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Conclusion: The phenomenon reported is something real and not visionary or fictitious; objects probably approximate the shape of a disc and exhibit extreme rates of climb and maneuverability; origin undetermined pending further investigation.

This multi-document package contains a collection of classified memoranda and correspondence from 1947 between the Air Materiel Command (AMC), Army Air Forces (AAF), and related intelligence offices concerning 'Flying Discs' and 'Flying Saucers.' The centerpiece is the famous Twining Memorandum of 23 September 1947, in which Lieutenant General N.F. Twining formally assessed that the flying disc phenomenon is real, not visionary, and recommended establishment of a formal study project. Additional documents include follow-up memos, a photograph debunking case, and early organizational steps toward what became Project Sign.

Conclusion: Source evaluation B-2; USAIRA stated the significance to the USAF 'Unidentified Flying Objects' project is 'remarkable and lends credence to many saucer reports'; no definitive identification made.

This is a 9-page SECRET (NOFORN) Air Intelligence Information Report (IR 193-55) dated 14 October 1955, prepared by US Air Attaché Lt. Col. Thomas S. Ryan, documenting an eyewitness account by three high-credibility US observers — Senator Richard Russell, Lt. Col. E.U. Hathaway, and Mr. Ruben Efron — who observed two disc-shaped unconventional aircraft taking off in the Trans Caucasus region of the USSR on 4 October 1955. The report also includes supplementary intelligence observations on Soviet military aircraft, airfields, radar sites, and railroad infrastructure gathered during the group's travel through the USSR.

Conclusion: Unresolved; AFBIR-CO analytical summary states 'something is really flying around' and that the objects have metallic surfaces, circular or elliptical flat-bottomed shapes approximately the size of a C-54 or Constellation, speeds always above 300 knots, and exhibit lateral oscillation

This is a large FBI case file (62-HQ-83894, serial 130) containing approximately 126 pages of declassified records from 1947 documenting the initial 'flying saucer' wave. The file aggregates incident reports, sworn witness statements, military intelligence memos, newspaper clippings, and analytical summaries from across the United States, Canada (Newfoundland), and England. It includes the foundational Kenneth Arnold Mt. Rainier sighting account, multiple credentialed witness interviews, photographic trail evidence from Harmon Field Newfoundland, a formal Air Force analytical breakdown of 18 selected sightings, and a British RAF radar-intercept cable.

Conclusion: Unresolved; USAFE states they are 'inclined not to discredit entirely' the extraterrestrial theory while keeping an open mind; unidentified aircraft evaluated as B-2 (probably advanced jet with rocket assist).

This document is a multi-item Top Secret intelligence package (TT 1524) compiled by USAFE in November 1948, forwarded to General Cabell at USAF Directorate of Intelligence. It contains several distinct intelligence items including a report of an unidentified aircraft sighting by three B-29 crews off the coast of Holland, and a highly significant item (USAFE 14) discussing recurring 'flying saucer' reports including one that apparently crashed into a Swedish lake, with Swedish Air Intelligence concluding the phenomena may originate from technology 'possibly outside the earth.'

This FBI file (Serial 438) contains multiple copies of two detailed investigative reports dated May 8, 1964, documenting the famous Socorro, New Mexico UFO incident of April 24, 1964. The file includes FBI Special Agent D. Arthur Byrnes Jr.'s field report and a lengthy verbatim testimony from witness Officer Lonnie Zamora, along with hand-drawn diagrams of the landing site showing the positions and measurements of ground impressions, burn marks, and 'footprints.' The document represents the primary FBI investigative record of what became one of the most thoroughly documented close-encounter cases in UFO history.

This SECRET//NOFORN document is a detailed chronological incident report (likely an FBI 302 or similar intelligence debrief) in which a senior US intelligence official (Witness 1) recounts a multi-hour UAP encounter in 2025 at or near a classified US military facility. The account documents the aerial search mission conducted by helicopter, the detection of a 'super-hot' orb under FLIR that split into two objects and outpaced the helicopter, and repeated observations of luminous orb formations appearing and disappearing over a roughly two-hour period. Multiple federal and state personnel, as well as military aircraft, were involved or present during the events.

Conclusion: Under investigation; no conclusive determination stated in the documents

This multi-page declassified file from early 1948 is a collection of USAF/Army Air Forces administrative correspondence, routing sheets, endorsements, and correspondence reference forms related to the institutional handling of 'Flying Disc' reports under Project SIGN. The documents collectively establish the Air Force policy and chain of command for collecting, collating, and evaluating flying disc sighting reports, with Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson designated as the central collection agency. One document includes a specific witness sighting report from Hobson, Ohio (night of 8 May 1948), and another references the T-2 report on German Horten Brothers flying wing designs as potentially relevant to flying saucer reports.

Conclusion: No definitive explanation; Air Ministry suggested Me.262s and flak rockets as most likely explanations but acknowledged the matter 'is still something of a mystery' with sketchy and varied evidence. A.D.I.(K) suggested probable 'Flak Bombe.'

This multi-page WWII-era SECRET file from SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) documents a formal military investigation into unexplained aerial phenomena observed by Allied aircrew over Germany and France during late 1944 and early 1945. The file contains a chain of correspondence between SHAEF Air Staff, the Air Ministry (Whitehall), USSTAF, the XII Tactical Air Command, and the 415th Night Fighter Squadron regarding 'foofighters' — unidentified lights and objects that followed and maneuvered around Allied aircraft. A separate strand documents a distinct sighting of an aluminum-colored cylindrical object approximately 12 feet long observed floating at 9,000 feet, which was attacked but did not disintegrate.

This file primarily contains incident reports on Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) written in compliance with the 1948 Flight Service Regulation (FSR) 200-4. The incidents were witnessed by military sources, as well as by some Civilian Aviation Authority (CAA) ones. The reports typically include information such as dates, locations, weather, and altitude, plus detailed descriptions of appearance and movement. Some messages from the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) and Army Airways Communications System (AACS) are also included, as well as additional military intelligence reports, several diagrams, and a report from a weather station in Japan.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly withholds any analytical judgment on the event's validity, nature, or significance.

AARO has identified a 46-second infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in February 2023, whose user-defined title describes an USAF Air National Guard F-16C shooting down a UAP over Lake Huron on 12 February 2023. The video appears to show an infrared target fragmenting in a radial pattern consistent with a high-energy kinetic event at the 20-second mark. AARO notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody and explicitly declines to render any analytical or investigative judgment on the event's validity or nature.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A U.S. Central Command sensor video submitted to AARO depicting an unidentified anomalous phenomenon observed over Greece in January 2024. The UAP was reportedly visible only via short-wave infrared (SWIR) sensor and described in an accompanying mission report as diamond-shaped and traveling at approximately 434 knots. The video runs 1 minute and 5 seconds and was captured from a U.S. military platform using multiple sensor modalities.

This audio recording from December 5, 1965 captures air-to-ground communications during NASA's Gemini VII mission in which astronaut Frank Borman reported sighting an unidentified object, which he termed a 'bogey,' while in low Earth orbit. The recording includes commentary from both Borman and fellow crew member Jim Lovell, as relayed through the NASA Public Affairs audio feed. The document is a metadata/description entry for the audio file rather than a transcript or full analysis.

Conclusion: Unresolved; assessed by AARO as among the most compelling reports in its current holdings

This document summarizes four distinct UAP incidents reported by six to seven federal law enforcement special agents (USPER1 through USPER7) over a two-day period in the Western United States in 2023. The incidents include orange orbs launching smaller red orbs, a large stationary luminous orb estimated at 12-18 meters in diameter, a low-flying triangular/kite-shaped object observed on the ground, and a second transparent kite-shaped object observed approximately 30 minutes later. AARO assessed these reports as among the most compelling in its current holdings, though no technical sensor data was directly collected during the events.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

Conclusion: The extraterrestrial hypothesis is 'by far the best scientific hypothesis' for Category D UAPs; strong presumptions exist in its favor though it has not been categorically proven; France and the EU should initiate diplomatic pressure on the US for information sharing and expand SEPRA's resources.

This document is a file containing the full English translation of the French COMETA Report ('UFOs and Defense: What Should We Prepare For?'), originally published in France's VSD magazine in July 1999, along with a cover letter from Carol Rosin to a NASA official dated April 30, 2001, handwritten hotel notes referencing the report, and several newspaper articles about the report's reception. The COMETA Report is a comprehensive 90-page study by a committee of retired French generals, admirals, scientists, and intelligence officials that examines hundreds of documented UAP sightings and concludes the extraterrestrial hypothesis is the best available scientific explanation.

Conclusion: The third and unidentified object was referred to as a 'bogey'; no further identification provided in this document.

This document is a transcript of air-to-ground communications from the Gemini 7 mission (1965), in which astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell reported observing an unidentified 'bogey' at ten o'clock high, a debris field of hundreds of small particles approximately three to four miles distant, and the mission's own booster rocket. The document includes both a typed transcript and handwritten notes annotated 'UFO Sighting by Borman (GT-7).' Gemini Control's post-exchange commentary clarifies that the 'third and unidentified object' was referred to as a 'bogey,' occurring at 4 hours 24 minutes into the flight.

Conclusion: Flying saucers remain a complete enigma; the Air Force views them as a threat only because they are not understood and intends to study them until they are explained.

A two-page SECRET memorandum dated July 28, 1952, summarizing General Samford's (Air Force A-2) views on flying saucers as conveyed at an Intelligence Advisory Committee (IAC) meeting. The document was routed from an unidentified author to Mr. Armstrong, noting that Paul Nitze had inquired about the Air Force's position on flying saucers. Samford characterized the phenomenon as a 'complete enigma' while acknowledging that credible observers, radar, and pilots were all reporting sightings.

Conclusion: No opinion offered; reported for what it may be worth.

A U.S. Embassy Dushanbe diplomatic cable dated January 31, 1994 reports a UAP encounter on January 27, 1994 by Tajik Air Chief Pilot Ed Rhodes and two American colleagues while flying a Boeing 747SP at 41,000 feet over Kazakhstan. The object appeared as an extremely bright light performing extraordinary maneuvers including circles, corkscrews, and 90-degree turns at high speed, and left contrails estimated at approximately 100,000 feet altitude. The embassy transmits the report without offering an official opinion, routing copies to the CIA, DIA, and multiple regional embassies.

Each of these incident summaries includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements and other narrative reports or descriptions.

Each of these incident summaries includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements and other narrative reports or descriptions.

Each of these incident summaries includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements and other narrative reports or descriptions.

Conclusion: No official conclusion stated; object described as balloon-like and traveling with winds at 31,000 ft MSL

This is a declassified military Mission Report (MISREP) documenting a UAP encounter in the Arabian Gulf area in 2020. A U.S. military operator observed a UAP described as balloon-like, traveling with the winds at 31,000 ft MSL, and acquired it as a Weapons Quality 1 track before visually identifying it via TFLIR (targeting forward-looking infrared sensor). The report notes the object was similar to previously reported UAP from 48th Fighter Wing (48FW).

Conclusion: NFTR (Nothing Further To Report); no radar returns received from UAP; no health effects to aircrew; WSV produced.

This is a declassified SECRET//NOFORN Mission Report (MISREP) filed by the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (389 EFS), 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, documenting a 2-ship F-15E DCA (Defensive Counter Air) mission flown on February 20-21, 2023, out of Muwaffaq Salti Air Base (OJMS), Jordan, under Operation Inherent Resolve. During the mission, aircrew observed three possible UAPs and one possible balloon in the vicinity of Shaddadi, Syria, and also experienced multifunction terminal (MFT) radar jamming. The document was declassified on 8 October 2025 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, and approved for release to AARO.

Conclusion: Unresolved; reported as possible UAPs with no further resolution noted in document

This is a declassified SECRET//NOFORN Mission Report (MISREP) filed by the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (77 EFS), 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, documenting a 2-ship F-16CM sortie flown on 31 March 2023 from Prince Sultan Air Base (OEPS) in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. During the mission, the flight observed between 10 and 20 possible UAPs maneuvering west to east at approximately FL600+ altitude, with the crew briefly tracking the objects on a targeting pod (TV mode) before they dimmed and disappeared. The report was declassified by USCENTCOM Chief of Staff MG Richard A. Harrison on 8 October 2025 and released to AARO.

Conclusion: Assessed as benign; no advanced capabilities or materials observed; path appeared predetermined; UAP not reobserved after engagement.

A SECRET-classified Mission Report (MISREP) from USCENTCOM/AFSOC documenting a UAP incident that occurred on 20 September 2024 during an armed overwatch mission over Ayn Al Asad Airbase, Iraq. After releasing an AGM-176 Griffin missile, the crew's Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) and Combat Systems Officer (CSO) observed an unidentified object fly through the aircraft's MX-20 and MX-25 IR sensors at high speed, producing an IR lens flare indicative of a significant heat source. The UAP was assessed as benign, no engagement occurred, and the object was not reobserved after the munition impacted its target.

