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aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 1 | THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
ALL-DOMAIN ANOMALY RESOLUTION OFFICE
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement
with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)
Volume I
February 2024
1 | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 2 | Table of Contents
SECTION I: Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 6
SECTION II: Executive Summary .............................................................................................................. 7
... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 3 | Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group (AOIMSG) /
Airborne Object Identification and Management Executive Management Committee
(AOIMEXEC) (November 2021-June 2022) ............................................................................ 24
UAP Independent Study Team (UAPIST) (June 2... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 4 | International Security Environment and Technological Surprise ....................................................... 37
Secrecy ................................................................................................................................................ 37
Public Interest .......................... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 5 | GNAT 750 .......................................................................................................................................... 44
Predator ............................................................................................................................................... 44
Reaper ..... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 6 | SECTION I: Introduction
This report represents Volume I of the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s
(AARO) Historical Record Report (HR2) which reviews the record of the United States
Government (USG) pertaining to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). In completing this
report, AARO reviewed all official US... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 7 | assertions and claims without any particular pre-conceived conclusion or hypothesis. AARO is
committed to reaching conclusions based on empirical evidence.
Lastly, AARO thanks all participants in this review who made this report possible, to
include the interviewees who came forward with information.
SECTION I... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 8 | • A CIA Official Allegedly Managed UAP Experimentation: The named, former
CIA official was not involved in the movement of extraterrestrial technology. The
same former CIA officer signed a memo rejecting a claim made by interviewees that
he managed the movement of and experimentation on off-world technology.
• Alleg... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 9 | and bismuth with some other trace elements, such as lead. This assessment was based
on its materials characterization.
AARO assesses that all of the named and described alleged hidden UAP reverse-
engineering programs provided by interviewees either do not exist; are misidentified authentic,
highly sensitive natio... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 10 | • The aggregate findings of all USG investigations to date have not found even one
case of UAP representing off-world technology.
• None of the programs mentioned by interviewees are UAP reverse-engineering
programs, and all the authentic programs have been properly notified and reported to
Congress through the congre... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 11 | • Many of these technologies fit the description of a stereotypical Unidentified Flying
Object (UFO). It is understandable how observers unfamiliar with these programs
could mistake sightings of these new technologies as something extraordinary, even
other-worldly.
• Along with these conventional technology research ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 12 | • Some literature suggests individual accounts can be unreliable as they are subject to a
person’s interpretation of sensory data through the filter of their experiences, beliefs,
or state of mind during the event. A person who reports a case might be credible, in
that they believe the elements of their account to be ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 13 | • Conduct classified program research across the IC, DoD, and interagency to
validate or invalidate any claims of classified programs derived from historical
interviews.
• Conduct historical interviews of individuals who claim knowledge of alleged USG
activities related to UAP.
• Partner with the U.S. National Archiv... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 14 | collect and evaluate all information relating to UFO sightings which could be construed as of
concern to the national security. Captain Edward Ruppelt claimed that Project SAUCER was the
informal name of Project SIGN and it was designated a high priority. However, in an interview
with an employee of Project SIGN, ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 15 |
Project GRUDGE (Original Organization) (February–December 1949)
Background: Project SIGN was renamed Project GRUDGE in approximately February
1949. The staff, especially those who seemed to lean towards belief in the “interplanetary”
origin of UFOs, were reportedly purged from the organization. One account of... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 16 |
staff. He also realized that he needed a range of scientific expertise which he sourced through a
contract he dubbed Project BEAR. Capt Ruppelt set a policy that was intended to foster
objectivity. Unlike the previous Project GRUDGE, he allowed his staff to create an “unknown”
category of cases which he hoped ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 17 |
reports. The Study Group also believed that the Soviets could use reports of UFOs to create
hysteria in the United States or overload the U.S. early-warning system.27
• In December 1952, H. Marshall Chadwell, Assistant Director of OSI, briefed the
