwatch weapons calibration, 2024.

Mission report from the Arabian Gulf, 2020, heavily redacted with most narrative details withheld under FOIA.

Mission report entry describing a possible UAP that accelerated eastward over the Arabian Gulf, 2020.

Research Triangle Institute report on modeling unlikely space-booster failures for Air Force range safety, September 1996.

30th Space Wing registry of all major launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, 1958 through 2000.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D005 documenting UAP observations over the Arabian Gulf in 2020.

AARO email correspondence DOW-UAP-D050 discussing classification of INDOPACOM UAP tearlines from April 2025.

AARO email correspondence DOW-UAP-D051 reviewing classification of a Pacific UAP report from March 2023.

AARO email correspondence DOW-UAP-D052 requesting the year be included for a North American UAP report.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D054 documenting a triangular metallic UAP over the Mediterranean Sea.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D006 documenting a probable UAP over the Arabian Gulf in 2020.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D060 documenting operations and a noteworthy UAP observation in the Persian Gulf region.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D061 documenting UAP observations during Persian Gulf operations in August 2020.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D062 documenting a UAP observation during Strait of Hormuz operations in September 2020.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D063 documenting a UAP observation during Strait of Hormuz operations in October 2020.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D064 documenting two UAP observations during operations near Iran in November 2020.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D065 documenting UAP observations during Persian Gulf operations in July 2020.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D007 documenting a balloon-like UAP over the Arabian Gulf in 2020.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D074 documenting a UAP observation during Syria operations in November 2023.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D075 documenting a UAP observation during Gulf of Aden operations in July 2024.

AARO mission report DOW-UAP-D008 documenting two round white-hot UAPs observed near Djibouti in 2025.

NASA air-to-ground transcript excerpt from Apollo 12 in 1969, including crew reports of flashes of light in space.

NASA Apollo 17 air-to-ground transcript from 1972 describing a field of bright tumbling fragments near the spacecraft.

Apollo 11 technical crew debriefing of July 31, 1969, describing an unidentified tumbling object seen en route to the Moon.

NASA Apollo 17 science crew debriefing of January 8, 1973, summarizing ultraviolet and X-ray astronomy results.

Apollo 17 technical crew debriefing of January 4, 1973, covering light flashes and sightings during flight and recovery.

Skylab technical crew debriefing from 1973 on unusual light flashes and an unidentified reddish satellite-like object.

Heavily redacted FBI FD-302 interview report from September 2023 describing a silent cigar-shaped object.

Redacted FBI FD-302a continuation page from September 2023 recording witnesses' reactions to an observed object.

Redacted FBI FD-302a continuation page noting a witness thought the observed light might have been a meteor.

SECRET//NOFORN witness statement from 2025 describing a helicopter crew's encounters with orbs and swarms of lights.