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Recently added and updated profiles, cases, documents, and programs.
June 2026
The Physical Possibility of Macroscopic Bodies Approaching Zero Rest Mass and the UFO Problem
Winterberg's sole UFO paper, presented at the 1976 CUFOS Conference - a skeptical examination of whether negative-mass magnetic monopole physics could account for reported UFO kinematics.
Dr. Friedwardt Winterberg
German-American fusion physicist whose largely skeptical 1976 zero-rest-mass UFO paper and zero-point-energy correspondence with Puthoff and Davis place his theory at the edge of UAP propulsion research.
FBI-UAP-PR006: Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-2, Western US (2023)
Second FBI-produced video recreation of the DOW-UAP-D081 narrative from the 2023 western US national security site incident; different perspective of the same encounter.
FBI-UAP-PR005: Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-1, Western US (2023)
FBI-produced video recreation of federal law enforcement agent account (DOW-UAP-D081) from the 2023 western US national security site incident.
ODNI-UAP-D001: USPER Narrative, Senior USIC Official
First-hand account by senior USIC official of helicopter orb encounter at sensitive US military facility, late 2025 - object split in two and accelerated.
NASA-UAP-D023: Gordon Cooper Interview Excerpt (1962)
Walter Cronkite interviews Gordon Cooper who states well-qualified people have seen objects without logical explanation.
NASA-UAP-D024: Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing Part 1 (1972)
Apollo 16 investigators describe an anomalous flash at 25:15 not yet formally reported at time of debriefing.
NASA-UAP-D025: Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing Part 2 (1972)
Apollo 16 scientist makes off-hand comment - could be an alien starbase or something, I do not know - at 32:41.
FBI-UAP-PR001: Triangle Orbs Northeastern US (2021)
Highly credible witness captures single light resolving into multiple lights with erratic rotational motion, northeastern US, November 2021.
FBI-UAP-PR002: Red Orb Rotation Northeastern US (2022)
Two stationary red light sources, lower one slowly rotating, captured by highly credible witness in northeastern US, March 2022.
Western US Event: Summary of Federal Employee Statements (2023)
Original R01 AARO summary of 7 federal employee accounts including orbs launching orbs and a translucent kite phenomenon over two days in 2023.
USPER Statement About UAP Sighting: Senior US Intelligence Official (2025)
FBI FD-302 from senior US intelligence official who pursued a super-hot orb for 20 miles before it outpaced the helicopter, followed by a swarm of five orbs.
ODNI-UAP-D001
Backfill from R02 release.
DOE-UAP-D001: Enhanced Pantex Imagery
Unidentified object incident report with enhanced ground surveillance radar imagery from Pantex nuclear weapons facility (DOE, R02).
DOE-UAP-D002: James Tuck Correspondence (1970s)
Personal correspondence from Los Alamos physicist James Tuck regarding his UAP research interests (DOE, R02).
State Dept UAP Cable 001: Papua New Guinea (1985)
U.S. Embassy Port Moresby diplomatic cable reporting on a UAP incident in Papua New Guinea (State Dept, R01).
State Dept UAP Cable 002: Kazakhstan (1994)
U.S. Embassy Dushanbe cable reporting on a UAP incident in Kazakhstan (State Dept, R01).
State Dept UAP Cable 005: Mexico (2003)
Cable reporting on Mexican congressional testimony regarding an Aerial Space Protection Agency (State Dept, R01).
PURSUE Release 3 (June 2026)
Third and largest PURSUE tranche: 63 documents from CIA, DOW, FBI, ICA, NASA, and USG -- first release to include FBI sworn FD-302 testimony, IC partner intelligence assessment, and Gemini-era NASA astronaut debriefing series.
2022 Colorado Springs UAP Incident
Military service member reported a "bean shaped" matte white UAP near NORAD/NORTHCOM facilities in February 2022; FBI FD-302 interview conducted March 2025; AARO IC partner assessment reached low-confidence conclusion; case remains officially unresolved.
2024 Northeastern United States UAP Series
FBI documented a 2024 northeastern US UAP series through five FD-1057 forms and collected civilian video footage including the "Orbs Over the Pond" recording of a plasma-like sphere at ~2,700 feet above water.
2026 Northeastern Orb Sighting Series
FBI FD-302 sworn interviews 67 and 71 (February 2026) document northeastern US UAP incidents; serial numbers indicate 71+ prior investigation file entries; companion July 2025 video captures orb at 90-foot distance, 25 feet off ground.
Gemini 4 McDivitt Cylindrical Object Sighting
James McDivitt photographed a cylindrical white object with a protruding arm on June 4, 1965 during Gemini 4; three NASA debriefing documents (D016/D017/D018) released under PURSUE R03 provide the fullest public record.
1948 Navy Flying Discs Directive
1948 memo from the 5th Naval District Commandant citing a CNO directive on flying discs establishes formal inter-service reporting chain to Air Force and Naval District Intelligence -- earliest institutional evidence of Navy command-level UAP awareness.
ICA-UAP-D001: Colorado Springs IC Partner Assessment
First IC partner intelligence assessment publicly released under PURSUE; AARO IC partner assessed with low confidence a probable explanation for the 2022 Colorado Springs military witness UAP -- case remains unresolved.
FBI-UAP-D001: FD-302 Colorado Springs Sworn Interview
First FBI FD-302 sworn interview transcript released under PURSUE; U.S. military service member described a "bean shaped" matte white object near Colorado Springs in a March 2025 interview about the February 2022 incident.
NASA-UAP-D017: Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing Part II (1965)
Contains the Visual Sightings section (pages 196-224) with James McDivitt's sworn testimony about the June 4, 1965 cylindrical object sighting -- the definitive NASA record of the most discussed astronaut UAP observation from the Gemini program.
DOW-UAP-D077: AARO Western US Unresolved Case Analysis
AARO memorandum summarizing ongoing analysis of a 2023 incident near a sensitive national security site in the western US; case remains AARO-designated unresolved as of June 2026 -- extending the R01 western US orbs series.
CIA-UAP-008: CIA Translation of Kardashev-Sakharov Physics Paper
CIA-translated Soviet physics paper by Kardashev and Sakharov on advanced propulsion concepts; released as part of the CIA R03 Cold War intelligence collection documenting U.S. monitoring of Soviet theoretical physics linked to UAP propulsion.
CIA-UAP-010: Soviet Scientists UFO Conversations
CIA intelligence collection documenting conversations between Soviet scientists about UAP; released as part of the R03 CIA Cold War corpus demonstrating systematic U.S. monitoring of Soviet scientific engagement with the UAP question.
USG-UAP-D001: Congressional and White House UFO Correspondence (1998)
1998 draft and final correspondence from White House and Congressional offices responding to constituent UFO inquiries; documents the official institutional posture on UAP disclosure nearly 20 years before the 2017 AATIP revelations.
Robertson Panel Report (1953)
Added CIA-UAP-002 designation and R03 war.gov anchor; R03 version includes companion correspondence from 1952-1953 not previously released in this form.
Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14
Added CIA-UAP-015 designation and R03 war.gov anchor; R03 version is a CIA "Official Record Copy" with a previously unreleased handwritten note on the first page.
Thomas Townsend Brown
American physicist who discovered the Biefeld-Brown effect (1921), authored the classified Project Winterhaven electrogravitics proposal to the US Navy (1952), co-founded NICAP (1956), and filed patents on electrokinetic devices that anchor the historical propulsion research lineage continued in AAWSAP.
Rear Adm. Delmer S. Fahrney
Father of the U.S. Navy guided missile programme and founding chairman of NICAP (1956), who publicly stated UFOs were real craft beyond any known power; named in the 1971 Australian JIO classified assessment as the organization's first chairman.
Maj. Dewey J. Fournet Jr.
Pentagon liaison to Project Blue Book (1951-1953) who compiled a classified motion study concluding UFO kinematics implied non-human technology; named in a 1971 Australian JIO classified assessment alongside Ruppelt and Hillenkoetter as having publicly confirmed the U.S. government knew UFOs were extraterrestrial.
Patent Intelligence — 35 USC §181 Secrecy Orders
New Patents tab on /research surfaces 4,075 government-suppressed patents, 38 still-active secrecy orders, a UAP contractor fingerprint table, SO activity timeline, and confirmed inventor links to DECUR key figures including Boyd Bushman (6 SO patents, Lockheed) and Bruce Maccabee (1 SO patent, Navy).
May 2026
Chris Bledsoe
North Carolina experiencer whose 2007 Cape Fear River encounter attracted documented CIA/NRO attention and sustained assessment by AATIP-era researchers including Luis Elizondo.
Stephen Bassett
The only registered UAP/ET disclosure lobbyist with the U.S. federal government; organized the 30-hour Citizens Hearing on Disclosure at the National Press Club in 2013.
Maj. Paul H. Smith
Retired U.S. Army Major who co-wrote the Army Remote Viewing Training Manual and served as operational remote viewer and instructor in the classified STAR GATE program 1983-1990.