Director of Central Intelligence (DCI), Walter Bedell Smith, on... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 18 |
Results: The report offered no distinct or separate findings of note and mostly
summarized the findings of the Robertson Panel.34
Project BLUE BOOK (March 1952–December 1969)
Background: USAF Director of Intelligence, Major General Charles P. Cabell,
established Project BLUE BOOK to study UFO phenomena. Bas... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 19 |
AARO partnered with the U.S. National Archives to examine the records from the
USAF’s Project BLUE BOOK, which spanned from 1947 to 1969. This research presented a
significant challenge because of the volume of the documentation amounted to 7,252 files
holding a total of 65,778 digital records. The vast majorit... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 20 | somewhat unique view of UFO investigatory efforts, primarily focusing on whether or not UFO
phenomena merited formal scientific research in terms of academic or USG-sponsored research
and in secondary schools. The panel said their remit did not include the study of UFO
phenomena as a potential risk to U.S. national... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 21 | Results: The NAS review concluded that, “We are unanimous in the opinion that this
has been a very credible effort to apply…techniques of science to the solution of the UFO
problem.”51
Carter Administration Tasking to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
(1977)
Background: Dr. Frank Press, Scie... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 22 | up” by the USG. Rather, the materials recovered near Roswell were consistent with a balloon of
the type used in the then-classified Project Mogul. No records showed any evidence that the
USG recovered aliens or extraterrestrial material.56
• The USAF subsequently published a follow-on report in 1997, The Roswell ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 23 |
propulsion, the use of unconventional materials and controls, and signature
reduction.62
• Although investigating UFO/UAP was not specifically outlined in the contract’s
statement of work, the selected private sector organization conducted UFO research
with the support of the DIA program manager. This researc... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 24 | • After AAWSAP/AATIP was terminated, its supporters unsuccessfully attempted to
convince DHS to support a new version of this effort dubbed KONA BLUE.
Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) (August 2020-November 2021)
Background: Deputy Secretary of Defense David L. Norquist approved the
establishment of... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 25 | national security.73 AOIMSG had not achieved initial operating capability before subsequent
legislation in the FY2022 NDAA resulted in it being renamed to AARO and given an expanded
mission set.
UAP Independent Study Team (UAPIST) (June 2022-September 2023)
Background: NASA established the UAPIST as a subordina... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 26 | • The AARO Director reported to Congress that the majority of cases in AARO’s
holdings have ordinary explanation and that AARO has not seen any evidence that
any of these cases represent extraterrestrial technology.
• Of all the reports that AARO investigated and analyzed, none represent
extraterrestrial or off-world ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 27 |
possess ordinary explanations, while 28 percent of its caseload remained unresolved.
None of these organizations have found evidence of extraterrestrial visitations to
Earth.82
Key Findings
• None of these investigations (including USG, foreign, and U.S. academic efforts)
reached the conclusion that any of ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 28 | Project BLUE BOOK, Capt Edward Ruppelt, said that all but a couple copies of this
estimate were destroyed. 83 AARO has been unable to verify his claim or locate the
document.
SECTION V: Assessment of Interviewee Claims of USG Involvement in Hidden UAP
Programs
Summary
As of September 17, 2023, AARO interview... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 29 |
former named senior CIA official quashed the proposal to remove the material from
the corporation.
• A separate interviewee88 claimed that circa 1999, a former, senior U.S. military
officer89 told the interviewee that that he touched the surface of an extraterrestrial
spacecraft. The interviewee stated that t... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 30 |
information about the program. Some interviewees claimed “verbal” and written
NDAs were administered in several instances.97
Secondary Narrative
The other narrative is that a cluster of UAP sightings that occurred in close proximity to
U.S. nuclear facilities have resulted in the malfunctioning and destructio... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 31 |
Former CIA Official Involvement in Movement of Alleged Material Recovered from a UAP
Crash Denied on the Record
AARO interviewed and obtained a signed statement from the former CIA official who
was specifically named by AARO interviewees. The former official stated he had no knowledge
of any aspect of this all... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 32 |
Allegation that a Former U.S. military Service Member Touched an Extraterrestrial
Spacecraft
An interviewee105 stated that a former military member, who was also an interviewee,
had stated that he had touched an off-world aircraft. AARO contacted and interviewed the
former military member106 who denied any kno... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 33 |
• AARO and a leading science laboratory concluded that the material is a metallic
alloy, terrestrial in nature, and possibly of USAF origin, based on its materials
characterization. It was also assessed that the material is mostly composed of
magnesium, and the bismuth present was not a pure layer per initial c... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 34 |
• All the programs assessed to be authentic were or—if still active—continue to be,
appropriately reported to either or both the congressional defense and intelligence
committees.
