---
license: cc0-1.0
language:
- en
pretty_name: War.gov UAP Corpus
tags:
- uap
- ufo
- public-records
- government-records
- war-gov
configs:
- config_name: sources
  data_files: sources.parquet
- config_name: mirrored_sources
  data_files: mirrored_sources.parquet
- config_name: releases
  data_files: releases.parquet
---

# War.gov UAP Corpus

This dataset is a provenance-first mirror and source index for public files
listed in the U.S. Department of War UAP/UFO release portal.

The goal is to preserve the official War.gov release listing, public source
URLs, verified file hashes, byte sizes, and raw source assets before
summarization or interpretation is added.

## Contents

Current contents:

- `sources`: the complete public source index, with one row per public source
  asset listed or linked by the official War.gov release listing
- `mirrored_sources`: rows from `sources` whose raw files are mirrored in this dataset under `raw/`
- `releases`: release-level metadata for each public release
- `raw/`: uploaded public source assets, organized by release and source kind.
  Current raw source kinds include `document` (PDFs), `image`, `video`, and `audio`


## Sources Table

The `sources` table separates fields by role:

- Official manifest fields: release listing fields such as agency, release
  date, incident date, incident location, type, title, and description
- Source locator fields: official-source-derived URLs and file identity fields
  such as original URL, download URL, thumbnail URL, filename, and an actual
  detail URL when one exists.
- Collector-added provenance: source id, release number, source kind, SHA-256
  hash, byte size, HTTP metadata, and first/last seen timestamps
- Hugging Face storage: repository id, path, upload timestamp, and upload commit

Hash and byte-size fields are populated for files that have been downloaded and
verified. Indexed-only source rows may leave those fields blank.

Raw files are stored under paths like:

```text
raw/release_01/document/54_38_143685_box7_incident_summaries_1-100.pdf
raw/release_01/image/55_38_143685_box7_incident_summaries_1-100.jpg
raw/release_01/video/145_5523612-720.mp4
```

## Scope

This dataset currently contains Stage A provenance and raw public assets only.
It does not contain OCR text, summaries, entity extraction, geocoding, scoring,
claim validation, or conclusions about the contents of the records.

The raw official files are the primary source records. The metadata tables help
locate, verify, and organize those files; they should not be treated as
interpretations or validation of the files' contents.