2020s: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.

284 UAP cases

The 2020s account for 284 UAP cases in this archive — 120 videos, 143 documents, 19 images, and 2 audio recordings — released by CIA, Department of Energy, Department of War, and 5 more agencies under the PURSUE program. Reported locations from the decade include Western United States, CENTCOM, and Middle East, 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.

Agencies
CIA, Department of Energy, Department of War, FBI, Intelligence Community Agency, Local Law Enforcement, NASA, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
File types
120 videos, 143 documents, 19 images, and 2 audio recordings
Top reported locations
Western United States, CENTCOM, and Middle East

2026 — 14 UAP casesView the full 2026 page →

Document with redactions.
DOW-UAP-D176

UFO memo: AARO debrief of a triangular craft, 2026

DocumentDepartment of War2026

This 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

A white form with redactions.
FBI-UAP-D043

FBI FD-302 UFO report: black triangle, 2026

DocumentFBI2026

This is an FBI FD-302 form from 2026 that transcribes, verbatim, an "Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report" co-signed by FBI special agents (names, date and place redacted). According to the statement, during an evening shift a coll

An FBI interview transcript.
FBI-UAP-D032

FBI report: slow-moving UFO objects, western US, 2026

DocumentFBI2026

A 2-page FD-302, the FBI's standard interview report form, recording an interview with a redacted individual on a date given only as 2026; the document says he has no aviation expertise and a redacted amount of private pilot time. At approx

An FBI interview transcript.
FBI-UAP-D033

FBI agent report: thermal UFO object, western US, 2026

DocumentFBI2026

A 2-page FD-302 built around a signed statement from a redacted FBI special agent, describing a follow-up observation on the evening of a redacted date in 2026 at the same general area referenced in a prior statement. While conducting obser

An FBI interview transcript.
FBI-UAP-D037

FBI report: UFO red lights, western US, 2026

DocumentFBI2026

A 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

A digital rendering of a person standing next to a vehicle, looking at two red lights in the sky over a mountainous landscape.
FBI-UAP-D038

FBI drawing 1: UFO red lights, western US, 2026

DocumentFBI2026

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States in 2026. This image is based upon a first-hand description provided by two U.S. person

A digital rendering of a night sky with a large, bright object surrounded by concentric circles, viewed through binoculars.
FBI-UAP-D039

FBI drawing 2: UFO red lights, western US, 2026

DocumentFBI2026

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States in 2026. This image is based upon a first-hand description provided by two U.S. person

An FBI interview transcript.
FBI-UAP-D040

FBI phone interview: UFO red lights, western US

DocumentFBI2026

A 2-page FD-302 documenting a telephonic FBI interview of a redacted witness about events on a redacted date in 2026. At about 2100, the witness left to drive north for area reconnaissance, waited at a gate for heavy rain to subside, and at

A digital rendering of a person standing in a desert landscape at night, with several red light sources visible in the sky.
FBI-UAP-D041

FBI drawing 1: UFO red lights, phone interview

DocumentFBI2026

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States in 2026. This image is based upon a first-hand description provided by two U.S. person

A digital rendering of a light streak in the sky over a mountainous landscape, as viewed through binoculars.
FBI-UAP-D042

FBI drawing 2: UFO red lights, phone interview

DocumentFBI2026

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States in 2026. This image is based upon a first-hand description provided by two U.S. person

FBI thermal UFO video: slow-moving objects, US West, 2026▶ VIDEO
FBI-UAP-PR007

FBI thermal UFO video: slow-moving objects, US West, 2026

VideoFBI2026

Grainy black-and-white footage of an open sky with a dark cloud bank across the upper portion of the frame, shot with no visible HUD, crosshair, telemetry, or censorship blocks, suggesting a plain recapture rather than a military sensor ove

FBI document with redacted text about an orb sighting.
FBI-UAP-D009

FBI interview on UFO orbs, northeastern US, Feb 2026

DocumentFBI2026

This 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 document with redacted text about a light sighting.
FBI-UAP-D010

FBI in-person UFO orb interview, northeast US, 2026

DocumentFBI2026

FBI-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

Heavily redacted document showing email correspondence.
DOW-UAP-D051

UFO email chain, AFOSI civilian sighting, 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2026

Declassified 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

2025 — 44 UAP casesView the full 2025 page →

Military mission report with headings, dates, and redacted text.
DOW-UAP-D107

UFO mission report, Middle East, October 2025 (ISR)

DocumentDepartment of War2025

This 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

Military mission report with headings, dates, and redacted text.
DOW-UAP-D108

UFO mission report: six spheres, Middle East, July 2025

DocumentDepartment of War2025

This 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

UFO video: Middle East 2024, infrared, 5 min▶ 298s
DOW-UAP-PR133

UFO video: Middle East 2024, infrared, 5 min

VideoDepartment of War2025

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

UFO video: Middle East 2025, infrared, 1 min▶ 60s
DOW-UAP-PR135

UFO video: Middle East 2025, infrared, 1 min

VideoDepartment of War2025

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Middle East 2025, EO/IR, 2 min▶ VIDEO
DOW-UAP-PR134

UFO video: Middle East 2025, EO/IR, 2 min

VideoDepartment of War2025

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Middle East 2025, infrared, 14 s▶ VIDEO
DOW-UAP-PR142

UFO video: Middle East 2025, infrared, 14 s

VideoDepartment of War2025

Grayscale 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

UFO infrared video, Yellow Sea, 2025▶ 16s
DOW-UAP-PR104

UFO infrared video, Yellow Sea, 2025

VideoDepartment of War2025

Grayscale 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

UFO infrared video, East China Sea, 2025▶ 300s
DOW-UAP-PR105

UFO infrared video, East China Sea, 2025

VideoDepartment of War2025

Grayscale 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

UFO video: bright orb in a backyard, Northeast US, 2025▶ 49s
FBI-UAP-PR004

UFO video: bright orb in a backyard, Northeast US, 2025

VideoFBI2025

Color smartphone-style night video looking up through tree silhouettes at a dark, dusky blue sky. Two small reddish-orange, star-like points of light are visible between the branches, one above the other; in a later frame a single red light

A first-hand narrative describing a UAP incident.
ODNI-UAP-D001

UFO sightings and thuds in the West: US official, 2025

DocumentOffice of the Director of National Intelligence2025

A 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

Heavily redacted document showing email correspondence.
DOW-UAP-D050

UFO email correspondence, INDOPACOM, 2025

DocumentDepartment of War2025

This 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 /

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo A1: Redacted Still Image (AARO)

ImageFBI2025

Grayscale sensor capture with a white crosshair reticle and tick-mark scale across the center. The background is a flat, lightly textured surface. A small dark dot sits just right of the crosshair centre. Heavy black redaction bars cover th

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting an object.

FBI UFO Photo A2: Redacted Still Image (AARO)

ImageFBI2025

Grayscale sensor frame showing mottled terrain with a white crosshair reticle and horizontal tick scale. A small dark round object appears just below and right of the crosshair centre. Black redaction blocks mask the top and both flanks of

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting an object.

