2010s: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.
58 UAP cases
The 2010s account for 58 UAP cases in this archive — 12 videos, 45 documents, and 1 image — released by Department of Energy, Department of War, and FBI under the PURSUE program. Reported locations from the decade include Las Vegas, Nevada, Pacific Ocean, and Washington, D.C., 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.
2019 — 10 UAP casesView the full 2019 page →
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Pacific Ocean 2019, US Navy, 1 min
Grayscale 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
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Pacific Ocean 2019, US Navy, 53 s
Grayscale 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
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Pacific Ocean 2019, US Navy, 28 s
Grayscale 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
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Pacific Ocean 2019, US Navy, 3 min
Low-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
▶ VIDEOUFO video: Pacific Ocean 2019, US Navy, 2 min
Low-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
Navy range fouler report on a UFO, eastern US, 2019
This 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
▶ 21sUFO video from civilian aircraft, Eastern US, 2019
A 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
▶ 9sUFO infrared video, Gulf of America, 2019
Grainy 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
▶ 34sUFO video: US East Coast, Dec 2019 (US military)
A 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
▶ 299sUFO video: Middle East, 25 Sep 2019, 21:35Z
Greyscale 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
2018 — 1 UAP case
▶ 79sUFO video: Middle East, 3 Jul 2018 (US military)
Grayscale 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
2016 — 2 UAP cases
▶ 39sUFO infrared video, Atlantic Ocean, 2016
Grayscale 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
UFO near Latakia, Syria: P-8A report, 2016
Declassified 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
2015 — 2 UAP cases
Pantex UFO incident report, Amarillo, Texas, 2015
This is a 7-page Unclassified Controlled Nuclear Information (UCNI) report, "Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report," from Pantex Plant, Amarillo, Texas, managed and operated by Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC. A cover letter dated "
▶ 21sUFO infrared video, Eastern US, 2015
Monochrome 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
2011 — 4 UAP cases
AAWSAP UFO study: Negative Mass Propulsion (DIA, 2011)
This 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,
AAWSAP UFO study: Quantum Tomography (DIA, 2011)
This 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
FBI report: UFO triangle with lights, US Army, 2011
An FD-302 documents a joint FBI interview in April 2025 (exact date redacted) of two witnesses, both with U.S. Army service (six and a half years and 24 years), about a sighting they placed on an evening in June or July 2011. At about 8 or
FBI drawing: UFO triangle with lights, 2011
A digitally rendered reconstruction depicting a nighttime suburban scene from a witness's point of view. In the foreground, the dark silhouette of a person stands beside a parked pickup truck, both facing upward toward the sky. Above the tr
2010 — 39 UAP casesView the full 2010 page →
Skinwalker Ranch UFO report, BAASS, April 2010
This 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
Nimitz “Tic Tac” UFO simulation, BAASS report, 2010
This "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
AAWSAP UFO contract modification P00002 (2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO contract modification P00003 (2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO contract modification P00004 (2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO contract modification P00005 (2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Biomaterials (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Advanced Aerospace Materials (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Pulsed Microwave Sources (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Invisibility Cloaking (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Positron Propulsion (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Space Access (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Electrostatic Fusion (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Nuclear Space Propulsion (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Statistical Drake Equation (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Field Effects on Human Tissue (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Metallic Spintronics (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Controlling External Devices (DIA, 2010)
This 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),
AAWSAP UFO study: Superconductors and Gravity (DIA, 2010)
This 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),
AAWSAP UFO study: Vacuum Engineering Propulsion (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Quantum Entanglement (DIA, 2010)
This 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),
AAWSAP UFO study: Maverick vs Corporate Inventor (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Antigravity (DIA, 2010)
This 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),
AAWSAP UFO study: Biosensors and BioMEMS (DIA, 2010)
This 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),
AAWSAP UFO study: High-Energy Lasers (DIA, 2010)
This 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),
AAWSAP UFO study: Warp Drive and Dark Energy (DIA, 2010)
This 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,
AAWSAP UFO study: Traversable Wormholes (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Gravitational Wave Comms (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Metamaterials (DIA, 2010)
This 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),
AAWSAP UFO study: Quantum Vacuum Energy (DIA, 2010)
This 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),
AAWSAP UFO study: Laser Lightcraft Nanosats (DIA, 2010)
This 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),
AAWSAP UFO study: Breakthrough Flight Cockpits (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Aneutronic Fusion I (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Aneutronic Fusion II (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Ultracapacitors (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Hypersonic Vehicle Tracking (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: MHD Air-Breathing Propulsion (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Quantum Computing (DIA, 2010)
This 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
AAWSAP UFO study: Multi-Craft Control Limits (DIA, 2010)
This 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