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282 of the 304 declassified cases list this as the case's official agency. 22 more cases only mention it in the document text, without it being the official record. Documented incidents span 1945 to 2026.

2 agencies are involved: Department of War and FBI. The case files here include documents, videos, and audio recordings. 230 cases carry visible redactions.

Cases

File IDDateAgencyTypePages readOfficialExcerpt
DOW-UAP-D176June, 2026Department of WarDocument3/3OfficialThis is an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Memorandum for Record, issued on Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security letterhead, documenting a witness debrief about a UAP observation in 2026. The ex…
DOW-UAP-D0513/23/26Department of WarDocument4/6OfficialDeclassified six-page email chain between AFOSI (Air Force Office of Special Investigations) Counterintelligence Collections and Operations/Intelligence Oversight personnel and an Information Disclosure Analyst at the Office of the Under Se…
DOW-UAP-D1072025Department of WarDocument8/8OfficialThis declassified USCENTCOM mission report (Misrep prod-dod-11937169), filed under Operation Inherent Resolve, covers an ISR sortie by a single aircraft of the 11 ATKS / 432 AEW (ACC), taking off at 281953Z October 2025 and landing at 29160…
DOW-UAP-D1082025Department of WarDocument8/8OfficialThis declassified mission report (Misrep prod-dod-11604218) comes from originator 65 SOS (1 SOW; MAJCOM AFSOC; operations center 609th; COCOM USCENTCOM) under Operation Inherent Resolve, air domain. The narrative says the aircraft took off…
DOW-UAP-PR1332025Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared aerial footage with black redaction bars along the top and corners. A crosshair reticle with bracket corners and an "N" orientation marker sits center-frame, tracking a small bright point against a flat gray sky. Later se…
DOW-UAP-PR1352025Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared footage, initially at a wide field of view showing a lattice communications tower on a small island or coastal spit, with a crosshair reticle and "N" marker centered. As the sensor zooms out and the image grows brighter a…
DOW-UAP-PR1342025Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared aerial imagery looking down on a built-up area with streets, buildings, and a wide river bend running through the frame, plus a cluster of bright hot spots along a road in the lower left. A green crosshair reticle with tr…
DOW-UAP-PR1422025Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared footage with low contrast and a hazy, washed-out sky, framing a coastline or shoreline with breaking waves in the foreground and what appear to be two thin vertical mast- or tower-like structures near the shore. A green c…
DOW-UAP-PR1042025Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared/FLIR sensor footage over a flat horizon, likely open sea. A small dark object sits centered in a cyan tracking reticle, radiating faint star-like diffraction spikes. HUD overlays and black data-masking blocks frame the lo…
DOW-UAP-PR1052025Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale electro-optical/IR sensor footage amid thick layered cloud cover. A central cyan crosshair reticle tracks the sky; a small bright oblong object appears in the upper portion of one frame. HUD corner markers and black data-masking b…
DOW-UAP-D0504/10/2025-4/11/2025Department of WarDocument2/2OfficialThis two-page email chain (banner SECRET//NOFORN, struck through) concerns confirming that two UAP incident tearlines can be released at the UNCLASSIFIED level. One email, signed by a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician Team Lead (12 AF /…
FBI UFO Photo B5: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedFBI Photo B5 is a single-page image from the FBI-sourced photograph series of the declassified UAP release. The transcript records no caption, date, location or description, and the page has no legible text other than a timestamp reading 12…
FBI UFO Photo B6: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedFBI Photo B6 is a single-page image from the declassified UAP release. It shows an infrared-style sensor still with a reticle crosshair scaled from 0 to 15 in each direction, a small dark object near the top center, redacted blocks across t…
FBI UFO Photo B7: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedFBI Photo B7 is a single-page image from the FBI-sourced photograph series of the declassified UAP release. It shows a grayscale sensor image with a centered crosshair reticle and a horizontal scale marked 15 to 0 to 15. A small dark object…
FBI UFO Photo B8: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedFBI Photo B8 is a single-page image PDF from the Department of War declassified UAP release series, catalogued as an FBI-sourced UAP-related photograph. The PDF contains no meaningful embedded OCR text layer (image only, with only stray non…
FBI UFO Photo B9: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis is a single-page image-only PDF (no embedded text/OCR layer), part of a sequential FBI photographic exhibit set (b1 through b24) released in DOW/FBI UAP release_1. The rendered page shows a grayscale scanned photograph or negative with…
FBI UFO Photo B10: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedA single-page image-only PDF (no embedded text), one of a numbered series of FBI photo files (b010). The page is a grayscale infrared- or sensor-style still frame with a white crosshair reticle and ruler-style tick marks labeled 5, 10 and 1…
FBI UFO Photo B11: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis is a single-page image-only PDF (no embedded OCR text layer), part of a sequential FBI photographic/photo-analysis exhibit set (b1 through b24) released in DOW/FBI UAP release_1. The rendered page follows a consistent template seen acr…
FBI UFO Photo B12: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedA single-page image: a grainy grayscale sensor frame with a central crosshair reticle, with a scale ticked and numbered 5, 10 and 15 to each side of center along the horizontal axis. A single small dark dot appears above and slightly to the…
FBI UFO Photo B13: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis is a single-page image-only PDF (no embedded OCR text layer), part of a sequential FBI photographic/photo-analysis exhibit set (b1 through b24) released in DOW/FBI UAP release_1. The rendered page follows a consistent template seen acr…
FBI UFO Photo B14: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis is a single-page document consisting of a grayscale sensor image. A crosshair is centered in the frame, with two small dark spots just to the right of and above the crosshair center. Black redaction boxes cover areas across the top and…
FBI UFO Photo B15: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis is a single-page image-only exhibit from the FBI photo series (item b015). The page is a grayscale, film-grain frame with a black redaction bar across the top and four further black redaction bars, two along the left edge and two along…
FBI UFO Photo B16: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis is a single-page image. The transcript describes it as a grayscale image with a crosshair reticle and a small dark object near the center, with heavy black redaction bars across the top and at both sides. A timestamp reads 12/31/99 18:…
FBI UFO Photo B17: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument1/1MentionedFBI Photo B17 is a single-page photographic exhibit: a grayscale, sensor/thermal-style image heavily redacted with solid black bars (one large bar across the top and two smaller bars at each of the four corners or edges). A white crosshair…
FBI UFO Photo B18: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis is a single-page image-only PDF (no embedded OCR text layer), part of a sequential FBI photographic/photo-analysis exhibit set (b1 through b24) released in DOW/FBI UAP release_1. The rendered page follows a consistent template seen acr…
FBI UFO Photo B19: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedFBI Photo B19 is a single-page image from the FBI-sourced photograph series of the declassified UAP release. The transcript records no caption, date, location or description. The image is a grayscale sensor-style still frame with a white cr…
FBI UFO Photo B20: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedA single-page image-only PDF (no embedded text), one of a numbered series of FBI photo files (b020). The page is a grayscale sensor-style frame with a graduated crosshair reticle (scale 15-10-5-0-5-10-15) and a small dark dot near the cente…
FBI UFO Photo B21: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedFBI Photo B21 is a single-page image from the declassified UAP release. It shows a grayscale, infrared-style frame with a measurement reticle (horizontal scale 15-10-5-0-5-10-15 on each side, plus a vertical scale) and one small, dark, elon…
FBI UFO Photo B22: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis is a single-page image. The transcript describes it as a noisy grayscale video frame with a white crosshair and a horizontal scale labelled "3" at each end, with two small dark blobs just above and to the right of the center. A black r…
FBI UFO Photo B23: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedA single-page image-only PDF (no embedded text), one of a numbered series of FBI photo files (b023). The page is a grayscale, infrared-style video frame with a white crosshair and a horizontal scale labeled "3" at each end; a small dark elo…
FBI UFO Photo B24: Western US Still Image, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis is a single-page image-only PDF (no embedded OCR text layer), part of a sequential FBI photographic/photo-analysis exhibit set (b1 through b24) released in DOW/FBI UAP release_1. The rendered page follows a consistent template seen acr…
DOW-UAP-PR1012024Department of WarVideo—OfficialInfrared/FLIR sensor footage of a bright hazy sky with scattered thermal-white clouds in grayscale. The tracking crosshair is centered on open sky with a faint small object; a cyan 'N' north marker and HUD reticle brackets appear over black…
DOW-UAP-PR1022024Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared/FLIR sensor footage over open ocean showing textured sea surface. A small bright oblong object sits right of the center crosshair reticle. Magenta HUD tracking brackets and corner data markers frame the scene; matte black…
DOW-UAP-PR1032024Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared/FLIR footage of a hazy sky with a diagonal cloud bank. A small bright orb hovers to the right of a magenta box-and-crosshair tracking reticle. HUD corner brackets and letter markers frame the scene; black overlay boxes ma…
DOW-UAP-PR0652024Department of WarVideo—OfficialBoth sampled frames show only a clear daytime sky in muted blue-gray tones with a horizontal band of white cumulus clouds across the upper third of the frame. This appears to be color electro-optical (EO) video rather than infrared. No airc…