USAF Commands File 319.1: Flying Discs Incident Reports (1949)
RG 342 USAF commands file documenting FSR 200-4 incident reports with diagrams and a Japanese weather station account.
USAF Air Intel Report: Unconventional Aircraft Ascent, Azerbaijan / USSR (1955)
Only PURSUE Release 1 record documenting an aerial anomaly observed within Soviet territory during the Cold War.
USAF Air Intelligence Report: UFOs, Netherlands (November 1948)
TS CONT Air Force intelligence report from the Netherlands, contemporaneous with Project Sign's Estimate of the Situation.
FBI Records: Detroit Sighting (1958) and Krasuski WWII Germany Account (1957)
Includes the Krasuski account - a 1957 FBI interview documenting a 1944 observation of a circular vertically-rising vehicle near a German military compound.
Space Alien Race Question: NSC Memo on Discovery Protocols (July 1963)
Executive Office / NSC memo explicitly addressing alien contact protocols and diplomatic policy - one of the most direct known U.S. government planning documents on the topic.
State Department Memo: Increased UFO Reports (July 28, 1952)
Dated the week after the 1952 Washington D.C. radar-visual incidents, capturing State Department response at the peak of the most intense U.S. UAP wave on record.
ONI Incident Summaries: UFO Checklists, Boxes 1-233 (RG 38)
The largest single UAP incident summary collection in PURSUE Release 1 by box count - 233 boxes of standardized ONI checklist-format documentation.
AMC General File: Flying Disc Reports and Standardized Forms (1948)
AMC 1948 general file with standardized reporting forms contemporaneous with Project Sign, showing operational reporting infrastructure.
AMC General File: Flying Disc Sightings and Correspondence (1946-47)
Earliest Air Materiel Command records in PURSUE Release 1, predating Project Sign and showing institutional concern over flying disc reports from 1946.
Western U.S. Event: AARO Summary of Seven Federal Witness Statements (2023)
AARO's own 'most compelling' Release 1 report — seven federal employees, two days, four UAP categories including orbs launching orbs and a translucent kite-shaped phenomenon at a western U.S. weapons range in 2023.
DOW-UAP-PR019: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2022
USCENTCOM infrared video (5s) of object described as "possible missile" in companion mission report DoW-UAP-D10; PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR021: Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, May 2022
USCENTCOM infrared video (10s) of two areas of contrast moving in formation; mission report DoW-UAP-D14 assessed as "probable SU-27/35." PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR022: Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, July 2022
USCENTCOM dual-sensor infrared/electro-optical video (14s) of object moving north to south; companion DoW-UAP-D16. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR023: Unresolved UAP Report, Iraq, December 2022
USCENTCOM infrared video (10s) of object "flying west to east" per companion DoW-UAP-D18; area of contrast exits top right of frame. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR026: Unresolved UAP Report, UAE, October 2023
USCENTCOM infrared video (43s) with companion DoW-UAP-D23; sensor loses track of area of contrast at 00:29 and does not reacquire. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR027: Unresolved UAP Report, UAE, October 2023
USCENTCOM infrared video (4m57s) with companion DoW-UAP-D23; object appears at 01:56 and sensor motion causes erratic tracking through 04:57. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR028: Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, January 2024
USCENTCOM multi-sensor video (1m5s) of "diamond-shaped" object at 434 knots only detectable via SWIR; visually resembles inverted teardrop. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR029: Unresolved UAP Report, UAE, June 2024
USNORTHCOM infrared video (21s) of inverted teardrop with vertically linear trailing mass; companion DoW-UAP-D8 notes possible water reflection. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR031: Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024
USCENTCOM FMV clip (5s) of multi-colored area across top edge of display; companion DoW-UAP-D32 describes "misshapen ball of white light." First of three Syria Oct 2024 clips. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR032: Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024
USCENTCOM FMV clip (6s) showing white-and-red half-oval at top of display; second of three Syria Oct 2024 clips from companion DoW-UAP-D32. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR033: Unresolved UAP Report, Syria, October 2024
USCENTCOM FMV clip (5s) showing two semi-transparent orange irregular shapes; third of three Syria Oct 2024 clips from companion DoW-UAP-D32. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR034: Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, October 2023
USCENTCOM infrared video (2m57s) of object making multiple 90-degree turns at 80mph near ocean surface per companion DoW-UAP-D33; sensor acquires blue reticle lock at 01:00. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR035: Unresolved UAP Report, Greece, October 2023
USCENTCOM infrared video (24s) of small circular object flying near ocean surface toward land per companion DoW-UAP-D35; becomes indistinguishable at land transition. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR036: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, May 2020
USCENTCOM infrared video (2m17s) of solid white object with erratic movements above water per Range Fouler report DoW-UAP-D38; sensor switches modality and loses track at 02:15. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR037: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM infrared video (9s) of area of contrast following linear bottom-to-top path; no accompanying oral or written description provided. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR038: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2013
USCENTCOM infrared video (1m46s) of eight-pointed star shape with alternating arm lengths and a visible trailing element; oldest event in PURSUE Release 1 at 2013. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR039: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM infrared video (5s) of faint area of contrast following curved corner path from right edge to bottom edge of frame. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR040: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM infrared video (1m3s) with reporter-added annotation "U/I SMALL THERMAL SIGNATURE" at 00:10; AARO presents original unedited material. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR041: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM infrared video (1m34s) with sensor panning left-to-right to continuously track area of contrast; no operator description provided. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR042: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM infrared video (4m53s) featuring intermittent disappearance and reappearance of area of contrast (00:13-00:40) and three sensor modality switches. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR043: Unresolved UAP Report, Africa, 2025
AFRICOM infrared video (2s, looped for display) of barely distinguishable contrast area moving right across field-of-view; only AFRICOM-sourced entry in PURSUE Release 1. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR044: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
USCENTCOM infrared video (5m11s) with incidentally recorded audio unrelated to visual content; sensor tracks area of contrast for over three minutes with reticle cycling. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR045: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2020
Dept of Air Force infrared video (58s) with reticle lock at open; area increases in apparent size as platform closes distance per AARO comment. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR046: Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024
INDOPACOM infrared video (9s) of football-shaped object with three radial projections — one vertical, two at 45 degrees; no operator description provided. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR047: Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2023
INDOPACOM infrared video (1m59s) of three distinct areas of contrast maintaining fixed relative positions throughout — consistent with rigid formation or single object. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR048: Unresolved UAP Report, INDOPACOM, 2024
INDOPACOM infrared video (1m39s) of single area of contrast tracked within center of frame for full duration; no operator description provided. PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-PR049: Unresolved UAP Report, Department of the Army, 2026
Dept of the Army infrared video (1m49s) of two areas of contrast with rapid zoom cycling; most recent incident date in PURSUE Release 1 at 2026. PURSUE Release 1.
FBI Photo Series B — UAP Still Images from U.S. Military System (2025)
24 UAP still images from a U.S. military sensor system (2025) submitted by the FBI to AARO — the largest single visual dataset in PURSUE Release 1; system clock not synchronized so embedded dates are incorrect.
FBI Photo Series A — UAP Still Images from U.S. Government System
8 UAP still images from an unspecified non-military U.S. government sensor system; dates, locations, and narrative descriptions all redacted; operator unable to identify in all 8 cases.
FBI 302 Interview Reports — September 2023 Southeastern U.S. UAP Sighting
Three FBI 302 interviews from a U.S. test site: witnesses described metallic bronze, metallic/gray, and bright light objects respectively; companion documents to the FBI composite sketch in the same PURSUE batch.
DOW-UAP-D052: Email Correspondence, August 2024
Email correspondence describing a UAP mission report and requesting clarification, August 2024; one of three email-format documents in PURSUE R1.
DOW-UAP-D051: Email Correspondence, Pacific Time Zone, March 2023
Email correspondence describing a Pacific time zone UAP mission report, March 2023.
DOW-UAP-D050: Email Correspondence, INDOPACOM, April 2025
Email correspondence describing an INDOPACOM UAP mission report and requesting clarification, April 2025.
FBI Composite Sketch — Southeastern U.S. Metallic Oval (April 2024)
Linked to PURSUE R1 war.gov anchor (FBI September 2023 Sighting); AARO assessment added: ellipsoid bronze metallic object 130-195 feet in length materializing from a bright light and disappearing instantaneously.
USPER Statement Redacted — FBI UAP Witness Account
Linked to PURSUE R1 anchor; AARO assessment confirms senior U.S. intelligence official reported a super-hot orb at a military facility that outpaced helicopter pursuit over 20 miles, corroborated by an additional government system.
NASA-UAP-VM006: Apollo 17 UAP Photograph — Triangular Formation (1972)
PURSUE R1 photo showing three dots in triangular formation in lunar sky; government preliminary analysis suggests a physical object, and original Apollo 17 film has been obtained for active DOW/NASA analysis — the only R1 record with an ongoing open investigation.
NASA-UAP-VM005: Apollo 12 UAP Photograph 5 (1969)
Fifth of five Apollo 12 lunar surface photographs from PURSUE R1; features five annotated areas of interest (Area 1-5) above the horizon.
