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21 declassified cases mention this, always in the body of the document rather than as an official record field. Documented incidents span 2009 to 2026.

4 agencies are involved: Department of War, FBI, Local Law Enforcement, and Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The case files here include documents and videos. 13 cases carry visible redactions.

Cases

File IDDateAgencyTypePages readExcerpt
FBI-UAP-D0372026FBIDocument3/3A 3-page FD-302 documenting an FBI interview, conducted by FBI special agents, of a redacted witness traveling with a companion on a redacted date in 2026. Leaving a location around 7:45 p.m. in rainy, heavily clouded conditions, the witnes…
FBI-UAP-D0092026FBIDocument2/2This is a 2-page FBI FD-302 interview report (FD-302, Rev. 5-8-10) of a person interviewed in February 2026 by videoconference on Microsoft Teams, with a second person present for the interview. The interviewee received a Bachelor's Degree…
FBI-UAP-D0102026FBIDocument2/2FBI-UAP-D010 is a 2-page FD-302 report of an in-person interview, with the date, place and names redacted, of a witness interviewed along with another person. The witness arrived home at about 9:15 pm and, from the driveway, saw through the…
DOW-UAP-D1072025Department of WarDocument8/8This 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-PR1332025Department of WarVideo—Grayscale 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…
ODNI-UAP-D0012025Office of the Director of National IntelligenceDocument2/2A first-person narrative (2 pages, complete document) released by ODNI in the PURSUE collection, written by an unnamed "senior U.S. intelligence officer" (the file name marks it as a USPER narrative) about a multi-hour helicopter mission ov…
FBI Statement on UFO Orbs at a US Military Site, 2025Late 2025FBIDocument3/3A SECRET//NOFORN statement (2025; the date is redacted) in which a senior US intelligence official (Witness 1) recounts a night helicopter search involving a second senior US intelligence official (Witness 2), federal partner personnel, and…
LLE-UAP-D004January, 2024Local Law EnforcementDocument1/1This is a one-page transcript, issued under the letterhead of the Office of the Under Secretary of War (Intelligence and Security), of a 1-minute, 42-second video recording in the collection under the title LLE-UAP-PR004, captured by a law…
DOW-UAP-D05210/31/24Department of WarDocument2/2A 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…
LLE-UAP-D002October, 2023Local Law EnforcementDocument2/2A two-page transcript, released by AARO through the Office of the Under Secretary of War (Intelligence and Security), of LLE-UAP-PR002: a 15-minute cellphone video recorded by a law enforcement officer in Colorado in October 2023. The offic…
DOW-UAP-D0772023Department of WarDocument4/4DOW-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 WarDocument0/1DOW-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 WarDocument2/2DOW-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 WarDocument8/8DOW-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 WarDocument2/2DOW-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 WarDocument3/3DOW-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 WarDocument5/5DOW-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…
AARO Briefing: UFO Orb Sightings in Western US, 20232023Department of WarDocument4/4This 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-D1019/8/21Department of WarDocument7/7A 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-D174March, April 2010Department of WarDocument59/60This 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-D17311/1/09Department of WarDocument131/155This 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…

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