DOW-UAP-PR0662024Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white infrared sensor feed with a green targeting HUD: a center crosshair and four corner tracking brackets, plus black rectangular redaction bars along the edges. The background is a smooth vertical gradient from dark sky at top…
DOW-UAP-D0251/25/24Department of WarDocument7/7OfficialDeclassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103) from the 33rd Special Operations Squadron (33 SOS) / 27 SOW, documenting an ISR sortie of 20 hours 40 minutes flown 25 January 2024 from LGLR. The aircraft took off at 0109Z a…
DOW-UAP-D0276/7/24Department of WarDocument8/8OfficialDeclassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103), 3rd Special Operations Squadron / 27 SOW, documenting a 10-hour-13-minute ISR sortie under Operation Enduring Sentinel, launched from Al Dhafra AB (OMAM), UAE. Per the docume…
DOW-UAP-D0289/20/24Department of WarDocument6/6OfficialDeclassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103), originator SOTU 016 (16 SOS, 27 SOW; MAJCOM AFSOC), documenting an armed-overwatch sortie that departed OKAS at 1740Z on 20 September 2024 under Operation Inherent Resolve an…
DOW-UAP-D03210/20/24Department of WarDocument10/10OfficialThis is a declassified USCENTCOM mission report (MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103, MISREP from the 12 SOS, 27 SOW, Operation Inherent Resolve), declassified on 24 October 2025 by MG Richard A. Harrison and approved for release to AARO. It documents…
DOW-UAP-D05210/31/24Department of WarDocument2/2OfficialA two-page email chain, with a struck-through SECRET//NOFORN banner on the emails and an UNCLASSIFIED tear line, between an Information Disclosure Analyst and a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician (15 AF / DET 1). The analyst asks the tech…
DOW-UAP-D0757/14/24Department of WarDocument8/8OfficialThis is a USCENTCOM mission report (MDR 25-0072, Misrep 10194673, originator 124 ATKS, MAJCOM ACC) recommended for release to AARO by MG Brandon R. Tegtmeier on 2 June 2025; its SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY markings are struck through. An ISR a…
DOW-UAP-PR1432023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared aerial footage in inverted (black-hot) polarity over hazy, textured terrain, with a white crosshair reticle and "N" marker centered on frame. A small solid black circular blob sits directly at the crosshair, standing out…
DOW-UAP-PR1442023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared aerial footage over open water with a bank of clouds filling the lower half of the frame. An amber/orange crosshair reticle with bracket corners and an "N" marker sits center-frame. A small bright white point of light is…
DOW-UAP-PR1482023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared footage over open water, rendered with a diagonal streaked texture typical of a maritime sea-surface sensor feed. A teal crosshair reticle with bracket corners and an "N" marker sits center-frame. One frame shows a small…
DOW-UAP-PR1502023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared footage over a hazy, low-contrast scene, with a blue crosshair reticle and "N" marker near center. A black rectangular digital overlay ("focus box") appears bracketing the reticle in several frames, consistent with an aut…
DOW-UAP-PR1512023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared footage over open ocean, with a textured wave pattern filling the frame and a patch of white-hot foam or spray visible in one lower corner. A black-and-white crosshair reticle with bracket corners and an "N" marker is cen…
DOW-UAP-PR1522023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared footage of a dramatic layered cumulus cloudscape, with towering cloud formations filling most of the frame and darker sky visible in gaps between them. A cyan crosshair reticle sits inside a square digital overlay ("focus…
DOW-UAP-PR1362023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared aerial footage over rugged, mountainous terrain with steep ridgelines and valleys. A green crosshair reticle with an "N" heading marker and corner tracking brackets is fixed near the center of the frame, with black redact…
DOW-UAP-PR1492023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy, very low-contrast infrared footage aimed at open sky, with no terrain visible and a bright hazy glow filling the center of the frame, resembling glare or an out-of-focus light source. Faint diagonal streaking runs across the image,…
FBI-UAP-D0272023FBIDocument0/5MentionedFive-page PDF containing a sequence of digital renderings rather than a text document; none of the pages carries a text layer. All five frames share one fixed viewpoint: a suburban back garden at night, seen from behind two silhouetted figu…
DOW-UAP-PR0242023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared/FLIR sensor footage showing a smooth cloud layer with an octagonal masked aperture. A thin crosshair marks screen center. Three black square blocks (redaction masks) sit in the lower portion; no distinct airborne object i…
DOW-UAP-PR0302023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared/EO sensor footage looking down at arid, mottled terrain with scattered dark patches. A green targeting reticle with tick marks centers on a small round object rendered red/orange (hot signature). Numerous black rectangula…
DOW-UAP-PR1002023Department of WarVideo—OfficialInfrared/FLIR sensor footage over open ocean showing a calm sea surface in grayscale. A small dark oblong object sits centered under the tracking crosshair with a cyan 'N' north marker. HUD reticle brackets and black masking blocks frame th…
DOW-UAP-D0772023Department of WarDocument4/4OfficialDOW-UAP-D077 is an UNCLASSIFIED memorandum for record from the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Intelligence and Security, dated 05 June 2026, subject: "All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)…
DOW-UAP-D078October, 2023Department of WarDocument0/1OfficialDOW-UAP-D078 is a single-page notional map graphic, marked UNCLASSIFIED, showing a grayscale overhead view of the western United States with four observer positions (blue circles) and four reported incidents. Its caption says the image is a…
DOW-UAP-D079October, 2023Department of WarDocument2/2OfficialDOW-UAP-D079 is an unclassified memorandum for record from the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Intelligence and Security, dated 2 June 2026, presenting the narrative of "Witness 1," one of several U.S. federal law enforcement special…
DOW-UAP-D080October, 2023Department of WarDocument8/8OfficialDOW-UAP-D080 is an UNCLASSIFIED memorandum for record from the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security, dated 02 June 2026, presenting the first-hand narrative of 'Witness 2' to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution O…
DOW-UAP-D081October, 2023Department of WarDocument2/2OfficialDOW-UAP-D081 is an UNCLASSIFIED memorandum for record from the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Intelligence and Security, dated 02 June 2026, presenting the verbatim first-hand narrative of "Witness 3," another federal law enforcement…
DOW-UAP-D082October, 2023Department of WarDocument3/3OfficialDOW-UAP-D082 is an unclassified memorandum for record from the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Intelligence and Security, dated 2 June 2026, presenting the first-hand narrative of "Witness 4," one of several U.S. federal law enforceme…
DOW-UAP-D083October, 2023Department of WarDocument5/5OfficialDOW-UAP-D083 is an UNCLASSIFIED memorandum for record from the Office of the Under Secretary of War, Intelligence and Security, dated 02 June 2026, presenting the detailed, numbered-log-style first-hand narrative of "Witness 5" (writing alo…
DOW-UAP-PR057A2023Department of WarVideo—OfficialTwo grayscale infrared sensor frames show a bank of white cumulus clouds against a lighter gray sky, viewed from an aircraft-mounted EO/IR camera. An orange sensor crosshair/reticle sits near the center of the frame with small orange corner…
DOW-UAP-PR057B2023Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white FLIR/EO sensor footage showing a dense field of clouds with black redaction bars covering the frame corners. A small orange tracking reticle sits at the center along with faint orange corner brackets and a letter marker, but…
DOW-UAP-PR0682023Department of WarVideo—OfficialBoth frames show a small square EO/IR sensor display framed by solid red/orange side panels, resembling a cockpit or targeting-pod HUD. Inside the gray sensor feed, a red circular reticle sits at the center with crosshair lines extending ou…
DOW-UAP-PR0702023Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared frame with heavy black redaction bars along the top, sides, and corners. A small square tracking bracket surrounds a tiny bright white dot near the center of an otherwise featureless, grainy noise-textured background. No…
DOW-UAP-PR0712023Department of WarVideo—OfficialBoth selected frames are almost entirely black with only a thin solid green horizontal line running along the bottom edge of the image; no cloud, sky, object, HUD reticle, or other visual detail is discernible. These appear to be blank or d…
DOW-UAP-PR0992023Department of WarVideo—OfficialHigh-resolution black-and-white aerial/EO surveillance footage of a coastal harbor area, showing a curving breakwater or causeway, a calm water channel, a small vessel, and clustered buildings along the shoreline. An amber/orange HUD overla…
DOW-UAP-D0192/21/23Department of WarDocument10/10OfficialU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-19), a USCENTCOM Defensive Counter-Air (DCA) mission report from 20-21 February 2023, flown by a 2-ship of F-15E Strike Eagles from the 389th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (389 EFS, 332…
DOW-UAP-D0203/31/23Department of WarDocument6/6OfficialDeclassified USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP, MDR 25-0094 thru 25-0099) from the 77th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron / 378th Air Expeditionary Wing, documenting a defensive counter-air (DCA) sortie by a two-ship of F-16CM fighters that too…
DOW-UAP-D02310/31/23Department of WarDocument9/9OfficialDeclassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MOR 25-0104) from the 50th Attack Squadron / 432nd AEW, covering a 20-hour-43-minute ISR sortie flown 24 October 2023 out of Al Dhafra Air Base (OMAM), UAE, supporting NAVCENT under Operation Spartan S…
DOW-UAP-D03310/27/23Department of WarDocument7/7OfficialThis is a USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP 9329374, MDR 26-0019), originated by the 33 SOS (27 SOW) and declassified on 22 January 2026 by Maj. Gen. Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, and approved for release to AARO. It covers…
DOW-UAP-D03510/29/23Department of WarDocument7/7OfficialDeclassified USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP 9337873, MDR 26-0019) from the 33rd Special Operations Squadron / 27th Special Operations Wing, documenting an ISR mission flown 28-29 October 2023 from LGLR, Greece, with takeoff at 1504Z and l…