NASA-UAP-VM004: Apollo 12 UAP Photograph 4 (1969)
Fourth of five Apollo 12 lunar surface photographs from PURSUE R1; highlights single anomalous area slightly left of center above the horizon.
NASA-UAP-VM003: Apollo 12 UAP Photograph 3 (1969)
Third of five Apollo 12 lunar surface photographs from PURSUE R1; highlights single anomalous area near the right edge of the frame.
NASA-UAP-VM002: Apollo 12 UAP Photograph 2 (1969)
Second of five Apollo 12 lunar surface photographs from PURSUE R1; highlights two anomalous areas (Area 1 and Area 2) above the horizon.
NASA-UAP-VM001: Apollo 12 UAP Photograph 1 (1969)
First of five Apollo 12 lunar surface photographs from PURSUE R1; government-annotated image showing anomalous phenomena above the lunar horizon.
NASA-UAP-D003A: Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt — Borman Bogey Report (1965)
6-minute 11-second audio clip of Frank Borman's real-time bogey report to Mission Control on December 5, 1965 — the first explicitly acknowledged UAP report from a crewed U.S. orbital mission, paired with the companion transcript NASA-UAP-D003.
State Dept UAP Cable 005: Mexico, September 16, 2003
Added war.gov R1 anchor and thumbnail from PURSUE Release 1; cable covers September 2003 Mexican Congress UAP testimony including presentation of alleged alien corpses and pilot encounter videos.
State Dept UAP Cable 004: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, November 5, 2004
Added war.gov R1 anchor and thumbnail from PURSUE Release 1; cable documents the UFOlogists of Turkmenistan as an effective U.S. civil society partner — to the author's noted bemusement.
State Dept UAP Cable 003: Tbilisi, Georgia, October 30, 2001
Added war.gov R1 anchor and thumbnail; cable documents Russia's use of UFO explanation to deny Kodori Gorge airspace violations in October 2001.
State Dept UAP Cable 002: Kazakhstan, January 31, 1994
Added war.gov R1 anchor and thumbnail; cable documents January 1994 sighting over Kazakhstan at 41,000 feet — object making 90-degree turns and corkscrews at estimated 100,000-foot contrail altitude.
State Dept UAP Cable 001: Papua New Guinea, January 28, 1985
Added war.gov R1 anchor and thumbnail; cable documents Papua New Guinea NIO report of high-speed aerial phenomena on January 24, 1985, corroborated by Air Niugini radar.
NARA RG255: Gemini 7 UFO Sighting by Borman Transcript (1965)
Added war.gov R1 anchor (NASA-UAP-D003) and AARO assessment text with VIRIN; officially linked to PURSUE Release 1 as NASA's formal UAP record of the Borman bogey exchange.
Spherical UAP over Afghanistan — In and Out of Clouds — November 23, 2020
DOW-UAP-PR055: specifically requested by Rep. Luna in her March 2026 letter to SecWar Hegseth; three-segment CENTCOM ISR footage of a spherical UAP entering and exiting cloud cover over Afghanistan during the final phase of U.S. presence.
Fifth-Generation Aircraft UAP — NORTHCOM — January 20, 2023
DOW-UAP-PR068: first publicly released UAP footage captured by a confirmed fifth-generation fighter aircraft (F-22 or F-35) IIR sensor; NORTHCOM AOR; occurred eight days before the Chinese surveillance balloon entered public awareness.
USCG C-144 Tic Tac UAP — Tyndall AFB — April 24, 2024
DOW-UAP-PR065/PR066: the first confirmed U.S. Coast Guard UAP footage in a government release; USCG crew themselves applied the 'Tic Tac' descriptor, establishing morphological continuity with the 2004 Nimitz encounter.
Persian Gulf UAP Formation — 17-Minute CENTCOM Footage — January 2019
DOW-UAP-PR098: the longest single footage item in PURSUE Release 2 at 17:36; CENTCOM ISR platform tracking multiple UAPs in formation over the Persian Gulf with progressive zoom operations across the full duration.
Mercury-Atlas 9 UAP — Gordon Cooper — Faith 7 — May 15-16, 1963
The most significant Mercury UAP encounter: Gordon Cooper observed a greenish glowing structured object on his final orbit; sustained testimony across 40+ years; the only Mercury case with paired PURSUE records (DOW-UAP-D009 audio and DOW-UAP-D010 documentation).
Mercury-Atlas 8 UAP Audio — Wally Schirra — Sigma 7 — October 3, 1962
DOW-UAP-D011: Schirra's Sigma 7 engineering mission audio, notable because his prior briefing on the ice crystal explanation raises the evidential threshold for any anomalous report he made — 6-orbit precision engineering mission.
Mercury-Atlas 7 UAP Audio — Scott Carpenter — Aurora 7 — May 24, 1962
DOW-UAP-D013: The most verbally detailed Mercury UAP audio account — Carpenter extensively described luminous phenomena and disputed NASA's ice crystal explanation throughout his life.
Mercury-Redstone 4 UAP Audio — Gus Grissom — Liberty Bell 7 — July 21, 1961
DOW-UAP-D012: The earliest officially cataloged U.S. near-space UAP audio record — Grissom's 1961 suborbital flight, part of a Mercury-wide pattern of astronaut UAP reports released via PURSUE Release 2.
Lake Huron F-16C AIM-9X Engagement — February 12, 2023
DOW-UAP-PR071: A NORAD-authorized F-16C engagement of an unidentified object over Lake Huron — the fourth U.S. aerial engagement within nine days in February 2023; AIM-9X expenditure provides physical confirmation, debris was never recovered.
Multiple Spherical UAP USO near U.S. Submarine — March 25, 2022
DOW-UAP-PR067: The first publicly released U.S. government video evidence of transmedium UAP behavior — multiple spherical objects demonstrably entering and exiting water in close proximity to a U.S. submarine, released via PURSUE Release 2.
PURSUE Release 2 — 51 Document Entries (PR053–PR099 + NASA D009–D014)
Full batch of 51 PURSUE Release 2 video and audio records: DoW military sensor videos PR053–PR099 (45 entries, includes transmedium submarine PR067, Lake Huron shootdown PR071, USCG Tic Tac PR065/066, and 17:36 Persian Gulf formation PR098) plus NASA Mercury and Apollo audio D009–D014 (Gordon Cooper Faith 7, Scott Carpenter Aurora 7, Gus Grissom Liberty Bell 7, Wally Schirra Sigma 7, Apollo 17).
Sary Shagan UAP Sighting — Soviet Ballistic Missile Test Range (1973)
CIA-UAP-D001 case stub: the first CIA UAP intelligence report — a HUMINT account of a green luminous concentric-ring object at the USSR's primary BMDS test range in Kazakhstan, paralleling the U.S. Green Fireball Phenomenon at nuclear facilities in the same era.
Western U.S. Range USIC Encounter (2025)
First ODNI-series USPER narrative in PURSUE — a senior IC official's first-person account of a fission-behavior UAP encounter at a U.S. weapons testing range.
UAP USO Formation (2024)
First officially released U.S. government video case documenting transmedium UAP formation behavior, with a DoW1 determination — AARO's highest unresolved finding.
Iran 4-UAP Formation (2022)
Four unidentified aerial objects in coordinated formation over Iranian waters on August 26, 2022, captured by U.S. military FLIR and released via PURSUE Release 2.
Syria UAP Instant Acceleration (2021)
MQ-9 acquired weapons-quality targeting lock on a UAP over Syria in 2021; the object performed instantaneous acceleration — the most kinematically significant video in PURSUE Release 2.
DOW-UAP-PR052: UAP USO Formation
First officially released U.S. government video of transmedium UAP formation behavior — objects interacting with a water surface.
DOW-UAP-PR051: Syrian UAP Instant Acceleration (2021)
CENTCOM video of a UAP over Syria demonstrating instantaneous acceleration — kinematic behavior far outside any known aircraft performance envelope.
DOW-UAP-PR050: 4 UAP Formation — Iran, August 26, 2022
CENTCOM video of four UAPs in coordinated formation over water near Iran — the first multi-object formation video record in the PURSUE corpus.
PURSUE Release 2 — CIA, DOE, ODNI UAP Files Corpus
Second PURSUE tranche introduces three new source agencies: CIA (1973 USSR report), DOE (PANTEX, Los Alamos, Sandia nuclear complex), and ODNI (senior IC official narrative).
Dr. Lincoln LaPaz
The most credentialed scientist to formally investigate a sustained UAP phenomenon using rigorous field methodology — his 1948-1952 Green Fireball investigation remains the earliest example of a credentialed physical scientist concluding UAP were not conventional phenomena.
New Mexico Green Fireball Phenomenon (1948-1952)
The first formal U.S. government UAP scientific investigation outside of Air Force channels — anomalous objects over nuclear weapons facilities that prompted Project Twinkle and formal engagement by Manhattan Project physicists.