Conclusion: Observer assessment: Benign. UAP under intelligent control: NO. No official resolution or identification stated.

This is MISREP 9329374, a U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command mission report filed by the 33rd Special Operations Squadron documenting an ISR mission flown on 26-27 October 2023 from LGLR (Greece) to OJMS, during which the airborne platform observed one possible UAP flying just above the ocean surface making multiple sharp 90-degree turns at an estimated 80 mph. The UAP was described as seemingly circular, too small to make out details, and was observed for approximately three minutes before being lost from the sensor feed. The document was declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on 22 January 2026, and approved for release to AARO.

Conclusion: Under investigation / data collection (no conclusive determination stated in document)

A Range Fouler Reporting Form submitted by a U.S. Navy O-3 pilot from 172 ATKS squadron documenting a UAP contact on September 4, 2020, over the Gulf of Aden. The aircrew tracked a round, cold object via infrared sensor for approximately 8 minutes, during which it made several abrupt directional changes while traveling at 277 mph. The document was declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison and approved for release to AARO under FOUO/PA provisions.

Conclusion: Unresolved — contacts designated as range foulers, identity not determined

A U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief Form filed by an O-3 pilot from the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron documenting an encounter with two unidentified contacts on October 27, 2020 at 01:12:21Z during a DCA mission. The pilot obtained radar lock and target pod video on two IR-significant contacts described as balloon-shaped, metallic, reflective objects exhibiting unusual movement and emitting noise jamming.

Conclusion: Unresolved — observations categorized as Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon with no identification provided

MISREP 4472514 documents a U.S. Air Force ISR mission (482 ATKS, 432 AEW) operating over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman on July 16, 2020. During the approximately 21-hour mission, the aircrew reported three separate observations of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) at 1830Z, 1920Z, and 2345Z, all detected via Full Motion Video (FMV). The document was declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on 16 March 2026 and approved for release to AARO.

Conclusion: Observer assessed UAP as benign; no threat to aircraft or public safety; no emissions detected; UAP went out of range after 7 minutes.

A USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP 9381202) documents a UAP observation by a U.S. Air Force ISR aircraft crew during Operation INHERENT RESOLVE over Syria on 9 November 2023. While returning to base at 2153Z, the aircrew observed a solid, spherical UAP described as 'shaped as a bouncy ball' approaching from the south at near co-altitude, traveling at approximately 424 knots consistently for at least 7 minutes before passing their aircraft and going out of range. The observer assessed the UAP as benign with no emissions, no effects on crew or equipment, and no intelligent control attributed to the object.

This document is a Mission Report (MISREP), a standardized reporting form the U.S. Military uses to record the circumstances surrounding its operations. U.S. military services often use MISREPs to report Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) to AARO. The GENTEXT, or “general text” section of these reports often contains important qualitative, contextual information, distinguishing it from the more quantitative, or numerical, data found elsewhere in the report. A U.S. military operator reported observing “several bright objects maneuvering quickly west to east northeast. The operator reported achieving a track on the UAP via an onboard targeting pod for approximately 20 seconds. The report describes that UAP then dimmed and disappeared from the targeting pod. All descriptive and estimative language contained in this report reflects the reporter’s subjective interpretation at the time of the event. Such characterizations should not be interpreted as a conclusive indication of the presence or absence of any intrinsic object features or performance characteristics.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A U.S. Indo-Pacific Command infrared sensor video lasting 1 minute and 46 seconds, submitted to AARO, depicts an unidentified area of contrast tracked across the sensor field-of-view over the South China Sea in 2024. The video shows an elongated or linear grouping of contrast areas that move across the frame before becoming less distinct as apparent distance increases. No analytical conclusion or identification of the observed phenomenon is provided.

Conclusion: Unresolved

This document is an official UAP report submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO, consisting of 14 seconds of dual-sensor (infrared and electro-optical) video footage captured by a U.S. military platform over Syria in July 2022. The footage depicts an unidentified object moving across the sensor field-of-view, described in an accompanying mission report as traveling north to south. The case remains officially unresolved.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A U.S. Central Command infrared sensor video lasting 2 minutes and 57 seconds, submitted to AARO, depicts an area of contrast tracked near the ocean surface over Greece in October 2023. An accompanying mission report (DoW-UAP-D33) describes the object as making multiple 90-degree turns at approximately 80 mph. The sensor ultimately loses lock on the object when it becomes indistinguishable from the background, after which the sensor cycles through zoom and contrast settings.

Conclusion: Unresolved; assessed as genuine UAP event by FBI with no mundane explanation offered

In October 2024, a private citizen in the northeastern United States recorded an unidentified luminous object hovering above a pond at an estimated 2,700 feet distance for approximately 45 minutes. The footage, captured on an iPhone, was subsequently analyzed and authenticated by the U.S. Government. The FBI assessed the eyewitness as highly credible and linked this report to a broader cluster of UAP sightings in the same region documented across multiple FBI case files.

Conclusion: FBI assesses the reporting individuals as credible; event is correlated with other reports from the same northeastern U.S. area filed under FBI-UAP-D009 and FBI-UAP-D010. No definitive identification or explanation is stated.

In July 2025, two civilian eyewitnesses in the northeastern United States observed two luminous red spherical orbs hovering approximately 25 feet above the ground in their backyard. The event was captured on an iPhone 14 Pro Max by one witness, and the FBI assessed both witnesses as credible. The sighting is linked by proximity to at least three other UAP reports from the same general area filed with the FBI.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; report filed and forwarded to FBI Director with no determination on the nature of the observed vehicle.

This FBI file (Detroit Field Office, case 100-26505) documents the November 7, 1957 interview of Wladyslaw Krasuski, a Polish-born Detroit resident, who contacted the White House claiming knowledge of a phenomenon similar to a reported 'rocket in Texas.' Krasuski described observing a large, circular, disk-shaped vehicle slowly rising vertically from a walled military enclosure near Gut Alt Golssen, Germany, approximately 30 miles east of Berlin, in 1944 while a German POW. The file includes the original urgent teletype from FBI Director to SAC Detroit, interview notes with hand-drawn sketches of the object, a teletype summary to the Director, and an unrelated 1966 inquiry letter from the Oklahoma UFO Research Association.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying discs documented between June 1947 and July 1968. The records include high-profile incident accounts, photographic evidence from sites like Oak Ridge, TN, and technical proposals regarding potential propulsion systems. Additional topics include convention programs, researcher accounts, and extensive media coverage from the period. This file is partially posted on FBI vault with more redactions and some pages missing. Included here is the complete case file with several newly declassified pages and only minor redactions.

Conclusion: Unresolved — PAO identifies a 'bogey' as a third and unidentified object distinct from the booster and particle field, with no further explanation provided.

This document is a transcript (Tape No. T-00763 R1b) of the NASA Public Affairs Office release commentary from the Gemini GT-7/6 flight, capturing the air-to-ground communications in which astronaut Frank Borman reports a 'bogey at ten o'clock high' during the mission. The transcript records both the crew's descriptions of an unidentified object distinct from the rocket booster and hundreds of small particles, and the PAO's clarification that the 'third object' was a bogey. Handwritten notes on accompanying pages appear to be a transcription of the same audio recording, labeled 'UFO SIGHTING BY BORMAN (GT-7)'.

Apollo 11 was the third crewed mission to the Moon and the first to land Astronauts on the lunar surface. This document is an excerpt from the Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing (Volumes 1 and 2) from July 31, 1969. The document highlights three observations: one, an object on the way out to the Moon; two, flashes of light inside the cabin; and three, a sighting on the return trip of a bright light tentatively assumed by the crew to be a laser. • Page 6-33 (Vol. 1). [Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin]: “The first unusual thing that we saw I guess was 1 day out or something pretty close to the moon. It had a sizeable dimension to it, so we put the monocular on it.” The crew speculated that it could have been the S-IVB stage of the Saturn V launch vehicle. • Page 6-37 (Vol. 1). [Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin] “The other observation that I made accumulated gradually. I don’t know whether I saw it the first night, but I’m sure I saw it the second night. I was trying to go to sleep with all the lights out. I observed what I thought were little flashes inside the cabin, spaced a couple of minutes apart…” • Page 21-1 (Vol. 2). [Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 11, Buzz Aldrin] “I observed what appeared to be a fairly bright light source which we tentatively ascribed to a possible laser.”

Conclusion: Information characterized as very sketchy; U.S. Embassy denied knowledge of any B-52 or U.S. aircraft in PNG airspace; resolution pending confirmation from USCINCPAC.

A January 28, 1985 diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, reporting an inquiry from the PNG National Intelligence Organization (NIO) regarding multiple sightings of high-altitude, high-speed unidentified aerial phenomena over PNG airspace on the evening of January 24, 1985. The Embassy relayed the NIO's report—which included radar contact by a commercial pilot and multiple visual sightings of contrails—and sought confirmation from USCINCPAC and 43rd Strategic Wing that no U.S. military aircraft were operating in PNG airspace that night.

This is a SECRET-classified Air Force Mission Report (MISREP 8799515) filed under AFCENT/COCOM reporting a UAP event in which four UAPs were observed during an ISR mission, likely in the Arabian Gulf region. The narrative section is heavily redacted under b(1)1.4a exemptions, but the unredacted GENTEXT/UAP section confirms four UAPs were observed at approximately 1736Z, described as flying in formation — one at 17:36:22, two side-by-side at 17:36:30, and one at 17:36:49 — with cloud coverage obstructing a clear visual.

Conclusion: Under investigation / reported as possible UAP; no conclusion stated

This is a partially redacted military Mission Report (MISREP) from the Arabian Gulf area, dated 2020, documenting a pilot's observation of a possible UAP at 1258Z. The visible GENTEXT section records that an unidentified object was observed at grid reference 34SDG9041417044, estimated to be traveling at 321 knots before increasing speed and changing direction toward the east. The majority of the document's pages are fully redacted under 1.4(a) exemption, limiting available detail.

Conclusion: Unresolved; reported as UAP/possible UAP observations with no identification stated

This document is a military Mission Report (MISREP) containing two separate UAP observation entries from the Arabian Gulf region. Page 5 records a single UAP observed at 1354Z traveling at 40 knots between FL160-FL170 with constant speed, while page 6 records two possible UAPs observed at 2243Z estimated at 278 knots that increased speed and changed direction southward. The majority of document content is redacted under exemption 1.4(a), with only the GENTEXT/UAP sections partially legible.

Conclusion: Four of five UAPs assessed as possible birds; one assessed as possible missile. No anomalous conclusion reached.

This is a declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP) from May 6, 2022, documenting a U.S. Air Force ISR mission conducted under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE in the Middle East (Iraq). During target development operations, the airborne sensor operator observed five UAPs via Full Motion Video (FMV) between 1514Z and 1934Z, with one assessed as possibly resembling a missile and four assessed as possibly birds. The document was approved for release to AARO and declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on October 7, 2025.

Conclusion: No positive identification; UAP type listed as UNK

This is a declassified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Mission Report (MISREP) from the 196 ATKS under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, documenting a reconnaissance flight that departed and returned to OKAS on 20-21 May 2022 with a total mission time of approximately 18 hours 54 minutes. During the mission, a UAP was observed at 2043Z flying north to northeast; the screener was unable to positively identify the object. The document was approved for release to AARO and declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, on 8 October 2025.

Conclusion: Unresolved — documented as UAP event with no further characterization provided in the report

This is a declassified U.S. Air Force Mission Report (MISREP) from Operation Inherent Resolve, documenting a combined IMINT/SIGINT armed reconnaissance mission over Syria on July 30-31, 2022. The report, originated by the 89th Attack Squadron (89 ATKS) and submitted to AARO, includes a brief UAP section describing an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed moving north to south in under one minute at approximately 0239Z on July 31, 2022. The bulk of the report consists of detailed ISR surveillance narrative tracking ground activity including personnel, vehicles, and possible weapons systems.

Conclusion: Benign (observer assessment); no anomalous characteristics confirmed

This is a USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP) from 50th Attack Squadron (50ATKS), 432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, documenting an ISR mission flown out of Al Dhafra Air Base (OMAM) on 24 October 2023 in support of Operation SPARTAN SHIELD. During the approximately 20-hour, 43-minute mission, the aircraft observed two separate UAP incidents at 0241Z and 0322Z respectively, both assessed as benign. The aircraft also received a guard call from Iranian Air Defense during the mission.

Conclusion: Benign; no advanced capabilities or materials identified; unresolved as to nature and origin

This is a declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP) from January 25, 2024, documenting an ISR mission operating out of LGLR (Larissa Air Base, Greece) during which a single UAP was observed via SWIR camera at 0509Z. The UAP was described as diamond-shaped with a non-maneuvering probe at the bottom, flying at approximately 434 knots at FL200, and was only detectable on the SWIR sensor. The event lasted approximately 2 minutes and was assessed as benign by the observer.