DOW-UAP-D07411/9/23Department of WarDocument10/10OfficialThis is a USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP 9381202, Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, ISR mission, Air Force, 609th Operations Center) for a single aircraft that took off at 0217Z on 9 November 2023, released on 2 June 2025 (USCENTCOM MDR 25-0072…
FBI UFO Sighting, September 2023: Composite Sketch9/1/23FBIDocument0/1MentionedThis single-page document, filed as the composite sketch for the FBI's September 2023 sighting, is a full-color illustration with no text, caption, title block or agency letterhead. It shows an elongated, oval or cigar-shaped craft with a s…
AARO Briefing: UFO Orb Sightings in Western US, 20232023Department of WarDocument4/4OfficialThis is a 4-page AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office) briefing slide deck ('western_us_event_slides,' dated 5.08.2026) documenting four distinct UAP sighting events involving federal law enforcement special agents (identified only as…
DOW-UAP-D1062022Department of WarDocument6/6OfficialThis is a USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP 7468013, MDR 26-0084 to 26-0095) for a reconnaissance sortie under Operation Inherent Resolve, originated by the 196 ATKS with a point of contact in the 163 ATKW (163 AW) and reported through the 6…
DOW-UAP-D1092022Department of WarDocument6/6OfficialThis declassified mission report (Misrep 7467030), from originator 20 ATKS under Operation Inherent Resolve (air domain, MAJCOM AFCENT, COCOM USCENTCOM), is classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. The aircraft took off at 2149Z on 4 May 2022 a…
DOW-UAP-PR1302022Department of WarDocument0/1OfficialSingle-page PDF that contains one grayscale infrared still frame rather than a text document; the page carries no text layer. The image is a wide, letterboxed sensor capture looking down onto mottled terrain, with a brighter diffuse area ac…
DOW-UAP-PR1312022Department of WarDocument0/1OfficialSingle-page PDF that contains one grayscale infrared still frame rather than a text document; the page carries no text layer. The image is a 16:9 sensor capture looking down onto mottled terrain, brighter through the centre and darker towar…
DOW-UAP-PR1412022Department of WarVideo—OfficialAerial sensor footage that opens on a split-screen display, grayscale infrared on the left and tan-toned electro-optical on the right, each with its own teal crosshair reticle. The feed then switches to a single full-frame grayscale infrare…
DOW-UAP-PR0502022Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy black-and-white infrared sensor view looking down at a wind-streaked ocean surface. Several small dark, elongated objects are visible, each trailing a bright white wake-like streak, with blue bracket-style tracking markers placed ove…
DOW-UAP-PR0532022Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white overhead aerial surveillance footage (daytime EO sensor) looking down on a dense urban block of flat-roofed buildings, alleys, and parked vehicles. Green square bracket target markers and a green diamond/dot are scattered ac…
DOW-UAP-PR0542022Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white infrared footage showing a small, sharply bright white dot against a dark, banded horizon of sky and terrain. The point of light stays roughly centered-left across both frames, with faint radiating streaks suggesting sensor…
DOW-UAP-PR0722022Department of WarVideo—OfficialThe first sampled frame is entirely black with no visible content. The second frame shows a night scene from a low, ground-level or vehicle-mounted camera: a dark horizon with a distant bright light source producing a faint fan-shaped glow…
DOW-UAP-PR0732022Department of WarVideo—OfficialThe first frame is almost entirely black with no visible content. The second frame shows a washed-out, grainy grey field with a white square tracking-gate reticle containing a small central dot, and a faint horizon with ocean waves visible…
DOW-UAP-PR0742022Department of WarVideo—OfficialA grayscale infrared sensor shows a wide panorama of sky and cloud cover, with corner bracket markers and a crosshair near center, plus a faint small dot visible to the right of the reticle in the earlier frame. The later frame is almost en…
DOW-UAP-D0105/6/22Department of WarDocument6/6OfficialThis is a USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP) for an ISR aircraft under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY, declassified on 7 October 2025 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff (USCENTCOM MDR 25-0093…
DOW-UAP-D0125/20/22Department of WarDocument6/6OfficialU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-12), a USCENTCOM ISR mission report spanning 20-21 May 2022 under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, originated by the 196th Attack Squadron (196 ATKS, Air National Guard remotely-piloted-aircr…
DOW-UAP-D0145/29/22Department of WarDocument9/9OfficialU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-14), a USEUCOM ISR mission report spanning 29-30 May 2022, originated by the 50th Attack Squadron (50 ATKS) under the 603rd Air Operations Center, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY and…
DOW-UAP-D0167/31/22Department of WarDocument7/7OfficialU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-16): a USCENTCOM mission report spanning 30-31 July 2022 under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, originated by 89 ATKS (432 AEW) under the 609th CAOC/AFCENT, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVE…
DOW-UAP-D01812/1/22Department of WarDocument6/6OfficialU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report (document D-18), a USCENTCOM ISR mission report spanning 1-2 December 2022 under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, originated by the 482nd Attack Squadron (482 ATKS, 20 FW) under the 609th CAOC/ACC, class…
DOW-UAP-D1019/8/21Department of WarDocument7/7OfficialA 7-page Intelligence Information Report (IIR) originated by Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), classified SECRET//NOFORN, dated 27 April 2022 (message date-time group 271329ZAPR22), describing a UAP encounter on 8 September 2021…
DOW-UAP-PR1179/8/21Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared (FLIR-style) sensor footage centered on a fixed crosshair reticle with tick-mark graticule lines running horizontally and vertically. A warm amber-toned gradient washes across one corner of the frame, likely a thermal or…
DOW-UAP-PR1189/8/21Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage with a fixed crosshair reticle and tick-mark graticule, similar in style to the adjacent case. A black wedge/border intrudes at one corner of the frame and the reticle appears slightly tilted, consistent wi…
DOW-UAP-PR1199/8/21Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage centered on a fixed crosshair reticle with horizontal and vertical tick-mark graticule lines, closely matching the framing seen in adjacent cases from this segment. A warm amber gradient covers one side of…
DOW-UAP-PR1209/8/21Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage viewed through a fixed crosshair reticle, with a black bar/edge along one side of the frame indicating this is a secondary recording of a display rather than a direct sensor export. Two small ring-shaped ma…
DOW-UAP-PR1219/8/21Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage nearly identical in framing to the adjacent case: a fixed crosshair reticle with a black bar/edge along one side of the frame (again suggesting a secondary recording of a display). The same cluster of two s…
DOW-UAP-PR1229/8/21Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage centered on a fixed crosshair reticle, with a black bar along one edge of the frame consistent with a secondary recording of a display. Unlike the tightly clustered symbols in adjacent cases, this footage s…
DOW-UAP-PR0512021Department of WarVideo—OfficialThe first captured frame is a black title card reading 'UAP 2021, Apparent Instantaneous Acceleration Examination, original clip excerpt at 100% speed,' with no sensor imagery visible. The second frame shows a grayscale infrared view of gra…
DOW-UAP-PR0602021Department of WarVideo—OfficialFull-color daytime aerial/electro-optical sensor view looking down on rugged, folded mountainous terrain with a dark shadowed ravine running diagonally across the frame. Small cyan tracking brackets and an 'N' compass marker are overlaid ne…
DOW-UAP-PR0612021Department of WarVideo—OfficialColor daylight sensor footage showing an aerial top-down view of arid, ridged desert terrain in tan and beige tones, with a hazy blue-grey patch that may be water, shadow, or haze. A teal-colored HUD crosshair with corner brackets and an 'N…
DOW-UAP-PR0622021Department of WarVideo—OfficialA blue-tinted electro-optical sensor view shows a layer of clouds over open sky or water, with a crosshair reticle near the frame center and a small, faint white dot to its right, presumed to be the tracked object. In the later frame the do…
DOW-UAP-PR0632021Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayish-blue infrared sensor imagery from altitude, showing a mottled, textured surface resembling terrain or thick haze/cloud. A teal-colored HUD overlay includes a centered crosshair, bracket-shaped corner markers, and an 'N' north indica…
DOW-UAP-PR0752021Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white infrared sky imagery showing layered wispy clouds and a bright contrail-like streak crossing the frame diagonally from lower left to upper right. A dark teal HUD overlay includes a centered crosshair, small corner bracket ma…
DOW-UAP-PR0762021Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale aerial EO sensor footage over open rural terrain — plowed fields, scattered trees, dirt tracks, and a road or rail line running along the top of the frame. Orange bracket-corner markers and small orange square/diamond icons are sc…
DOW-UAP-D0892020Department of WarDocument2/2OfficialThis two-page document is a completed U.S. Navy "Range Fouler Debrief Form", a standardized template for aircrew to report unidentified contacts. Page 1 is marked SECRET//NOFORN (struck through). The form's identifying fields are redacted o…
DOW-UAP-D0912020Department of WarDocument2/2OfficialThis 2-page document is a completed U.S. Navy "Range Fouler Debrief Form" catalogued as an Atlantic Ocean 2020 encounter, filled in by a naval aviator (rank O-3, crew position WSO). Page 1 is the form itself: the date, location, altitude an…
DOW-UAP-PR1062020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared/FLIR sensor frame showing a bright white dot against a mottled dark sky. A small dark object sits near the crosshair reticle at frame center. Multiple straight white tracking gate markers frame the target. No terrain or h…
DOW-UAP-PR1072020Department of WarVideo—OfficialDark low-contrast electro-optical/IR targeting frame with a circular pipper reticle and bracket markers at center. Later frames show a large rectangular tracking box over faint mottled terrain. Elevation angle readouts appear at left. No cl…