PANTEX Plant UAP Incident
First documented UAP incident at the U.S. nuclear weapons primary assembly facility — the DOE image document is the first evidence of its kind from the weapons production sector of the nuclear complex.
CIA-UAP-D001: Intelligence Information Report — USSR UAP Activity (1973)
First CIA document in the PURSUE numbering system — 1973 intelligence report documenting Soviet UAP activity.
DOE-UAP-D001: PANTEX Plant UAP Image
First DOE document in PURSUE — image from the U.S. nuclear weapons primary assembly facility, extending the nuclear-site UAP pattern into the DOE complex.
DOE-UAP-D002: James Tuck Correspondence — Los Alamos National Laboratory
Manhattan Project physicist's institutional correspondence connecting LANL to the New Mexico Green Fireball phenomenon.
DOE-UAP-D003: Pajarito Astronomers — Los Alamos UAP Observations
First documentation of organized UAP observations by Manhattan Project-era scientists at Los Alamos.
DOW-UAP-D017: General Correspondence of Sandia National Laboratories
68.7 MB correspondence collection from Sandia NL — completing the nuclear complex UAP documentation triad (PANTEX, Los Alamos, Sandia) and corroborating 209 sightings documented by LaPaz.
ODNI-UAP-D001: USPER Narrative — Senior U.S. Intelligence Community Member
First ODNI document in PURSUE — a senior US intelligence official's narrative account processed through ODNI's formal disclosure pathway.
NASA-UAP-D008: Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing Audio
Apollo 12 crew audio debriefing documenting in-flight visual anomalies (December 31, 1969) — institutional NASA record of anomalous observations during the second crewed lunar landing mission.
Press Kit
New press kit page at /press with archive statistics, key citable findings, top-scored cases, citation guidance, API docs, and media contact.
Congressional UAP Disclosure Record
New editorial page at /disclosures tracking all U.S. congressional UAP hearings (1968-present), sworn witnesses, and NDAA legislative milestones.
AATIP Five Observables (Phase 3)
Rubric v1.1: AATIP five observables now scored algorithmically for all 72 cases (instantaneous acceleration, hypersonic/no thermal, low observability, trans-medium travel, positive lift without surfaces) with a confirmed-count BAI multiplier up to ×1.20.
Washington D.C. UFO Flap
Upgraded from tier-2 to tier-1: simultaneous multi-radar confirmation at ARTCC, National Airport, and Andrews AFB with interceptors scrambled twice over restricted airspace meets the multi-sensor, multi-organization standard for tier-1.
Behavioral Anomalousness Index (BAI)
Phase 2b scoring engine launched: 4-component BAI (kinematic anomalousness, EM/physical effects, agency/awareness, trans-medium behavior) now scores all 72 cases alongside EQI, with component breakdowns on each case's Scoring tab and BAI sort/rank mode on the Best Evidence page.
NARA RG331: SHAEF Foo Fighter Reports - 415th Night Fighter Squadron (1944-1945)
The primary source WWII foo fighter file from PURSUE Release 1 — contains the original 415th Night Fighter Squadron sortie reports, the document where pilots first coined the term 'Foofighters,' the IX TAC report of a metallic cylinder attacked by U.S. aircraft that survived being shot at, and the complete SHAEF-Air Ministry investigation chain concluding the phenomenon was real but unexplained.
DOW-UAP-PR20: USCENTCOM MDR Recommendation to AARO (October 2025)
The procedural authorization chain document: MG Richard A. Harrison (USCENTCOM Chief of Staff) formally recommending six UAP records (MDR 25-0094 through 25-0099) for declassification to AARO in October 2025, establishing the command-level paper trail behind PURSUE Release 1 USCENTCOM documents.
NARA RG59: NASA - Thoughts on the Space Alien Race Question (1963)
July 1963 NASA memo from Maxwell Hunter to State Dept formally analyzing U.S. policy scenarios for alien contact - including the flying saucer advocates' Mars mining hypothesis - within the BNSP national security framework, concluding policy will be made 'in the traditional manner of grand panic.'
NARA RG59: Gen. Samford - Credible Observers Reporting the Incredible (1952)
July 28, 1952 State Department memo recording USAF Director of Intelligence Gen. Samford's private assessment that flying saucers are 'still a complete enigma' and that 'credible observers are reporting the incredible' - made the day before his famous public temperature-inversion press conference.
NARA RG341: USAFE TOP SECRET - Swedish Air Intelligence on Flying Saucers (1948)
TOP SECRET USAFE teletype to Gen. Cabell (Nov 4, 1948) conveying Swedish Air Intelligence Service conclusion that flying saucer phenomena 'obviously the result of a high technical skill which cannot be credited to any presently known culture on earth' - a foreign military intelligence assessment of non-human origin from 1948.
NARA RG18: Army Air Forces Flying Disc Investigation - 1948 Operations
1948 Project Sign investigation files: FBI agent D.K. Brown's phosphorescent disc report from Hobson Ohio via Eleventh Air Force, AFOIR-CO-5's Horten Brothers interrogation directive, and Major General McDonald's formal rejection of continuous fighter alert for UAP interception.
NARA RG18: Army Air Forces Flying Disc Investigation - Twining Letter and Project Sign Genesis (1947)
Contains the Twining Letter (Sept 23, 1947) - the foundational official military judgment that UAP phenomena are 'something real and not visionary or fictitious' - plus Lt. Col. Garrett's August 1947 pattern analysis and the December 1947 directive that directly founded Project Sign.
NARA RG255: Gemini 7 UFO Sighting by Borman - Tape T-00763 (1965)
Primary source transcript for the Gemini 7 bogey incident - Borman's real-time 'A BOGEY AT TEN O'CLOCK HIGH,' internally annotated 'UFO SIGHTING BY BORMAN (GT-7)' by NASA PAO, with Houston confirming a third unidentified object distinct from the booster.
NASA-UAP-D6: Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing (1973)
Originally CONFIDENTIAL Apollo 17 crew debriefing — Jack Schmitt reports continuous light flashes throughout the flight when dark-adapted, including one appearing to originate on the lunar surface, with ALFMED experiment correlation ruling out pure cosmic-ray origin.
NASA-UAP-D5: Apollo 17 Crew Debriefing for Science (1973)
Apollo 17 science debriefing documenting anomalous UV background radiation at galactic poles with spectral characteristics that do not fit the hot-star reflection model, possibly extragalactic in origin.
NARA RG38: Navy UAP Incident Summaries 173-233 with Photos (1947-1950)
The largest of three NARA RG38 Navy UAP investigation volumes — 7.5x larger per incident than earlier volumes, indicating substantial embedded photographic evidence from the 1947-1950 Naval Intelligence flying disc investigation.
NARA RG38: Navy UAP Incident Summaries 101-172 (1946-1948)
Contains a pre-Arnold 1946 B-29 fireball sighting and a 1948 Philippine Islands military encounter where Lt. Schmidt of the 521st Fighter Wing observed a 30x20ft silver object execute a 90-degree turn and vanish in 5 seconds.
NARA RG38: Navy UAP Incident Summaries 1-100 (1947-1948)
Documents that the U.S. Navy deployed a standardized flying disc CHECK-LIST reporting form starting July 1947 — immediately after the Kenneth Arnold sighting — running a parallel 233-incident investigation to the Air Force's Project Sign.
DOS-UAP-D5: Mexico Congress UAP Testimony Cable (2023)
State Dept cable formally reporting Ryan Graves' September 2023 Mexican Congressional UAP testimony and his public dissent from Jaime Maussan's alien corpse presentation — confirms State Dept monitors foreign legislative UAP proceedings at CIA/DIA/NSC level.
DOS-UAP-D4: Turkmenistan Civil Society & UFOs Cable (2004)
State Dept cable revealing that the Turkmen military and government actively consulted civilian UFO researchers about unidentified airspace events as early as 2004 — a rare documented instance of a Central Asian government engaging UAP specialists.
DOS-UAP-D3: UFOs Over Georgia Cable (2001)
State Dept cable from Moscow using 'UFOs' as diplomatic irony for unattributable Russian aircraft over the Kodori Gorge — illustrates the disambiguation problem when governments use UFO terminology for politically sensitive conventional incidents.
PURSUE Priority 3: 26 DOW Mission Reports
Batch-added 26 remaining DOW-UAP mission reports and Range Fouler Debriefs from PURSUE Release 1 as document entries, covering Arabian Gulf (D3-D7), Iraq, Syria, UAE, Greece, Mediterranean, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf, and Strait of Hormuz theaters across 2020-2024.
Kerry Cassidy
Co-founder of Project Camelot who conducted the landmark July 2006 'Out from Under Majestic - Dan Burisch Uncensored' interview — one of the most widely distributed whistleblower disclosure sessions of the pre-2017 era.
Bill Ryan
Project Camelot co-founder who co-produced the November 2007 Burisch interview on Stargates and Looking Glass, departed in 2010 to found Project Avalon, and gave a private 2019 Laughlin presentation on his personal meetings with Burisch and timeline research.