Conclusion: Observer Assessment: Benign; UAP Advanced Capabilities: NO; no anomalous characteristics or behaviors documented

This is a declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP) from Operation ENDURING SENTINEL documenting a UAP incident that occurred on 7 June 2024 at 0457Z during a return-to-base leg of a 10-hour ISR mission. An AFSOC airborne asset operating out of OMAM (Al Minhad Air Base, UAE) detected one UAP flying just over the water at approximately 140 knots, described as a glowing hot spherical object with a vertical cylindrical pole/bar attached to its bottom. The observer assessed the UAP as benign with no anomalous capabilities identified.

Conclusion: Benign; no anomalous characteristics or behaviors identified

This is a declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP 9337873) documenting a 20-hour ISR mission conducted by AFSOC assets operating from LGLR (likely Larissa Air Base, Greece) on 28-29 October 2023. During the mission, the crew observed one possible UAP flying just above the ocean surface toward land, described as seemingly circular and moving at approximately 30 MPH. The full motion video was exploited by a ground exploitation team (GET), and the UAP was assessed as benign with no anomalous characteristics noted by the reporting unit.

Conclusion: Unresolved — no determination stated in document

A Range Fouler Debrief Form filed on May 14, 2020, documenting a UAP encounter during a U.S. military ISR mission over water in the Middle East/Persian Gulf region. An aircrew observed a solid white round object flying through their sensor field of view, which made erratic movements above the water surface at approximately 20,000 feet altitude. The document was declassified by USCENTCOM Chief of Staff MG Richard A. Harrison and approved for release to AARO.

Conclusion: No official conclusion stated; report submitted for SPEAR analysis

A U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief Form submitted by an O-2 pilot from the 482 ATKS squadron, dated August 31, 2020, documenting an observation of multiple unidentified objects during what appears to be an ISR mission. The pilot reported tracking an initial object that was then surpassed by a second object of the same size and shape but moving at significantly higher speed, with up to three objects simultaneously visible on screen moving amongst each other. The contact was recorded at approximately 18,000 feet altitude with a direction/speed of 150/230.

A U.S. Navy Range Fouler Reporting Form submitted by an O-2 ranked aircrew member from the 172 ATKS squadron, documenting a 1 minute 13 second IR sensor contact over the Gulf of Aden on October 15, 2020. The aircrew tracked a round, cold object in infrared at 19,073 feet HAT, traveling northwest at approximately 20 mph, which made several abrupt directional changes during the contact.

Conclusion: Unresolved; summary approved for use at UNCLASSIFIED level pending further review

This document is an email chain between an Information Disclosure Analyst at the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and an OSI CI Collections and Operations Program Manager, coordinating a derivative classification review of an Intelligence Information Report (IIR) summarizing a civilian UAP sighting in the Pacific Time Zone in March 2023. The unclassified summary embedded in the correspondence describes a large blue triangular object observed hovering near a national security facility for approximately eight minutes. The original IIR was classified SECRET//NOFORN and the request sought to use the summary at the UNCLASSIFIED level.

Conclusion: Under investigation / no conclusion stated

A U.S. military Mission Report (MISREP) documenting a single UAP observation during a return-to-base (RTB) flight over the Mediterranean Sea. The observer reported detecting one triangular, metallic UAP at coordinates 36°34'53"N, 02°59'43"E, at an altitude of 24,989 feet MSL and a speed of 168 knots. The majority of the document is redacted under exemption 1.4(a).

Conclusion: Unresolved; contacts recorded as unidentified small air contacts with no further characterization stated in document

A U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief Form documenting an encounter with three unidentified small air contacts observed by an O-3 rank pilot from HSM-73 over the North Arabian Sea on August 24, 2020. The pilot observed one contact before losing it behind a cloud, then regained contact with all three objects maintaining consistent course, speed, and altitude. No radar, IFF, or electronic warfare tracks were obtained.

Conclusion: Unresolved; PID lost in cloud cover and could not be regained

This is a USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP 4685903) documenting a 21-hour ISR/AREC mission flown from OKAS on 26-27 August 2020 over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman. During the mission, the sensor-equipped aircraft observed a formation of unknown flying objects traveling northeast to northwest along the coast at 1527Z, tracked for approximately two minutes before positive identification was lost in cloud cover. The aircraft also received a guard call from Iranian Air Defense and observed various surface vessels during the mission.

Conclusion: Unresolved — described only as 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon'; no identification or explanation is provided.

This is a declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP 5039166) from the 482nd Attack Squadron documenting an ISR mission flown on November 2-3, 2020, over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman in support of NAVCENT. During the mission, the airborne asset observed two separate Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) via Full Motion Video (FMV) at 2143Z and 2148Z respectively. The mission totaled 20 hours 42 minutes and FMV was exploited by DGSI.

Conclusion: Observer assessed UAP as benign; UAP propulsion, intelligent control, and advanced capabilities listed as Unknown; case submitted to AARO with no definitive identification.

This is a SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY Mission Report (MISREP 10194673) submitted by the 124th Attack Squadron (124 ATKS) under USCENTCOM, documenting an ISR mission conducted on 14 July 2024 during which a single UAP was observed at 0517Z. The report was approved for release to AARO on 2 June 2025 following a USCENTCOM mandatory declassification review. The UAP section records that the object flew a straight flight path at constant altitude, at a speed exceeding the observing platform's flying speed, with the observer assessing it as benign.

Conclusion: Unresolved — operator was unable to positively identify the UAP

This document is a USCENTCOM recommendation to AARO consisting of a single still image derived from a U.S. military sensor system, reportedly captured in 2022 in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. The image shows an unidentified elongated area of contrast circled in red by the original reporter. The document was cleared for open publication by DoD Office of Prepublication and Security Review on March 10, 2026.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A U.S. Central Command infrared sensor video of 18 seconds duration, submitted to AARO, depicts two bright areas of contrast and one dark area of contrast transiting the frame. The footage was recorded from a U.S. military platform in the Middle East in 2023. No analytical conclusion regarding the nature or significance of the observed phenomena is provided in the official description.

Conclusion: Unresolved; AARO assesses likely derived from a U.S. military infrared sensor in CENTCOM AOR but makes no determination on the nature or significance of the observed phenomenon.

AARO assessed this 20-second infrared sensor video, titled '4 UAP Formation Iran 26 Aug 2022 over water [CALLSIGN],' as likely derived from a U.S. military infrared sensor platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2022. The video was uploaded to a classified network in June 2024 and was identified as part of a collection of 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight House members in March 2026. AARO explicitly notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: AARO assesses the video is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM AOR in 2021; no conclusion on the nature or validity of the observed phenomenon is stated.

AARO-assessed infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in June 2024, depicting an area of contrast tracked by a U.S. military IR sensor in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2021. The video was digitally altered prior to upload, includes slow-motion replays, edge-enhancement filters, and zoomed segments, and lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO released it in response to a March 2026 congressional records request by eight House members.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made; AARO assessed the footage is likely from a U.S. military platform in CENTCOM AOR in 2021.

This document is an official AARO description and metadata record for a classified video file titled 'Spherical UAP [CALLSIGN] 2021/04/12 obj 2,' released under the PURSUE program. The video, approximately 4 minutes 50 seconds long, was uploaded to a classified network in June 2024 and is assessed to originate from a full-motion video camera and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2021. AARO notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody and explicitly states the video description does not constitute an analytical judgment or factual determination.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination provided; AARO assessed the video is likely from a military FMV/IR platform in the CENTCOM AOR in 2021.

This document is an official AARO description and metadata record for a short classified video (DOW-UAP-PR061) released under the PURSUE program. The video, approximately 4 minutes and 46 seconds long, was captured by a full-motion video camera and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2021. AARO notes the video was uploaded to a classified network in June 2024 and lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an official AARO description and metadata record for a declassified sensor video (DOW-UAP-PR063) released under the PURSUE program. The video, uploaded to a classified network in May 2024, purportedly shows a spherical UAP tracked by a full-motion video camera and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in April 2021. The record was identified in response to a congressional records request from eight House members in March 2026.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly notes the description does not reflect any analytical judgment or factual determination.

AARO analysis of a 48-second infrared video uploaded to a classified network in June 2024, reportedly captured by a U.S. Coast Guard C-144 platform operating in the Southeastern United States on April 24, 2024. The video was surfaced in response to a March 2026 Congressional request for 51 potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and Intelligence Community. AARO notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody and provides only a visual description without offering an analytical conclusion.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made by AARO regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an AARO assessment of a declassified infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in May 2024, with a user-defined title suggesting multiple spherical UAP/USO activity near a submarine on March 25, 2022. AARO describes the video as showing multiple moving areas of contrast tracked by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform, but explicitly disclaims any analytical judgment about the event's nature or significance. The document was released in response to a March 6, 2026 congressional request by eight House members seeking access to 51 potentially UAP-related records.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an AARO-generated description of a 30-second infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in March 2023, purportedly recorded by a U.S. military aircrew over Eglin AFB on February 13, 2023. AARO assessed the video as likely originating from an IR sensor aboard a U.S. military platform within USNORTHCOM's area of responsibility, but explicitly declined to make any analytical judgment about the event's nature or significance. The record was identified as part of a collection of 51 potentially UAP-related materials requested by eight House members in March 2026.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment or investigative conclusion has been issued; AARO assessment limited to likely sensor origin and platform area of responsibility.

This AARO-assessed infrared sensor video, released under the PURSUE program, captures two areas of contrast observed by a U.S. military airborne infrared sensor operating within USNORTHCOM's area of responsibility in November 2022, in the vicinity of Columbus, Ohio. The video was uploaded to a classified network in March 2023 and was identified as part of a collection of potentially UAP-related records requested by eight U.S. House members in March 2026. AARO explicitly notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody and provides no analytical conclusion regarding the nature of the observed phenomena.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document describes a declassified infrared sensor video released by the Department of War under the PURSUE program, designated DOW-UAP-PR077. The video, approximately five minutes in duration, was uploaded to a classified network in November 2020 and depicts a U.S. military infrared sensor tracking one or two areas of contrast within the CENTCOM area of responsibility. AARO has released this material in response to a congressional request but explicitly withholds any analytical or investigative conclusions about the nature of the observed phenomena.

Conclusion: No analytical conclusion provided; AARO states the video description is for informational purposes only and does not reflect any investigative or factual determination.

This document is an official AARO description and metadata entry for a declassified infrared sensor video (DOW-UAP-PR078) released under the PURSUE program. The video, approximately five minutes in duration, was uploaded to a classified network in November 2020 and depicts an infrared sensor tracking one and then a second area of contrast within the CENTCOM area of responsibility. AARO has not provided an analytical conclusion regarding the nature of the observed phenomena.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly declines to offer any analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an official AARO description and metadata sheet for a declassified infrared sensor video (DOW-UAP-PR079) released under the PURSUE program. The video, approximately 4 minutes in duration, was captured by a U.S. military infrared sensor platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in October 2020. AARO characterizes the observed phenomena as 'areas of contrast' and explicitly declines to offer any analytical or investigative conclusions about the events depicted.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination provided; video description is for informational purposes only.

A 4-minute 54-second infrared sensor video, reportedly captured by a U.S. military platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in October 2020, shows multiple brief transits of an area of contrast across the sensor field-of-view. The video was uploaded to a classified network and was identified by AARO as part of a collection of potentially UAP-related records requested by eight House members in March 2026. AARO explicitly notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody and offers no analytical conclusions about the object's nature.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly declines to make any analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the event.

This document is an official AARO assessment of a declassified infrared sensor video titled '7 October 2020 [CALLSIGN] observes UAP,' released in response to a March 2026 congressional request. The video, approximately 4.5 minutes long, shows an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform tracking an area of contrast within the CENTCOM area of responsibility. AARO explicitly declines to make any analytical judgment about the nature or significance of the observed phenomenon.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made by AARO regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an official AARO description and metadata entry for a declassified infrared sensor video (DOW-UAP-PR095) released under the PURSUE program. The video, approximately 4 minutes and 49 seconds long, was uploaded to a classified network in May 2020 and depicts an infrared sensor tracking multiple areas of contrast in the Gulf of Arabia/CENTCOM area of responsibility. AARO provides only a technical description and explicitly disclaims any analytical or investigative conclusion regarding the event.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination rendered; description provided for informational purposes only.