DOW-UAP-PR1082020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared frame sampled during a segment the official description labels as having no content. Only a stationary calibration-style reticle with tick marks (top, bottom, left, right) and a small center crosshair is visible on a feat…
DOW-UAP-PR1102020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor display with a fixed crosshair reticle and tracking brackets in the center of the frame. A single small bright white point is visible near the top edge, faint against a grainy, uniformly gray background. No shape o…
DOW-UAP-PR1112020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy black-and-white infrared sensor footage against a near-black background with a targeting reticle overlay: a central crosshair, angled tracking-gate lines, and a -5 degree elevation readout. A faint bright patch of noise appears in th…
DOW-UAP-PR1162020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale full-motion video from an airborne sensor tracking a small dark object framed between two vertical white tracking-gate brackets against a featureless hazy gray sky. The object has an angular, aircraft-like silhouette with faint pr…
DOW-UAP-PR0552020Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white infrared video showing dense, textured cloud cover filling most of the frame, with a dark clear patch in the upper right corner. Several tiny bright white specks — too small to resolve any shape — are scattered near the cent…
DOW-UAP-PR0592020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy black-and-white EO/infrared sensor footage over a flat, reflective ocean surface shows a small dark, elongated object with what appear to be leg- or skid-like protrusions resting on or just above the water, tracked near a central cro…
DOW-UAP-PR0772020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy grayscale FLIR-style footage with blue bracket-shaped tracking markers at each corner of the field of view and a blue crosshair reticle near center. A diffuse, dark cloud-like blob occupies the middle of the frame, with a small, fain…
DOW-UAP-PR0782020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared video with a blue HUD overlay: center crosshair, four corner tracking brackets, and a small square marker offset above center. The frame is filled with diffuse, hazy cloud or atmospheric texture crossed by faint diagonal…
DOW-UAP-PR0792020Department of WarVideo—OfficialNearly featureless gray FLIR frame with faint mottled cloud or haze texture. Cyan tracking bracket corners mark the four corners of the sensor field-of-view, a cyan crosshair sits at the center, and a small 'N' north-indicator appears near…
DOW-UAP-PR0802020Department of WarVideo—OfficialBoth extracted frames are almost entirely black with no discernible object, sensor overlay, or horizon visible. This is consistent with the video's timeline description, which notes long stretches with no content before and after brief obje…
DOW-UAP-PR0812020Department of WarVideo—OfficialOverhead grayscale infrared drone footage of a rural compound, showing a curving road or path lined with several bright white rectangular thermal signatures (likely buildings, tents, or vehicles) surrounded by dotted terrain and scattered t…
DOW-UAP-PR0822020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale, downward-looking aerial infrared view of terrain with buildings or structures faintly visible through haze. A small crosshair reticle marked with a letter "r" and an "N" orientation marker appears near center, while black redacti…
DOW-UAP-PR0832020Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white overhead aerial/satellite-style reconnaissance imagery shows a walled compound with several buildings, trees, courtyards, and access roads within a dense urban neighborhood grid. Multiple black rectangular redaction boxes co…
DOW-UAP-PR0842020Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white infrared/FLIR aerial view from altitude, dominated by thick layered cloud cover with patches of terrain visible through gaps. A small compass 'N' marker appears near the right side; thick black redaction bars cover portions…
DOW-UAP-PR0852020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy infrared footage in mid-tone greys with a uniform, textured background that resembles haze or cloud. A small bright white elongated streak or blob is visible near the right edge of the frame, while a teal crosshair reticle with corne…
DOW-UAP-PR0872020Department of WarVideo—OfficialMostly featureless, hazy grayscale infrared frame with a soft, dark, amorphous vignette occupying the center of the image, with no clearly defined object visible. A teal HUD overlay shows a centered crosshair, bracket-style corner markers,…
DOW-UAP-PR0882020Department of WarVideo—OfficialMostly featureless, hazy grayscale sensor frame — a flat gray-white expanse with no discernible ground detail, resembling washed-out sky, cloud, or an overexposed background. A blue crosshair reticle with bracket corners sits at center, wit…
DOW-UAP-PR0892020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy grayscale FLIR footage nearly identical in composition to pr077, with blue bracket tracking markers at the frame corners and a blue crosshair near center. A faint, small white point sits just to the right of the crosshair against a m…
DOW-UAP-PR0902020Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white daytime aerial/EO surveillance footage looking straight down at farmland: a patchwork of rectangular fields, dirt roads, scattered buildings, and a canal or river lined with trees. A tiny bright white point of contrast (a sm…
DOW-UAP-PR0912020Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white nighttime infrared (FLIR) footage showing a large, brightly lit vessel (a cargo or tanker ship) on open water, its deck strung with numerous glowing white lights reflecting on the sea surface. A cyan crosshair reticle is cen…
DOW-UAP-PR0922020Department of WarVideo—OfficialTwo heavily grained, black-and-white infrared frames show a uniform textured surface with no clear terrain features, likely sea or ground clutter viewed through a noisy FLIR sensor. A faint crosshair marker sits near the center of the frame…
DOW-UAP-PR0932020Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlurry, out-of-focus grayscale infrared footage dominated by diagonal streaking and haze, with a cyan tracking reticle and corner brackets centered on the frame and a small cyan letter-N marker. Black redaction boxes appear at the edges; no…
DOW-UAP-PR0942020Department of WarVideo—OfficialFull-color, high-definition electro-optical footage looking down at open blue ocean with visible whitecaps and swell. A large cargo or bulk-carrier ship with a white superstructure and a churning wake occupies the center-left of frame; smal…
DOW-UAP-PR0952020Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy black-and-white EO/infrared sensor footage shows a mostly uniform, textureless grey field with a central crosshair reticle, cyan corner tracking brackets, and a small cyan 'N' orientation marker. Black redaction bars cover the top an…
DOW-UAP-D0385/14/20Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialDeclassified single-page 'Range Fouler Debrief Form' (a standardized SPEAR/Navy-style UAP reporting questionnaire), submitted for an encounter on 14 May 2020 at 2040Z (night) in the Middle East (working area code 28314; the form's latitude…
DOW-UAP-D0428/31/20Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialDeclassified single-page 'Range Fouler Debrief Form,' a standardized SPEAR UAP reporting questionnaire, submitted by a pilot (rank O-2) of the 482nd Attack Squadron (482 ATKS). Per the document's own fields the encounter date is 31 August 2…
DOW-UAP-D04410/15/20Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialDeclassified single-page 'Range Fouler Reporting Form,' a standardized SPEAR UAP reporting questionnaire submitted by an aircrew member (rank O-2, 'Other' crew position) of the 172nd Attack Squadron (172 ATKS). The encounter occurred on 15…
DOW-UAP-D0568/24/20Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialDeclassified single-page 'Range Fouler Debrief Form,' a standardized SPEAR UAP reporting questionnaire, submitted by a pilot (rank O-3) of HSM-73, a Navy helicopter maritime strike squadron. The encounter occurred on 24 August 2020 at night…
DOW-UAP-D0579/4/20Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialThis is a Range Fouler Reporting Form (a SPEAR data-collection form), declassified on 16 March 2026 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, documenting a UAP encounter over the Gulf of Aden on 4 September 2020 at night, 21:09-2…
DOW-UAP-D05810/27/20Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialA Range Fouler Debrief Form (O-3 aircrew member, 77 EFS), declassified on 20 March 2026 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, and approved for release to AARO (USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to MDR 26-0046), documenting an encounter d…
DOW-UAP-D0608/8/20Department of WarDocument6/6OfficialThis is a six-page USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP 4592219) from the 482ATKS (432 AEW, ACC) for an AREC mission flown on 8-9 August 2020, released to AARO and declassified on 20 March 2026 (USCENTCOM MDR 26-0038 to MDR 26-0046). The aircra…
DOW-UAP-D0618/27/20Department of WarDocument7/7OfficialThis 7-page USCENTCOM mission report (Misrep 4685903; release stamp MDR 26-0019) covers a single-aircraft AREC (ISR) sortie from OKAS that took off at 2307Z on 26 August 2020 and landed at 2012Z on 27 August 2020, with 21 hours 5 minutes of…
DOW-UAP-D0629/16/20Department of WarDocument9/9OfficialThis is a USCENTCOM mission report (MOR 26-0019, Misrep 4782130), declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison on 22 January 2026 and approved for release to AARO, for an aircraft that took off from OKAS at 2302Z on 15 September 2020 and landed t…
DOW-UAP-D06310/1/20Department of WarDocument8/8OfficialThis 8-page USCENTCOM mission report (Misrep 4871281), declassified on 16 March 2026, covers a single-aircraft AREC (ISR) sortie from OKAS that took off at 2249Z on 1 October 2020 and landed at 1953Z on 2 October 2020, 21 hours 4 minutes of…
DOW-UAP-D06411/2/20Department of WarDocument7/7OfficialUSCENTCOM mission report (MDR 26-0028, Misrep 5039166) from 482 ATKS (432 AEW), declassified on 16 March 2026 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, and marked FOUO / Privacy Act applies and approved for release to AARO. The s…
DOW-UAP-D0657/16/20Department of WarDocument8/8OfficialThis 8-page USCENTCOM mission report (Misrep 4472514), declassified on 16 March 2026, covers a single-aircraft AREC (ISR) sortie from OKAS that took off at 0443Z on 16 July 2020 and landed at 0200Z on 17 July 2020. The landing section gives…
DOW-UAP-PR1232019Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage, letterboxed with black bars top and bottom, showing a uniformly grainy, textureless background with no discernible terrain, ocean, or sky. A center crosshair reticle with tick-mark tracking brackets on all…
DOW-UAP-PR1242019Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage with a center crosshair reticle and tick-mark tracking brackets, initially over a uniformly grainy gray background where a small dark object sits boxed at the reticle. By the final frame a horizon line beco…
