Source Documents

Mission report DOW-UAP-D106 describing UAPs observed over Iraq in 2022 at 80-180 mph during Operation Inherent Resolve.

CIA memorandum on unidentified flying objects reported near Puerto Rico in November 1965.

CIA briefing notes for Walter Elder on unidentified flying objects near Puerto Rico in November 1965.

War Department intelligence review of ghost rocket incidents over Scandinavia, 1947.

FBI FD-302 report on a dark translucent triangle observed over Colorado Springs, 2023.

FBI digital rendering of a dark translucent triangle from a 2023 sighting; image-only record.

FBI FD-302 report on a dark triangle with corner lights observed in 2011.

FBI FD-302 report on a large triangle with red lights observed in Colorado Springs, 2023.

FBI FD-302 report on a thermally elevated aerial object observed in 2026.

FBI FD-302 report on multiple red lights observed in 2026.

FBI digital rendering of multiple red lights from a 2026 sighting; no text layer.

FBI FD-302 report on multiple red lights observed during night reconnaissance, 2026.

FBI digital rendering of multiple red lights from a 2026 sighting; image-only record.

CIA 1955 memorandum to the Director of Central Intelligence on sightings of flying saucers or unconventional aircraft.

CIA 1955 record cataloged as an analysis of unconventional aircraft sightings, issued with a Top Secret cover sheet.

Atomic Energy Commission record of a Los Alamos conference on aerial phenomena held February 16, 1949.

Department of Energy incident report on an unidentified object at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, September 2, 2015.

AARO Range Fouler debrief form for a 2020 report of an unidentified contact in the eastern United States.

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office range fouler reporting form for a UFO encounter in the eastern US, 2019.

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office range fouler debrief form for a UFO observation over the Atlantic Ocean, 2020.

U.S. Air Force intelligence study analyzing flying object incidents in the United States, 1948.

Declassified U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Report analyzing flying object incidents in the U.S., 1948.

U.S. Air Force correspondence relating to Project Blue Book from 1955, including a student inquiry.

U.S. Air Force Project Sign progress report on unidentified flying objects, 1948.

CIA information report of July 1950 transmitting a translated German scientists' article on flying discs.

CIA report on a flying saucer sighted from a train in the Azerbaijan SSR on 4 October 1955.

CIA memorandum of December 1953 reviewing the status of the UFOB project and Air Force investigative activity.

CIA report on a Kardashev-Sakharov paper on charged mass collapse presented at a 1971 Yerevan conference.

CIA report on a U.S. astrophysicist's 1967 conversations with Soviet scientists about UFOs.

CIA information report on the Sary Shagan weapons testing range, including a section on aerial phenomena.

CIA report of November 1976 on Aeroflot crew fatigue research touching on radiation and UFO phenomena.

CIA memorandum of December 1952 on British UFO investigation activity and the Yorkshire incident.

Air Force Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 analyzing reports of unidentified aerial objects, 1955.

CIA record on unidentified flying object sightings in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim, and Bhutan.

Secret CIA cable placing U.S. government and military components on high alert over foreign posturing.

CIA information report supplementing an account of unusual flying object sightings and scientific activity.

Australian defense paper on the scientific and intelligence aspects of the UFO problem and U.S. policy.

AARO case update of June 2026 on the unresolved October 2023 western U.S. 'orbs launching orbs' incident.

U.S. Army 1949 study evaluating whether flying saucer reports were natural phenomena or foreign activity.

Seven-page record transmitting the 1953 CIA Scientific Advisory Panel report with only routing text extracted.

U.S. Navy letter of December 1948 transmitting a report on flying discs to naval district commanders.

FBI FD-302 interview reporting a February 2022 UAP sighting by five soldiers near Fort Carson, Colorado.

FBI FD-1057 forensic sketch interview with a former Army intelligence officer on a UAP over Cheyenne Mountain.

FBI FD-1057 documenting repeated plasma-orb UAP observations and witness videos at a northeastern US residence.

FBI FD-1057 interview describing 2021 and 2022 sightings of lights that split into a triangular formation.

FBI FD-1057 site survey listing treeline and trail-camera photographs of areas with three years of UAP sightings.

FBI FD-1057 report of a November 2024 surveillance in which an agent observed a white pulsating light.

FBI FD-1057 site survey from December 2024 documenting a perimeter walk of an area where UAP activity was seen.

FBI FD-302 interview reporting a red sphere about one meter wide hovering in a backyard in February 2026.

FBI FD-302 interview describing two yellow balls of light drifting behind trees near a residence.

1949 letter to the FBI from a pastor reporting four beams converging over the Cascade Mountains.

Intelligence community assessment concluding a February 2022 Cheyenne Mountain object was possible sunlight backscatter.

NASA record of the Gemini 4 experiment debriefing, opening with a June 1965 memorandum on added GT-4 activities.

NASA preliminary Gemini 7 flight crew debriefing transcript dated December 23, 1965, from sessions at Cape Kennedy.

NASA memorandum on the Gemini IX experiments debriefing held June 16, 1966, at the Manned Spacecraft Center.

Congress and White House correspondence file from 1998 logging letters about UFOs, Mars photos, and astronaut sightings.

CIA Intelligence Information Report from 1973 on the Sary Shagan range, including a green aerial phenomenon sighting.

Department of Energy record holding two image pages from the Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report.

Department of Energy correspondence citing the Condon UFO study and requesting atmospheric vortex information.

Military security correspondence on a 1949 inspection of Sandia Base sent from the 1100th USAF Special Reporting Group.

First-person narrative by a senior U.S. intelligence officer describing a 2025 helicopter UAP investigation on a test range.

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.