FBI UFO Photo A3: Redacted Still Image (AARO)

ImageFBI2025

Grayscale sensor image with a large white crosshair and graduated tick marks over a faintly textured surface. A distinct dark round dot sits immediately right of the crosshair intersection. Multiple black redaction bars run across the top,

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting an object.

FBI UFO Photo A4: Redacted Still Image (AARO)

ImageFBI2025

Grayscale sensor capture, heavily cropped and surrounded by black. A white crosshair with tick scale sits at centre over diagonal banded terrain, with a small dark dot just right of centre. Black redaction blocks cover the upper edge and bo

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting an object.

FBI UFO Photo A5: Redacted Still Image (AARO)

ImageFBI2025

Grayscale sensor frame with a white crosshair and tick-mark scale over pale mottled ground. A small dark dot appears below and right of the crosshair, and a tiny circular marker sits near the upper redaction block. Large black bars mask the

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting an object.

FBI UFO Photo A6: Redacted Still Image (AARO)

ImageFBI2025

Grayscale sensor image with a white crosshair over lightly textured terrain. A dark round dot sits left of the crosshair centre. A very large black redaction block covers the upper-left quadrant, with further bars along the sides and bottom

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting an object.

FBI UFO Photo A7: Redacted Still Image (AARO)

ImageFBI2025

Grayscale sensor capture with a white crosshair and tick scale centred on a smooth pale background. A small light-grey blob with soft edges sits directly below the crosshair. Black redaction bars cover the top and both sides of the frame.

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting an object.

FBI UFO Photo A8: Redacted Still Image (AARO)

ImageFBI2025

Grayscale sensor frame with a white crosshair and graduated tick marks over faintly banded terrain. A very small dark dot sits just right of the crosshair intersection. Black redaction bars mask the top edge and both sides.

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B1: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This is a single-page image: a grayscale video-frame still with a central crosshair and horizontal and vertical scale marks (0 to 15 on each side of the horizontal axis), a faint hazy mountain silhouette at the lower right, and a timestamp

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B2: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI Photo B2 is a single-page image from the declassified UAP release. It shows a grayscale sensor frame overlaid with a graduated crosshair reticle (scale 15-10-5-0-5-10-15) and a small dark dot near the center. Several header and side-lab

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B3: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI Photo B3 is a single-page photographic exhibit from the declassified UAP release, a grayscale infrared-style frame overlaid with a measurement reticle (a horizontal scale running 15-10-5-0-5-10-15 on each side of center, plus a vertical

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B4: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI Photo B4 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 an infrared or video frame with a central crosshair a

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B5: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle and a visible object.

FBI UFO Photo B6: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle and a visible object.

FBI UFO Photo B7: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B8: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B9: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B10: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

A 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B11: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle.

FBI UFO Photo B12: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

A 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

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting a visible object.

FBI UFO Photo B13: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This 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

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting a visible object.

FBI UFO Photo B14: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This 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

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting a visible object.

FBI UFO Photo B15: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This 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

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting a visible object.

FBI UFO Photo B16: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This 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:

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting a visible object.

FBI UFO Photo B17: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI 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

Redacted sensor image with a crosshair targeting a visible object.

FBI UFO Photo B18: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle centered on an object.

FBI UFO Photo B19: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle centered on an object.

FBI UFO Photo B20: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

A 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle centered on an object.

FBI UFO Photo B21: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

FBI 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle centered on an object.

FBI UFO Photo B22: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle centered on an object.

FBI UFO Photo B23: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

A 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

Redacted sensor image with a targeting reticle centered on an object.

FBI UFO Photo B24: Western US Still Image, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

This 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

Heavily redacted event log.

FBI Statement on UFO Orbs at a US Military Site, 2025

DocumentFBI2025

A 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

2024 — 18 UAP casesView the full 2024 page →

Transcript Document.
LLE-UAP-D004

UFO video transcript, Colorado police, 2024

DocumentLocal Law Enforcement2024

This 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

UFO infrared video, South China Sea, 2024▶ 105s
DOW-UAP-PR101

UFO infrared video, South China Sea, 2024

VideoDepartment of War2024

Infrared/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

UFO infrared video, East China Sea, 2024 (36 s)▶ 37s
DOW-UAP-PR102

UFO infrared video, East China Sea, 2024 (36 s)

VideoDepartment of War2024

Grayscale 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

UFO infrared video, East China Sea, 2024 (1 min)▶ 77s
DOW-UAP-PR103

UFO infrared video, East China Sea, 2024 (1 min)

VideoDepartment of War2024

Grayscale 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

FBI document with redacted text about orbs.
FBI-UAP-D004

FBI contact and UFO video, northeastern US, Oct 2024

DocumentFBI2024

A 3-page FBI FD-1057 Electronic Communication dated October 2024 (most names, places, and dates redacted; catalogued under northeastern United States) documenting FBI contact with a private individual who reported repeated observations of "

FBI document with redacted text about a UAP interview.
FBI-UAP-D005

FBI interview on UFO sightings, northeastern US, Oct 2024

DocumentFBI2024

FBI-UAP-D005 is an FD-1057 Electronic Communication (UAP Division), 3 pages, titled "Interview of [witness, redacted]" dated 10/2024, recording an FBI interview conducted at an FBI office. The witness, employed at a facility described only

FBI document with redacted text listing photo enclosures.
FBI-UAP-D006

FBI site survey of UFO sightings, northeast US, Nov 2024

DocumentFBI2024

FBI-UAP-D006 is a three-page FBI FD-1057 Electronic Communication titled "Site survey of [redacted]", dated November 2024, filed under a case ID that references Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). It lists 24 enclosures: treeline photos t

FBI document with redacted text listing photo enclosures.
FBI-UAP-D007

FBI agents' own UFO observations, northeast US, Nov 2024

DocumentFBI2024

This is a 4-page FBI FD-1057 Electronic Communication (Rev. 5-8-10) titled "UAP Observations at [redacted]," dated 11/[redacted]/2024. It records that on that date two Special Agents visited the home of a person who had previously provided

FBI document with redacted text about a site survey.
FBI-UAP-D008

FBI UFO site survey, northeastern US, December 2024

DocumentFBI2024

FBI-UAP-D008 is a two-page FD-1057 Electronic Communication (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon case file) titled "Site survey of [redacted]" and dated December 2024 (day redacted). Its enclosures are six sets of photos taken around the site on

UFO video of a plasma-like sphere over a pond, Oct 2024▶ 265s
FBI-UAP-PR003

UFO video of a plasma-like sphere over a pond, Oct 2024

VideoFBI2024

Low-light, grainy photograph of a dusk sky over a green landscape. A small bright white-yellow orb of light glows near the center of the frame, with a fainter blurred whitish streak or silhouette beneath it against the darkening clouds.