Process for Protecting Sensitive Programs while Investigating Interviewee Claims
AARO instituted a secure process for handling inf... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 35 |
Prospective Special Access Program (PSAP) was officially requested to stand up this program,
but it was eventually rejected by DHS leadership for lacking merit. As demonstrated by the
proposal package and by statements from the originator, Senators Lieberman and Reid asked that
the PSAP be established with the p... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 36 | regarding the recovery or existence of extraterrestrial beings or crafts. Although AARO
continues to conduct interviews, research programs, and pursue investigatory leads, AARO’s
work has resulted in disproving the majority of these claims using the verifiable information
made within those claims.
AARO researched... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 37 | vast majority of cases report on events that amount to ordinary objects, atmospheric
and natural phenomena, and observer misidentification.
• Although many UAP/UFO cases remain unsolved, based on the lack of evidence of
the extraterrestrial origin of even one UAP report and the assessment that all resolved
cases to ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 38 |
Public Interest
Segments of the American public have been interested in this topic since the term “flying
saucer” emerged after Arnold’s sighting in 1947, as evidenced by the proliferation of television,
books, movies, and podcasts today on the topic. The subject is deeply rooted in popular culture
with its ow... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 39 | Differences between 20th and 21st Century UAP Investigations
Decreased Public Trust
Polling data on public trust reflects Americans’ changing views over time. According to
the Pew Research Center, polling on this topic began in 1958, when about 75 percent of
Americans trusted the USG “to do the right thing almos... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 40 |
is present today, such as in cases where rocket exhaust plumes, micro-satellite trains, and UAS
systems with odd morphologies are reported as UAP.
The below examples represent a sample of the unclassified and declassified authentic
national security programs that AARO assesses probably were associated with erron... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 41 | Project Aquatone/Dragon Lady (1954)
President Eisenhower authorized Project Aquatone to develop the U-2 Dragon Lady, a
high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft to collect intelligence on Soviet nuclear deployments. More
than half of the UFO reports investigated in the 1950s and 1960s were assessed to be U.S.
reconna... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 42 | Project Mercury (1958-1963)
Project Mercury, America’s first human space program made six flights. The
objectives of the program were to orbit a manned spacecraft around Earth, investigate
humans’ ability to function in space, and recover astronauts and spacecraft safely.151
TATTLETALE/GRAB (September 1960)
The... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 43 | Hexagon system was the last satellite employing film reentry vehicles.167 Hexagon was
declassified in 2011.168
Space Transportation System/Space Shuttle (1972 - 2011)
The Space Shuttle program was NASA’s fourth human spaceflight program and was
comprised of the first reusable spacecraft to carry humans into Eart... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 44 |
represent a sample of those that have been operationally deployed since the 1994 Bosnia conflict
and subsequently employed in counterterrorism operations around the world.175 Since then, their
form and use have spread to civil and commercial applications.
GNAT 750
The GNAT 750 was developed in the late 1980s ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 45 |
Polecat
Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Development Program organization, also known as
“Skunk Works” developed the P-175 Polecat UAV to better understand the flight dynamics
of tailless, bat-wing shaped, 90-foot wingspan high-altitude UAV, including the next
generation of structural composite materials and configu... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 46 |
1 Anjali Nandan, “Eyewitness Testimony: A Psychological and Legal Perspective,” Journal of
Positive School of Psychology, 2022; Biswa Prakesh Nayak & H. Khajuria, “Eyewitness
Testimony: Probative Value in the Criminal Justice System,” Egyptian Journal of Forensic
Science, 2019; Stephen L. Chew, “Myth: Eyewit... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 47 |
10 Hector Quintanilla, Jr., “UFOs: An Air Force Dilemma” (unpublished manuscript, 1974).
https://ia902205.us.archive.org/28/items/ufos-an-air-force-dilemma/quintanilla.pdf; Edward J.