DOW-UAP-PR1252019Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage with a center crosshair reticle and tick-mark tracking brackets over a uniformly grainy background. In the first frame a small dark, elongated object sits to the left of the reticle; in the middle frame no…
DOW-UAP-PR1262019Department of WarVideo—OfficialLow-light color night-vision-style footage with heavy green, blue, and red chroma noise across the frame, letterboxed with black bars on the left and right. No crosshair, HUD, or reticle is visible. In the first frame two small reddish-oran…
DOW-UAP-PR1272019Department of WarVideo—OfficialLow-light color night-vision-style footage with heavy green and blue chroma noise across the frame, letterboxed with black bars on the left and right. No crosshair, HUD, or reticle is visible. In the first frame a single small bright white…
DOW-UAP-D0902019Department of WarDocument2/2OfficialThis 2-page document is a completed U.S. military "Range Fouler Reporting Form" (Eastern U.S., 2019) used to document unidentified aerial phenomena encountered during flight operations. Page 1 contains the blank template instructions and fi…
DOW-UAP-PR1122019Department of WarVideo—OfficialA grayscale infrared aerial sensor view shows a coastline and horizon line under an overcast sky, with heavy black redaction bars covering much of the on-screen display and an 'N' heading marker near the top. A crosshair reticle sits near t…
DOW-UAP-PR1152019Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy black-and-white sensor footage with a teal crosshair reticle and a small teal 'N' north-heading arrow in the upper-left corner. Thick black bars along the top and bottom edges frame the shot, likely UI letterboxing. No distinct point…
DOW-UAP-PR0862019Department of WarVideo—OfficialA color electro-optical sensor view shows the blue ocean surface with a crosshair reticle centered in the frame and a small overlay icon in the upper-left corner; a faint bright dot sits to the right of the reticle. The following frame swit…
DOW-UAP-PR0972019Department of WarVideo—OfficialGreyscale infrared sensor imagery dominated by a soft, diffuse texture resembling cloud or smoke, with diagonal light and dark banding. A teal crosshair reticle with corner brackets and an 'N' north marker is centered in the frame, but no d…
DOW-UAP-PR0962018Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor display showing a flat, textured gray field with subtle haze and terrain-like shading. A static crosshair reticle sits at center with small corner tracking brackets and an 'N' compass indicator to the left; black b…
DOW-UAP-PR1142016Department of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage showing a flat, low-contrast gray panel with a tracking bracket and crosshair reticle locked near the center of the frame. Two bright diagonal streak lines cross the image near the brackets, and a row of sm…
DOW-UAP-D05511/18/16Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialDeclassified single-page USCENTCOM mission summary titled 'P-8A Observes Unidentified Low-Flying Object 55 NM Northwest of Latakia, Syria,' dated 18 November 2016. A US Navy P-8A Poseidon, while monitoring KCTG (a carrier/combined task grou…
DOW-UAP-PR1092015Department of WarVideo—OfficialMonochrome infrared sensor footage shows layered diagonal cloud bands filling most of the frame, viewed from an aircraft looking down at an angle. A tiny bright square dot is visible near the top edge of the frame. A stationary HUD overlay…
DOW-UAP-D1521/3/11Department of WarDocument42/43OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Negative Mass Propulsion," prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 3 January 2011 (ICOD 30 August 2010,…
DOW-UAP-D1531/11/11Department of WarDocument51/51OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD), "Quantum Tomography of Negative Energy States in the Vacuum" (DIA-08-1102-007), dated 11 January 2011 (ICOD 10 August 2010), prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4) of th…
DOW-UAP-D174March, April 2010Department of WarDocument59/60OfficialThis is a Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) "Utah Task Force" report on the "Utah Ranch" investigation, covering two trips that a team of two investigators and two scientists made to the area of Fort Duchesne, Utah, on 22-26…
DOW-UAP-D17511/23/10Department of WarDocument104/141OfficialThis "Summary Report on BAASS UAP Analysis Capabilities", dated 23 November 2010 (141 pages), is a self-assessment by Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), which between 2008 and 2010 worked for the Defense Warning Office of the…
DOW-UAP-D1132/2/10Department of WarDocument5/5OfficialThis is a Standard Form 30, "Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract," issued as Modification P00002 to Contract HHM402-08-C-0072 (PIIN HHM402-08-C-0072), effective 02 February 2010. It was issued by the Virginia Contracting Acti…
DOW-UAP-D1145/18/10Department of WarDocument3/3OfficialThis is a Standard Form 30, "Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract," issued as Modification P00003 to Contract HHM402-08-C-0072, effective 18 May 2010. It was issued by the Virginia Contracting Activity at Bolling AFB, Washingt…
DOW-UAP-D1155/18/10Department of WarDocument1/1OfficialThis document is only the internal contract distribution list (routing cover sheet) for Modification P00004 to Contract HHM402-08-C-0072, issued by the Virginia Contracting Activity at Bolling AFB and dated 18 May 2010. It labels the mod an…
DOW-UAP-D1169/28/10Department of WarDocument5/5OfficialThis is a Standard Form 30, "Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract", issued as Modification P00005 to Contract HHM402-08-C-0072 (dated 22 September 2008), effective 28 September 2010. It was issued by the Virginia Contracting A…
DOW-UAP-D1191/7/10Department of WarDocument31/32OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Biomaterials" (DIA-08-0912-006), dated 7 January 2010, produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Defense Warning Office as part…
DOW-UAP-D1201/12/10Department of WarDocument27/27OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Materials for Advanced Aerospace Platforms" (DIA-08-0912-008), dated 12 January 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009), produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defens…
DOW-UAP-D1211/28/10Department of WarDocument37/37OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Pulsed High-Power Microwave Source Technology" (DIA-08-0912-005), dated 28 January 2010, produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence Agenc…
DOW-UAP-D1223/2/10Department of WarDocument29/29OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Invisibility Cloaking: Theory and Experiments" (DIA-08-1003-001), dated 2 March 2010, produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence Agency's…
DOW-UAP-D1233/2/10Department of WarDocument35/35OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Positron Aerospace Propulsion" (DIA-08-1003-002), dated 2 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009), produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence A…
DOW-UAP-D1243/8/10Department of WarDocument56/56OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD), "Space Access: Where We've Been . . . and Where We Could Go" (DIA-08-1001-006), dated 8 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009), prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the…
DOW-UAP-D1253/10/10Department of WarDocument72/72OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion" (DIA-08-1003-006), dated 10 March 2010, produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence Agency's De…
DOW-UAP-D1263/11/10Department of WarDocument37/37OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Advanced Nuclear Propulsion for Manned Deep Space Missions" (DIA-08-1003-007), dated 11 March 2010, produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelli…
DOW-UAP-D1273/11/10Department of WarDocument54/55OfficialThis Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD), "An Introduction to the Statistical Drake Equation", is dated 11 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009) and was prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence…
DOW-UAP-D1283/11/10Department of WarDocument36/38OfficialThis DIRD, "Anomalous Acute and Subacute Field Effects on Human Biological Tissues" (no DIA control number legible), dated 11 March 2010, was produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Defense…
DOW-UAP-D1293/23/10Department of WarDocument27/27OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Metallic Spintronics" (DIA-08-1003-011), dated 23 March 2010, produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence Agency's Defense Warning Office…
DOW-UAP-D1303/23/10Department of WarDocument35/36OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 23 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009, document number DIA-08-1003-012),…
DOW-UAP-D1313/23/10Department of WarDocument16/16OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 23 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2010, document number DIA-08-1003-013),…
DOW-UAP-D1323/29/10Department of WarDocument17/17OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Advanced Space Propulsion Based on Vacuum (Spacetime Metric) Engineering," prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analys…
DOW-UAP-D1333/30/10Department of WarDocument32/32OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 30 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009, document number DIA-08-1003-016),…
DOW-UAP-D1343/30/10Department of WarDocument19/19OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analysis, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 30 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009, documen…
DOW-UAP-D1353/30/10Department of WarDocument44/44OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 30 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009, document number DIA-08-1003-018),…
DOW-UAP-D1363/31/10Department of WarDocument45/45OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 31 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009, document number DIA-08-1003-020),…
DOW-UAP-D1373/31/10Department of WarDocument31/31OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 31 March 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009, document number DIA-08-1003-019),…
DOW-UAP-D1384/2/10Department of WarDocument33/33OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Warp Drive, Dark Energy, and the Manipulation of Extra Dimensions," prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency,…
DOW-UAP-D1394/6/10Department of WarDocument42/42OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Traversable Wormholes, Stargates, and Negative Energy," prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 6 Apri…
DOW-UAP-D1404/6/10Department of WarDocument57/57OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "High-Frequency Gravitational Wave Communications," prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analysis, Defense Intelligence…