UFO video: "Tic Tac" IR near Tyndall 2, Apr 2024 (USCG)▶ 40s
DOW-UAP-PR065

UFO video: "Tic Tac" IR near Tyndall 2, Apr 2024 (USCG)

VideoDepartment of War2024

Both 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

UFO video: "Tic Tac" IR near Tyndall 1, Apr 2024 (USCG)▶ 49s
DOW-UAP-PR066

UFO video: "Tic Tac" IR near Tyndall 1, Apr 2024 (USCG)

VideoDepartment of War2024

Black-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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D025

UFO mission report, Greece, Jan 2024

DocumentDepartment of War2024

Declassified 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D027

UFO mission report, UAE, Jun 2024

DocumentDepartment of War2024

Declassified 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D028

UFO mission report, Iraq, Sep 2024

DocumentDepartment of War2024

Declassified 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D032

UFO mission report, Syria, Oct 2024

DocumentDepartment of War2024

This 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

Heavily redacted document showing email correspondence.
DOW-UAP-D052

UFO email correspondence, Air Force, 2024

DocumentDepartment of War2024

A 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D075

UFO mission report, Gulf of Aden, Jul 2024

DocumentDepartment of War2024

This 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

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UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 19 s▶ 19s
DOW-UAP-PR143

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 19 s

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 27 s▶ 28s
DOW-UAP-PR144

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 27 s

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

UFO video: East China Sea 2023, infrared, 59 s▶ 60s
DOW-UAP-PR148

UFO video: East China Sea 2023, infrared, 59 s

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 57 s▶ 58s
DOW-UAP-PR150

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 57 s

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 49 s▶ 50s
DOW-UAP-PR151

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 49 s

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 2 min▶ 99s
DOW-UAP-PR152

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, infrared, 2 min

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

Transcript Document.
LLE-UAP-D001

UFO video transcript, Colorado police, 2023

DocumentLocal Law Enforcement2023

A one-page transcript, released by AARO through the Office of the Under Secretary of War (Intelligence and Security), of LLE-UAP-PR001: a 1-minute, 19-second cellphone video recorded by a law enforcement officer in Colorado in October 2023.

Transcript Document.
LLE-UAP-D002

UFO video transcript, Colorado police, 2023

DocumentLocal Law Enforcement2023

A 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

Transcript Document.
LLE-UAP-D003

UFO video transcript, Colorado police, 2023

DocumentLocal Law Enforcement2023

This is a one-page transcript, released by AARO through the Office of the Under Secretary of War (Intelligence and Security), of a 27-second video recording in the collection under the title LLE-UAP-PR003, captured by a law enforcement offi

UFO video, Colorado police report 2023, 1 min (LLE PR1)▶ 80s
LLE-UAP-PR001

UFO video, Colorado police report 2023, 1 min (LLE PR1)

VideoLocal Law Enforcement2023

Vertical smartphone video of a night sky, heavily out of focus, showing a single bright bluish-white point of light with a soft glow and faint color fringing at its edges. A diagonal row of smaller, dimmer points is visible above and to the

UFO video, Colorado police report 2023, 15 min (LLE PR2)▶ 900s
LLE-UAP-PR002

UFO video, Colorado police report 2023, 15 min (LLE PR2)

VideoLocal Law Enforcement2023

Vertical smartphone video of a night sky, out of focus, with overhead power lines crossing the frame. One or two bright points of light are visible above the lines, one noticeably brighter with a faint greenish or bluish tinge in some frame

UFO video, Colorado police report 2023, 27 s (LLE PR3)▶ 28s
LLE-UAP-PR003

UFO video, Colorado police report 2023, 27 s (LLE PR3)

VideoLocal Law Enforcement2023

Vertical smartphone video of a dark night sky, out of focus, with several overhead power lines crossing the frame. A single bright white point of light with a soft, slightly diffuse glow sits in the upper third of the frame, positioned betw

UFO video, Colorado police report 2024, 2 min (LLE PR4)▶ VIDEO
LLE-UAP-PR004

UFO video, Colorado police report 2024, 2 min (LLE PR4)

VideoLocal Law Enforcement2023

Vertical smartphone video of a dark night sky, out of focus, showing a single bright white point of light with a soft diffuse glow. In one sampled frame a second, much fainter point appears briefly below the main light, consistent with the

UFO video: Middle East 2023, infrared, 30 s▶ VIDEO
DOW-UAP-PR136

UFO video: Middle East 2023, infrared, 30 s

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Middle East 2023, infrared, 51 s▶ VIDEO
DOW-UAP-PR149

UFO video: Middle East 2023, infrared, 51 s

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grainy, 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,

An FBI interview transcript.
FBI-UAP-D026

FBI report: translucent triangle UFO, Colorado Springs

DocumentFBI2023

A 3-page FD-302 documents an FBI interview conducted by an Intelligence Analyst and a Supervisory Special Agent, dated January 2026; the witness's name and the exact October 2023 incident date are redacted throughout. The witness described

A digital rendering of two figures looking over a fence at a dark object in the night sky.
FBI-UAP-D027

FBI drawing: UFO triangle in Colorado Springs, 2023

DocumentFBI2023

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near Colorado Springs, Colorado, potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in October 2023. This image is based upon a first-hand description provided by a f

An FBI interview transcript.
FBI-UAP-D030

FBI report: UFO triangle with red lights, Colorado 2023

DocumentFBI2023

This 3-page FD-302 documents an FBI interview conducted in October 2025 by a Supervisory Special Agent, a Special Agent, and a Task Force Officer, in which the witness described an event that occurred on an October date in 2023, between 8:0

A digital rendering of a large, dark triangular object with red lights flying over a parking lot at night.
FBI-UAP-D031

FBI drawing: UFO triangle with red lights, Colorado

ImageFBI2023

A digitally rendered reconstruction of a nighttime parking lot scene, viewed from ground level among rows of parked cars. A tall lamppost with a lit fixture stands in the middle distance, and low hills form the horizon. High in the star-fil

UFO video: Middle East 2023, infrared, 18 s▶ 18s
DOW-UAP-PR024

UFO video: Middle East 2023, infrared, 18 s

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Middle East 2023, infrared, 10 s▶ 10s
DOW-UAP-PR030

UFO video: Middle East 2023, infrared, 10 s

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, EO/IR, 5 min▶ 286s
DOW-UAP-PR100

UFO video: Yellow Sea 2023, EO/IR, 5 min

VideoDepartment of War2023

Infrared/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

A Department of War memorandum about orbs.
DOW-UAP-D077

UFO incident, western US: AARO analysis update, 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2023

DOW-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)

Map with text explaining four UAP incidents.
DOW-UAP-D078

Notional map of UFO incidents, western US, 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2023

DOW-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

A Department of War memorandum with a witness narrative.
DOW-UAP-D079

Federal agent's UFO witness statement 1, western US

DocumentDepartment of War2023

DOW-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

A Department of War memorandum with a witness narrative.
DOW-UAP-D080

Federal agent's UFO witness statement 2, western US

DocumentDepartment of War2023

DOW-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

A Department of War memorandum with a witness narrative.
DOW-UAP-D081

Federal agent's UFO witness statement 3, western US

DocumentDepartment of War2023

DOW-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

A Department of War memorandum with a witness narrative.
DOW-UAP-D082

Federal agent's UFO witness statement 4, western US

DocumentDepartment of War2023

DOW-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

A Department of War memorandum with a witness narrative.
DOW-UAP-D083

Federal agent's UFO witness statement 5, western US

DocumentDepartment of War2023

DOW-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

Rendering of a road at night with an object in the sky.
FBI-UAP-D014

UFO illustration, witness 1, image 1, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Digital reconstruction of a desert highway at dusk. A two-lane road runs straight toward dark silhouetted hills under a fading orange and blue twilight sky. A glowing red-orange orb hovers above the ridgeline, marked with small red annotati