Marcia McDowell
Dan Burisch's closest collaborator and life partner; co-authored Eagles Disobey (1997-1998), appeared in the 2005 debriefing video, and was reportedly inducted into Majestic-12 in 2003.
Bill Hamilton
MUFON researcher who conducted the first documented extended Dan Burisch interviews in 2002 and 2004, establishing the earliest primary documentation layer of the Burisch narrative before the Project Camelot sessions.
Tom Mack
Retired Air Force intelligence officer who issued a 1999 letter cited in the Burisch documentation record as one of the few external written corroborations of Burisch's claimed S-4 program involvement.
Brian Jackson
Independent researcher who spent 13 years systematically investigating the Dan Burisch case and created burischarchive.com — the most comprehensive publicly accessible archive of primary source materials for the Burisch narrative.
Lt. Cmdr. Jim Slaight
Weapons Systems Officer in David Fravor's F/A-18F during the November 14, 2004 Nimitz Tic Tac intercept; his presence as simultaneous backseat co-observer elevates the encounter from a single-witness event to a confirmed dual-observer event under active military intercept conditions.
Dr. Peter Skafish
Sociocultural anthropologist and philosopher who co-founded the Sol Foundation in October 2023 alongside Garry Nolan, Karl Nell, and David Grusch; provides anthropological and contact phenomenology frameworks to UAP research and has publicly claimed one-degree-of-separation connections to legacy program insiders.
Gene Huff
Bob Lazar's closest personal friend and the primary corroborating witness to the 1989 Tikaboo Valley test-flight observations; was intercepted by base security and the Lincoln County Sheriff on the third observation night, and authored 'The Lazar Synopsis' — the key first-person secondary account of the Lazar narrative.
Sen. Mike Rounds
Republican U.S. Senator from South Dakota who co-authored the UAP Disclosure Act of 2023 with Chuck Schumer — the most ambitious legislative attempt at government UAP transparency since the 1960s — explicitly citing classified Armed Services Committee briefings as the basis for his conviction that the legislation was necessary.
Thomas Monheim
IC Inspector General whose formal 'credible and urgent' determination of David Grusch's May 2022 complaint under 50 U.S.C. § 3033 triggered the mandatory congressional notification that launched the 2023 UAP disclosure chain — the highest-level government validation of Grusch's allegations through official oversight channels.
Dr. Edward Teller
Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, Manhattan Project veteran, and H-bomb co-developer whose sole UAP relevance is Bob Lazar's unverified claim that Teller provided the November 1988 EG&G referral that led to Lazar's alleged employment at the S-4 facility at Papoose Lake.
Helene Cooper
New York Times Pentagon correspondent who co-authored the December 16, 2017 article revealing AATIP — the most consequential UAP disclosure in modern journalistic history — alongside Leslie Kean and Ralph Blumenthal.
MSgt Jim Penniston
USAF Staff Sergeant and primary close-contact witness of the December 26, 1980 Rendlesham Forest first night — made direct physical contact with the craft, transcribed symbols from its hull, and in 2010 disclosed a binary code sequence he claims to have received mentally during the encounter.
FBI 62-HQ-83894: Main UFO Investigation File
The FBI's primary UFO investigation file — 18 parts spanning 1947-1954 — delivered by Director Kash Patel to the DoW PURSUE committee on May 6, 2026; the foundational domestic law enforcement UAP record in the PURSUE corpus.
NARA RG 342: USAF Flying Discs File (1949)
NARA Records Group 342 USAF Flying Discs administrative file from 1949 — a direct institutional predecessor to Project Blue Book capturing the 1949 USAF organizational response to mass aerial phenomena reporting.
UFOs and Defense: COMETA Report (1999)
The 1999 COMETA Report — the most significant allied government UAP study in the PURSUE corpus — produced by a French defense and intelligence panel and citing Puthoff and Vallee in its analytical framework.
DOW-UAP-D8: Djibouti Mission Report (2025)
The only USAFRICOM / African continent entry in PURSUE Release 1 — a 2025 mission report from the vicinity of Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, the sole permanent U.S. military base in Africa.
DOW-UAP-D49: Launch Summary (2000)
The only Launch Summary format document in PURSUE Release 1 — a February 2000 USCENTCOM record documenting an anomalous aerial observation; part of the consecutive CENTCOM documentation record alongside D48 (1996).
DOW-UAP-D48: CENTCOM Mission Report (1996)
One of the oldest named CENTCOM mission reports in PURSUE Release 1 — a September 1996 report retained under 30-year rule and declassified via the PURSUE initiative; predates the 2019 Navy UAP reporting reforms by 23 years.
FBI USPER Witness Statement (Redacted)
Redacted FBI firsthand witness statement from a U.S. person documenting a UAP observation — the most direct witness-testimony document type in the FBI domestic UAP investigation batch within PURSUE Release 1.
FBI Western U.S. Orbs Pentagon Briefing (2026)
Pentagon briefing slides on the Western U.S. orbs launching orbs phenomenon — dated 5.08.2026, making it the most recently produced document in the entire PURSUE Release 1 corpus.
FBI Southeastern UAP Composite Sketch (2024)
FBI forensic composite sketch of a 130-195 ft bronze metallic ellipsoid observed over the southeastern U.S. — witness-described as materializing and disappearing instantaneously; among the most operationally significant FBI documents in PURSUE Release 1.
Djibouti DOW-UAP-D8 (2025)
The only USAFRICOM / African continent case in PURSUE Release 1 — a 2025 aerial UAP observation near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, establishing the African theater as a documented UAP observation region in the public record.
DOW-UAP-D49: Launch Summary (2000)
A February 2000 USCENTCOM Launch Summary UAP event — the only Launch Summary format case in PURSUE Release 1 and part of the consecutive CENTCOM documentation record alongside the 1996 D48 report.
DOW-UAP-D48: CENTCOM Mission Report (1996)
A September 1996 USCENTCOM UAP mission report declassified via PURSUE — one of the oldest formally named CENTCOM mission reports in the public record, predating the 2019 Navy UAP reforms by 23 years.
Arabian Sea Range Fouler DOW-UAP-D44 (2020)
One of three Arabian Sea-cluster range fouler debriefs from 2020 in PURSUE Release 1; naval aviation training exercise interrupted by an unidentified aerial object in October 2020.
Japan Range Fouler DOW-UAP-D42 (2023)
The only INDOPACOM/Pacific theater Range Fouler Debrief in PURSUE Release 1 — an unidentified aerial object that intruded into a U.S. military training range in Japan in 2023.
Middle East Range Fouler DOW-UAP-D38 (2020)
First publicly released military Range Fouler Debrief — a UAP-designated intrusion into a restricted U.S. military training range in the Middle East, May 2020.
East China Sea DOW-UAP-D28 (2024)
The only Western Pacific INDOPACOM theater DOW mission report in PURSUE Release 1 beyond the Football-Shaped UAP; introduces the East China Sea as a documented UAP encounter location.
Syria DOW-UAP-D55 — November 2016
Chronologically the earliest named CENTCOM-theater UAP mission report in PURSUE Release 1 — predating the 2019 Navy UAP reporting reforms by three years.
1994 Kazakhstan State Dept Cable
State Dept diplomatic cable from newly independent Kazakhstan, January 1994 — one of two DOS contributions to PURSUE Release 1; introduces Central Asia as a documented UAP observation location.
1985 Papua New Guinea State Dept Cable
State Dept diplomatic cable from Papua New Guinea, January 1985 — the only Pacific-region DOS cable in PURSUE Release 1, from a country with documented UAP history since the 1959 Father Gill case.
Skylab Crew UAP Debriefing (1973)
The only space station crew debriefing in PURSUE Release 1 — NASA-UAP-D7 establishes Skylab as a UAP observation platform, extending the NASA anomaly record from Apollo into the space station era.
Jared Isaacman
NASA Administrator who contributed Apollo and Gemini mission transcripts to PURSUE Release 1; commanded the first all-civilian orbital flight (Inspiration4, 2021) and the first private spacewalk (Polaris Dawn, 2024).
Kash Patel
FBI Director who personally delivered the first classified FBI UAP batch to the DoW PURSUE committee on May 6, 2026 — two days before PURSUE Release 1 was published at war.gov/UFO.
Tulsi Gabbard
Director of National Intelligence who coordinated the multiagency classification review enabling PURSUE Release 1; her ODNI authority cleared CIA, NSA, DIA, and NRO records for the 162-file public corpus.
Pete Hegseth
21st Secretary of War who authorized and oversaw PURSUE Release 1 — the largest U.S. government UAP transparency effort since Project Blue Book — publishing 162 declassified files at war.gov/UFO on May 8, 2026.
Apollo 11 Translunar Unidentified Object
Buzz Aldrin's 'L-shaped' object report from the Apollo 11 translunar transit (July 19, 1969) — declassified in PURSUE Release 1; the only Apollo mission cited in the release that previously had no dedicated DECUR case entry.