This document is an official AARO description of a declassified infrared sensor video titled 'HH11 03 July 2018 UAPs,' released under the PURSUE program following a congressional request. The video, approximately 79 seconds long, was captured by a U.S. military infrared sensor in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2018 and uploaded to a classified network in July 2020. AARO provides a neutral frame-by-frame description of areas of contrast observed in the footage but explicitly refrains from drawing any analytical or investigative conclusions.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A U.S. Indo-Pacific Command report submitted to AARO documents 4 minutes and 57 seconds of electro-optical and infrared sensor footage of an unidentified aerial phenomenon over the Yellow Sea in 2023. The footage was captured by a sensor system aboard a U.S. military platform and shows a tracked area of contrast with intermittent loss of contact. AARO has released an official frame-by-frame description of the video but has not issued an analytical or investigative conclusion.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 36-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to AARO in 2024, depicting an unidentified area of contrast tracked by an airborne infrared sensor over the East China Sea. The object exits the sensor field-of-view after approximately 20 seconds, and the final six seconds show the sensor zooming without additional content. AARO has not issued an analytical conclusion regarding the event.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A declassified UAP report submitted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to AARO consisting of 76 seconds of infrared sensor footage captured from a U.S. military platform over the East China Sea in 2024. The footage shows an area of contrast tracked by an auto-tracking reticle, but no analytical conclusion regarding the nature of the phenomenon has been released. The official description is deliberately neutral and non-interpretive.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A declassified infrared sensor video report submitted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to AARO documenting 18 seconds of footage captured over the Yellow Sea in 2025. The footage shows a sensor tracking an area of contrast described as resembling a six-pointed star shape. No analytical conclusion or determination of the object's nature is provided in the official description.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A United States Northern Command report submitted to AARO in 2020 documents 11 seconds of infrared sensor video capturing an unidentified anomalous phenomenon over the Eastern United States. The object is described as 'quite small,' with a metallic appearance and reflective underside, moving in a constant direction. The video was digitally altered prior to submission to AARO and is presented as received.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 27-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Northern Command to AARO depicts an unidentified area of contrast tracked by an auto-reticle aboard a U.S. military platform over the Eastern United States in 2020. The video shows the sensor panning to track the object, which increases in angular size before exiting the frame. No analytical conclusion or identification has been reached by AARO.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 20-second infrared sensor video submitted by the U.S. Navy to AARO depicts an unidentified small object traveling in a straight line at high speed in the Eastern United States in 2019. The accompanying Range Fouler Debrief (DOW-UAP-D090) includes observer testimony characterizing the object's flight characteristics as unlike anything seen in 28 years of U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy service. The video itself is brief and of limited analytical value due to sensor mode changes and loss of the object from the field of view within 14 seconds.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 39-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Northern Command to AARO depicting an unidentified area of contrast tracked by a military infrared sensor over the Atlantic Ocean in 2016. The video shows the sensor zooming, switching modes, and tracking the object before losing it, after which a similar area of contrast re-enters the frame. No analytical conclusion regarding the object's nature has been provided.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A declassified infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO, capturing approximately five minutes of footage from a U.S. military platform over the United Arab Emirates in October 2023. The video shows an unidentified area of contrast detected and tracked by an IR sensor, with the object remaining officially unresolved. An accompanying mission report (DoW-UAP-D23) corroborates the observation.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 21-second infrared sensor video captured by a U.S. military platform over the Gulf of Oman in June 2024 depicts an unidentified object described as an inverted teardrop shape with a vertically linear trailing mass below it. The footage was submitted by U.S. Northern Command to AARO as an unresolved UAP report. The accompanying mission report notes the possibility that the object is a reflection from something on the water's surface.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A five-second full-motion video clip submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO depicts what a mission report describes as a 'misshapen and uneven ball of white light' with a 'light/glare halo effect' at the top of the FMV feed, recorded over Syria in October 2024. The video itself shows two semi-transparent, irregularly shaped orange areas overlaying the background imagery for less than two seconds each. The case remains officially unresolved.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 24-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO depicting an unidentified area of contrast moving over the ocean toward land near Greece in October 2023. The accompanying mission report describes the object as small and circular. The object becomes indistinguishable once the background transitions from water to land, suggesting the observed contrast was dependent on the ocean thermal background.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A declassified infrared sensor video of approximately 2 minutes and 17 seconds, submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO, depicts an unidentified area of contrast over water in the Middle East in May 2020. An accompanying Range Fouler report (DoW-UAP-D38) describes the UAP as a solid white object making erratic movements above the water. The sensor failed to achieve a tracking lock on the object before losing it upon switching modalities.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A declassified infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO depicts an unidentified area of contrast resembling an eight-pointed star shape observed from a U.S. military platform over the Middle East in 2013. The 1 minute 46 second footage shows the object moving within and exiting the sensor field-of-view with a visible trail. No oral or written description was provided by the original reporter, leaving the phenomenon without contextual analysis.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A U.S. Central Command infrared sensor video from 2020, recorded in the Arabian Gulf region, depicts an unidentified small thermal signature tracked by a military platform's sensor. The footage was submitted to AARO and is notable because the original reporter manually annotated the video with a white circle and the label 'U/I SMALL THERMAL SIGNATURE' at the 10-second mark. AARO presented the video unaltered as originally received.

Conclusion: Unresolved

AARO received a 4 minute 53 second infrared sensor video from U.S. Central Command depicting an unidentified area of contrast tracked by a military platform's sensor system over the Arabian Gulf in 2020. The video shows the sensor tracking, zooming, and switching imaging modalities while following the object. No oral or written description of the observation was provided by the reporting party, leaving the phenomenon unresolved.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A U.S. Central Command infrared sensor video of approximately five minutes and eleven seconds, submitted to AARO, captures an unidentified area of contrast tracked by a military platform sensor over the Arabian Gulf in 2020. The reporting party provided no oral or written description of the observation, leaving the object's nature entirely undescribed. AARO has released this as an unresolved UAP report with no analytical conclusion.

Conclusion: Unresolved; AARO assessed apparent size increase is likely at least partially attributable to the U.S. platform closing distance with the source of detection.

A 58-second infrared sensor video submitted by the Department of the Air Force to AARO depicts an unidentified area of contrast tracked by a U.S. military platform in 2020. The report lacks any oral or written witness description, relying solely on the sensor footage. AARO assessed that the object's apparent size increase is likely at least partially explained by the platform closing distance with the detected source.

Conclusion: Unresolved

INDOPACOM submitted a 9-second infrared sensor video to AARO depicting an unidentified anomalous phenomenon over the East China Sea in 2024. The footage shows a football-shaped object with three radial projections but was submitted without any oral or written description from the reporting party. No analytical conclusion or identification has been reached.

Conclusion: Unresolved

INDOPACOM submitted a 1 minute 59 second infrared sensor video to AARO in 2023, depicting three distinct areas of contrast that maintain fixed positions relative to each other throughout the footage. No oral or written description was provided by the reporting unit, leaving the footage without contextual explanation. AARO classified the report as unresolved.

Conclusion: Unresolved

The Department of the Army submitted a 1 minute 49 second infrared sensor video to AARO in 2026 depicting two unidentified areas of contrast tracked by a military platform's sensor system. No oral or written description was provided by the reporter, and no analytical conclusion has been reached. The video is catalogued as an unresolved UAP report under case DOW-UAP-PR49.

Conclusion: Under investigation; FBI assesses eyewitness as highly credible and links report to a cluster of related incidents in the same region.

In November 2021, at approximately 0500 local time in the northeastern United States, a single eyewitness observed and recorded on an iPhone 12 Pro a bright luminous object near the horizon at an estimated 2,000 feet distance. The object initially appeared as a single intense light before resolving into multiple lights exhibiting erratic rotational motion, then moved laterally. The FBI assessed the eyewitness as highly credible and linked this report to a cluster of related sightings in the same region documented across multiple FBI files.

Conclusion: Under investigation; linked to cluster of related reports from the same area. No definitive identification stated.

In March 2022 at approximately 1920 local time, a single eyewitness in a sparsely populated area of the northeastern United States observed two bright red luminous objects hovering near the horizon at an estimated distance of 2,500 feet. The lower object appeared to rotate slowly relative to the upper object, and no sound was detected. The FBI assessed the witness as highly credible and linked this report to a cluster of related incidents from the same general area.

This FBI file (62-HQ-83894, Serial 153) concerns a 'flying saucer' observed and photographed over Oak Ridge, Tennessee in July 1947. The document package consists of an FBI Knoxville field office enclosure transmittal sheet, a photostatic copy of a Knoxville News-Sentinel newspaper clipping reporting on the photograph, and two original photographs taken by W.R. Presley of 218 Illinois Avenue, Oak Ridge, showing a residential street scene with a luminous orb-like object visible in the sky in one of the photos.

Conclusion: Procedural memorandum establishing collection requirements; no incident conclusion applicable.

This document is Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4, dated 15 February 1949, issued by the Directorate of Intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Force. It establishes formal Air Force requirements and standardized reporting procedures for sightings of unconventional aircraft and unidentified flying objects, including 'Flying Discs.' The document supersedes earlier Army collection memoranda and distributes reporting protocols to all major Air Commands, Air Attaches, and non-Air Force agencies including the FBI, CIA, and naval intelligence. The file contains approximately 15-16 identical copies of the same 7-page memorandum, filed as FBI case 62-HQ-83894, Serial 164.

This is an FBI FD-302 witness interview report (2 pages) documenting a UAP sighting at a U.S. military test site in September 2023. A witness with approximately 15 years of experience working at a military installation, accompanied by contractors, observed a cigar-shaped metallic bronze object hovering and moving silently before disappearing. The report was filed in October 2023 based on an interview conducted in September 2023.

Conclusion: Unresolved — no conclusion stated in document

This is an FBI FD-302 interview report (2 pages) documenting a September 2023 witness interview conducted via FaceTime video regarding a UAP sighting at a US test site. The witness, a drone pilot and contractor who was present for LiDAR tests, described observing a linear, metallic/gray object with an extremely bright white light at approximately 5,000 feet AGL, moving east to west, visible for 5-10 seconds before vanishing. All witness and location identifying information is heavily redacted.

This is a partially redacted U.S. military Mission Report (MISREP) documenting a UAP observation. At 1653Z, a U.S. military operator observed two round, white hot UAPs moving south at approximately 240 nautical miles per hour at grid coordinate 35SQT3423692957. The majority of the document's pages are fully redacted under exemption 1.4(a), with only the GENTEXT/UAP section of page 7 containing readable content.

Conclusion: Screener could not get a positive ID on the UAP; case unresolved.

This is a declassified SECRET-level Mission Report (MISREP) from a U.S. Air Force ISR asset operating over the Eastern Mediterranean on 29-30 May 2022. The mission, originating from Sigonella Air Base, conducted SIGINT and IMINT collection over Syrian and regional targets for approximately 20.5 hours. Among the events recorded was a brief UAP observation at 0117Z on 30 May 2022, in which a single small UAP was observed flying north to northeast; the screener could not obtain a positive identification.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; observer noted 'possible UAP/UAV' and continued mission with no further events observed.

This is a declassified U.S. Air Force Mission Report (MISREP) filed under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, documenting a nearly 19-hour ISR mission flown from OKAS on December 1-2, 2022. During the mission, an airborne asset observed one possible UAP/UAV flying west to east in the vicinity of Baghdad, Iraq at 1620Z. The observer did not pursue the UAP and continued the assigned mission with no further events reported.

Conclusion: Benign; no mission impact; not assessed as a lasing event; UAP under no intelligent control.

This is a USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP) filed by an AFSOC ISR asset (12 SOS/27 SOW) operating under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE in Syria on 20-21 October 2024. The report documents a 20+ hour ISR/FMV/SIGINT mission that included a UAP incident observed at 1559Z on 20 October 2024, described as a misshapen and uneven ball of white light and light/glare effects crossing the FMV camera feed from unknown origin. The aircrew assessed the UAP as benign with no mission impact.

Conclusion: No interference noted; tearlines approved at UNCLASSIFIED level with no further characterization of the objects.

This document consists of email correspondence between a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician (12 AF/DET 3) and an Information Disclosure Analyst from the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, dated April 2025. The emails concern classification review of tearline language from mission reports describing two separate UAP observations by US aircraft in the INDOPACOM AOR. The correspondence confirms that the UAP observation tearlines are approved at the UNCLASSIFIED level.

Conclusion: Under investigation / pending declassification approval

This document is an internal email chain classified SECRET//NOFORN in which a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician from 15 AF/DET 1 provides an unclassified tear line summary of a UAP incident observed on 31 October 2024, and an Information Disclosure Analyst separately requests approval to include the incident year in the unclassified tear line. The unclassified portion describes a U.S. aircraft observing a possible oval/orb-shaped UAP moving at low speed for over two hours. All personnel names are redacted under b(6) exemptions.

Conclusion: Assessed to be standard activity consistent with assessed activity of the KCTG (Russian carrier task group); interaction characterized as safe.

A US Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, while monitoring Russian carrier task group (KCTG) activity in the Eastern Mediterranean, observed an unidentified low-flying object approximately 55 nautical miles northwest of Latakia, Syria on 18 November 2016. The object was detected via the aircraft's EO/IR sensor and assessed as a possible missile in sea-skim mode traveling at approximately 500 knots on a southeasterly heading. The mission commander characterized the interaction as safe and assessed the activity as consistent with Russian carrier task group operations.

Conclusion: No impact to mission; UAP observed transiting, no further characterization provided.