Rendering of a road at night with an object in the sky.
FBI-UAP-D015

UFO illustration, witness 1, image 2, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Digital reconstruction of the same desert road scene at twilight, with the highway leading toward dark hills. A red-orange glowing orb sits lower in the sky than in the companion image, tagged with a small red annotation marker. The sky fad

Rendering of two figures watching an object in the sky.
FBI-UAP-D016

UFO illustration, witness 2, image 1, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Night-time digital reconstruction showing two human figures in silhouette standing on high desert terrain, facing away from the viewer. A single yellow-white point of light hangs in the star-filled deep blue sky above a distant ridgeline. T

Rendering of two figures watching an object in the sky.
FBI-UAP-D017

UFO illustration, witness 2, image 2, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Night reconstruction with two silhouetted observers on a desert rise watching a bright yellow-white orb in a starry blue sky. The orb sits to the right of the figures, well above a dark eroded ridgeline. Faint stars are scattered across the

Rendering of two figures watching an object in the sky.
FBI-UAP-D018

UFO illustration, witness 2, image 3, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Night reconstruction of two silhouetted figures on desert terrain observing a small orange-yellow light in the star-filled sky. The light is dimmer and more compact than in the related renderings, positioned above the dark ridge to the righ

Rendering of two figures watching objects in the sky.
FBI-UAP-D019

UFO illustration, witness 2, image 4, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Night reconstruction showing two observers in silhouette on a desert ridge. A bright yellow-white orb sits at right, and a short horizontal row of small red points extends to its left across the dark blue starry sky.

Rendering of two figures watching objects in the sky.
FBI-UAP-D020

UFO illustration, witness 2, image 5, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Night reconstruction with two silhouetted witnesses on desert ground. A bright yellow-white orb appears at the right, trailed by a longer line of evenly spaced small red points running left across the starry sky above the ridgeline.

Rendering of a road at night with an object over a hill.
FBI-UAP-D021

UFO illustration, witness 1, image 3, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Digital reconstruction of a desert canyon at dusk with layered red rock mesas and green scrub, a paved road crossing the lower frame. A large textured orange-red sphere hovers in the deep blue sky just above the rock formation, its surface

Rendering of people in a car watching an object on a road.
FBI-UAP-D022

UFO illustration, witness 2, image 6, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Digital reconstruction viewed from inside a car at night. A driver and front passenger are silhouetted against the warm glow of the dashboard, with the rear-view mirror visible. Through the windshield, a bright yellow-white orb hovers over

Rendering of figures watching objects over a landscape.
FBI-UAP-D023

UFO illustration, witness 2, image 7, western US, 2023

ImageFBI2023

Night reconstruction showing two silhouetted figures standing beside a car with its headlights on, in open desert. An arc of small red lights curves across the dark sky above distant mountains, with a few white points visible lower near the

FBI UFO video: western US site recreation, 2023 (3-1)▶ 54s
FBI-UAP-PR005

FBI UFO video: western US site recreation, 2023 (3-1)

VideoFBI2023

Color night-time footage shows a dark, rugged mountain ridge silhouette with cactus and scrub vegetation in the foreground, set against a deep blue dusk or night sky scattered with visible stars. No distinct anomalous object, light, or craf

FBI UFO video: western US site recreation, 2023 (3-2)▶ 21s
FBI-UAP-PR006

FBI UFO video: western US site recreation, 2023 (3-2)

VideoFBI2023

Color computer-generated recreation of a dusk/night scene: a dark mountain silhouette against a gradient sky, with an orange glow near the horizon (city light pollution) fading into deep blue with visible stars. Small red-orange dots appear

UFO video: sphere in clouds, Yellow Sea, 2023▶ 71s
DOW-UAP-PR057A

UFO video: sphere in clouds, Yellow Sea, 2023

VideoDepartment of War2023

Two 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

UFO video: East China Sea, 5 Jan 2023, INDOPACOM▶ 71s
DOW-UAP-PR057B

UFO video: East China Sea, 5 Jan 2023, INDOPACOM

VideoDepartment of War2023

Black-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

UFO video from a fifth-gen aircraft, 20 Jan 2023 (IIR)▶ 63s
DOW-UAP-PR068

UFO video from a fifth-gen aircraft, 20 Jan 2023 (IIR)

VideoDepartment of War2023

Both 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

UFO video: aircrew over Eglin AFB, Florida, 13 Feb 2023▶ 30s
DOW-UAP-PR070

UFO video: aircrew over Eglin AFB, Florida, 13 Feb 2023

VideoDepartment of War2023

Grayscale 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

UFO shot down over Lake Huron by F-16, 12 Feb 2023▶ 47s
DOW-UAP-PR071

UFO shot down over Lake Huron by F-16, 12 Feb 2023

VideoDepartment of War2023

Both 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

UFO video: Middle East, 25 Sep 2019, 17:15Z▶ 291s
DOW-UAP-PR099

UFO video: Middle East, 25 Sep 2019, 17:15Z

VideoDepartment of War2023

High-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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D019

UFO mission report, Syria, Feb 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2023

U.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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D020

UFO mission report, Iraq, 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2023

Declassified 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D023

UFO mission report, UAE, Oct 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2023

Declassified 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D033

UFO mission report, Greece, Oct 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2023

This 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D035

UFO mission report, Greece, Oct 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2023

Declassified 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D074

UFO mission report, Syria, Nov 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2023

This 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

Saucer-shaped object with a bright light hovers over a grassy field.

FBI UFO Sighting, September 2023: Composite Sketch

DocumentFBI2023

This 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

Heavily redacted Federal Bureau of Investigation official record.

FBI UFO Sighting, September 2023: Interview 003

DocumentFBI2023

This is a 2-page FBI Form FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10), an interview report with date of entry 10/[redacted]/2023, concerning a September 2023 UAP sighting. An FBI Special Agent and two other interviewers (names redacted) interviewed a witness via

Heavily redacted Federal Bureau of Investigation official record.

FBI UFO Sighting, September 2023: Interview 004

DocumentFBI2023

This is a two-page FBI Form FD-302 interview memorandum, drafted in October 2023, about a UAP sighting on a September 2023 morning; the witness, a woman, is redacted. She had restricted the airspace for upcoming tests and was leading three

Heavily redacted Federal Bureau of Investigation official record.

FBI UFO Sighting, September 2023: Interview 005

DocumentFBI2023

This is a redacted two-page FBI FD-302 report of a Facetime video interview about a September 2023 UAP sighting. The interviewee, who had ten to fifteen hours as a drone pilot, was with three other contractors and one more person for LiDAR

Event summary slide titled 'Orbs Launching Orbs'.