DOW-UAP-D1414/6/10Department of WarDocument37/38OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 6 April 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009, document number DIA-08-1004-006),…
DOW-UAP-D1424/6/10Department of WarDocument56/57OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 6 April 2010 (ICOD 1 December 2009, document number DIA-08-1004-007),…
DOW-UAP-D14311/1/10Department of WarDocument76/77OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010 (ICOD 30 August 2010, document number DIA-08-1011-001),…
DOW-UAP-D14411/1/10Department of WarDocument57/57OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010 (ICOD 8 July 2010, document number DIA-08-1011-002), pr…
DOW-UAP-D14511/1/10Department of WarDocument48/50OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion," prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010, produced under…
DOW-UAP-D14611/1/10Department of WarDocument35/36OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "(U) Aneutronic Fusion Propulsion," prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Agency, dated 1 November 2010 (ICOD 20 Jul…
DOW-UAP-D14711/1/10Department of WarDocument34/34OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Ultracapacitors as Energy and Power Storage Devices for Commercial and Military Applications," prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Def…
DOW-UAP-D14811/20/10Department of WarDocument45/46OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Detection and High Resolution Tracking of Vehicles at Hypersonic Velocities," prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence…
DOW-UAP-D14911/21/10Department of WarDocument32/32OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document titled "MHD Air Breathing Propulsion and Power for Aerospace Applications," prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Directorate for Analysis, Defense Int…
DOW-UAP-D15012/10/10Department of WarDocument54/54OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Quantum Computing and Utilizing Organic Molecules in Automation Technology," prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence…
DOW-UAP-D15112/15/10Department of WarDocument30/31OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Cognitive Limits on Simultaneous Control of Multiple Unmanned Spacecraft," prepared by the Technology Warning Division (DWO-4), Defense Warning Office, Defense Intelligence Ag…
DOW-UAP-D1694/10/09Department of WarDocument41/42OfficialThis is the March 2009 progress report of Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), the contractor of the Defense Intelligence Agency's AAWSAP program, covering 1-31 March 2009 and dated 10 April 2009. It reports on staff recruitmen…
DOW-UAP-D1704/1/09Department of WarDocument40/50OfficialThis is the April 2009 progress report of Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) for the Defense Intelligence Agency's AAWSAP program, covering 1-30 April 2009. It updates staff recruitment and security clearances and the status o…
DOW-UAP-D1717/9/09Department of WarDocument130/134OfficialThis is the June 2009 progress report of Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) for the Defense Intelligence Agency's AAWSAP program, covering 1-30 June 2009 (134 pages). Besides staff recruitment and the status of EarthTech's 24-…
DOW-UAP-D17311/1/09Department of WarDocument131/155OfficialThis is the November 2009 progress report of Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) for the Defense Intelligence Agency's AAWSAP program (155 pages). It has three parts. First, a summary of MUFON investigations: it restates that u…
DOW-UAP-D1129/2/09Department of WarDocument4/4OfficialThis is a Standard Form 30, "Amendment of Solicitation/Modification of Contract," Modification No. P00001 to contract HHM402-08-C-0072 (dated 22 September 2008), effective 2 September 2009; the accompanying distribution list is dated 8 Sept…
DOW-UAP-D11712/14/09Department of WarDocument30/30OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Metallic Glasses: Status and Prospects for Aerospace Applications" (DIA-08-0911-012), dated 14 December 2009, produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defen…
DOW-UAP-D11812/14/09Department of WarDocument20/20OfficialThis is a Defense Intelligence Reference Document (DIRD) titled "Aerospace Applications of Programmable Matter" (DIA-08-0911-016), dated 14 December 2009, produced by the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence Agen…
DOW-UAP-D16611/1/08Department of WarDocument23/26OfficialThis 26-page compilation, dated November 2008 and marked "BAASS CONFIDENTIAL," collects five short papers by the Mutual UFO Network's "MUFON Advanced Technology Establishment," prepared for BAASS: Lift and Power Generation (Newport Beach, C…
DOW-UAP-D16712/10/08Department of WarDocument42/42OfficialThis is "Report no. 001" from Documatica Research, LLC (San Francisco) to Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS), dated 10 December 2008, titled "Project CAPELLA: Towards the development of a data warehouse in support of research…
DOW-UAP-D16812/2/08Department of WarDocument49/49OfficialThis is the Project Management Plan (Overview Paper) that Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (BAASS) delivered on 2 December 2008 under Defense Intelligence Agency contract HHM402-08-C-0072, the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applic…
DOW-UAP-D1107/18/08Department of WarDocument4/4OfficialThis is a Statement of Objectives (SOO) for the Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program (AAWSAP), dated 18 July 2008. Its background section describes the Acquisition Support Division (DWO-3) of the Defense Intelligence Agency…
DOW-UAP-D1119/22/08Department of WarDocument59/59OfficialThis is a Standard Form 1449, Solicitation/Contract/Order for Commercial Items, 59 pages long. Solicitation number HHM402-08-R-0211 was issued on 1 September 2008 (offers due 10 September 2008) by the Virginia Contracting Activity, Bolling…
DOW-UAP-D0492/3/00Department of WarDocument113/113OfficialThis is the 30th Space Wing Office of History's "Vandenberg AFB Launch Summary 1958-2000" (distribution list dated 3 February 2000; foreword signed by Jeffrey Geiger), an administrative registry of launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, C…
DOW-UAP-PR1131996Department of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white infrared sensor footage looking down at mountainous desert terrain in the western United States. A tactical HUD overlay shows distance-ring range markers (5 through 30), a central crosshair, and a small circular tracking ret…
DOW-UAP-D0489/10/96Department of WarDocument168/181OfficialThis document is NOT a UAP encounter report. It is 'Modeling Unlikely Space-Booster Failures in Risk Calculations' (RTI Report No. RTI/5180/77-43F), a technical study dated 10 September 1996, prepared by Research Triangle Institute (authors…
DOW-UAP-D0924/17/67Department of WarDocument63/85OfficialAn 85-page file of USAF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) records on its Ad Hoc Committee to Review Project Blue Book, with 63 pages legible and the rest blank or redacted scans. The review was requested by Maj. Gen. E.B. LeBailly (Director o…
DOW-UAP-D1551/18/57Department of WarDocument2/5OfficialThis is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report, classified Secret at the time, dated 19 January 1957 from the 22nd Bombardment Wing at March AFB, California, titled "Report of Unidentified Aircraft Sighting" over Saudi Arabia.…
DOW-UAP-D1045/2/57Department of WarDocument572/585OfficialThis is the official U.S. Navy personnel/service record of Delbert Clement Newhouse (service number 177283), the Chief Warrant Officer (Chief Photographer) and Navy photographer who filmed the July 1952 Tremonton, Utah UFO footage. It is a…
DOW-UAP-D15612/31/56Department of WarDocument5/5OfficialThis is a Far East Air Forces Air Intelligence Information Report (IR-7-57) about an unidentified blinking light seen by an F-86D pilot of the 41st Fighter-Interceptor Squadron in the Guam radio-range holding pattern on the night of 31 Dece…
DOW-UAP-D1773/15/55Department of WarDocument4/4OfficialThis file documents a night-time sighting dated 15 March 1955 near Avalon, Catalina Island, California. It contains a Project 10073 record card, a UFOB index card and a teletype from the 670th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at San Pe…
DOW-UAP-D0951955Department of WarDocument54/57OfficialThis 57-page declassified USAF Directorate of Intelligence file (1954-1955), filed under "INT 2-2-7 Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO)," centers on the A. V. Roe (Canada) Project Y2, known to the USAF as Project "Ladybird," a circular, flat…
DOW-UAP-D0961955Department of WarDocument179/220OfficialThis 220-page file of Air Force correspondence, filed under INT 2-2-7 (Unidentified Flying Objects) and dated from January to October 1955, shows how the Directorate of Intelligence and the Air Technical Intelligence Center handled public a…
UFO sighting in the Caucasus, USAF report, 195510/14/55Department of WarDocument10/10OfficialThis is a nine-page U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report (IR 193-55) dated 14 October 1955, prepared by Lt. Col. Thomas S. Ryan, U.S. Air Attache, titled "Observations of Traveller in USSR" (source evaluation B-2; Numerical Fi…
DOW-UAP-D1808/31/54Department of WarDocument287/298OfficialThis 298-page file is the official military personnel record of Colonel Howard M. McCoy, U.S. Air Force, from his commissioning as a second lieutenant in 1930 (he transferred to the Air Corps in 1931-32) to his retirement in 1954. Most of i…
DOW-UAP-D15811/13/53Department of WarDocument3/4OfficialThis is a "Flying Objects Report" dated 13 November 1953 from the U.S. Air Force's 918th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, sent under AFR 200-2 to USAF intelligence, Air Defense Command, the A…
DOW-UAP-D1598/10/53Department of WarDocument2/2OfficialThis is a two-page U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report (AF Form 112) dated 11 August 1953, prepared by Capt. Fred L. Allen, Air Intelligence Officer of the 7350th Base Complement Squadron at Tempelhof, Berlin, with extracts f…
DOW-UAP-D16012/16/53Department of WarDocument3/3OfficialThis is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report dated 23 December 1953 from the 316th Air Division (Defense) about an unidentified radar return over French Morocco and the Mediterranean Sea. On 16 December 1953 at 1754Z, person…
DOW-UAP-D16110/6/53Department of WarDocument4/4OfficialThis is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report dated 24 November 1953 from the 5004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron in Alaska, titled "Sighting of Light on Big Diomede Island, USSR" (evaluation C-3). It reports that a 14-y…
DOW-UAP-D16212/1/53Department of WarDocument4/4OfficialThis is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report dated 8 December 1953 from the 5004th Air Intelligence Service Squadron, titled "Light Observed West of Gambell," St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. A 26-year-old local hunter and Alask…