This is a USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP 4592219) filed by the 482ATKS unit documenting an ISR/reconnaissance mission over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman on 8 August 2020. During the mission, at 0726Z, the aircraft observed one UAP described as 'transiting' in the observation line, with no impact to the mission. The aircraft also collected SIGINT via AIRHANDLER and supported NAVCENT operations scanning for Iranian vessels and UAS activity.

Conclusion: Observed and reported as UAP; no further conclusion stated

This is a declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP 4782130) from the 482nd Attack Squadron documenting a approximately 21-hour ISR/AREC mission over the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman on 15-16 September 2020. The aircraft, operating from OKAS, conducted SIGINT and ISR collection in support of NAVCENT and reported observing a UAP via Full Motion Video (FMV) sensor at 1732Z on 16 September 2020. The UAP observation is recorded with minimal descriptive detail, with the activity classified only as 'UAP' observed in the vicinity of grid coordinate 39RVM5 area, at aircraft altitude FL180 (approximately 18,000 feet), with the UAP estimated at approximately 1,800 feet altitude.

Conclusion: Unresolved — UAP observed and logged; referred to Observation Line 1 (details not present in this release)

This is a USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP 4871281) from the 482nd Attack Squadron documenting an ISR (intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance) mission over the Arabian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz area in October 2020. During the approximately 21-hour mission, the crew observed 1x UAP at 1829Z on 02 October 2020, noted briefly in the narrative alongside other ISR observations including aircraft and vessels near Abu Musa Island Airfield and Bandar Abbas. The UAP observation is referenced with a separate 'OBSERVATION LINE 1' but the specific details of that observation are redacted.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 10-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO in 2023, captured from an unspecified U.S. military platform over the Middle East. The video shows two brief areas of contrast transiting the sensor field-of-view in opposite directions during a 2-second window. No official analytical conclusion has been reached, and the phenomenon remains unresolved.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination made; AARO assessed the video is likely from an infrared sensor but made no determination regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This AARO assessment describes a classified network video titled 'UAP USO Formation [CALLSIGN] (Mission),' identified as part of a collection of 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight U.S. House members in March 2026. The video, approximately 8 minutes and 16 seconds long, appears to show four areas of contrast moving across what is likely an infrared sensor display from a U.S. military platform. AARO notes the video was digitally altered prior to upload and lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: AARO makes no analytical or investigative conclusion; digital alteration undermines apparent performance characteristics; chain-of-custody unsubstantiated.

This AARO-released video, titled 'Spherical UAP Erratic movement [CALLSIGN](Mission) 2022,' was identified as part of a collection of 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight U.S. House members in March 2026. AARO assessed the footage was likely captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the EUCOM area of responsibility in August 2022, but notes the video was digitally altered prior to upload to a classified network in June 2024. The chain-of-custody for this material is not substantiated, and digital alterations significantly affect the apparent performance characteristics of the observed object.

Conclusion: Unresolved; AARO makes no analytical judgment regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This 47-second declassified infrared sensor video, released under the PURSUE program, depicts an area of contrast transiting across the frame in what the uploader titled 'Spherical UAP over AFG in and out of clouds 23 Nov 2020.' AARO assesses the footage likely originates from a U.S. military infrared sensor platform operating in CENTCOM's area of responsibility in November 2020, but notes the video was digitally altered prior to upload to a classified network in June 2024 and lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody. The release was prompted by a March 2026 congressional request from eight House members seeking access to 51 potentially UAP-related DoW and IC records.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been rendered; video presented as received in digitally altered form.

This document is an AARO assessment of a classified network-uploaded video titled 'Spherical UAP pulsing over water [CALLSIGN],' released in response to a March 2026 congressional records request. The video, approximately 3 minutes 32 seconds in duration, is assessed as likely derived from a U.S. military infrared sensor platform and was uploaded to a classified network in June 2024. AARO notes the video was digitally altered prior to upload and lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: Unresolved; AARO assessed the video is likely from a U.S. military infrared sensor over the Yellow Sea in January 2023 but made no determination regarding the nature or significance of the observed phenomenon.

AARO assessed this 70-second infrared sensor video, titled 'Spherical UAP in clouds,' as likely captured by a U.S. military platform above the Yellow Sea in January 2023. The video was uploaded to a classified network in June 2024 and was identified in response to a March 2026 congressional records request. AARO notes it is a duplicate of DOW-UAP-PR57b, with the title discrepancy attributed to different uploaders on the classified network.

Conclusion: Unresolved; AARO assesses the video is likely from a U.S. military infrared sensor but makes no determination regarding the nature or validity of the observed phenomenon.

A declassified infrared sensor video released under the PURSUE program, originating from a classified network upload in June 2024. The video, titled '[CALLSIGN] (Mission) UAP,' depicts an area of contrast tracked by what AARO assesses is likely a U.S. military infrared sensor operating within INDOPACOM. The footage was digitally altered prior to upload and lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody, significantly limiting its evidential value.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an AARO-generated description of a declassified infrared sensor video, designated DOW-UAP-PR059, released under the PURSUE program. The video, approximately 4 minutes and 51 seconds long, depicts an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform tracking an unidentified area of contrast within the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2020. AARO notes the video lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody and was uploaded to a classified network in June 2024.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination made; chain-of-custody unsubstantiated.

AARO-reviewed sensor video released under the PURSUE program, depicting a tracked area of contrast observed by a U.S. military color and infrared sensor operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility on April 12, 2021. The video was uploaded to a classified network in May 2024 and was identified as part of 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight House members in March 2026. AARO explicitly notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody and offers no analytical conclusion about the nature of the observed object.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made by AARO regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

A 38-second infrared video uploaded to a classified network in June 2024, assessed by AARO as likely derived from a U.S. Coast Guard infrared sensor platform operating over the Southeastern United States on or around April 24, 2024. The video was among 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight U.S. House members in March 2026 and identified by AARO on a classified network lacking substantiated chain-of-custody documentation. AARO has made no analytical or investigative determination regarding the nature of the observed phenomenon.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination offered; AARO notes lack of substantiated chain-of-custody.

This document is an AARO-generated description and metadata record for a classified infrared sensor video, released under the PURSUE program following a congressional request. The video, uploaded to a classified network in July 2023, purportedly shows an unidentified aerial phenomenon captured by a fifth-generation aircraft operating in the NORTHCOM area of responsibility on January 20, 2023. AARO explicitly notes the material lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody and does not offer any analytical judgment about the nature of the observed phenomenon.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly notes the description does not reflect any analytical judgment or factual determination.

AARO assessed a 29-second infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in July 2023, titled 'F/A-18 FLIR UAP,' likely recorded by an infrared sensor on a U.S. military platform within NORTHCOM's area of responsibility in 2022. The video was among 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight House members on March 6, 2026. AARO notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody, limiting their evidential value.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment or investigative conclusion offered; AARO describes content as responsive to a congressional records request but makes no determination regarding the nature or significance of the observed phenomena.

AARO-assessed infrared sensor video released under the PURSUE program, uploaded to a classified network in June 2022, depicting an unidentified area of contrast tracked by a U.S. military infrared sensor operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. The video was identified as part of a collection of 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight House members on March 6, 2026. AARO notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly disclaims any analytical judgment or factual determination regarding the event.

AARO-assessed infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in June 2021, purportedly recorded from a U.S. military platform over the East China Sea on 9 June 2021. The 23-second clip shows a sensor panning to track an area of contrast before losing sight of the object at 18 seconds. The video was identified as part of a collection of 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight U.S. House members in March 2026, many of which lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination issued by AARO.

This AARO-analyzed video, released under the PURSUE program in response to a congressional records request, captures approximately 56 seconds of an infrared sensor tracking an unidentified area of contrast over the CENTCOM area of responsibility in January 2021. The video was uploaded to a classified network shortly after the incident and lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO has not issued an analytical or investigative conclusion regarding the nature of the observed phenomenon.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an AARO-prepared description and metadata summary for a declassified infrared sensor video, designated DOW-UAP-PR082, released under the PURSUE program. The video, approximately 4 minutes and 46 seconds in duration, was uploaded to a classified network in October 2020 and reportedly captures an unidentified area of contrast transiting the frame over approximately one second. AARO notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody and explicitly states the description carries no analytical or investigative weight.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly declines to offer any analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination.

A declassified video record from a classified network, uploaded in September 2020, purportedly showing a UAP observation by a U.S. military aircrew operating within CENTCOM. AARO reviewed the video in response to a March 2026 congressional request for 51 potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and Intelligence Community. AARO notes the materials lack substantiated chain-of-custody and provides only a neutral visual description without analytical conclusions.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment or investigative conclusion provided; AARO describes the video content only for informational purposes.

This document is an AARO-generated description of a classified infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in September 2020, purportedly showing UAP activity within the CENTCOM area of responsibility. The video, approximately 4 minutes and 54 seconds long, contains only three brief intervals of approximately 3-4 seconds each where an unidentified area of contrast transits the frame. The document was released in response to a March 2026 congressional request for UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly declines to render any analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination.

This document is an official AARO description of a declassified infrared sensor video, designated DOW-UAP-PR088, released in response to a March 2026 congressional request from eight House members seeking access to potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and Intelligence Community. The video, approximately five minutes in duration, was uploaded to a classified network in August 2020 and depicts multiple areas of infrared contrast transiting the sensor field-of-view within the CENTCOM area of responsibility. AARO explicitly declines to render any analytical or investigative judgment on the nature of the observed phenomena.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly disclaims any analytical judgment or factual determination regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an AARO assessment of a declassified infrared sensor video (DOW-UAP-PR089) released under the PURSUE program. The video, approximately 5 minutes long, was uploaded to a classified network in August 2020 and is assessed as likely originating from a U.S. military infrared sensor platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. AARO released it in response to a March 2026 congressional request for 51 potentially UAP-related records, though it notes the material lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: No analytical conclusion drawn; AARO assessed the video is likely from a U.S. military infrared sensor within CENTCOM AOR but made no determination regarding the nature or significance of the observed object.

This document is an AARO-generated description of a declassified infrared sensor video, approximately 4 minutes 57 seconds in duration, released under the PURSUE program. The video, uploaded to a classified network in August 2020, shows an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform tracking an unidentified area of contrast within the CENTCOM area of responsibility. AARO explicitly notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody and does not draw any analytical conclusions about the nature of the observed object.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an AARO assessment of a classified network video titled '21 AUG 2020 [CALLSIGN] Observes UAP in Persian Gulf,' released in response to a March 2026 congressional request. AARO assessed the video likely originates from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in August 2020. The video itself contains approximately 40 seconds of relevant content — an area of contrast transiting the frame — with the remainder being blank.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly disclaims any analytical judgment or factual determination regarding the event.

This document is an official AARO description and metadata summary for a 4-minute 52-second infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in August 2020, titled '08 AUG 2020 [CALLSIGN] [CALLSIGN] UAP observation.' The video was identified as part of a collection of potentially UAP-related records requested by eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives in March 2026. AARO assesses the footage likely originates from a U.S. military infrared sensor platform operating within CENTCOM AOR, but notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination provided by AARO.

This document is an official AARO description and metadata entry for a 30-second declassified infrared sensor video, titled 'May 05 2020 Gulf of Arabia [CALLSIGN] (Platform) Dual UAP,' released under the PURSUE program. The video was uploaded to a classified network in July 2020 and is assessed by AARO as likely captured by a U.S. military infrared sensor operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. AARO explicitly notes the video lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody and provides no analytical or investigative conclusions about the nature of the objects depicted.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This record describes a declassified sensor video catalogued as DOW-UAP-PR094, filmed on 2020-02-13 by an electro-optical and infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility. The video depicts an unidentified 'area of contrast' tracked by the sensor for approximately three minutes of active footage within a nearly five-minute recording. AARO released this video in response to a March 2026 congressional request for potentially UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination made; AARO assessment limited to probable infrared sensor origin within CENTCOM AOR.

This record describes a 4-minute 59-second infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in October 2019, assessed by AARO as likely derived from a U.S. military infrared sensor platform operating within the CENTCOM area of responsibility on 25 September 2019 at 2135Z. The video was among 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight House members in March 2026 and identified by AARO on a classified network, though many materials in the collection lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO explicitly states the video description carries no analytical judgment or investigative conclusion regarding the event's nature or significance.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment or investigative conclusion has been made; AARO assessed the video is likely from a U.S. military IR sensor in the CENTCOM AOR but made no determination on the nature of the observed phenomena.

A 17-minute 36-second infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in October 2019, apparently recorded by a U.S. military platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility, was identified by AARO as part of a collection of potentially UAP-related records requested by eight House members in March 2026. The video depicts one or more areas of contrast tracked by an IR sensor but lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO has not made any analytical or investigative determination regarding the nature of the observed phenomena.