AARO Briefing: UFO Orb Sightings in Western US, 2023

DocumentDepartment of War2023

This 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

2022 — 21 UAP casesView the full 2022 page →

Military mission report with headings, dates, and redacted text.
DOW-UAP-D106

UFO mission report (MISREP), Iraq, 2022

DocumentDepartment of War2022

This 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

Military mission report with headings, dates, and redacted text.
DOW-UAP-D109

UFO mission report (MISREP), Iraq, 2022

DocumentDepartment of War2022

This 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

A still image derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022.
DOW-UAP-PR130

UFO infrared image, Iraq 2022

DocumentDepartment of War2022

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of a still image derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military system in 202

A still image derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military platform in 2022.
DOW-UAP-PR131

UFO infrared image, Iraq 2022

DocumentDepartment of War2022

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of a still image derived from an infrared system aboard a U.S. military system in 202

UFO video: Middle East 2022, EO/IR, 3 min▶ 156s
DOW-UAP-PR141

UFO video: Middle East 2022, EO/IR, 3 min

VideoDepartment of War2022

Aerial 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

FBI document with redacted text about a UAP sighting.
FBI-UAP-D001

FBI interview on a UFO near Colorado Springs, 2022

DocumentFBI2022

FBI-UAP-D001 is an FD-302 (FBI interview report), 2 pages, documenting an interview conducted via Microsoft Teams in March 2025 by a Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent with a witness (name redacted). The witness described a UAP sig

FBI document with redacted text about a sketch interview.
FBI-UAP-D002

FBI UFO witness narrative, Colorado Springs, 2022

DocumentFBI2022

FBI-UAP-D002 is a two-page FBI FD-1057 Electronic Communication about a forensic sketch interview, dated July 2024. The interview took place in June 2024 at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY, with a Special Agent and an Operational Projects Un

Rendering of an object over a mountain landscape.
FBI-UAP-D003

FBI digital rendering of UFO, Colorado Springs, 2022

DocumentFBI2022

FBI-UAP-D003 is a single-page "Digital Rendering" produced as part of the FBI's Colorado Springs UAP case file (companion to the FD-302 witness interview FBI-UAP-D001 and the FD-1057 forensic sketch interview record FBI-UAP-D002). This is t

UFO video of two red orbs, northeastern US, March 2022▶ 163s
FBI-UAP-PR002

UFO video of two red orbs, northeastern US, March 2022

VideoFBI2022

Two low-resolution night-sky frames show a single small reddish-orange glowing orb against an almost pure black background. The orb's shape shifts slightly between frames, appearing as an elongated teardrop in one and a more rounded blob in

Document with text and a subject line.
ICA-UAP-D001

UFO analysis: Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, Feb 2022

DocumentIntelligence Community Agency2022

ICA-UAP-D001 is a 4-page Intelligence Community analysis titled "USA/Colorado: An Airborne Object Over Cheyenne Mountain in February 2022 was Possible Backscattering of Sunlight" (page 2 is fully redacted). It assesses that an airborne obje

UFO video: 4 objects over water, Iran, 26 Aug 2022▶ 10s
DOW-UAP-PR050

UFO video: 4 objects over water, Iran, 26 Aug 2022

VideoDepartment of War2022

Grainy 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

UFO video: cigar or sphere, Middle East, 15 Oct 2022▶ 22s
DOW-UAP-PR053

UFO video: cigar or sphere, Middle East, 15 Oct 2022

VideoDepartment of War2022

Black-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

UFO video: erratic spherical object, Europe, 2022▶ 237s
DOW-UAP-PR054

UFO video: erratic spherical object, Europe, 2022

VideoDepartment of War2022

Black-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

UFO video near Karaganda airport, Kazakhstan, 2022▶ 17s
DOW-UAP-PR072

UFO video near Karaganda airport, Kazakhstan, 2022

VideoDepartment of War2022

The 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

UFO video: several objects near Columbus, Ohio, 2022▶ 89s
DOW-UAP-PR073

UFO video: several objects near Columbus, Ohio, 2022

VideoDepartment of War2022

The 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

UFO video: Middle East, 13 Jun 2022▶ 286s
DOW-UAP-PR074

UFO video: Middle East, 13 Jun 2022

VideoDepartment of War2022

A 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D010

UFO mission report, Middle East, May 2022

DocumentDepartment of War2022

This 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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D012

UFO mission report, Iraq, May 2022

DocumentDepartment of War2022

U.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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D014

UFO mission report, Mediterranean, May 2022

DocumentDepartment of War2022

U.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

Redacted government mission report document.
DOW-UAP-D016

UFO mission report, Syria, Jul 2022

DocumentDepartment of War2022

U.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

Redacted government mission report document.
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UFO mission report, Iraq, Dec 2022

DocumentDepartment of War2022

U.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

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An Intelligence Information Report (IIR) documenting the observations of U.S. military personnel reporting UAP in 2021.
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UFO intelligence report, Gulf of Oman, 2021 (AFSOC)

DocumentDepartment of War2021

A 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

UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 16 s▶ VIDEO
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UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 16 s

VideoDepartment of War2021

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 30 s▶ VIDEO
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UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 30 s

VideoDepartment of War2021

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 2 s▶ VIDEO
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UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 2 s

VideoDepartment of War2021

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 13 s▶ VIDEO
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UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 13 s

VideoDepartment of War2021

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 34 s▶ VIDEO
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UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 34 s

VideoDepartment of War2021

Grayscale 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

UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 26 s▶ VIDEO
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UFO video: Gulf of Oman 2021, AC-130J, 26 s

VideoDepartment of War2021

Grayscale 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

UFO video of rotating lights, northeastern US, Nov 2021▶ 163s
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UFO video of rotating lights, northeastern US, Nov 2021

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Grainy night-sky footage against a near-black background. The first frame shows a single blurry, warm-white blob of light. In the second frame the light has resolved into a tight cluster of several small pinpoint lights (white with a faint

UFO video: instant acceleration, Syria, 2021▶ 302s
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UFO video: instant acceleration, Syria, 2021

VideoDepartment of War2021

The 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

UFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, object 2▶ 290s
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UFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, object 2

VideoDepartment of War2021

Full-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

UFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, clip 0▶ 286s
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UFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, clip 0

VideoDepartment of War2021

Color 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

UFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, clip 1▶ 290s
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UFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, clip 1

VideoDepartment of War2021

A 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

UFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, clip 2▶ 289s
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UFO video: sphere, Middle East, 12 Apr 2021, clip 2

VideoDepartment of War2021

Grayish-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

UFO video: East China Sea, 9 Jun 2021▶ 24s
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UFO video: East China Sea, 9 Jun 2021

VideoDepartment of War2021

Black-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

UFO video: Middle East, 3 Jan 2021 (US military)▶ 297s
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UFO video: Middle East, 3 Jan 2021 (US military)

VideoDepartment of War2021

Grayscale 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

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A Range Fouler Debrief, a standardized reporting form the U.S. Navy uses to record the circumstances surrounding an unauthorized intrusion into controlled airspace during active military operations or training.
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Navy range fouler report on a UFO, eastern US, 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