DOW-UAP-D25: Greece UAP Mission Report
Declassified USCENTCOM mission report (SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY) documenting a UAP incident in Greece in January 2024 — the westernmost and most recent of four named CENTCOM mission reports in PURSUE Release 1, declassified by Major General Richard A. Harrison.
DOW-UAP-D27: UAE Coast UAP Mission Report
Declassified USCENTCOM mission report (SECRET//NOFORN) documenting a UAP incident off the UAE coast in October 2023 — classified above Five Eyes sharing level and signed by the USCENTCOM Chief of Staff before release via PURSUE.
DOW-UAP-D64: Iran UAP Mission Report
Declassified USCENTCOM mission report documenting a UAP incident in Iran in November 2020 — the earliest-dated and highest-numbered (D64) of four named CENTCOM mission reports in PURSUE Release 1, implying at least 64 formally classified military UAP incidents before this one.
DOW-UAP-D14: Mission Report — Iraq, May 2022
Declassified USCENTCOM mission report documenting 'one possible small UAP' crossing U.S. military surveillance sensor coverage during an unrelated military operation in Iraq — the first named CENTCOM mission report released from the PURSUE corpus.
1955 State Department Cable — Senator Russell Soviet UAP Report
70-year-old State Department cable documenting the most politically senior UAP report in U.S. history — the Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman reporting two disc-shaped objects in the Soviet Union.
1948 USAF Top Secret European UAP Assessment
1948 U.S. Air Force Directorate of Intelligence report concluding that recurring unidentified objects over Europe 'cannot be disregarded' — held classified for 75 years and released via PURSUE Release 1.
2025 U.S. Supra-Velocity Orb
2025 intelligence report of a 'super-hot' orb outpacing military helicopter pursuit by approximately 20 miles — among the most physically extraordinary velocity profiles in the PURSUE Release 1 corpus.
2024 INDOPACOM Football-Shaped UAP
USINDOPACOM 9-second infrared clip of a football-shaped unidentified object in Pacific airspace near Japan in 2024 — released publicly for the first time in PURSUE Release 1.
2023 Southeastern U.S. Metallic Oval
FBI field investigation case with composite sketch of a bronze-metallic ellipsoid (130-195 ft) that witnesses described as materializing and disappearing instantaneously in September 2023.
Senator Russell Soviet UAP Sighting
September 1955 sighting by Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Richard Russell from a train in Soviet Georgia — three witnesses, CIA and State Dept documentation, released after 70 years in PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-D64: Mission Report — Iran, November 2020
Highest-numbered named CENTCOM UAP mission report in PURSUE Release 1 — documenting a UAP encounter over Iran in November 2020 and implying a series of at least 64 classified mission reports predating the release.
DOW-UAP-D27: Mission Report — UAE Coast, October 2023
SECRET//NOFORN USCENTCOM mission report documenting a UAP encounter near the UAE coast in October 2023, released via PURSUE Release 1.
DOW-UAP-D25: Mission Report — Greece, January 2024
SECRET//REL TO USA, FVEY USCENTCOM mission report documenting a UAP encounter near Greece in January 2024, declassified by MG Richard A. Harrison and released via PURSUE Release 1.
Gemini 7 Bogey Sighting
Frank Borman and James Lovell's December 1965 'bogey at 10 o'clock high' report — mission transcripts released publicly for the first time via PURSUE Release 1 after 60 years in NASA archives.
DOW-UAP-D14: Iraq UAP Mission Report
Declassified USCENTCOM mission report documenting a small UAP crossing U.S. surveillance systems over Iraq in May 2022 — one of the named PDF files released in PURSUE Release 1.
2023 Western U.S. Orbs Launching Orbs
Federal law enforcement cases from 2023-2025 documenting orbs launching smaller orbs over the western U.S. — described by the Pentagon as among the most compelling cases in PURSUE Release 1.
1948 USAF European UAP Investigation
Declassified Top Secret USAF report concluding that recurring unidentified objects over Europe in 1948 'cannot be disregarded' — released in PURSUE Release 1 after 78 years of classification.
Apollo 17 Lunar Light Events
Apollo 17 crew observed bright tumbling fragments above the lunar surface in December 1972 — archival footage released in PURSUE Release 1 alongside Harrison Schmitt's 'Fourth of July' description.
Apollo 12 Lunar UAP Photograph
NASA archival photograph from Apollo 12 showing an unidentified object above the lunar horizon, released publicly for the first time via PURSUE Release 1 in May 2026.
PURSUE Release 1 — UAP Declassified Files Corpus (May 2026)
First tranche of the Trump administration's PURSUE declassification initiative — 162 files covering 400+ UAP incidents from the 1940s to 2026, released publicly at war.gov/UFO without FOIA requirement.
PURSUE
Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters — the first multiagency executive-directed UAP declassification program with a public rolling-release portal at war.gov/UFO.
April 2026
Teodorani 2004 — A Long-Term Scientific Survey of the Hessdalen Phenomenon (Journal of Scientific Exploration)
Foundational Hessdalen field investigation paper covering 1984-2001 instrument-based data (spectroscopy, photometry, radar) documenting anomalous luminous phenomena that resist conventional atmospheric explanation.
De la Torre 2024 — Psychological Aspects in UAP Witnesses (International Journal of Astrobiology)
Survey of 245 participants identifying a UAP deep psychological engagement triad in direct witnesses, published in Cambridge University Press's International Journal of Astrobiology.
Hernandez et al. 2018 — Contact with Non-Human Intelligence: FREE Study (Journal of Scientific Exploration)
The FREE survey — the largest structured experiencer study ever conducted (N=3,256), documenting phenomenology of reported NHI contact published in the Journal of Scientific Exploration.
Moscote-Salazar et al. 2025 — Neurological Effects of Encounters with UAP (Matrix Science Medica)
First peer-reviewed neurology journal paper to document neurological sequelae of UAP close encounters, treating biological effects of UAP experiences as a legitimate clinical topic within mainstream medical literature.
Greyson 1983 — The Near-Death Experience Scale (Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease)
Foundational 16-item NDE measurement instrument that has served as the standard research tool since 1983, cited in every major clinical NDE study including van Lommel 2001 and Parnia 2014.
Beauregard et al. 2014 — Manifesto for a Post-Materialist Science (EXPLORE)
Eight-author scientific manifesto calling for paradigm expansion beyond materialism — the foundational citable document for the post-materialist science movement that underlies the catalog's consciousness research thread.
Puthoff 2010 — Spacetime Metric Engineering for Advanced Propulsion (JBIS)
Solo follow-up to the 2002 ZPF paper, directly cited in AAWSAP DIRD reports — one of the few catalog papers with a confirmed classified government program connection.
Puthoff, Little & Ibison 2002 — Zero-Point Field Propulsion (JBIS)
Foundational metric engineering propulsion paper proposing quantum vacuum manipulation for interstellar flight — direct antecedent to the AAWSAP propulsion physics program and davis-2009-warp-metrics.
Watters, Loeb et al. 2023 — Multimodal UAP Observatories (JAI)
Galileo Project technical blueprint for integrated multimodal UAP observatories with machine learning classification, from the Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation special issue.
Loeb & Laukien 2023 — Overview of the Galileo Project (JAI)
First peer-reviewed journal paper formally establishing the Galileo Project's scientific program — distinct from Loeb's 2021 book entry in the catalog.
Lomas et al. 2025 — UAP Assessment Matrix (Acta Astronautica)
Proposes a 2D evidence-quality vs. understanding matrix for UAP evaluation, published in Acta Astronautica (IAA flagship, CiteScore 7.3) — Tim Lomas's third paper in the DECUR catalog.
Yingling & Yingling 2024 — Academic Freedom and UAP Research (Nature/Palgrave)
Follow-up survey documenting near-universal awareness of professional repercussions for faculty who conduct UAP research, including tenure and promotion risks.
Yingling & Yingling 2023 — Faculty Perceptions of UAP (Nature/Palgrave)
First national survey of academic faculty UAP attitudes across 144 US universities (N=1,460): 19% personally observed UAP, 37% interested in researching it, fewer than 1% had done so.
Bruehl & Villarroel 2025 — POSS-I Transients / Nuclear Correlation (Scientific Reports)
Nature Publishing Group paper finding statistically significant correlation (p=0.008) between POSS-I photographic plate transients and nuclear test dates, with spatial association to UAP sighting density — highest-prestige journal in the catalog.
Platzer 2025 — On the Need for Rigorous UAP Research (PrAeS)
Companion to platzer-2025-uap-outlook; makes the affirmative case for why aerospace science must institutionalize UAP research, published in the landmark June 2025 Progress in Aerospace Sciences special issue.
Platzer 2025 — UAP Status and Outlook (PrAeS)
Overview paper by Naval Postgraduate School emeritus professor situating UAP investigation within mainstream aerospace science, part of the landmark June 2025 Progress in Aerospace Sciences special issue.
Vallee, Dini & Mestchersky 2025 — UAP Radiative Energy Analysis (PrAeS)
First paper in Progress in Aerospace Sciences to physically analyze a specific UAP case, estimating 500-900 MW radiative output from the 1966 Haynesville, Louisiana incident.