Conclusion: No conclusion stated; AARO explicitly disclaimed any analytical or investigative judgment about the event.

This document is an AARO-provided metadata description of a short infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in November 2019, purportedly depicting UAP observations in the CENTCOM area of responsibility on 23 September 2019. The video was identified as part of a collection of 51 potentially UAP-related records requested by eight U.S. House members on March 6, 2026. AARO explicitly notes the materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody and offers no analytical conclusion about the nature of the observed phenomena.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) infrared sensor video submitted to AARO in 2025, depicting an unresolved UAP event over the East China Sea. The 5-minute footage shows a sensor tracking an area of contrast for approximately the first two minutes, after which no meaningful content is captured. No analytical conclusion regarding the nature of the phenomenon is provided.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 28-second infrared sensor video captured by a U.S. military platform in the Eastern United States in 2020 was submitted by U.S. Northern Command to AARO as an unresolved UAP report. The video shows an area of contrast entering and exiting the sensor field-of-view while the sensor pans to track it. No analytical conclusion or identification of the phenomenon has been provided.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 2-minute 16-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Northern Command to AARO documenting a tracked area of contrast over the Western United States in 2020. The footage shows the sensor zooming, panning, and auto-tracking an unidentified area of contrast before it exits the field of view. No analytical conclusion or identification of the observed phenomenon is provided in the official description.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 21-second declassified infrared sensor video, transferred from the U.S. Navy UAPTF to AARO in 2022, depicting a brief area of contrast transiting the sensor field-of-view from right to left before exiting the upper left corner. The video was digitally altered prior to being reported to the UAPTF, and no formal data handling practices existed at the time of original reporting. AARO presents the footage as received, without analytical conclusions.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 1-minute infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Northern Command to AARO in 2020 depicts small areas of contrast moving through the sensor field-of-view, one of which is briefly auto-tracked before disappearing. The official description is explicitly non-analytical and makes no determination about the nature of the observed phenomenon. No shape, behavior, or identification is provided beyond basic visual description of contrast areas.

Conclusion: Unresolved; object described as appearing similar to a 'large, somewhat deformed balloon' traveling with the wind

A 32-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Northern Command to AARO depicts an unidentified aerial phenomenon over the Atlantic Ocean in 2020. The accompanying Range Fouler Debrief describes the object as a dark, maroonish-colored object approximately 12-15 feet in height that traveled with the wind without maneuvering. The document and its supporting debrief suggest the object bears similarity to a large, deformed balloon.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A five-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO depicting an unidentified object moving across the sensor field-of-view in the Middle East in May 2022. The accompanying mission report characterized the object as a 'possible missile' and noted four additional objects not visible in the video described as 'possible birds.' No definitive identification was reached.

Conclusion: Probable SU-27/35 (Russian military aircraft); case formally listed as Unresolved

CENTCOM submitted a 10-second infrared sensor video of an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed over Iraq in May 2022 to AARO. An accompanying mission report (DoW-UAP-D14) characterized the UAP as a 'probable SU-27/35,' referring to Russian military fighter aircraft. AARO's comment confirms that SU-27 and SU-35 are designations for Russian Federation Armed Forces aircraft, implying the likely identification is a conventional military aircraft.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A ten-second infrared sensor video captured by a U.S. military platform over Iraq in December 2022 was submitted by CENTCOM to AARO as a UAP report. The video shows an area of contrast moving from the lower-left to the upper-right of the sensor field-of-view before exiting the frame at approximately the six-second mark. An accompanying mission report (DoW-UAP-D18) described the object as flying west to east.

Conclusion: Unresolved — operator was unable to positively identify the UAP

A declassified still image derived from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO, depicting an unidentified anomalous phenomenon observed over the United Arab Emirates in 2022. The original reporter digitally altered the image by adding a red circle around an area of interest prior to submission. The UAP was reported as moving from north to northeast and could not be positively identified by the operator.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A five-second full-motion video clip captured by a U.S. military platform over Syria in October 2024 depicts an indistinctly shaped, multi-colored area of light moving across the top edge of the sensor display. The footage was submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO as an unresolved UAP report. An accompanying mission report described the object as a 'misshapen and uneven ball of white light' with a 'light/glare halo effect' at the top of the FMV feed.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A U.S. Central Command report submitted to AARO describes a six-second full-motion video clip captured by a sensor aboard a U.S. military platform over Syria in October 2024. The footage shows an area of irregular white and red light near the top edge of the sensor display, accompanied by a reported light/glare halo effect. The official mission report describes the UAP as a 'misshapen and uneven ball of white light,' and the case remains unresolved.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A nine-second infrared sensor video recorded by a U.S. military platform in the Arabian Gulf region in 2020, submitted by USCENTCOM to AARO. The footage shows an unidentified area of contrast moving linearly across the sensor field of view. No verbal or written description was provided by the reporting crew, and no official analytical conclusion has been reached.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A five-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO depicting an unidentified area of contrast moving across the frame in the Arabian Gulf region in 2020. The submitting reporter provided no oral or written description accompanying the footage. AARO has not issued an analytical conclusion regarding the nature of the observed phenomenon.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 94-second infrared sensor video submitted by U.S. Central Command to AARO depicting an unidentified area of contrast tracked by a military platform sensor over the Arabian Gulf in 2020. No oral or written description was provided by the reporter. AARO has not issued an analytical conclusion regarding the nature of the observed phenomenon.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A 2024 INDOPACOM-submitted UAP report consisting of 1 minute and 39 seconds of infrared sensor footage forwarded to AARO. The footage shows a contrast area tracked by the sensor, but no oral or written description was provided by the reporting party. No analysis, identification, or conclusion is included in the available record.

Conclusion: Under investigation / documented for record; described as an unresolved UAP incident near a sensitive national security site

This document is an official digital recreation video prepared by the FBI at the request of the Department of War, depicting a reported UAP incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States in October 2023. The recreation is based on a first-hand account provided by a federal law enforcement special agent and is described explicitly as an artistic interpretation rather than original sensor footage. The incident reportedly spanned two days.

This document is an official digital recreation video prepared by the FBI at the request of the Department of War, depicting a reported UAP incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States in October 2023. The recreation is based on a first-hand account from a federal law enforcement special agent and was produced in 2026. It is an artistic interpretation, not raw sensor footage or contemporaneous recording.

This document describes an observation made by astronaut Scott Carpenter during the Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) Aurora 7 mission on May 24, 1962. Carpenter reported seeing white, reflective particles outside the spacecraft that he described as resembling snowflakes and moving in apparently random patterns, with some appearing to move faster than the spacecraft itself. The observation was made during low Earth orbit on the fourth crewed spaceflight of Project Mercury.

This document is an excerpt from a 1962 interview in which journalist Walter Cronkite questioned astronaut Gordon Cooper about his views on unidentified flying objects. Cooper expressed belief that credible witnesses have observed unexplained objects and speculated about the possibility of extraterrestrial life on other planets. The document is a transcribed or described interview excerpt, not a formal government incident report.

This document is a NASA Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing in which principal investigators present preliminary results from Apollo 16 experiments to prepare crews for Apollo 17. The debriefing includes a brief mention of an anomalous 'flash' event beginning at the 25:15 mark that had not yet been formally reported at the time of the debriefing. The primary content is scientific experiment review, with the UAP-relevant anomaly constituting a minor portion of the overall document.

An FBI-submitted monochrome still image, derived from a U.S. government sensor system, depicting an unidentified small dark object near the center of a crosshair reticle. The image was heavily redacted before submission to AARO, and no accompanying mission report, date, or location was provided. The operator could not positively identify the object.

This document is a heavily redacted still image from a U.S. government sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO as part of a UAP report. The image shows a monochrome aerial or optical sensor frame with a crosshair reticle centered on a dark circular object against a textured background. No date, location, mission report, or additional context was provided with the submission.

A still image from an unidentified U.S. government sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO as documentation of a UAP event. The image shows a monochrome frame — likely from a thermal or night-vision optic — with a targeting reticle centered on a small, dark circular object against a textured ground-terrain background. No date, location, or mission report was provided, and the image contains multiple redaction blocks obscuring contextual data.

This document is a still image labeled 'FBI Photo A4,' submitted by the FBI to AARO as part of a UAP report. The monochrome image appears to be derived from a U.S. government sensor or optical system and shows a dark circular object near a central crosshair reticle against a mottled terrain-like background. No date, location, or accompanying mission report was provided.

A heavily redacted monochrome still image submitted by the FBI to AARO depicting an unidentified dark circular object captured by a U.S. government imaging system. No date, location, mission report, or sensor metadata was provided alongside the submission. The operator was unable to positively identify the object.

A still image submitted by the FBI to AARO depicting an unidentified anomalous phenomenon (UAP) captured by a U.S. government system. The monochrome image shows a dark circular object centered within a crosshair reticle against a lightly textured background. Date, location, and accompanying mission report were not provided; the image was redacted prior to submission.

This FBI-submitted document is a still image derived from a U.S. government system, submitted to AARO as part of a UAP report. The monochrome image shows a circular object with a bright specular highlight positioned just below a central crosshair reticle. Date, location, and mission context have not been provided, and the original imagery was redacted prior to submission.

An FBI-submitted still image derived from a U.S. government sensor system, forwarded to AARO as part of a UAP report. The image is heavily redacted, with no date or location provided, and no accompanying mission report. A small, dark, irregular object is visible near the center crosshair reticle in the monochrome frame.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

A single still image derived from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025, depicting what appears to be a small dark circular object in the upper right quadrant of a crosshair reticle display. The image is heavily redacted with multiple black bars obscuring contextual data, and the embedded timestamp (12/31/99 18:11:19) is acknowledged as incorrect due to the system clock not being properly set. No accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

A single still image frame captured by a U.S. military system, submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025 as a UAP report. The monochrome infrared/optical frame dated 12/31/99 18:11:27 (noted as incorrect due to system clock not being set) shows a small dark circular object in the upper right quadrant of a crosshair reticle display, with an indistinct background terrain or cloud feature. No accompanying mission report was provided, and significant redactions obscure contextual data fields around the frame borders.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

This document is a single still frame captured from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO as part of a UAP report. The image, timestamped 12/31/99 18:11:34 (acknowledged as incorrect due to an unsynchronized system clock), shows a grainy monochrome scene with a targeting reticle and a small dark circular object slightly right of center. All contextual data fields visible in the frame have been redacted. No accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

This document is a single still image frame captured from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO as part of a UAP report. The image, dated 12/31/99 18:12:16 (noted as incorrect due to unconfigured system clock), shows a grainy monochrome infrared or night-vision view with a central crosshair reticle and a small dark circular object slightly right of center. Significant redactions obscure contextual metadata visible in the corners and top of the frame.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

This document is a single still image frame, dated 12/31/99 18:10:00 (though the timestamp is noted as incorrect due to system misconfiguration), captured by a U.S. military sensor system and submitted by the FBI to AARO as a UAP report in 2025. The image shows a grainy monochrome scene with a crosshair reticle, a dark structured object with an appendage near the reticle center, and a smaller dark circular object in the lower right quadrant. Multiple data fields in the image overlay are redacted, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

A single still frame from a U.S. military infrared/electro-optical sensor system, timestamped 12/31/1999 18:10:02 (noted as incorrect due to unconfigured system clock), submitted by the FBI to AARO as part of a UAP report. The image shows a dark object in the upper right quadrant consistent in appearance with a helicopter, and a second smaller circular dark object below the central reticle crosshair. No accompanying mission report was provided and the operator could not positively identify the objects.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

This document consists of a single still image frame from a U.S. military infrared or night-vision sensor system, timestamped 12/31/99 18:10:18 (noted to be incorrect due to unconfigured system clock), submitted by the FBI to AARO as part of a UAP report. The image shows a small dark circular object slightly right of center in a grainy monochrome sensor display with a crosshair reticle and a faint mountain range in the background. Heavy redactions obscure contextual data fields visible in the corners and top of the frame.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

This document is a single still infrared/optical image frame from a U.S. military system, submitted by the FBI to AARO, depicting a small dark circular object visible below and left of a central crosshair reticle against what appears to be a mountainous background. The image is heavily redacted, with multiple black bars obscuring all metadata fields, and the embedded timestamp (12/31/99 18:10:26) is acknowledged to be incorrect due to system misconfiguration. No accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

This document consists of a single still infrared/optical image captured by a U.S. military system, timestamped 12/31/99 18:10:50 (noted as incorrect due to system clock not being set), submitted by the FBI to AARO. The image shows a small, dark, circular object slightly above and to the right of a central crosshair reticle against a grainy monochrome background with a faint mountain range visible at the bottom. Metadata fields and contextual information in the image are heavily redacted via black bars.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

A single still frame from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025, showing a small dark circular object in the upper right quadrant of the frame against what appears to be a mountainous background. The image is heavily redacted with multiple black bars obscuring data fields, and the embedded timestamp (12/31/99 18:11:06) is acknowledged to be incorrect due to an unconfigured system clock. No accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