This 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

A Range Fouler Debrief, a standardized reporting form the U.S. Navy uses to record the circumstances surrounding an unauthorized intrusion into controlled airspace during active military operations or training.
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Navy range fouler report on a UFO, Atlantic Ocean, 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

This 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

UFO infrared video, Eastern US, 2020 (11 s)▶ 5s
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UFO infrared video, Eastern US, 2020 (11 s)

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grayscale 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

UFO infrared video, Eastern US, 2020 (28 s)▶ 24s
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UFO infrared video, Eastern US, 2020 (28 s)

VideoDepartment of War2020

Dark 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

UFO infrared video, Western US, 2020▶ 95s
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UFO infrared video, Western US, 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grayscale 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

UFO infrared video, Eastern US, 2020 (27 s)▶ 23s
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UFO infrared video, Eastern US, 2020 (27 s)

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grayscale 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

UFO infrared video, Eastern US, 2020 (60 s)▶ 60s
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UFO infrared video, Eastern US, 2020 (60 s)

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grainy 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

UFO infrared video, Atlantic Ocean, 2020▶ 32s
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UFO infrared video, Atlantic Ocean, 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grayscale 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

UFO video: sphere in clouds, Afghanistan, 23 Nov 2020▶ 47s
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UFO video: sphere in clouds, Afghanistan, 23 Nov 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Black-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

UFO video: Middle East, 1 Jun 2020, "NAG"▶ 291s
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UFO video: Middle East, 1 Jun 2020, "NAG"

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grainy 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

UFO video: Middle East, 2 Nov 2020, 1/2▶ 299s
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UFO video: Middle East, 2 Nov 2020, 1/2

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grainy 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

UFO video: Middle East, 2 Nov 2020, 2/2▶ 299s
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UFO video: Middle East, 2 Nov 2020, 2/2

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grayscale 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

UFO video: 3 fast-moving objects, Middle East, 29 Oct 2020▶ 241s
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UFO video: 3 fast-moving objects, Middle East, 29 Oct 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Nearly 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

UFO video: Middle East, 20 Oct 2020▶ 294s
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UFO video: Middle East, 20 Oct 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Both 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

UFO video: Africa, 18 Oct 2020 (US military)▶ 299s
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UFO video: Africa, 18 Oct 2020 (US military)

VideoDepartment of War2020

Overhead 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

UFO video: Africa, 16 Oct 2020 (US military)▶ 297s
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UFO video: Africa, 16 Oct 2020 (US military)

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grayscale, 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

UFO video: Middle East, 7 Oct 2020 (US military)▶ 274s
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UFO video: Middle East, 7 Oct 2020 (US military)

VideoDepartment of War2020

Black-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

UFO video: Middle East, 17 Sep 2020▶ 254s
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UFO video: Middle East, 17 Sep 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Black-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

UFO video: Middle East, 16 Sep 2020▶ 284s
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UFO video: Middle East, 16 Sep 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grainy 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

UFO video: Middle East, 5 Sep 2020 (US military)▶ 294s
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UFO video: Middle East, 5 Sep 2020 (US military)

VideoDepartment of War2020

Mostly 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,

UFO video: Middle East, 31 Aug 2020▶ 299s
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UFO video: Middle East, 31 Aug 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Mostly 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

UFO video: Middle East, 31 Aug 2020, 2▶ 299s
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UFO video: Middle East, 31 Aug 2020, 2

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grainy 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

UFO video: Middle East, 24 Aug 2020▶ 298s
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UFO video: Middle East, 24 Aug 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Black-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

UFO video: Persian Gulf, 21 Aug 2020▶ 289s
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UFO video: Persian Gulf, 21 Aug 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Black-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

UFO video: Middle East, 8 Aug 2020 (US military)▶ 293s
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UFO video: Middle East, 8 Aug 2020 (US military)

VideoDepartment of War2020

Two 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

UFO video: 2 objects, Gulf of Arabia, 5 May 2020, PR93▶ 30s
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UFO video: 2 objects, Gulf of Arabia, 5 May 2020, PR93

VideoDepartment of War2020

Blurry, 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

UFO video: Middle East, 13 Feb 2020▶ 300s
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UFO video: Middle East, 13 Feb 2020

VideoDepartment of War2020

Full-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

UFO video: 2 objects, Gulf of Arabia, 5 May 2020, PR95▶ 289s
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UFO video: 2 objects, Gulf of Arabia, 5 May 2020, PR95

VideoDepartment of War2020

Grainy 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

Declassified Range Fouler Debrief Form with redacted information.
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UFO Range Fouler form, Middle East, May 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

Declassified 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

Declassified Range Fouler Debrief Form with redacted information.
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UFO Range Fouler form, Arabian Gulf, Aug 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

Declassified 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

Declassified Range Fouler Debrief Form with redacted information.
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UFO Range Fouler form, Gulf of Aden, Oct 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

Declassified 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

Declassified Range Fouler Debrief Form with redacted information.
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UFO Range Fouler form, Arabian Sea, Aug 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

Declassified 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

Declassified Range Fouler Debrief Form with redacted information.
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UFO Range Fouler form, Gulf of Aden, Sep 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

This 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

Declassified Range Fouler Debrief Form with redacted information.
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UFO Range Fouler form, Middle East, Oct 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

A 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

Redacted government mission report document.
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UFO mission report, Arabian Gulf, Aug 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

This 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

Redacted government mission report document.
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UFO mission report, Arabian Gulf, Aug 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

This 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

Redacted government mission report document.
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UFO mission report, Strait of Hormuz, Sep 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

This 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

Redacted government mission report document.
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UFO mission report, Strait of Hormuz, Oct 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

This 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

Redacted government mission report document.
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UFO mission report, Iran, Nov 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

USCENTCOM 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

Redacted government mission report document.
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UFO mission report, Arabian Gulf, Jul 2020

DocumentDepartment of War2020

This 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

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UFO video: Middle East 2022, EO/IR, 2 min▶ 108s
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UFO video: Middle East 2022, EO/IR, 2 min

VideoDepartment of War

Aerial 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-

Briefing materials prepared for Mr. Walter N. Elder, Executive Assistant to the Director of the CIA, regarding a reported unidentified flying object.
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CIA briefing on the Puerto Rico UFO, USS Gyatt, 1964

DocumentCIA

A CIA briefing memorandum prepared for Walter N. Elder, Executive Assistant to the Director of Central Intelligence, on an unidentified flying object sighted near Puerto Rico on 16, 17, 18, 19, and 24 November. On 19 November the destroyer

Cover page for an official record.
CIA-UAP-015

Project Blue Book Special Report 14: UFO analysis, 1955

DocumentCIA

CIA-UAP-015 is Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, 'Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects' (Project No. 10073, May 1955), prepared by the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and mark

A file folder with a declassification sticker.
DOW-UAP-D084

US Army flying saucer evaluation study (UFO), 1949

DocumentDepartment of War

This 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

File cover for "Office, Chief Army Field Forces".
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US Navy memo on flying discs reports (UFO), 1948