Loeb et al. 2024 — IM1 Spherule Chemical Classification (Chemical Geology)
Peer-reviewed journal publication of the Galileo Project IM1 spherule analysis in Chemical Geology, identifying the anomalous BeLaU compositional group with no match in known terrestrial, meteoritic, or industrial alloy databases.
Vallee, Nolan, Jiang & Lemke 2022 — UAP Materials Characterization Methods
Foundational ICP-MS/SIMS methods paper for UAP materials analysis, published in Progress in Aerospace Sciences — the analytical infrastructure underpinning all subsequent anomalous materials studies.
Knuth et al. 2025 — The New Science of Unidentified Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena
Landmark 140-author comprehensive review published in Progress in Aerospace Sciences — the most extensively co-authored peer-reviewed UAP paper to date, surveying 20 government investigation programs across 1933-2025.
Schulze-Makuch 2025 — Reliability Scale for UAP Sighting Reports
TU Berlin astrobiologist proposes a systematic 5-factor reliability scale for evaluating UAP reports, enabling triage between credible signals and noise in open-access Universe journal.
Jahn & Dunne 1986 — On the Quantum Mechanics of Consciousness (PEAR)
Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research flagship paper: quantum mechanical consciousness framework and 2.5 million trials showing statistically significant mind-matter interaction with random event generators.
Dumsday 2025 — Understanding UAPs: Surveying the Nature-Spirits Hypothesis
Philosopher Travis Dumsday surveys the animism/nature-spirits hypothesis as a non-naturalist ontological framework for UAP phenomena, grounded in analytic metaphysics and comparative religion.
Szydagis 2025 — How Much Time Before Catastrophic Disclosure?
SUNY Albany particle physicist applies statistical modeling to smartphone ownership and population data to project a mean 'catastrophic disclosure' timeline of 2040 +/- 20 years.
Ailleris 2024 — Instrumented Field Studies for UAP Investigation
ESA-affiliated engineer surveys 1950-2023 instrumented UAP investigations and outlines a rigorous multi-sensor field study framework leveraging modern AI analytics and satellite imagery.
Engels 2025 — The Importance of Phenomenology for UAP Studies
Engels argues phenomenological methodology is an essential supplement to empirical UAP research, enabling first-person experiencer analysis and distinguishing ordinary from non-ordinary perception.
Peters 2025 — One Science for Both UFOlogists and Astrobiologists?
Ted Peters examines why astrobiologists and UFOlogists remain separate despite both operating with scientific frameworks and the ETI hypothesis, arguing for methodological convergence.
Ammon 2024 — Good Scientific Practice for UAP Research
Framework of scientific practice standards tailored for citizen-science UAP investigation, developed through German research community review and addressing the methodological gap between credentialed science and lay fieldwork.
Meheust 2025 — The Mystery of Elusiveness
Meheust's philosophical analysis of UAP elusiveness as a simultaneous display-and-concealment signature, proposing poltergeist research methodology as a precedent for non-reproducible phenomena.
Teodorani 2024 — Investigating UAP Events Using Astronomical Techniques
By the Project Hessdalen lead physicist: spectroscopy, photometry, and magnetometry methodology for systematic UAP field investigation, with past campaign results and a global monitoring station proposal.
Grosvenor, Hancock & Porritt 2025 — UAP Indications Analysis: U.S. Atomic Warfare Complex
Quantitative analysis of 874 UAP incidents at U.S. nuclear facilities 1945-1975 finds elevated activity at atomic sites versus conventional installations, with Atomic Weapons Survey as most probable scenario.
Radin et al. 2012 — Consciousness and the Double-Slit Interference Pattern
Six experiments with 250+ participants found directed mental attention reduces double-slit interference (z=4.37, p<0.0001), proposing consciousness acts as a quantum observer.
Lomas 2024 — History of Scientific Approaches to UAP (JSE)
JSE systematic review tracing UAP's marginalization from legitimate science since the Condon Report and arguing for academic rehabilitation based on recent institutional re-engagement.
Loeb et al. 2023 — IM1 Spherules: Extrasolar Composition
Galileo Project ocean-floor expedition recovered ~700 spherules from the IM1 bolide site with anomalous BeLaU elemental signatures inconsistent with any known terrestrial or meteoric material.
Hameroff & Penrose 2014 — Consciousness in the Universe: Orch OR
Definitive 2014 review of Orchestrated Objective Reduction - the leading physics-grounded consciousness theory - connecting neuronal microtubule quantum processes to fundamental spacetime geometry.
Mashour 2024 — Consciousness and the Dying Brain
Comprehensive review by University of Michigan's Chair of Anesthesiology synthesizing NDE epidemiology and the neurophysiology of gamma oscillation surges at cardiac death.
Xu et al. 2023 — Gamma Surge in the Dying Human Brain
PNAS study documenting a surge of gamma oscillations in the posterior cortical 'hot zone' of dying patients at cardiac death — a neural correlate candidate for near-death experiences.
Kastrup 2017 — An Ontological Solution to the Mind-Body Problem
Kastrup's peer-reviewed case for analytic idealism: consciousness as nature's sole ontological primitive, avoiding both the hard problem and the subject combination problem.
Chalmers 1995 — Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness
The paper that coined 'the hard problem of consciousness' — foundational reference for the platform's entire consciousness science thread.
Targ & Puthoff 1974 — Information Transmission Under Conditions of Sensory Shielding
The foundational SRI remote viewing paper published in Nature — the study that established peer-reviewed scientific legitimacy for the program that became STARGATE.
Bem 2011 — Feeling the Future: Experimental Evidence for Anomalous Retroactive Influences
Landmark JPSP paper: 9 experiments, 1000+ participants, d=0.22 for precognition effects — the paper that ignited the replication crisis debate in psychology.
Parnia et al. 2014 — AWARE: AWAreness during REsuscitation
The AWARE I study: 2060 cardiac arrest patients, one verified veridical out-of-body experience during resuscitation — the most rigorous clinical OBE case in the literature.
Van Lommel et al. 2001 — Near-death experience in survivors of cardiac arrest
Foundational Lancet prospective NDE study: 344 cardiac arrest patients, 18% NDEs, ruling out physiological confounds — the most-cited clinical NDE paper.
Research Hub
New Research Hub section launches with 25 indexed papers and reports, 15 research organizations, and 10 events - a centralized academic infrastructure layer connecting papers, organizations, and events across the UAP research field.
1997 Pucallpa UFO Crash - Jonathan Weygandt
U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Weygandt claims to have observed a massive iridescent egg-shaped craft embedded in a cliff face during Operation Laser Strike in the Peruvian Amazon, followed by an on-site DoE MOPP team and coercive interrogation; a tier-3 case due to sole-witness status and active contradiction from named fellow marines.
1980 La Joya UFO Engagement - Oscar Santa Maria Huerta
The only documented case of a military pilot firing on a UAP with confirmed hits and no effect - Peruvian Air Force Lt. Santa Maria Huerta fired 64 rounds of 30mm cannon at the object before a 22-minute supersonic pursuit ending at 63,000 ft, witnessed by 1,800 personnel on the ground and registered by the U.S. DoD.
1978 Tarija UFO Crash
May 1978 mass-witness crash event in Bolivia confirmed by five declassified U.S. State Department documents and a Cyrus Vance telex ruling out all known re-entering space objects; U.S. Air Force officers dispatched under Project Moon Dust but no wreckage was ever publicly recovered.
Coyame UFO Crash / Chihuahua Disk
The 1974 Coyame, Chihuahua alleged UAP-Cessna mid-air collision and cross-border retrieval - sourced entirely from the anonymous 1992 'Deneb Report' (signed 'J.S.'), first published by Leonard Stringfield with explicit reservations; case documented honestly as tier-3 with zero corroborating official records from FAA, NTSB, NORAD, or SEDENA.
1971 UAP Crash North of Edwards AFB
The 1971 Mojave Desert crash claim north of Edwards AFB - documents the YF-12A classified aircraft crash (June 24, 1971) as the most probable mundane explanation, with honest framing of the shape descriptor inconsistency and Cordini's contaminated abductee testimony.
Operation Bluegill Triple Prime - Johnston Atoll UAP Recovery
The 1962 Operation Fishbowl high-altitude nuclear test anomaly - based on Harald Malmgren's 2025 firsthand account of handling non-human material, corroborated by the Kettle 1 footage white-triangle redaction by DSWA's Dr. Ristvet and Wright-Patterson's official notation of an unexplained second thermal source.
Kingman UFO Crash
The 1953 Kingman, Arizona crash - based on the signed affidavit of verified AMC engineer Arthur Stansel ('Fritz Werner'); includes Stringfield's independent anonymous corroboration, the 2024 Christopher Mellon Signal text development, and Operation Upshot-Knothole context.
Aztec UFO Crash
The 1948 Aztec, New Mexico crash claim - originated by convicted con men Newton and GeBauer, exposed by J.P. Cahn in 1952, and revived by Scott Ramsey in 2012; includes full treatment of the Guy Hottel FBI memo, the Sarbacher letter, and the fraud-vs-real-information debate.