Ruppelt, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Doubleday, 1956),
https://ia801304.us.archive.org/22/items/FritjofCapraTheTur... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 48 | 20 Ibid.
21 Ibid.
22 Ibid.
23 Ibid.
24 Hector Quintanilla Jr., “The Investigation of UFOs,”
(Fall 1966), pp. 95-110, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/7282832; U.S. Congress, House of
Representatives; https://history.house.gov/Blog/Detail/15032395730
25 Ibid.
26 Gerald K. Haines, “CIA's Role in the Study of... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 49 |
34 Ibid.
35 National Archives and Records Administration (NARA),
https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos#bluebk; NARA,
https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/project-blue-book-50th-anniversary; Department of the
Air Force, Project Blue Book, (February 1, 1966); USAF,
https://www.esd.whs.mi... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 50 | ERROR: type should be string, got " \n\n \nhttps://ia902205.us.archive.org/28/items/ufos-an-air-force-dilemma/quintanilla.pdf; Edward J. \nRuppelt, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects\nhttps://ia801304.us.archive.org/22/items/FritjofCapraTheTurningPoint/Edward%20J%20Ruppelt\n%20-%20The%20Report%20on%20Unidentified%20Flying%20Objects.pdf; Gerald K. Haines, \n“CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947\n \n40 Gerald K. Haines, “CIA's Role in the Study of UFOs, 1947\nNo. 1, (1997), pp. 67-84, https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000838058.pdf \n \n41 Ibid. \n \n\n (Doubleday, 1956), \n\n-90,” Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 1, No. 1. \n\n-90,” Studies in Intelligence, Vol. 1, \n\n42 Ibid. \n \n43 Ibid. \n \n44 “The Condon Report,” https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0680976.pdf, \nhttps://files.ncas.org/condon; Dr. Edward U. Condon, Scientific Study of Unidentified Flying \nObjects (Bantam, 1968)., University of Colorado, Boulder, \nhttps://www.colorado.edu/coloradan/2021/11/05/condon-report-cu-boulders-historic-ufo-stu \n \n45 Ibid. \n \n46 Ibid. \n \n47 Ibid. \n \n48 Ibid. \n \n49 Ibid. \n \n50 The National Academy of Sciences Panel Assessment of the Condon Report; \nhttps://www.apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADO688541.pdf \n \n51 Ibid. \n \n52 Richard C. Henry, “UFOs and NASA,” Journal of Scientific Exploration, Vol. 2, No. 2,\n(1988). https://henry.pha.jhu.edu/ufosNASA.pdf; \nhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/04/30/ufo-over-georgia-jimmy-\nloggedone/080ef1c3-6ff3-41a9-a1e4-a37c54b5cbca/ \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \nThe Washington Post, \n\n50 \n " | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 51 | 53 Presidential Papers of the United States, https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PPP-1995-
book2/html/PPP-1995-book2-doc-pg1813-2.htm; “Bill Clinton Phones Home on Aliens,”
Politico, Tal Kopan, April 3, 2014; The Washington Post,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/08/the-long-strange-history-of-
j... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 52 | 65 Defense Intelligence Agency, https://www.dia.mil/FOIA/FOIA-Electronic-Reading-Room;
New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-
reid.html.
66 Memorandum, from the Under Secretary of Defense James Clapper to the Deputy Secretary of
Defense, 17 November 2009.
67 Re... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 53 |
76 Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial
Phenomena.
77 P.A. Sturrock, et. al., “Physical Evidence Related to UFO Reports: The Proceedings of a
Workshop Held at the Pocantico Conference Center, Tarrytown, New York, September 29 -
October 4, 1997,” Journal of... | pdf |
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124 Edward J. Ruppelt, The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects (Doubleday, 1956).
https://ia801304.us.archive.org/22/items/FritjofCapraTheTurningPoint/Edward%20J%20Ruppelt
%20-%20The%20Report%20on%20Unidentified%20Flying%20Objects.pdf. Page 93.