DocumentDepartment of War

This 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

A file cover with a declassification sticker.
DOW-UAP-D087

USAF UFO analysis of flying objects in the US, part 1

DocumentDepartment of War

DOW-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

A file cover with notes and a declassification sticker.
DOW-UAP-D088

USAF UFO analysis, part 2, with Gorman dogfight

DocumentDepartment of War

DOW-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

UFO audio: Apollo 16 scientific debriefing, 1972
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UFO audio: Apollo 16 scientific debriefing, 1972

AudioNASA

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

UFO audio: Apollo 16 debriefing, comment at 32:41
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UFO audio: Apollo 16 debriefing, comment at 32:41

AudioNASA

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

An unidentified object report with enhanced imagery from a PANTEX radar tower.
DOE-UAP-D001

UFO report at the Pantex plant: enhanced radar image (DOE)

DocumentDepartment of Energy

This is a 2-page image excerpt (pages 5 and 6 of a 6-page original) from a 'Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report' by Pantex (managed and operated by Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC). The pages are marked UCNI (Unclassified Controll

UFO video of a USO formation (US Department of War)▶ 496s
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UFO video of a USO formation (US Department of War)

VideoDepartment of War

Grainy 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

UFO video: pulsing sphere over water▶ 212s
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UFO video: pulsing sphere over water

VideoDepartment of War

Grayscale 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

UFO video: INDOPACOM theater, US military▶ 648s
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UFO video: INDOPACOM theater, US military

VideoDepartment of War

Opens 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

UFO video over Kabul, Afghanistan, July 2017 (AFSOC)▶ 18s
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UFO video over Kabul, Afghanistan, July 2017 (AFSOC)

VideoDepartment of War

Black-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

UFO video: spheres near a submarine, 25 Mar 2022▶ 290s
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UFO video: spheres near a submarine, 25 Mar 2022

VideoDepartment of War

Overhead 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

UFO video: F/A-18 FLIR footage (US military)▶ 30s
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UFO video: F/A-18 FLIR footage (US military)

VideoDepartment of War

Monochrome 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

UFO video: objects in formation over the Persian Gulf▶ 1056s
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UFO video: objects in formation over the Persian Gulf

VideoDepartment of War

The 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

Brown file folder labeled with the number 78078.

COMETA report: UFOs and Defense (1999)

DocumentNASA

This 94-page file is a copy of the English translation of the 1999 French COMETA report "UFOs and Defense: What Should We Prepare For?", an independent, private report by a committee of former auditors of France's Institute for Advanced Nat

Declassified Secret envelope with a report label.

UFO incident summaries 101-172, Air Force, late 1940s

DocumentDepartment of War

A 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

Declassified Secret document cover sheet with handwritten notes.

UFO incident summaries 173-233, Air Force, 1948

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Continuation 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

Declassified file cover with Confidential and Secret markings.

UFO incident summaries 1-100, Air Force, 1947-1948

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Earliest 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

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Part 1 (1947)

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Section 1 (serials 1-52) of the FBI Headquarters "Flying Discs" file 62-HQ-83894, covering early July to early August 1947; many pages are blank backs or stamped enclosures. Press coverage of the first national wave (36 to 39 states, Army a

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Part 2 (1947)

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Section 2 of the FBI Headquarters "Flying Discs" file 62-HQ-83894 (serials 53-100), covering roughly July to September 1947; many pages are blank backs or enclosures. Main threads: (1) Maury Island, Washington. Seattle teletypes (6-14 Aug 1

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

Maury Island UFO case, FBI Flying Discs file, 1947

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Section 3 of the FBI Headquarters "flying discs" file (62-HQ-83894) covers August to early October 1947, the first weeks of the 1947 wave. Much of it concerns the Maury Island affair near Tacoma: Harold Dahl and Fred Crisman, who had sent r

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Part 4 (1947-1949)

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Section 4 of file 62-HQ-83894 covers October 1947 to July 1949 and shows the FBI settling into a policy of not investigating flying discs. It includes reports from Portland (a sighting of 11 September 1947) and Anchorage (a pilot's near-col

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Part 5 (1949-1950)

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Section 5 of file 62-HQ-83894 covers July 1949 to September 1950; the FBI keeps passing sightings to Air Force OSI and answers citizens with standard replies. In July 1949 Ernest Cuneo, linked to columnist Walter Winchell, relayed a letter

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Part 6 (1950-1952)

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Section 6 of file 62-HQ-83894 covers August 1950 to August 1952. It opens with an FBI memo of 23 August 1950 on about 150 aerial phenomena recorded near sensitive New Mexico sites since 1948, chiefly green fireballs and discs. Dr. Lincoln L

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Part 7 (1952-1954)

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Section 7 of the FBI Headquarters flying saucer file (62-HQ-83894) runs from August 1952 to June 1954, from the peak of the 1952 saucer wave into the contactee era. It opens with an urgent teletype from Savannah (9 Aug 1952): the Atomic Ene

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Part 8 (1954-1957)

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Section 8 of the FBI Headquarters flying saucer file (62-HQ-83894) runs from July 1954 to November 1957 and shows the Bureau treating saucers as a matter for the Air Force rather than for itself. The first part concerns the contactee circui

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Part 9 (1957-1966)

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Section 9 of the FBI Headquarters flying saucer file (62-HQ-83894) spans November 1957 to July 1966 and documents the Bureau's settled policy of not investigating sightings and forwarding them to the Air Force. The early pages follow the po

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Part 10 (1966-1977)

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Section 10 of the FBI Headquarters flying saucer file (62-HQ-83894) runs from August 1966 to June 1977. It opens with a letter of 31 Aug 1966 from Mrs. Florence C. Dow of Goffstown, New Hampshire, a NICAP member who suspected that the newsl

Declassified Confidential document from Headquarters Air Defense Command.

FBI Flying Discs UFO file, Serial 130 (1947)

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Serial 130 of the FBI master file 62-HQ-83894 is a 126-page set of Army Air Forces and Air Defense Command intelligence reports on "flying disc" sightings, mostly from June to August 1947. It opens with two Air Defense Command reports (12 a

Declassified FBI Headquarters file envelope.

FBI UFO file: Oak Ridge flying saucer photos, 1947

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FBI Central Records Center file 62-HQ-83894, Serial 153, a 9-page item. Its only typed text is a cover note headed "Knoxville File #65-11 RE: 'Flying Saucers' observed over Oak Ridge area, Internal Security - X", listing the enclosures sent

Declassified FBI file cover from the Central Records Center.

FBI UFO file: USAF Unconventional Aircraft memo, 1949

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Serial 164 of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 is an enclosure-behind-file envelope holding 17 copies of Air Intelligence Requirements Memorandum Number 4, "Unconventional Aircraft," issued by the USAF Directorate of Intelligence in Washington on 15 Fe

Declassified FBI Headquarters file envelope.

FBI UFO file: letters from Mexico, Serial 220, 1950

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FBI Central Records Center file 62-HQ-83894, Serial 220, a 15-page item of Mexican material translated for the FBI (stamped FBI New York, 7 April 1950), followed by the Spanish originals. The first piece is a letter dated Veracruz, 19 March

Declassified FBI Headquarters file envelope.

