2024: declassified UAP incidents — timeline.
18 UAP cases
2024 accounts for 18 UAP cases in this archive — 6 videos and 12 documents — released by Department of War, FBI, and Local Law Enforcement 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.
UFO video transcript, Colorado police, 2024
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
▶ 105sUFO infrared video, 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
▶ 37sUFO infrared video, East China Sea, 2024 (36 s)
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
▶ 77sUFO infrared video, East China Sea, 2024 (1 min)
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 contact and UFO video, northeastern US, Oct 2024
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 interview on UFO sightings, northeastern US, Oct 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 site survey of UFO sightings, northeast US, Nov 2024
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 agents' own UFO observations, northeast US, Nov 2024
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 UFO site survey, northeastern US, December 2024
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
▶ 265sUFO video of a plasma-like sphere over a pond, Oct 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.
▶ 40sUFO video: "Tic Tac" IR near Tyndall 2, Apr 2024 (USCG)
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
▶ 49sUFO video: "Tic Tac" IR near Tyndall 1, Apr 2024 (USCG)
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
UFO mission report, Greece, Jan 2024
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
UFO mission report, UAE, Jun 2024
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
UFO mission report, Iraq, Sep 2024
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
UFO mission report, Syria, Oct 2024
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
UFO email correspondence, Air Force, 2024
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
UFO mission report, Gulf of Aden, Jul 2024
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