2024: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.
17 UAP cases
2024 accounts for 17 UAP cases in this archive — 6 videos and 11 documents — released by Department of War and FBI under the PURSUE program. Reported locations for the year include Northeastern United States, East China Sea, and Southeastern United States, among others. This page is part of the 2020s on the UAP Browser timeline; browse the full decade for more context on the years around it.
▶ 105sDOW-UAP-PR101, Unresolved UAP Report, South China Sea, 2024
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
▶ 37sDOW-UAP-PR102, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024
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
▶ 77sDOW-UAP-PR103, Unresolved UAP Report, East China Sea, 2024
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-UAP-D004, FD-1057-02, Northeastern United States, 2024
This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FD-1057 documents the FBI’s contact with a U.S. person in October 2024, during which FBI special agents collected
FBI-UAP-D005, FD-1057-04, Northeastern United States, 2024
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-UAP-D006, FD-1057-05, Northeastern United States, 2024
This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FD-1057 documents a November 2024 site survey of a location where a U.S. person reported observing unidentified an
FBI-UAP-D007, FD-1057-06, Northeastern United States, 2024
FBI-UAP-D007 is an FD-1057 Electronic Communication (UAP Division), 4 pages, titled "Observations at [location, redacted]" dated 11/2024. This report is notable because FBI Special Agents themselves directly witnessed apparent UAP activity
FBI-UAP-D008, FD-1057-07, Northeastern United States, 2024
FBI-UAP-D008 is an FD-1057 Electronic Communication (UAP Division), 2 pages, titled "Site survey of [location, redacted]" dated 12/1/2024, documenting a daytime follow-up survey by Special Agents of the same property/area associated with th
▶ 265sFBI-UAP-PR003, “Orbs Over the Pond,” 2024
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.
▶ 40sDOW-UAP-PR065, "USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 2 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024"
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
▶ 49sDOW-UAP-PR066, "USCG C-144 Tyndall UAP 1 TIC TAC IR hot 24 April 2024"
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
DOW-UAP-D025, Mission Report, Greece, January 2024
Declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103), 33rd Special Operations Squadron / 27 SOW, documenting a 20-hour-40-minute ISR sortie flown 25 January 2024 from Larissa Air Base (LGLR), Greece. The aircraft (likely an MQ-9
DOW-UAP-D027, Mission Report, United Arab Emirates, October 2023
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
DOW-UAP-D028, Mission Report, Iraq, September 2024
Declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103), Special Operations Task Unit 016 / 16 SOS, 27 SOW, documenting an armed-overwatch/AC-130-type gunship sortie on 20-21 September 2024 from Al Udeid-area base (OKAS) under Oper
DOW-UAP-D032, Mission Report, Syria, October 2024
Declassified USCENTCOM Mission Report (MDR 25-0100 thru 25-0103), 12th Special Operations Squadron / 27 SOW, documenting a 20-hour-24-minute ISR sortie flown 20-21 October 2024 from a Syria-area base (ICAO OJMS) under Operation Inherent Res
DOW-UAP-D052, Email Correspondence, NA, August 2024
Declassified two-page email chain (SECRET//NOFORN banner on the emails, tearline content UNCLASSIFIED) between a PAROC Intel Data Analysis Technician (15 AF/DET 1) and an Information Disclosure Analyst, processing a request to approve inclu
DOW-UAP-D075, Mission Report, Gulf of Aden, July 2024
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