125 Ibid, p... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 57 | 131 Department of Energy (DoE), https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-
history/Events/1945/trinity.htm, Leslie Groves, Now It Can Be Told (Harper, 1962).
Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic Bomb (Simon and Shuster, 1986), Kai Bird and
Martin J. Sherwin
132 Department of Energy (DoE)
https://www.osti.... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 58 | ERROR: type should be string, got " \n\n \nhttps://irp.fas.org/program/collect/u2.pdf; National Security Agency, \nhttps://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB54/docs/doc_40.PDF \n \n139 Ibid. \n \n140 Bruce Berkowitz, A Brief History of the NRO (NRO Center for the Study of National \nReconnaissance, 2018, \nhttps://www.nro.gov/Portals/65/documents/history/csnr/programs/NRO Brief History.pdf; \nNational Reconnaissance Office, https://www.nro.gov/History-and-Studies/Center-for-the-Study-\nof-National-Reconnaissance/The-CORONA-Program/; Dwayne Day, et. al., eds., Eye in the Sky: \nThe Story of the Corona Spy Satellites (Smithsonian, 1998) \n \n141 U.S. Air Force, https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-\nSheets/Display/Article/195801/avro-canada-vz-9av-avrocar/ \n \n142 Ibid. \n \n143 American Heritage Center, “Flying Saucers—For Real! The Papers of Jack D. Pickett,” \nhttps://ahcwyo.org/2022/04/04/flying-saucers-for-real-the-papers-of-jack-d-pickett/ \n \n144 U.S. Air Force, https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-\nSheets/Display/Article/195801/avro-canada-vz-9av-avrocar/ \n \n145 American Heritage Center, “Flying Saucers—For Real! The Papers of Jack D, Pickett,” \nhttps://ahcwyo.org/2022/04/04/flying-saucers-for-real-the-papers-of-jack-d-pickett/ \n \n146 National Aeronautics and Space Administration, https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/explorer-\n1 \n \n147 National Security Archive, https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB74/ \n \n148 Central Intelligence Agency, https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/exhibit/a-12-oxcart/ \n \n149 Central Intelligence Agency, https://www.cia.gov/legacy/museum/exhibit/a-12-oxcart/; \nNational Security Agency Archive, https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB74/ \n \n150 Ibid. \n \n151 National Air and Space Museum, https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/what-was-\nmercury-program \n \n \n\n \n\n \n\n58 \n " | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 59 |
152 Robert A. McDonald and Sharon K. Moreno, Raising the Periscope: Grab and Poppy:
America’s Early ELINT Satellites (NRO History Office, 2005).
https://www.nro.gov/Portals/65/documents/history/csnr/programs/docs/prog-hist-03.pdf
153 Robert A. McDonald and Sharon K. Moreno, Raising the Periscope: Grab and ... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 60 |
163 National Reconnaissance Office, https://www.nro.gov/About-NRO/history/more-historical-
programs/
164 National Museum of the United States Air Force,
https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-
Sheets/Display/Article/195925/gambit-1-kh-7-film-recovery-vehicle/
165 National Reconnaissanc... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 61 | Research Projects Agency (DARPA), “Predator.” https://www.darpa.mil/about-
us/timeline/predator
176 Roger Connor, “The Predator, a Drone That Transformed Military Combat,” National Air and
Space Museum, March 9, 2018, https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/predator-drone-
transformed-military-combat
177 Defe... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 62 | 186 U.S. Air Force, “MQ-9 Reaper,” https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-
Sheets/Display/Article/104470/mq-9-reaper/
187 Ibid.
188 Ibid.
189 U.S. Air Force, “MQ-9 Reaper,” https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-
Sheets/Display/Article/104470/mq-9-reaper/; Predator RQ-1/MQ-1/MQ-9 Reaper UAV, Air
Force Technology, https://ww... | pdf |
aaro/aaro-hrr-vol1-2024.pdf | 63 | 198 John R. Hoehn and Paul R. Kerr, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Current and Potential
Programs,” Congressional Research Service, Report R47067.