DOW-UAP-D16312/17/53Department of WarDocument3/3OfficialThis is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report dated 13 January 1954 from the Air Attaché's office in Stockholm, titled "'Flying Saucer' Sighted by Swedish Pilot." It forwards a translated Swedish newspaper account of an "unkn…
DOW-UAP-D16412/1/53Department of WarDocument4/6OfficialThis is a report dated 13 January 1954 from the 2466th Air Force Reserve Combat Training Center at Atterbury Air Force Base, Columbus, Indiana, to the Director of Intelligence, USAF, submitted under AFR 200-2. It records a sighting by a pha…
DOW-UAP-D17811/16/53Department of WarDocument4/5OfficialThis file contains a completed Project Blue Book record form — with an official conclusion of "Astronomical (JUPITER)" and a note that astronomers at the Griffith Park Observatory evaluated the sighting as possibly a planet — and a 1953 tel…
Robertson Panel UFO report to Defense Secretary, 19531953Department of WarDocument6/7OfficialThis 7-page file is the Office of the Secretary of Defense's copy of a 13 March 1953 CIA transmittal of the report of a scientific panel on "Unidentified Flying Objects" ("Flying Saucers"). It contains a divider sheet, an OSD routing slip r…
DOW-UAP-D1578/27/52Department of WarDocument5/5OfficialThis is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report (IR-700-53) dated 15 December 1953 from the Air Attache in Rome (Lt. Col. Joseph A. Woida), transmitting a translated report by Prof. G. B. Sias of Sassari, Sardinia, about an unu…
DOW-UAP-D1796/25/52Department of WarDocument1/2OfficialThis is a U.S. Air Force Air Intelligence Information Report (AF Form 112) dated 28 August 1952 from the 807th Air Base Group, March Air Force Base, about alleged 'Flying Saucers' near Santa Catalina Island, off southern California. It repo…
DOW-UAP-D1027/2/52Department of WarDocument128/156OfficialThis Project Blue Book case file concerns the 16mm color film shot by Delbert C. Newhouse (a Navy chief petty officer in one message, a warrant officer in other papers) on 2 July 1952, about 7 miles north of Tremonton, Utah, at roughly 11:0…
DOW-UAP-D1037/2/52Department of WarDocument3/5OfficialThis is a 5-page excerpt of a Project Blue Book photo file relating to the Tremonton, Utah film. Page 1 is a file header reading 'Files 1377 & 1415, Tremonton, Utah, 2 photos', with a date line (July 1952) carrying a handwritten correction.…
DOW-UAP-D105September - December 1952Department of WarDocument243/253OfficialThis is a general Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and Air Force Directorate of Intelligence (AFOIN-2A2) correspondence file from the intense 1952 flying-saucer reporting wave, compiled under Project Blue Book and signed variously b…
DOW-UAP-D1543/26/52Department of WarDocument19/19OfficialThis is a verbatim transcript 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). Ruppelt traces the project…
DOW-UAP-PR1597/2/52Department of WarVideo—OfficialArchival 16mm color film with a heavy blue color cast, visible film grain, vertical scratches, and a soft focus consistent with handheld footage. Most frames show a plain sky with no visible object; several frames contain a cluster of small…
DOW-UAP-PR1603/26/52Department of WarAudio—OfficialThis 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…
DOW-UAP-D0981950, 1952Department of WarDocument9/23OfficialThis 23-page document (stamped "DECLASSIFIED Authority: NND 67905") has a Bureau of Aeronautics route sheet (pages 1-2, received stamp 14 May 1953), a seven-page progress report dated 4 May 1953 (pages 3-9) and enclosure charts and graphs (…
UFO Flying Discs reports, Air Force MATS, 1948-19501/9/50Department of WarDocument137/143OfficialThis is a compilation of unidentified flying object ('flying discs') reports from December 1948 to January 1950, mostly from Military Air Transport Service (MATS) units, forwarded to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB under Fl…
DOW-UAP-D1814/28/49Department of WarDocument3/3OfficialThis short file concerns a sighting on the night of 28 April 1949 at Avalon, Catalina Island, California. It contains a Project 10073 record card, an Air Materiel Command routing form dated May 1949, and the handwritten letter that started…
DOW-UAP-D0944/28/49Department of WarDocument26/34OfficialThis is Air Intelligence Report No. 100-203-79 / Air Intelligence Division Study No. 203, titled "Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the U.S.," dated 10 December 1948 and jointly issued by the Directorate of Intelligence, Headquarters U…
DOW-UAP-D09312/10/48Department of WarDocument40/67OfficialStudy No. 203, "Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the United States," dated 10 December 1948, was prepared by the Air Intelligence Division (DI/USAF-ONI) and later declassified. It examines reported "flying saucer" sightings to judge w…
DOW-UAP-D0971948Department of WarDocument44/45OfficialThis is the initial report on Project SIGN, sent on 23 April 1948 by Headquarters Air Materiel Command (Wright-Patterson Air Force Base) to the USAF Chief of Staff, attention Director of Intelligence, over the signature of Colonel H. M. McC…
DOW-UAP-D0171948-1950Department of WarDocument100/116OfficialThis is a substantial (116-page) collection of official 1948-1950 U.S. Air Force correspondence and reports concerning the famous 'green fireball' phenomena observed in the New Mexico area near Los Alamos, Sandia Base, and Kirtland Air Forc…
Project Sign UFO file: Flying Discs, 19486/15/48Department of WarDocument28/28OfficialThis 28-page file collects Air Force "Flying Discs" correspondence from February to June 1948, with a few earlier items, and several index forms name it "Project SIGN". A disposition form dated 27 February 1948 states that it is Air Force p…
UFO and flying saucer USAF intelligence file, 194811/8/48Department of WarDocument7/7OfficialThis 7-page file is a Top Secret bundle from the Directorate of Intelligence, Headquarters USAF (T.S. Control Nos. 2-5300 to 2-5399, November 1948). A cover sheet dated 8 Nov 1948 from AFOIR-CO sends extracts from a USAFE teletype (TT 1524,…
DOW-UAP-D0991/9/47Department of WarDocument6/8OfficialAn 8-page Secret intelligence review, "Ghost Rockets over Scandinavia," dated 9 January 1947 (Intelligence Review Number 47) by the Intelligence Division, War Department General Staff, Washington, D.C. (Copy No. 597), as part of a periodic…
DOW-UAP-D1001947-1948Department of WarDocument236/245OfficialA 245-page dossier of Air Materiel Command / Directorate of Intelligence correspondence on the Air Force's 1947-1948 "flying disc" investigation (later Project SIGN); 237 pages are legible and the rest are blank or redacted scans. Most of t…
UFO Flying Discs file: Twining letter, 194712/30/47Department of WarDocument28/28OfficialThis 28-page file collects Army Air Forces and Air Materiel Command (AMC) correspondence on "Flying Discs" from August to December 1947. Its core is the 23 September 1947 letter from Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, commanding AMC, to Army Air F…
Foo fighters UFO file: SHAEF reports, 19453/18/45Department of WarDocument17/17OfficialThis 17-page file of SHAEF Air Staff correspondence from January to March 1945 concerns "night phenomena" that Allied aircrews called "foofighters". On 16 January 1945 XII Tactical Air Command forwarded a report from the 415th Night Fighter…
DOW-UAP-PR140No dateDepartment of WarVideo—OfficialAerial sensor footage that alternates between grayscale infrared and a tan/sepia-toned electro-optical mode over diagonally streaked, textured desert-like terrain. A teal crosshair reticle with bracket corners and an "N" marker sits center-…
DOW-UAP-D084No dateDepartment of WarDocument25/25OfficialThis is a declassified file of 1949 memoranda from the Plans & Operations Division (P&O), General Staff, U.S. Army, on 'flying saucers'. On 24 February 1949 Lt Col Peisinger recorded that P&O had received no evaluation of the phenomenon and…
DOW-UAP-D086No dateDepartment of WarDocument2/3OfficialThis document is a memorandum from the Commandant of the 5th Naval District, and it cites a memorandum related to "flying discs" from the Chief of Naval Operations. The memorandum requests that naval stations report incidents to the nearest…
DOW-UAP-D087No dateDepartment of WarDocument218/253OfficialDOW-UAP-D087 is a 253-page U.S. Air Force compilation titled "Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States" (this file covers pages 1-100 of the full set), bearing a declassification authority stamp (NND 917033). The scanned pages consis…
DOW-UAP-D088No dateDepartment of WarDocument190/210OfficialDOW-UAP-D088 is a 210-page U.S. Air Force compilation titled "Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States" (this file covers incident numbers roughly 101-172), bearing declassification authority NND 917033. Like its companion volume (D0…
DOW-UAP-PR052No dateDepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy black-and-white infrared footage looking down at a dark, wave-textured ocean surface. A cluster of three or four small bright white blobs of contrast sits close together in the left-center of the frame, described in the report title…
DOW-UAP-PR056No dateDepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage over rippling ocean water. A blue targeting reticle (crosshair with a corner tracking bracket) is fixed near the center of frame, tracking a small round object on the water's surface. The object appears fir…
DOW-UAP-PR058No dateDepartment of WarVideo—OfficialOpens on a black screen with white on-screen text reading "recording - 8x speed, possible changes of shape, stabilized and enhanced, 38 secs." The following sampled frame is a grainy grayscale infrared image with a bright, irregularly shape…
DOW-UAP-PR064No dateDepartment of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white overhead aerial drone/EO footage of a dense city block with flat rooftops, alleys, and parked cars, in framing very similar to other urban surveillance clips in this set. Magenta/pink bracket-corner markers and small letter…
DOW-UAP-PR067No dateDepartment of WarVideo—OfficialOverhead black-and-white infrared/EO view of open ocean, likely captured from an aircraft looking straight down. A submarine is visible near the bottom center, surfaced or near-surfaced, leaving a bright wake trail on the water. A blue cros…
DOW-UAP-PR069No dateDepartment of WarVideo—OfficialMonochrome FLIR targeting-pod footage bordered by a black letterbox, showing a dense cloud bank. A circular reticle with a crosshair sits at the frame center, flanked by angled tracking brackets above it and short tick marks, along with bla…
DOW-UAP-PR098No dateDepartment of WarVideo—OfficialThe earlier frame shows a grayscale overhead infrared view of a walled ground compound with buildings, a courtyard and a driveway, a crosshair centered on a light-toned oblong object on the ground, and a cluster of small bright speckled dot…
