Declassified UAP audio — Pentagon UFO recordings.

16 audio recordings

UAP Browser preserves 16 audio recordings declassified under the PURSUE program by Department of War and NASA, recorded between 1952 and 1972. These are mission and cockpit communications — radio transmissions between aircrew, controllers and ground stations — released as part of a case file that also includes the reported incident date, location and, where the source material supports it, a transcript of what was said. Each audio page links to the official file identifier and the same location, date and agency metadata used across the rest of the archive, so a recording can be cross-referenced against related videos, documents or images from the same mission. None of these files are hosted by or affiliated with the Department of War; they are mirrored here exactly as released, to make search and citation practical. Browse the recordings by decade below, or use the case index, map and timeline to follow a single incident across every format it was released in.

2020s 2 audio recordings

NASA-UAP-D024, “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”
NASA-UAP-D024

NASA-UAP-D024, “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”

AudioNASA

This is a roughly 96-minute scientific debriefing shortly after Apollo 16 (April 1972), where principal investigators present preliminary experiment results to crew members John Young (CDR), Charlie Duke (LMP), and Ken Mattingly (CMP), part

NASA-UAP-D025, “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”
NASA-UAP-D025

NASA-UAP-D025, “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”

AudioNASA

This recording is a NASA post-mission scientific debriefing following the Apollo 16 mission, in which mission scientists present preliminary results to program officials and the returning flight crew. Speakers cover orbital photography cove

1970s 5 audio recordings

NASA-UAP-D028, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing, 1972
NASA-UAP-D028

NASA-UAP-D028, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing, 1972

AudioNASA1972

This recording is segment 1 of 2 of the Apollo 17 crew's post-mission technical and medical debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, held shortly after splashdown. The three crew members work through a checklist covering lunar-o

NASA-UAP-D029, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing (Continued), 1972
NASA-UAP-D029

NASA-UAP-D029, Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing (Continued), 1972

AudioNASA1972

This is segment 2 of 2 of the Apollo 17 post-mission technical/medical debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. Unlike a multi-party discussion, this segment is largely a solo, structured debrief by Lunar Module Pilot Harrison '

NASA-UAP-D009, Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972
NASA-UAP-D009

NASA-UAP-D009, Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972

AudioNASA1972

This brief Apollo 17 air-to-ground audio excerpt, recorded December 7, 1972 during transit to the Moon, captures a crew member (Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, or Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans) reporting brig

NASA-UAP-D026, Apollo 14 Debriefing, 1971
NASA-UAP-D026

NASA-UAP-D026, Apollo 14 Debriefing, 1971

AudioNASA1971

This is segment 1 of 2 of the Apollo 14 post-mission crew debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston. A NASA physician (addressed as Dr. Berry) and other debriefers question the three-man crew in a Q&A format. Roughly the first 90

NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971
NASA-UAP-D027

NASA-UAP-D027, Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971

AudioNASA1971

This audio continues (segment 2 of 2) the Apollo 14 post-mission crew debriefing at the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, with Commander Alan Shepard, CMP Stuart Roosa, and LMP Edgar Mitchell discussing the light flash phenomenon with flig

1960s 8 audio recordings

NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969
NASA-UAP-D008

NASA-UAP-D008, Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969

AudioNASA1969

This is an audio recording of a NASA medical debriefing session with the Apollo 12 crew — Commander Charles "Pete" Conrad, Command Module Pilot Richard "Dick" Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean — discussing light flashes and streaks t

NASA-UAP-D003A, Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965
NASA-UAP-D003A

NASA-UAP-D003A, Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965

AudioNASA1965

This recording is a NASA Public Affairs replay of air-to-ground audio from the Gemini 7 mission, played back for the press after a mechanical/line failure delayed the original tape. Roughly 4 hours 24 minutes into the flight, near Antigua,

NASA-UAP-D010, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963
NASA-UAP-D010

NASA-UAP-D010, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

AudioNASA1963

This short air-to-ground audio excerpt captures Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr., roughly one hour and 21 minutes into the final and longest Project Mercury flight, describing what he calls "John's fireflies" — a referen

NASA-UAP-D011, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963
NASA-UAP-D011

NASA-UAP-D011, Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963

AudioNASA1963

This Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) air-to-ground audio excerpt begins with Pilot L. Gordon Cooper Jr. narrating orbital sunrise — the brilliant blue band of light beneath the atmospheric haze layer as seen from orbit — and reporting small, lumi

NASA-UAP-D023, Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962
NASA-UAP-D023

NASA-UAP-D023, Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962

AudioNASA1962

This is an excerpt from a November 1962 television interview in which journalist Walter Cronkite questions Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper about unidentified flying objects. Cronkite notes Cooper's previously expressed interest in the topic

NASA-UAP-D012, Mercury Atlas 8 Audio Excerpt, October 3, 1962
NASA-UAP-D012

NASA-UAP-D012, Mercury Atlas 8 Audio Excerpt, October 3, 1962

AudioNASA1962

This is an in-flight audio excerpt from Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7), recorded October 3, 1962. The single speaker is pilot Walter M. "Wally" Schirra Jr., transmitting observations during orbital flight as the spacecraft approaches sunset. Sch

NASA-UAP-D013, Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962
NASA-UAP-D013

NASA-UAP-D013, Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962

AudioNASA1962

This is an in-flight audio excerpt from Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7), recorded May 24, 1962, capturing radio communication between pilot Scott Carpenter and ground control (CapCom) during the mission's second orbital pass. Carpenter reports n

NASA-UAP-D014, Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 1961
NASA-UAP-D014

NASA-UAP-D014, Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 1961

AudioNASA1961

This very brief audio excerpt comes from the recovery operation for Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7), the second crewed Mercury flight, recorded July 21, 1961. The single line captured is a recovery-team radio transmission discussing an

1950s 1 audio recording

DOW-UAP-PR160, Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, 1952
DOW-UAP-PR160

DOW-UAP-PR160, Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, 1952

AudioDepartment of War1952

This is an audio recording of a March 1952 briefing given by Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, newly appointed project engineer of the U.S. Air Force's reorganized UFO investigation (soon to be named Project Blue Book). The recording opens with equi