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47067
199 Ibid.
200 John R. Hoehn and Paul R. Kerr, “Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Current and Potential
Programs,” Congressi... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00002.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Paged: NODate: 21:48 05/13/2007
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZFW
REMARKS
UFO reported at 1629 and 1632 by AAL576,MD82,DFW..STLand SWA385, B737, TUL..HOU, off the Maverick 012/65, possibly
at FL800.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2007-05-13T21... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00016.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 08:45 08/07/2012
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZAB
REMARKS
Approximately 10 miles south of Flagstaff,AZ(FLG), UFO heading north about 50,000.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2012-08-07T08:45 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 ... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00015.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 23:55 01/13/2012
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZDC
REMARKS
1825 ZDC OM reported that
(ECG); both ACFT were southbound
ACFT.PXT Approach and
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2012-01-13T23:55 | POD: DEN | PAGE 1 o... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00001.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Paged: NODate: 08:30 02/20/2007
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZDV
REMARKS
ZDV reports at least 12 aircraft are reporting a UFO between FL340 and 400 in the Hayden CO area. No radar return is being
observed. The UFO is apparently tracking the aircraft.... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00020.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 07:05 12/15/2014
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZID
REMARKS
Aircraft reported observing a strobe light 20NM W Parkersburg at FL380, flashing about once every 30 seconds. Light appear to
be above ACFT and PIC reported incident as a UFO... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00021.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 08:05 01/15/2015
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZDC
REMARKS
ACFT reported 5 or 6 UFOs at 28,500 15 E of 38N. Other ACFT have reported strobing lights in the vicinity. NORAD advised no
activity in the area. EADS advised.
S... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00003.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 14:57 08/31/2007
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: NCRCC
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZID
REMARKS
RUF442 at 13,000 feet reported a UFO above him, 45NM SSW of DRYER VOR (DJB).PICobserved a bright white light that is
notmovingbutisfollowinghisflight. Info forwa... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00026.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 03:02 01/02/2016
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZJX
REMARKS
ZJX advised while 30 miles south of FLO,PIC observed a fast moving UFO at FL370 500 feet above ACFT, opposite direction.
No description provided.
SKYWATCH INCI... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00052.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENON
Date: 05:58 05/21/2021
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZOB
REMARKS
Aircraft reported an unidentified aerial phenomenon off the 11 o'clock position while NE bound at FL210, 9.6 NM SE of LFD. The
unknown phenomenon was cluster of lig... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00004.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 12:44 10/19/2007
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: NCRCC
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZDV
REMARKS
UFO-ZDV relayed a report from the pilot of BKA626. Pilot stated that while observing Ursa Major an unidentified object white in
color passedabovein opposite dire... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00011.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 07:12 09/07/2010
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: CHS
REMARKS
Received a report from CHS of a possible UFO 25 E of CHS from a Mr. Rogers at
in S-book, however the mail box was full an was unable to leave a message.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | ... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00050.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 19:26 05/04/2021
Status: Closed
Tail Number: New Destination:POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZAB
REMARKS
1915 PIC reported UFO passing left to right at FL370, ABQ165025. The UFO was flying too fast to provide description. UFO call
center notified.
SKYWATCH INCID... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00024.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 23:02 10/23/2015
Status: Closed
POD: NCRCC
Reporting Facility: PCT
Secondary Codes: PAGED
REMARKS
PCT advised a caller reported seeing two UFOs near exit 50 on route 95,(CatonRd.)
were small,low,and stationary.