A single still infrared/sensor image submitted by the FBI to AARO depicting a small dark circular object in the upper right quadrant of the frame, captured by an unspecified U.S. military system. The image contains heavy redactions obscuring sensor metadata and operator/unit identification, and the embedded timestamp (12/31/99 18:11:12) is acknowledged as incorrect due to system clock misconfiguration. No accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

A single still frame from a U.S. military infrared/sensor system, timestamped 12/31/99 18:19:54 (noted as an incorrect system date), showing two small dark elongated objects near the center crosshair. The image was submitted by the FBI to AARO as a UAP report, with significant metadata redacted and no accompanying mission report provided. The operator was unable to positively identify the objects.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

A single still image derived from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO, showing two small dark circular objects near the center of a grainy monochrome frame with a crosshair overlay. The image is dated 12/31/99 18:20:08, though the official description notes the system date/time was not correctly set. Multiple data fields are redacted, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Operator was unable to positively identify the UAP

A single still image frame derived from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025 as part of a UAP report. The monochrome infrared-style image, timestamped 12/31/99 18:20:22 (noted as an incorrect system date), shows two small dark circular objects near the center crosshair. The image is heavily redacted with multiple data fields obscured, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

A single declassified still image derived from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025. The image, dated 12/31/99 18:20:41 (noted as incorrect due to system clock not being set), shows a grainy monochrome frame with a crosshair reticle and two dark, irregular-shaped objects positioned just right of center. Substantial redactions obscure contextual data fields around the image perimeter. No accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

A single still infrared/sensor image submitted by the FBI to AARO depicting two small dark circular objects near the center of a crosshair reticle. The image is dated 12/31/99 18:20:48 but the official description notes the system date/time was not correctly set, meaning the actual incident occurred in late 2025. Multiple data fields visible in the image have been redacted, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

A single still image derived from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO, showing two small dark elongated objects near the center of a monochrome grainy frame with a crosshair overlay. The image is heavily redacted, with all accompanying telemetry, metadata, and contextual data blocks blacked out. The timestamp displayed (12/31/99 18:21:02) is acknowledged to be incorrect due to an unconfigured system clock, and no mission report was provided with the submission.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

This document is a single still image frame from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO as part of a UAP report. The image, dated 12/31/99 18:18:53 (noted as incorrect due to uncalibrated system clock), shows a grainy monochrome infrared/optical sensor view with a central crosshair reticle and a small cluster of dark pixels at the reticle center. Significant data fields within the image overlay have been redacted, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

This document is a single still image frame derived from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO as part of a UAP report. The monochrome image, timestamped 12/31/99 18:18:58 (noted as incorrect due to unconfigured system clock), shows one or two small dark objects slightly above and to the right of a central crosshair reticle. Significant metadata redactions obscure contextual information including location, platform, and operator details.

Conclusion: Operator unable to positively identify the UAP.

A single still infrared/sensor image from a U.S. military system submitted by the FBI to AARO, dated 12/31/99 18:19:06 (timestamp acknowledged as incorrect due to system clock not being set). The image shows a grainy monochrome scene with a central crosshair reticle and one to two small dark objects slightly above and to the right of center. Significant redactions obscure contextual data fields around the image border, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

This document is a single still image frame, described as 'FBI Photo B22,' derived from a U.S. military sensor system and submitted by the FBI to AARO. The image, timestamped 12/31/99 18:19:19 (noted as an incorrect system date), shows two small dark elongated objects near the center of a grainy monochrome frame with a crosshair overlay. All contextual data fields in the image are heavily redacted.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

This document is a single still image frame captured from a U.S. military sensor system, submitted by the FBI to AARO as a UAP report. The image, timestamped 12/31/99 18:19:33 (noted as incorrect due to unconfigured system clock), shows a monochrome infrared-style frame with a crosshair reticle and a single dark elongated object visible to the right of center. Multiple data fields in the image frame are redacted with black bars.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify

This document consists of a single still image frame captured from a U.S. military sensor system, timestamped 12/31/99 18:19:40 (noted as incorrect due to an unconfigured system clock), submitted by the FBI to AARO as a UAP report. The image shows a grainy monochrome sensor view with a central crosshair reticle and a small dark irregular object slightly above center. Significant portions of the image's data overlay fields are redacted with black bars, and no accompanying mission report was provided.

Conclusion: Under investigation; composite sketch produced to corroborate eyewitness reports

This document is a composite image created by the FBI Laboratory, combining an actual site photograph with a digitally rendered graphic overlay intended to depict a UAP sighting reported in September 2023. The image represents a visual reconstruction based on corroborating eyewitness accounts describing a bronze metallic ellipsoid object associated with a bright light that appeared and disappeared instantaneously. No textual report, data tables, or sensor readings are present in this single-page document.

Conclusion: Unresolved; witness speculated possible meteor

This is an FBI FD-302 witness interview report documenting a UAP sighting that occurred in September 2023 at approximately 9:00 AM near a test site. An FBI Special Agent and others interviewed a witness via FaceTime video who reported observing a bright white stationary light over the horizon that moved to the right and then disappeared within ten seconds. The witness speculated the light may have been a meteor burning up in the atmosphere.

Conclusion: Particles likely from spacecraft water boiler per crew self-assessment; DEDA anomaly attributed to EMI by Houston ground control.

This document is an excerpt from the Apollo 12 Technical Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription from November 1969. It contains two sections of crew communications: one in which Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean reports observing particles and flashes of light 'sailing off in space' and 'escaping the Moon' through the Alignment Optical Telescope, and another in which Commander Pete Conrad reports floating debris illuminated by the module's tracking light. Both observations were attributed to mundane causes within the transcript itself.

Conclusion: No official UAP conclusion stated; crew members proposed mundane explanations including spacecraft debris, ice fragments, paint, separated rocket stage (S-IVB), SLA panels, and meteorite impact for respective observations.

This document comprises excerpts from the Apollo 17 Air-to-Ground Voice Transcription (December 1972), covering three separate observation periods in which crew members reported anomalous visual phenomena: bright tumbling particles near the spacecraft on Day 1, multiple flashing rotating objects at distance on Day 2, and a brief flash on the lunar surface on Day 3. In each case, the astronauts themselves proposed mundane explanations (rocket stage debris, SLA panels, meteorite impact) while acknowledging uncertainty.

Conclusion: Unresolved for Skylab 3 object; Skylab 4 lights presumed to be Skylab debris or other satellites; Skylab 2 light flashes presumed to be cosmic particle retinal interactions

This document contains excerpts from three Skylab technical crew debriefings (Skylab 2, 3, and 4) conducted between June 1973 and February 1974, covering unusual visual phenomena observed by astronauts during their missions. The excerpts include: crew-reported light flashes (Skylab 2), a bright reddish rotating object in a similar orbit (Skylab 3), and flashing lights with relative motion (Skylab 4). In all cases, the crews offered mundane or speculative explanations, including cosmic particle strikes on the retina, other satellites, and debris from Skylab itself.

This is an Apollo 12 (1969) archival lunar surface photograph that has been annotated with a yellow inset box highlighting a small luminous blue anomaly visible above the lunar horizon, slightly right of center frame. The foreground shows shadows of astronauts and lunar module landing gear struts cast across the lunar regolith. The image has been digitally enhanced to draw attention to the highlighted area of interest.

This document consists of a NASA photograph from the Apollo 17 mission (December 1972) that has been flagged under the PURSUE program for UAP investigation. The image shows the lunar surface with hills in the background, and a yellow-highlighted inset magnifies a region of the lunar sky purportedly showing three light-colored dots in a roughly triangular formation. The accompanying context indicates the US government has obtained the original Apollo 17 film and that full NASA and DOW analysis is pending.

Conclusion: No official conclusion on UAP claims; Ryan Graves characterized Maussan's presentation as an 'unsubstantiated stunt' and scientists have discredited previous Maussan alien corpse claims.

This is a US Embassy Mexico weekly political blotter cable dated September 16, 2023, covering Mexican political developments from September 11-15, 2023. One of eight items in the cable briefly summarizes the Mexican Congress hearing on UAP held September 12, 2023, at which journalist Jaime Maussan and former US Navy pilot Ryan Graves testified, and two alleged alien corpses were presented. The UAP section is a minor component of an otherwise routine diplomatic political reporting cable.

Conclusion: No mission impact; operator continued original tasking

This is a military Mission Report (MISREP) documenting a UAP observation by a U.S. military operator. The substantive content is largely redacted under exemption 1.4(a), with only one key descriptive sentence visible: at 1246Z, an operator observed one probable UAP at grid coordinate 3SKT4255899519, with no mission impact reported and original tasking continued. The majority of the document's six pages are entirely blacked out.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment or investigative conclusion offered; document explicitly disclaims any factual determination regarding the event's validity, nature, or significance.

This document is an AARO-generated description of a 21-second infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in June 2024, purportedly showing a cigar-shaped or fast spherical UAP over the CENTCOM area of responsibility on October 15, 2022. AARO notes the video was digitally altered prior to upload and lacks a substantiated chain of custody. The document was released in response to a March 2026 congressional request for UAP-related records.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination has been made; AARO assesses the video is likely from a U.S. military infrared platform in the CENTCOM AOR in 2021.

AARO assessed a 17-second infrared sensor video, titled 'AFSOC Kabul UAP Jul 2017' by its uploader, that was uploaded to a classified network in June 2024. The video shows an area of contrast briefly moving across the sensor field-of-view for approximately one to two seconds. AARO notes the video likely originates from a U.S. military infrared platform operating in the CENTCOM area of responsibility in 2021, and that the collection of responsive materials lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: No analytical or investigative conclusion stated; AARO describes the video as likely from a commercially available cellular device and notes it was digitally altered.

AARO assessed this 17-second video, titled as an intelligence information report concerning a UAP near Karaganda International Airport, Kazakhstan, and determined it was likely recorded on a commercially available cellular device in March 2022 before being uploaded to a classified network in April 2023. The video shows a luminous phenomenon with trailing brightness for approximately 8 seconds before fading to black. AARO notes the media was digitally altered prior to upload and that the materials in this collection lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination provided by AARO.

This document is an AARO-generated description of a declassified infrared sensor video (DOW-UAP-PR081) released under the PURSUE program. The video, approximately five minutes long, depicts a brief transit of an area of contrast across an infrared sensor field-of-view lasting approximately five seconds, with no content in the remaining four-plus minutes. AARO notes the video lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody and was uploaded by an unidentified user to a classified network in October 2020.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination made by AARO.

This document is an AARO-generated description of a declassified short video clip, released in response to a March 2026 congressional request for UAP-related records held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The video, uploaded to a classified network in September 2020, shows approximately 2-3 seconds of an unidentified area of contrast moving across the screen within a 4-minute 13-second clip that is otherwise blank. AARO explicitly declines to offer any analytical judgment about the event's nature or significance.

Conclusion: No analytical judgment or investigative conclusion rendered; AARO assessed the video is likely from an IR sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in NORTHCOM, 2019.

This document is an AARO-generated description of a 34-second infrared sensor video uploaded to a classified network in September 2020, with an uploader-defined title indicating a UAP sighting from December 2019 off the U.S. East Coast within NORTHCOM's area of responsibility. AARO explicitly notes the video lacks a substantiated chain-of-custody and provides only a neutral frame-by-frame description of the sensor activity without drawing analytical conclusions. The document was released in response to a March 2026 congressional request by eight House members for access to potentially UAP-related DoW and Intelligence Community records.

Conclusion: Unresolved

This document describes a declassified infrared video (DOW-UAP-PR113) lasting approximately 2 minutes and 57 seconds, transferred from the Navy UAPTF to AARO in 2022, purportedly captured in 1996 over the Western United States. The substantive UAP content consists of only 4 seconds of footage (00:14–00:17) showing an area of contrast transiting the sensor field-of-view, with the remainder of the video being repeats, slow-motion replays, or frozen frames of that same brief sequence. The media was digitally altered prior to being reported to the UAPTF, and no formal data handling practices existed at the time of original reporting.

Conclusion: Unresolved

An 8-second infrared sensor video from a U.S. military platform over the Gulf of America in 2019, submitted by the U.S. Air Force to AARO as an unresolved UAP report. The footage shows an area of contrast near the center of the sensor field-of-view that flickers as the sensor zooms and pans to track it. AARO provides a technical comment suggesting the appearance may be attributable to auto-gain control filtering when the object's temperature approximates that of its environment.

Conclusion: Unresolved

A two-second infrared sensor video submitted by US Africa Command (AFRICOM) to AARO depicting a small, indistinct area of contrast moving across the sensor field-of-view near Djibouti in 2025. No oral or written description was provided by the original reporter, and no analytical conclusions have been drawn. The footage is classified as an unresolved UAP report.