FBI UFO file: Gray Barker book jacket, Serial 403

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FBI Central Records Center file 62-HQ-83894, Serial 403, a 3-page item. Page 1 is the file-folder cover sheet; pages 2 and 3 carry the front and back flap text of the dust jacket of "They Knew Too Much About Flying Saucers" by Gray Barker (

Declassified FBI Headquarters file envelope.

Socorro UFO case, FBI report, New Mexico, 1964

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FBI Albuquerque report dated May 8, 1964, "Unidentified Flying Object, Socorro, New Mexico, April 24, 1964", filed under FBI Headquarters case 62-HQ-83894, Serial 438. The first pages are a report by Special Agent D. Arthur Byrnes, Jr., who

Declassified FBI Headquarters file envelope.

FBI UFO file: Flying Saucers International magazine, 1966

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FBI Los Angeles memorandum to the Director dated 10/3/66 (Los Angeles file 100-24442, Serial 449) forwarding Issue No. 24 (July 1966) of "Flying Saucers International", official journal of the Amalgamated Flying Saucer Clubs of America, Inc

Declassified FBI file cover for criminal investigative and administrative files.

FBI UFO file: flying saucer press clippings, Sub A

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Sub-file A of FBI file 62-HQ-83894 is a 124-page scrapbook of newspaper clippings about flying saucers, interleaved with FBI routing slips, arranged largely in reverse chronological order. The first pages (stamped 1957-1960) carry clippings

Heavily redacted government mission report document.
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UFO mission report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

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This 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

Mission report video 4
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UFO mission report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

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U.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

Mission report video 5
DOW-UAP-D005

UFO mission report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

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U.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

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UFO mission report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

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U.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

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UFO mission report, Arabian Gulf, 2020

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This 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

Mission report video 8
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UFO mission report, Djibouti, 2025

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U.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

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UFO mission report, Mediterranean,

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This 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

UFO infrared video, Middle East, May 2022 (5 s)▶ 5s
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UFO infrared video, Middle East, May 2022 (5 s)

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Grainy 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

Department of Defense sensor image cleared for open publication, showing an unidentified object.
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UFO infrared still image, Kuwait, May 2022

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This 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

UFO infrared video, Iraq, May 2022 (10 s)▶ 10s
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UFO infrared video, Iraq, May 2022 (10 s)

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Grainy grayscale FLIR-style footage with cyan bracket tracking markers at the frame corners, a cyan crosshair, and a cyan 'N' north-heading indicator left of center. Two small dark rectangular shapes sit close together just below the crossh

UFO infrared video, Syria, Jul 2022 (14 s)▶ 14s
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UFO infrared video, Syria, Jul 2022 (14 s)

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Black-and-white ISR targeting-pod footage split into two tonal halves: a grayscale daytime aerial view of a dirt road and small structures on the left, and a lighter, higher-contrast view on the right showing a compound with buildings, a pa

UFO infrared video, Iraq, Dec 2022 (10 s)▶ 11s
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UFO infrared video, Iraq, Dec 2022 (10 s)

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High-altitude overhead grayscale infrared/EO surveillance view of a dense urban neighborhood, showing flat rooftops, courtyards, narrow streets, and several parked vehicles casting thermal contrast. A cyan crosshair reticle sits at the cent

UFO infrared video, UAE, Oct 2023 (43 s)▶ 43s
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UFO infrared video, UAE, Oct 2023 (43 s)

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Two 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

UFO infrared video, UAE, Oct 2023 (5 min)▶ 297s
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UFO infrared video, UAE, Oct 2023 (5 min)

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Daytime 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

UFO Video over Greece, Jan 2024 (multi-sensor, 1 min)▶ 66s
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UFO Video over Greece, Jan 2024 (multi-sensor, 1 min)

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Split-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

UFO Video over the Gulf of Oman, Jun 2024 (IR, 21 s)▶ 22s
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UFO Video over the Gulf of Oman, Jun 2024 (IR, 21 s)

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Black-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

UFO Video over Syria, Oct 2024 (FMV camera, 5 s, PR31)▶ 5s
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UFO Video over Syria, Oct 2024 (FMV camera, 5 s, PR31)

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Single 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

UFO Video over Syria, Oct 2024 (FMV camera, 6 s, PR32)▶ 7s
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UFO Video over Syria, Oct 2024 (FMV camera, 6 s, PR32)

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High-resolution black-and-white aerial daylight sensor footage of a walled rural compound with several buildings, a courtyard, dirt paths, and scattered trees. A magenta crosshair reticle is centered on the compound, near a bright, irregula

UFO Video over Syria, Oct 2024 (FMV camera, 5 s, PR33)▶ 5s
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UFO Video over Syria, Oct 2024 (FMV camera, 5 s, PR33)

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A single grayscale overhead infrared frame shows a building rooftop and adjoining courtyard, with a semi-transparent orange-red blob overlay appearing beside the roofline, likely marking a thermal or heat-signature anomaly. A crosshair reti

UFO Video over Greece, Oct 2023 (IR, 3 min)▶ 177s
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UFO Video over Greece, Oct 2023 (IR, 3 min)

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Grainy, 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

UFO Video over Greece, Oct 2023 (IR, 24 s)▶ 25s
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UFO Video over Greece, Oct 2023 (IR, 24 s)

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Grayscale 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

UFO Video over the Middle East, May 2020 (IR, 2 min)▶ 137s
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UFO Video over the Middle East, May 2020 (IR, 2 min)

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Green 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

UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 9 s)▶ 10s
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UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 9 s)

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Grayscale 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

UFO Video over the Middle East, 2013 (IR, 2 min)▶ 106s
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UFO Video over the Middle East, 2013 (IR, 2 min)

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Grainy, 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

UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 5 s)▶ 6s
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UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 5 s)

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The 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

UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 1 min)▶ 63s
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UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 1 min)

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Grayscale 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

UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 2 min)▶ 95s
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UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 2 min)

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Grayscale 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

UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 4 min 53 s)▶ 293s
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UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 4 min 53 s)

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Grainy 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

UFO Video over Djibouti, 2025 (infrared, 2 s)▶ 12s
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UFO Video over Djibouti, 2025 (infrared, 2 s)

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Grayscale, 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

UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 5 min)▶ 312s
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UFO Video over the Arabian Gulf, 2020 (IR, 5 min)

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Black-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

UFO Video, 2020 (US Air Force, infrared, 58 s)▶ 59s
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UFO Video, 2020 (US Air Force, infrared, 58 s)

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A 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

UFO Video over the East China Sea, 2024 (IR, 9 s)▶ 10s
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UFO Video over the East China Sea, 2024 (IR, 9 s)

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Grainy 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

UFO Video over Japan, 2023 (infrared, 2 min)▶ 120s
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UFO Video over Japan, 2023 (infrared, 2 min)

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Close-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

UFO Video over the Indo-Pacific, 2024 (IR, 2 min)▶ 99s
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UFO Video over the Indo-Pacific, 2024 (IR, 2 min)

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Grainy 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

UFO Video over North America, 2026 (US Army, IR, 2 min)▶ 109s
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UFO Video over North America, 2026 (US Army, IR, 2 min)

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Near-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