Plains of San Agustin Incident
The 1947 Plains of San Agustin claim - a heavily investigated and largely discredited crash-recovery narrative; documents the secondhand Barnett account, Gerald Anderson's proven fabrications, and Kevin Randle's systematic investigation concluding the event did not occur.
Magenta UFO Crash - Italy 1933
The 1933 Magenta, Italy crash - Italy's pre-Roswell crash retrieval claim; documents Mussolini's alleged RS/33 cabinet under Marconi, the anonymous-source Italian document set, and David Grusch's 2023 sworn congressional testimony naming it as the earliest U.S.-acquired non-human craft.
Aurora Airship Crash
The 1897 Aurora, Texas airship crash - the earliest claimed crash-recovery event in the DECUR database, based on S.E. Haydon's Dallas Morning News dispatch; thoroughly documented with MUFON 1973 investigation findings, 2008 GPR survey results, and full hoax-vs-genuine competing hypotheses analysis.
Monica Jacinto Reza
JPL rocket scientist and Mondaloy superalloy co-inventor who disappeared June 2025; her institutional connection to Maj. Gen. Neil McCasland through AFRL-funded Mondaloy development - and McCasland's own February 2026 disappearance - places her at the center of the White House investigation into missing advanced aerospace researchers.
Amy Eskridge
Anti-gravity researcher and Institute for Exotic Science co-founder who died in June 2022; the only figure in the 2022-2026 missing scientists cluster named directly in congressional UAP testimony, with journalist Michael Shellenberger asserting she was murdered by a private aerospace company due to her involvement in UAP research.
Boyd Bushman
Senior Research Scientist at Lockheed Martin whose 2014 deathbed interview claimed knowledge of alien beings at Area 51; notable for genuine aerospace credentials alongside the debunking of his alien photographs as commercially available toy figurines.
Technology of Unknown Origins
New glossary entry for TUO - the institutional term for recovered hardware of unattributable origin, used in Congressional hearings and DoD contexts as an epistemically neutral alternative to extraterrestrial or non-human framing.
Die Glocke
New glossary entry for Die Glocke - the alleged Nazi Bell device described by Igor Witkowski and popularized by Nick Cook, frequently cited in UAP reverse-engineering literature as a potential precursor to post-war anti-gravity programs.
Slowwalker
New glossary entry for Slowwalker - the NORAD counterpart to Fastwalker, designating anomalous objects moving too slowly at altitude to be explained by conventional orbital mechanics.
Alien Reproduction Vehicle
New glossary entry for the ARV - Mark McCandlish's term for alleged human-built reverse-engineered craft, with updated ARV abbreviation entry cross-referencing the full term.
Lubbock Lights
August-September 1951 multi-witness case featuring authenticated photographs by Carl Hart Jr., corroborating radar evidence from Reese AFB, testimony from four Texas Tech professors, and an official Project Blue Book Unknown classification.
Voronezh UFO Incident
September 1989 Soviet mass-witness landing case notable for being officially reported by TASS state news agency, with physical trace evidence documented by militia and scientists at Comintern Park in Voronezh.
John Podesta
Former White House Chief of Staff to Clinton and Counselor to Obama, notable for publicly stating his biggest failure of 2014 was not securing UAP file disclosure and for writing the foreword to Leslie Kean's landmark 2010 UAP book.
Leonard Stringfield
Pioneering crash retrieval researcher who compiled testimony from over 100 anonymous military and medical sources across seven Status Reports (1978-1994), establishing the foundational archive for all subsequent crash retrieval investigation.
Ralph Blumenthal
Veteran New York Times investigative reporter who co-authored the landmark December 2017 AATIP article with Leslie Kean and Helene Cooper, widely credited with launching the modern UAP disclosure era.
Dr. Robert Sarbacher
MIT-trained physicist and R&D Board consultant whose 1950 meeting with Wilbert Smith and 1983 written letter to researcher William Steinman make him one of the few credentialed U.S. scientists to leave a documented record corroborating crash recovery program knowledge.
Ben Rich
Second director of Lockheed Skunk Works and F-117 program lead; notable for a documented 1986 letter and reported 1993 UCLA speech suggesting classified U.S. programs possessed interstellar-capable propulsion technology.
UAP Sightings Database
New /sightings page integrating 614,505 UFOSINT community reports with interactive heatmap, temporal chart, breakdown charts, and case cross-references.
Nick Cook
Aviation journalist and Jane's Defence Weekly editor; investigated classified aerospace programs and their UAP connections.
Charles Hall
Former U.S. Air Force weather observer at Nellis AFB; author of the Millennial Hospitality series describing alleged contact with 'Tall White' extraterrestrials.
Dan Sherman
Former NSA signals intelligence specialist who claims to have served as an 'intuitive communicator' in a classified program called Project Preserve Destiny.
Dr. Salvatore Pais
Naval Air Station Patuxent River aerospace engineer behind controversial patents for a 'hybrid aerospace-underwater craft' using high-energy electromagnetic fields.
Donna Hare
Former NASA contractor at Johnson Space Center who testified to witnessing UFO photographs being airbrushed out of official NASA imagery.
Jonathan Weygandt
Former U.S. Marine who testified to encountering a crashed non-human craft in Peru in 1997 and being subsequently intimidated into silence.
Bob Jacobs
Former U.S. Air Force lieutenant who filmed a UFO disabling a test warhead over Vandenberg AFB in 1964 before being ordered to deny the incident.
Mark McCandlish
Technical illustrator and aerospace researcher who claimed to have detailed knowledge of a classified anti-gravity vehicle called the Alien Reproduction Vehicle.
Parviz Jafari
Iranian Air Force general who piloted the F-4 interceptor during the landmark 1976 Tehran UFO Incident, where weapons systems failed on approach.
Oscar Santa Maria Huerta
Peruvian Air Force pilot who engaged a UAP with 30mm cannon fire over La Joya Air Base in 1980; rounds had no effect on the object.
Clifford Stone
Retired U.S. Army sergeant who testified to participating in UFO crash retrieval operations over a 22-year career and claimed knowledge of a 57-species catalogue.
John Ramirez
Retired CIA analyst (GS-15) who worked in the Directorate of Science and Technology; has spoken publicly about UAP-related information compartmentalization.
Foo Fighters - WWII Aerial Phenomena
Documented reports of luminous objects observed by Allied and Axis pilots from 1944-1945; investigated post-war by multiple governments.
Trans-en-Provence Landing
Investigated by GEPAN; physical trace evidence confirmed by laboratory analysis - one of the most rigorously studied ground-trace cases on record.
Cash-Landrum Incident
Two civilians and a child suffered acute radiation injuries after a close encounter in Texas; subsequently sued the U.S. government for damages.
Travis Walton Abduction
Seven-man logging crew witnessed Walton struck by a beam of light and taken; he reappeared five days later. Six crew members passed polygraph examinations.
Betty and Barney Hill Abduction
First widely-reported alien abduction case in the U.S.; hypnotic regression produced consistent corroborating accounts between the two witnesses.
Travis Walton
Arizona logger and central figure in the 1975 Snowflake abduction; passed multiple polygraph tests and authored Fire in the Sky.
Budd Hopkins
Pioneering abduction researcher and artist who documented hundreds of experiencer accounts and founded the Intruders Foundation.
Michael Herrera
Former U.S. Marine who testified to encountering a massive octagonal craft during a 2009 humanitarian mission in Indonesia, operated by private military personnel.
Gov. Fife Symington
Former Governor of Arizona who initially mocked the 1997 Phoenix Lights publicly, then recanted in 2007 and confirmed witnessing an enormous structured craft.
James Fox
Documentary filmmaker behind I Know What I Saw and The Phenomenon; produced some of the most credible witness-testimony footage in the UAP genre.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna
Florida congresswoman and vocal advocate for UAP transparency; co-sponsored legislation requiring government disclosure of non-human intelligence data.
Dr. Lynne Kitei
Phoenix physician and researcher who personally witnessed and photographed the 1997 Phoenix Lights; produced documentary on the incident.
Maj. Gen. Neil McCasland
Former head of Air Force Research Laboratory; reportedly confirmed to Tom DeLonge that U.S. government has recovered non-human craft.
Ingo Swann
Psychic and artist whose early remote viewing demonstrations led directly to the CIA's development of the Stargate Program.
Joseph McMoneagle
Stargate Program remote viewer (RV001); widely considered the most accurate operational viewer in the program's history.
Dr. Beatriz Villarroel
Swedish astrophysicist leading the VASCO project, which searches archival astronomical data for anomalous transient objects of potential non-natural origin.
Dr. Kevin Knuth
Former NASA researcher and University of Albany physics professor who has published peer-reviewed analysis estimating UAP performance characteristics.
Jake Barber
Former special operations officer and contractor who testified to participating in UAP crash retrieval operations and claims direct knowledge of NHI programs.