The Official Record
Programs, panels, reports and hearings: what governments did and said. 44 entries, oldest first.
Roswell
A 'flying disc' press release, a weather balloon retraction and a legend that took 30 years to form.
The Twining Memo
A top general tells the Pentagon the saucer reports deserve serious study.
The 'Estimate of the Situation'
A report said to conclude the saucers were interplanetary, then ordered destroyed.
The Green Fireballs
Bright green lights over America's most secret nuclear sites. They came back in the 2026 files.
Projects Sign, Grudge & Blue Book
Twenty-two years of Air Force UFO investigation: 12,618 reports, 701 unidentified.
The Washington, D.C. Flap
Radar blips over the Capitol, jets scrambled and the biggest Pentagon press briefing since WWII.
The Tremonton Film
A Navy photographer's 16mm film of shining dots, reviewed by the CIA. It reappeared in 2026.
The Robertson Panel
The CIA asks top scientists if UFOs are a threat. Their answer shaped policy for decades.
Blue Book Special Report No. 14
The first big statistical study of UFO reports, and an argument still running.
APRO, NICAP and the Civilian Investigators
Ordinary citizens organize to investigate UFOs and push the government for answers.
Lonnie Zamora at Socorro
A respected police officer sees a landed egg-shaped craft and two small figures.
Swamp Gas in Michigan
Two words from an astronomer led Congress to its first UFO hearing.
House Armed Services UFO Hearing
Congress's first public look at UFOs.
Malmstrom Missile Shutdown
Ten nuclear missiles went offline. Later witnesses said a UFO was overhead.
The Condon Committee
An independent scientific study concludes UFOs are not worth further study. Its own data was messier.
The 1968 House UFO Symposium
Scientists, including Carl Sagan, argue about UFOs before Congress.
Blue Book Closes
The Air Force gets out of the UFO business.
GEIPAN: France's Official UAP Office
The longest-running government UAP office in the world publishes its cases online.
The Petrozavodsk 'Jellyfish'
A glowing jellyfish hangs over a Soviet city before dawn and sets off a state UFO program.
Operação Prato
Brazil's Air Force sends a team to a river island where residents say lights are attacking them.
Uruguay's Air Force UFO Commission
One of the longest-running official UFO investigation units in the world.
The Majestic 12 Documents
Supposed top secret papers about a secret UFO control group. The FBI called them bogus.
Brazil's Official UFO Night
Radar tracks 21 objects, five fighter jets scramble, and the Air Minister says he has no explanation.
The Air Force Roswell Reports
The Air Force reopens Roswell and names Project Mogul.
The CIA's Own UFO History
A CIA historian says spy planes explain many 1950s–60s sightings.
The COMETA Report
Retired French generals and experts publish a report taking UAP seriously.
The Disclosure Project Press Conference
Twenty witnesses call for hearings about secret UFO knowledge.
Peru's Air Force UFO Office
Peru's Air Force opens, closes and reopens an office dedicated to anomalous aerial phenomena.
Britain's UFO Files & Project Condign
A secret UK intelligence study and decades of Ministry of Defence files go public.
AAWSAP and AATIP
A small Pentagon study, pushed by Senator Harry Reid, that nobody knew about.
Chile's CEFAA and the Navy Helicopter Video
Chile's official UFO committee releases a Navy video it calls unexplained. Online analysts found the airliner.
The New York Times Story
A front-page story reveals a secret Pentagon program and two Navy videos.
The Navy Videos Go Official
The Pentagon formally releases FLIR1, Gimbal and GoFast.
The ODNI Preliminary Assessment
The first official intelligence report on UAP: 144 cases, 1 explained.
The 2022 House Intelligence Hearing
The first public congressional UFO hearing in 54 years.
AARO Is Founded
The Pentagon creates the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office.
The Grusch Hearing
A former intelligence officer testifies under oath about crash retrievals and 'non-human biologics.'
NASA's UAP Study
A panel of scientists asks how to study UAP properly. The answer: better data.
The UAP Disclosure Act
Senators propose a JFK-style review of UAP records. Some of it becomes law.
AARO's Historical Record Report
AARO reviews 80 years of claims and finds no evidence of alien technology.
'Exposing the Truth' Hearing
Luis Elizondo and others testify about secrecy and UAP.
AARO's Annual Reports
Year by year: more reports, mostly balloons, drones and birds, and a handful of puzzles.
The 2025 Task Force Hearing & the Yemen Video
Congress is shown a drone video of a Hellfire missile hitting an orb that keeps going.
PURSUE: The 2026 File Releases
A presidential directive sends hundreds of UFO files into public view in six releases.