number.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE:... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00046.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 19:59 02/21/2021
Status: Closed
Tail Number: New Destination:POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZAB
REMARKS
1918 PIC reported UFO at FL360 while WB TAD180030. It was described as a long cylindrical object that was EB and went over
the top of the aircraft. UFO reporti... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00040.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 11:53 01/07/2020
Status: Closed
Tail Number: New Destination:POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZTL
REMARKS
PIC reported a UFO, described as a string of white lights, off their left side at approximately FL350 while at FL240 W bound
30NM SE of Talladega, AL. No evasi... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00017.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 04:08 08/19/2012
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: PCT
REMARKS
PIC reported sighting an unidentified flying object 5 NM SE of GAI around 12,500 feet, circular shape, silver color. PCT was
notified to report event as prescribed... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00035.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Paged:Date: 12:45 11/03/2018
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: FWA
REMARKS
FWAATCT contacted by Indiana State PD and Whitley County Sheriff's Office concerning the sighting of an object hovering
over the Columbia City Hospital. Witnesses are reporting si... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00007.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 06:46 08/23/2008
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: NCRCC
Operator: Operator Type:Reporting Facility: PCT
REMARKS
UFO: Pilot reported a red unmanned aircraft passed underneath his aircraft at 2250. Pilot was at altitude 090 heading 120 and
the aircraft in question ... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00038.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 04:58 02/10/2019
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: WOC
REMARKS
ZBW reported that PICobserved a UFO withflashing lights at FL500 descending rapidly. ACFT was E bound at FL390 90NM SE
of BOS.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DAT... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00006.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Paged: NODate: 12:47 02/21/2008
Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: NCRCC
REMARKS
All ATC Centers instructed to report any PIREPS over the DEN of UFO, debris field, or meteor showersUFA.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2008-02-21T12:47 | POD: DEN | ... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00014.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 17:26 01/26/2011
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZOB
REMARKS
50E FWA pilot reported small luminous bright objects above at FL340. Other aircraft in area queried, one at FL310 and one at
FL410 and no one else saw it. ZAU ad... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00039.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 06:32 03/04/2019
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZME
REMARKS
OMIC advised that 2 aircraft at approximately 0115zidentified a bright light in their vicinity (UAL1065 confirmed), AMX stated the
term UFO. No evasive action was ... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00031.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Callsign: Origin:Date: 06:52 03/02/2018
Aircraft: Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator: Operator Type:Reporting Facility: I90
Secondary Codes: UAS
REMARKS
I90 advised observing a radar target at 2151
1,000 feet to 10,100 feet and then hover over the approa... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00030.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT | EXPORTED BY: NICHOLAS.D.TORGERSON
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Callsign: AWI3851Date: 23:49 02/06/2017
Aircraft: CRJ2, CANADAIR, Destination:Status: Closed
Challenger 800
POD: DEN
Tail Number:
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZNY
Operator: AWI
REMARKS
ACFT reported a UFO off of the right side descen... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00032.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 07:31 03/06/2018
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZDV
REMARKS
Aircraft reported a UFO of a circular red and green light pattern moving slowly westbound at 9,000 feet. Reported at
GLD270018.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | ... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00043.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 01:45 11/14/2020
Status: Closed
Tail Number: New Destination:POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZTL
Secondary Codes: MOR
REMARKS
PIC reported a UFO at 3615N 8047W, 15,000 north bound. UFO reporting center notified.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | DATE: 2020-11-14T0... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00044.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: UAS
Date: 21:41 12/26/2020
Status: Closed
Tail Number: New Destination:POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZDC
REMARKS
At 2055 aircraft reported a silver UFO pass overhead while NE bound at 29,000 feet, 13 NM SW of RDU. No evasive action was
taken. UFO reporting center notified b... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00037.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 07:55 02/10/2019
Destination:Status: Closed
POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZSE
REMARKS
PIC reported a UFO while S bound at FL350. UFO had a white flashing light, slow moving, estimated at FL400 - FL500 NE
bound. Lat/Long: 42:47N 121:42W. ZSE CPC obs... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00048.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 23:02 04/19/2021
Status: Closed
Tail Number: New Destination:POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZID
REMARKS
UFO Report: PIC observed a "UFO" described as a red orb with black markings off the right side, 30 feet above and 200 feet
laterally. ACFT was at FL250, south ... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00047.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 05:42 03/08/2021
Status: Closed
Tail Number: New Destination:POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZDC
REMARKS
At 0539 PIC reported seeing a UFO in the vicinity of ISO (approximately ISO230040), two bright lights between ORF and RIC
that appeared like a formation flight ... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00042.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Date: 09:15 11/09/2020
Status: Closed
Tail Number: New Destination:POD: DEN
Reporting Facility: ZMA
REMARKS
PIC reported a UFO above them while SE bound while at FL450 near ZBV VOR (Bimini). The light was described as "brighter
than any star they had ever seen." No ev... | pdf |
nara-faa/237UAP00008.pdf | 1 | SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT
PRIMARY CODE: OTHER
Origin:Date: 00:45 04/23/2009
Destination:Status: Closed
New Destination:POD: DEN
Operator Type:Reporting Facility: ZHU
REMARKS
ACFT 5-miles north of IAH, at FL250,encountereda UFO which resembles a very large kite. No further details.
