2000s: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.
19 UAP cases
The 2000s account for 19 UAP cases in this archive — 18 documents and 1 image — released by CIA, Department of State, Department of War, and 1 more agency under the PURSUE program. Reported locations from the decade include Las Vegas, Nevada, Washington, D.C., and San Fransisco, California, among others; some incidents carry no usable location and are excluded from the map. Every year below links to the cases reported in it, and years with enough declassified material get their own dedicated timeline page, linked from the heading. Use the interactive map to see where these incidents cluster, or the knowledge graph to follow a witness, mission or aircraft type across the rest of the archive.
2009 — 7 UAP cases
Colares (Brazil) UFO study, BAASS report, Mar 2009
This 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
BAASS monthly report, AAWSAP UFO program, April 2009
This 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
BAASS monthly report, AAWSAP UFO program, June 2009
This 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-
Skinwalker Ranch UFO probe, BAASS report, Nov 2009
This 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
AAWSAP UFO contract modification P00001 (2009)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Metallic Glasses (DIA, 2009)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Programmable Matter (DIA, 2009)
This 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
2008 — 6 UAP cases
MUFON reports for BAASS, AAWSAP UFO program, 2008
This 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
Project Capella: UFO data warehouse for BAASS, 2008
This 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
BAASS project plan for the AAWSAP UFO program, 2008
This 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
AAWSAP UFO program Statement of Objectives, July 2008
This 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
AAWSAP UFO program solicitation and contract, Sept 2008
This 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
UFO sighting at Harare Airport, Zimbabwe, CIA, 2008
CIA-UAP-017 is a declassified SECRET//NOFORN CIA Information Report (not finally evaluated intelligence) distributed 3 July 2008 (message 031710Z), printed on 6/15/2009 from a Trident document page and marked "Approved for Release 2026 Unde
2004 — 1 UAP case
US State Dept Cable on UFO Researchers, Turkmenistan, 2004
This document is NOT a UAP sighting report. It is a declassified unclassified/sensitive State Department cable from AMEMBASSY Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, dated November 12, 2004, titled 'Turkmenistan, Civil Society and UFOs,' signed by Jacobson
2003 — 1 UAP case
US State Dept Cable: Mexican Congress UFO Hearing, 2023
NOTE: despite the case ID referencing 2003, the cable itself is dated September 16, 2023 (MRN: 23 MEXICO 2544). This is a declassified State Department 'Weekly Political Blotter' from AMEMBASSY Mexico City covering September 11-15, 2023, mo
2002 — 2 UAP cases
FBI interview of a pilot: UFO triangle, Afghanistan 2002
A 3-page FD-302 (FBI record of interview) with a date of entry in April 2024, documenting a March 2024 interview with a pilot who was referred to the FBI by a redacted party; the witness's name and most identifying details are redacted. The
FBI drawing of a UFO triangle over Bagram, 2002
A digitally rendered reconstruction showing a dense starfield filling almost the entire frame, with faint reddish-brown nebula-like patches visible near the bottom corners. A solid black, featureless triangular shape occupies the center of
2001 — 1 UAP case
US State Dept UFO Release Cable: Tbilisi, Georgia, 2001
This is not a report of an unidentified aerial phenomenon. It is a declassified State Department cable (MOSCOW 13169) from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to the Secretary of State, dated 30 October 2001 and signed by Ambassador Vershbow, whose
2000 — 1 UAP case
UFO files: Vandenberg AFB launch summary, 2000
This 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