UFO incident summaries 101-172, Air Force, late 1940sN/ADepartment of WarDocument158/178OfficialA batch of standardized Air Force "Incident Summary Sheet" and "Check-List — Unidentified Flying Objects" forms (Project Blue Book-style intake documents) from the Box 7 case files (Exhibit #530, Authority NND 917033), covering numbered inc…
UFO incident summaries 173-233, Air Force, 1948N/ADepartment of WarDocument142/144OfficialContinuation of the Box 7 Air Force "Incident Summary Sheet" / Check-List UFO case files (Authority NND 917033), covering numbered incidents roughly #173-233, mostly from September-November 1948. Many forms are severely OCR-garbled, but sev…
UFO incident summaries 1-100, Air Force, 1947-1948N/ADepartment of WarDocument183/209OfficialEarliest set of Box 7 "Check-List — Unidentified Flying Objects" case files (Authority NND 917033), dated from late June 1947 through 7 January 1948, the classic early wave of U.S. "flying disc" reports following the Kenneth Arnold sighting…
DOW-UAP-D003N/ADepartment of WarDocument7/7OfficialThis is a U.S. Department of War (formerly DoD) UAP Mission Report (MISREP), classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY, declassified with a 2048 declassification date, released as document D-3 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series. It is a standar…
DOW-UAP-D004N/ADepartment of WarDocument5/5OfficialU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-4 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY. This is a very short, heavily redacted 5-page mission report form; the first four pages contain almost no unr…
DOW-UAP-D005N/ADepartment of WarDocument6/6OfficialU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-5 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET//REL. Like related documents in this series, this 6-page report is heavily redacted under exemption 1.4(a) (classified national…
DOW-UAP-D006N/ADepartment of WarDocument7/7OfficialU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-6 in the Arabian Gulf 2020 case series, classified SECRET//REL. This is a 7-page report, heavily redacted under exemption 1.4(a) (classified national security information); pages 1-6 con…
DOW-UAP-D007N/ADepartment of WarDocument1/6OfficialThis U.S. Department of War UAP mission report (D-7, Arabian Gulf, 2020) is six pages long. Pages 1-5 are fully redacted under exemption 1.4(a). The only legible text is on page 6: the UAP description reads "looks like a balloon, similar to…
DOW-UAP-D008N/ADepartment of WarDocument7/7OfficialU.S. Department of War UAP Mission Report, document D-8, for a 2025 mission in Djibouti, classified SECRET//REL TO USA, FIN, SWE, FVEY, NATO. This 7-page report is heavily redacted under exemption 1.4(a): pages 1-6 contain only the redactio…
DOW-UAP-D054N/ADepartment of WarDocument1/7OfficialThis 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 (UA…
DOW-UAP-PR019N/ADepartment of WarVideo6/6OfficialGrainy black-and-white infrared aerial footage over wooded, vegetated terrain, with a diagonal road or path crossing the upper-left of the frame. A black crosshair reticle with bracket corners sits at center next to an "N" orientation marke…
DOW-UAP-PR020N/ADepartment of WarDocument0/1OfficialThis single-page item is stamped "CLEARED For Open Publication Mar 10, 2026, Department of Defense, Office of Prepublication and Security Review" and carries the text "Recommendation by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, Reco…
DOW-UAP-PR021N/ADepartment of WarVideo9/9OfficialThis is a SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY mission report (MISREP), declassified on 8 October 2025 by Maj. Gen. Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, and marked approved for release to AARO. It covers a single-aircraft ISR mission under US…
DOW-UAP-PR022N/ADepartment of WarVideo7/7OfficialThis is a seven-page declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP) from the 89 ATKS (432 AEW, AFCENT) under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, for an ARMED RECCE/AREC sortie on 30-31 July 2022. TF CHOSIN tasked the aircraft with IMINT via a 7-lin…
DOW-UAP-PR023N/ADepartment of WarVideo6/6OfficialUSCENTCOM mission report (Misrep undefined-8216304) from 482 ATKS under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE, with the SECRET/NOFORN markings struck through, declassified on 8 October 2025 by MG Richard A. Harrison, USCENTCOM Chief of Staff, and appr…
DOW-UAP-PR026N/ADepartment of WarVideo8/9OfficialTwo grayscale infrared frames show a hazy, cloud-filled sky viewed from an aircraft sensor. Teal-colored corner tracking brackets and a central teal crosshair with an 'N' orientation marker overlay the scene, alongside black rectangular red…
DOW-UAP-PR027N/ADepartment of WarVideo8/9OfficialDaytime grayscale infrared aerial footage of a coastal harbor, showing a long breakwater or jetty extending into calm water, waterfront buildings, a marina, and surrounding hillside terrain in the background. A cyan tracking reticle with co…
DOW-UAP-PR028N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialSplit-screen sensor display: the right half shows a grayscale electro-optical/SWIR view of dense white cloud cover with a crosshair reticle centered on a bright cloud formation, while the left half shows a similar grayscale cloud view with…
DOW-UAP-PR029N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white infrared sensor footage over a textured, wave-covered ocean surface shows a small bright object shaped like an inverted teardrop or kite, with a compact bright head and a thin vertical line trailing downward beneath it. The…
DOW-UAP-PR031N/ADepartment of WarVideo10/10OfficialSingle grayscale infrared aerial/drone-targeting view looking down on a rural compound: a house with outbuildings, a courtyard, a tree, and surrounding plowed agricultural fields. Magenta tracking brackets and a crosshair reticle are center…
DOW-UAP-PR032N/ADepartment of WarVideo10/10OfficialDeclassified USCENTCOM mission report (MISREP, MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103) from 12 SOS (AFSOC) in support of Operation Inherent Resolve, for an ISR mission that took off from OJMS at 0823Z on 20 October 2024 and landed there at 0447Z on 21 Oc…
DOW-UAP-PR033N/ADepartment of WarVideo10/10OfficialThis is a ten-page declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MISREP) from 12 SOS (AFSOC), flown under Operation INHERENT RESOLVE on 20-21 October 2024. The ISR sortie took off from OJMS at 0823Z, performed target-development FMV/SIGINT collect…
DOW-UAP-PR034N/ADepartment of WarVideo6/7OfficialGrainy, near-featureless gray infrared frame dominated by sensor noise, with a flat textureless background resembling hazy sky or water. A teal HUD overlay shows a centered crosshair with bracket corner markers and an 'N' north indicator. A…
DOW-UAP-PR035N/ADepartment of WarVideo6/7OfficialGrayscale EO sensor footage over open sky with scattered white clouds below. A teal/cyan crosshair with bracket corners and an "N" marker sit at center; the earlier frame shows a small dark irregular blob near the frame edge, while the late…
DOW-UAP-PR036N/ADepartment of WarVideo1/1OfficialGreen false-color FLIR/night-vision video of a ship or boat viewed from above on open water, framed by a military-style targeting HUD: vertical tick-marked range bars on either side, a horizontal green tracking line running through an orang…
DOW-UAP-PR037N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage over open water, with a cyan crosshair, corner tracking brackets, and an 'N' north-indicator in the HUD. A small dark, elongated vessel is visible mid-frame with a lighter wake trailing behind it across the…
DOW-UAP-PR038N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy, overexposed black-and-white sky footage. Near the center crosshair, a small multi-pointed, star-like bright object is visible with faint colored fringing (blue/orange), sitting just above a faint diagonal streak resembling a contrai…
DOW-UAP-PR039N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialThe single available frame is an overhead grayscale infrared image of a coastal compound, showing rooftops, what appears to be a dock or pier extending into water, and a network of roads or paths connecting structures. A red triangular mark…
DOW-UAP-PR040N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared sensor footage showing an expansive cloud field with a cyan tracking reticle, corner brackets, and a letter-N marker centered on the frame, plus black redaction boxes along the edges. In these two frames the view is fille…
DOW-UAP-PR041N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale infrared frame showing a low horizon with a dark, diffuse cloud- or smoke-like shape spanning the upper-middle portion of frame above a lighter, grainy ground area. A cyan tracking crosshair sits at center with a faint white horiz…
DOW-UAP-PR042N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy black-and-white infrared sensor footage shows a mostly flat grey field with a large soft-edged bright triangular or wedge-shaped area of contrast occupying the lower-left portion of the frame, resembling a heat bloom, plume, or lens…
DOW-UAP-PR043N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrayscale, wide-angle (fisheye-distorted) infrared aerial view from high altitude, showing a curved horizon line separating a bright sky from dark terrain below with winding river channels and a small cluster of buildings. A cyan crosshair…
DOW-UAP-PR044N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialBlack-and-white sensor footage showing an unusual dark, vignette-like circular field bordered by a bright, grainy edge, with a teal crosshair reticle and a red 'N' north-pointing arrowhead. The first frame shows a small elongated bright obj…
DOW-UAP-PR045N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialA grayscale infrared view of open terrain and horizon shows a magenta tracking ellipse encircling a red circular marker at the crosshair, inside of which sits a small light-gray, capsule-shaped object. Green corner frame markers and a small…
DOW-UAP-PR046N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy black-and-white infrared footage with a targeting bracket centered in the frame around a small blurry white object. The object has an elongated, football-shaped central mass with thin radial projections extending from it, matching th…
DOW-UAP-PR047N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialClose-up aircraft sensor/avionics HUD-style display with a teal crosshair and bracket-corner reticle centered on a red circular target-lock indicator, alongside a small black dot marker just below it and dark rounded-rectangle instrument sy…
DOW-UAP-PR048N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialGrainy grayscale infrared footage with magenta/purple bracket tracking markers at the frame corners and a magenta crosshair near center, plus a small magenta 'N' heading indicator above it. A faint horizontal band suggesting a hazy horizon…
DOW-UAP-PR049N/ADepartment of WarVideo—OfficialNear-black nighttime infrared video with a white HUD crosshair, corner tracking brackets, and an 'N' indicator. A small bright, horizontally-elongated white blob sits at the crosshair against the dark frame, with a second smaller bright dot…

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