SKYWATCH INCIDENT REPORT | ... | pdf |
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Official UAP Disclosure Corpus
Page-level text of the recent official U.S. government UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) disclosure, extracted two ways and published side by side for comparison. 789 documents, 7,288 pages, drawn only from official releases — no third-party or speculative material.
Two extraction variants
| directory | how it was extracted |
|---|---|
data-ocr/ |
forced OCR — the GLM-OCR vision model re-reads every page |
data-no-ocr/ |
native text-layer extraction (xberg + pdf_oxide 0.3.74), OCR only as a scan fallback |
Each variant ships a global file (all.parquet, all.jsonl.gz) covering the whole corpus,
and one file per source dataset (<dataset>.parquet, <dataset>.jsonl.gz), plus SHA256SUMS.
Schema (per row = one page): source (dataset/relative-path), page (int), text (str),
content_type (pdf | image).
Source datasets
| dataset | records | docs | pages |
|---|---|---|---|
pursue-01 |
war.gov PURSUE declassified release 01 | 129 | 4,179 |
pursue-02 |
PURSUE release 02 (May 22 2026) | 6 | 128 |
pursue-03 |
PURSUE release 03 (Jun 12 2026) | 24 | 1,302 |
pursue-04 |
PURSUE release 04 (Jul 10 2026 — latest) | 13 | 554 |
aaro |
AARO Historical Record Report Vol. 1 (2024) | 1 | 63 |
odni-reports |
ODNI/DoD annual UAP reports (FY21 prelim, FY23, FY24) | 3 | 43 |
nasa |
NASA UAP Independent Study Team report (2023) | 1 | 36 |
nara-osd / nara-faa / nara-odni / nara-nrc |
NARA UAP electronic records | 612 | 983 |
OCR vs native — the headline finding
Forced OCR recovers 1.39× more text overall (14.5M vs 10.4M characters), almost entirely from
the scanned PURSUE releases where native extraction sees little. On the born-digital reports (AARO,
ODNI, NASA, most NARA) native extraction is marginally richer and OCR is redundant. Because this
corpus is scan-dominated, data-ocr is the more complete version. See reports/ocr-vs-no-ocr.md.
Reports (reports/)
full-run-report.md— corpus, pipeline, and results overview.ocr-vs-no-ocr.md— per-dataset extraction comparison.defect-scan.md— pdf_oxide structural defect scan (45 / 7,288 pages flagged).ufo-qa-ocr.pdf/ufo-qa-no-ocr.pdf— graded retrieval-augmented Q&A over each index (Mistral-Large answerer, independent Opus 4.8 judge), with verbatim answers and cited sources. data-ocr: faithfulness 0.96 / context precision 0.68; data-no-ocr: 0.94 / 0.78.
Provenance
Every document traces to an official government release. Acquisition method (the war.gov
uap-data.csv manifest and Wayback-Machine recovery for host-blocked files) is in
reports/corpus-provenance.md. One release-04 document (CIA-UAP-D021) is not archived anywhere
reachable and is noted as a known gap.
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