Conclusion: Crew-speculated probable paint chips or ice chips from the separated Saturn S-IVB stage

This document is an audio excerpt from the Apollo 17 mission (December 7, 1972) in which Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans report observing small luminous particles or fragments near the Apollo spacecraft during cislunar transit. The crew themselves speculate the objects are paint chips or ice chips originating from the separated Saturn S-IVB stage. No anomalous technology or unexplained aerial phenomena are asserted by the crew or mission control.

Conclusion: Observed luminous particles ('fireflies') attributed to spherical mission-related beacons with xenon strobe lights deployed from the spacecraft.

This document is an audio excerpt from the NASA Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) Faith 7 mission on May 15, 1963, in which astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. verbally describes observing small luminous white particles drifting away from his spacecraft. The description references so-called 'fireflies' observed after beacon deployment, which are identified in the official description as mission-related spherical equipment with xenon strobe lights. The document provides context linking Cooper's observations to known spacecraft hardware rather than anomalous phenomena.

Conclusion: Recommend advising proper Air Force authorities

An FBI office memorandum dated April 17, 1958, documents a telephonic report from Detroit resident David Weaver who claimed to observe a circular object with a crystal-type dome reflecting light traveling northward over Detroit. The memo, authored by SA Robert Ross Reynolds, summarizes Weaver's account and recommends forwarding the information to Air Force authorities.

This FBI file (62-HQ-83894, Serial 220) contains a translated letter dated March 19, 1950 from Miguel Angel Garcia Macias of Veracruz, Mexico, addressed to the President of the U.S. Commission of Scientific Investigation in New York. The letter presents the writer's various invention concepts, including a theory of 'stratospheric aerostats' which he equates with flying saucers, accompanied by hand-drawn technical diagrams and a clipped Mexican newspaper article. The package also includes a translated caption describing photographs of a 'flying saucer' reportedly taken over Durango, Mexico by engineering student German Horacio Robles Jr., published in a Mexico City newspaper on March 16, 1950.

Conclusion: No further action contemplated; forwarded to Bureau for information only.

This FBI Central Records file (62-HQ-83894, Serial 449) consists of a complete copy of 'Flying Saucers International,' Issue No. 24 (July 1966), the official journal of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America (AFSCA), along with a cover memo from the SAC Los Angeles to the FBI Director dated 10/3/66, and a large collection of contemporary newspaper clippings about UFO sightings. The file was forwarded because an IRS employee flagged an article in the magazine as possibly expounding the Communist Party line. The FBI determined no further investigation was warranted.

Conclusion: Unable to positively identify the UAP

A single still infrared/sensor image submitted by the FBI to AARO in 2025, derived from a U.S. military system. The image is heavily redacted with black bars obscuring metadata and contextual data fields, and the embedded timestamp (12/31/99 18:12:20) is acknowledged as incorrect due to system clock misconfiguration. No accompanying mission report was provided, and the operator could not positively identify the observed UAP.

This document is an annotated version of an Apollo 12 lunar surface photograph (1969) featuring a yellow-box highlight drawing attention to a small luminous point object visible above the lunar horizon near the right edge of the frame. The image shows the shadow of an astronaut in a spacesuit cast across the lunar regolith, with a dark sky above. The highlighted inset zooms in on a small bright point with apparent red and white coloration against the dark sky.

This is an archival Apollo 12 (1969) lunar surface photograph, apparently sourced from NASA film records, showing the lunar terrain with an astronaut shadow visible in the foreground. The image has been annotated with a yellow inset box highlighting a small luminous point object visible above the lunar horizon in the dark sky, presented as an area of interest for UAP analysis purposes.

This image is a processed version of an Apollo 12 lunar surface photograph (1969) in which five areas above the horizon have been digitally cropped and magnified to highlight small luminous anomalies visible in the lunar sky. The image has been editorially annotated with yellow boxes and labels (Area 1 through Area 5) to direct viewer attention to points of light or luminous objects above the lunar horizon. The document's provenance and analytical authority are explicitly disclaimed in the accompanying context blurb.

Conclusion: No policy preparation for alien contact is warranted at present; any response will be improvised reactively if contact occurs.

A 1963 memorandum from Maxwell W. Hunter II of the National Aeronautics and Space Council's Professional Staff to Robert F. Packard at the State Department's Office of International Scientific Affairs, offering speculative policy thoughts on what the U.S. government should do if an alien intelligence were discovered. The document contains no UAP incident reports or sighting data; it is a theoretical policy analysis discussing scientific probability of extraterrestrial life and hypothetical diplomatic responses. The author dismisses flying saucer claims while acknowledging the finite possibility of contact and concluding that no serious policy preparation is likely until a crisis occurs.

Conclusion: Although scientific thinking suggests we will not find another intelligence race, the probability is finite and should not be completely ignored; U.S. policy should be prepared to rapidly assess the technological level of any discovered alien race.

This is a six-page internal memorandum dated July 18, 1963, from Maxwell W. Hunter II of the National Aeronautics and Space Council to Robert F. Packard at the State Department's Office of International Scientific Affairs. The document presents speculative policy analysis on how the U.S. government should respond if alien intelligence were discovered in space, covering scientific probability of extraterrestrial life, flying saucer claims, and diplomatic implications. It contains no reports of actual UAP sightings or incidents.

Conclusion: Phenomena determined to be internal to the astronauts' vision rather than external light sources.

During a medical debriefing of the Apollo 12 crew in 1969, Commander Pete Conrad, Command Module Pilot Richard Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean each reported observing light flashes and streaks of light while attempting to sleep in darkness. NASA medical personnel investigated whether these phenomena were caused by cosmic ray exposure of the retina, as had been considered following similar reports from Apollo 11 LMP Buzz Aldrin. NASA's official determination was that the visual phenomena were internal to the astronauts' vision, not external light sources.

Conclusion: NASA determined the 'fireflies' observed by Cooper were frozen condensation particles separating from the spacecraft body, with their white and green-hued appearance resulting from sunlight reflection.

This document is an audio excerpt from the Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA-9) Faith 7 mission on May 15, 1963, in which astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr. observes luminous particles he refers to as 'John's fireflies,' a term coined by John Glenn during the Mercury-Atlas 6 mission. NASA subsequently investigated and attributed the phenomenon to frozen condensation particles separating from the spacecraft body and reflecting sunlight. The document represents a historical NASA mission record with an official mundane explanation on file.

Conclusion: Witness self-attributed both observations to mundane causes: capsule particle debris and solar sunset phenomenon.

This document is an audio excerpt from the Mercury Atlas 8 mission (Sigma 7) in which astronaut Wally Schirra verbally describes observing small white objects drifting from the capsule and a brief burst of light visible through the window. Schirra himself offers mundane explanations for both observations during the transmission. The document contains no unresolved UAP claim by the witness.

Conclusion: Light flash phenomena attributed to high-energy cosmic rays passing through the eye and striking the retina; a biological effect, not an unidentified aerial phenomenon.

This document contains segment 1 of 2 of the Apollo 14 post-mission crew debriefing held at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, on February 18, 1971. The crew and debriefers discuss the 'light flash phenomena,' a biological effect caused by high-energy cosmic rays passing through the eye and striking the retina, producing perceived light streaks or flashes. This phenomenon is now well-understood and documented in the scientific literature.

This FBI file serial (62-HQ-83894, Serial 403) contains what appears to be the dust jacket and publisher's description of a book titled 'They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers' by Gray Barker, published by University Books, Inc. The document is a physical envelope from the FBI Central Records Center containing the book's cover materials rather than an investigative report. The content describes Barker's civilian flying saucer research and the alleged silencing of UFO researchers by unidentified 'men in dark suits.'

Conclusion: Observations consistent with known cosmic ray light flash phenomenon; ALFMED experiment specifically designed to study this effect.

This is an excerpt from the Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing dated January 4, 1973, prepared by NASA's Training Office, Crew Training and Simulation Division at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas. The excerpt (page 24-4) contains statements from astronauts Evans, Cernan, and Schmitt regarding unusual visual phenomena observed during the mission, including light flashes experienced throughout the flight and a fireball sighting during reentry/recovery.

This image appears to be an annotated version of an Apollo 12 lunar surface photograph taken in 1969, with two highlighted regions labeled 'Area 1' and 'Area 2' pointing to small points of light visible above the lunar horizon in the dark sky. The base photograph shows the lunar surface with an astronaut's shadow visible on the right side. The yellow annotation boxes are editorial additions to the original photograph, intended to direct viewer attention to anomalous light points in the sky portion of the image.

Conclusion: Russian MFA categorically denied Russian aircraft were involved; U.S. Embassy assessed denials as likely false, consistent with Russian pattern of covering actions with 'bold lies.'

This is a confidential diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the State Department, dated October 30, 2001, reporting on a meeting between Ambassador Vershbow and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mamedov regarding alleged Russian airspace violations over Georgia's Kodori Gorge on October 28-29. The Russian MFA denied any Russian aircraft were involved and dismissively suggested the unidentified aircraft 'might as well have been UFOs.' The cable authors assess that Russian denials are likely a cover for deliberate military pressure on Georgia and Chechen groups in the region.

Conclusion: No confirmed sightings of UFOs in Turkmenistan, per UOU President Muradov.

This is a US Embassy Ashgabat diplomatic cable dated November 12, 2004, reporting on a meeting between the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) and USAID Director with the Union of UFOlogists (UOU) of Turkmenabat, Turkmenistan. The cable describes how a UFO-themed NGO has become a surprisingly effective and reliable partner for US government civil society and humanitarian programs. No actual UAP sightings or incidents are documented; the UFO connection is largely nominal, used as an organizational brand that enjoys broad local acceptance.

Conclusion: Routine recovery operational note; dye pack did not activate during spacecraft recovery.

This document pertains to the Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4) Liberty Bell 7 mission recovery operation on July 21, 1961, specifically communications regarding a dye marker pack in the water that failed to activate during spacecraft recovery in the North Atlantic Ocean. The content describes a routine recovery operational detail rather than any UAP or anomalous aerial phenomenon.

This document is an audio/transcript record of the Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing session, held in Houston, Texas. The sole UAP-relevant content is an offhand, joking remark made at the 32:41 timestamp in which a speaker comments 'Could be an alien starbase or something, I don't know' while discussing correlations between experimental data sets. There is no formal UAP report, observation, or incident described.

Conclusion: Light flashes perceived by astronauts are caused by high-energy cosmic rays passing through the eye and striking the retina — a biological phenomenon, not an anomalous external object.

This document contains the second segment of the Apollo 14 post-mission crew debriefing held at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, in February 1971. The primary subject of discussion is the 'light flash phenomena,' in which cosmic rays passing through the eye stimulate the retina to produce perceptions of light streaks or flashes. This phenomenon is now well-understood as a biological effect of high-energy cosmic radiation exposure during spaceflight.

Conclusion: Light flash phenomena attributed to high-energy cosmic rays passing through the eye and striking the retina — a known biological effect.

This document is a post-mission medical debriefing recording from Apollo 17 crew members at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, conducted following the December 1972 mission. The crew discusses 'light flash phenomena' — the biological effect of high-energy cosmic rays passing through the eye and stimulating the retina — which two of three crew members reported experiencing during the mission. This is a medical/scientific debrief with no UAP content.

Conclusion: Light flashes observed by crew attributed to high-energy cosmic rays striking the retina — a biological effect, not an anomalous phenomenon.

This document is segment 2 of 2 of the Apollo 17 post-mission medical debriefing held at the Manned Spacecraft Center (Johnson Space Center) in Houston, Texas, in December 1972. The debriefing focuses on the 'light flash phenomena' experienced by Apollo 17 crew members, which is a well-understood biological effect caused by high-energy cosmic rays striking the retina. Two of the three crew members reported observing these light flashes during the mission, including in lunar orbit and on the lunar surface.

This document is an excerpt from the Apollo 17 Crew Debriefing for Science, held on January 8, 1973, at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. Scientist Dick Henry, co-investigator on the ultraviolet experiment, presents preliminary findings from UV observations conducted during the Apollo 17 mission, including unexpected spectral results at high galactic latitudes and data on the Coma cluster, Lyman-alpha hydrogen radiation, and the UV spectrum of Earth. There is no UAP content in this document; it is a scientific debriefing focused on astrophysical observations.

This is a 1996 unclassified technical report by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI) prepared for the U.S. Air Force 45th and 30th Space Wings. It describes mathematical modeling methods for estimating the probability and impact distribution of unlikely space-booster failure modes (particularly Mode-5 failures) for use in launch-area risk calculations. The report includes comprehensive historical launch and performance histories for Atlas, Delta, Titan, and Thor vehicles from program inception through August 1996.

This document is the official Vandenberg AFB Launch Summary compiled by the 30th Space Wing Office of History, covering all major launch operations from the first launch on 16 December 1958 through 26 January 2000, totaling 1,790 launches. It contains chronological launch records, annual summaries by booster and command, a launch facility guide, and a launcher status and history section. The document contains no UAP/UFO content whatsoever.