Changelog

Public updates to the UAP Records Archive dataset and site, newest first.

• 2026-06-10

  Cite panel upgrade: every record page now offers APA, MLA, and Chicago citation formats plus a RIS file download, alongside the existing plain-text and BibTeX options.

• 2026-06-09

  Dataset DOI updated: the Zenodo deposit moved to the maintainer's account; cite panels and the data hub now show the new DOI.

• 2026-06-08

  Added the Japan Air Lines flight 1628 (1986) record and opened the 1980s decade; the dataset now covers 80 records.

• 2026-06-06

  Coverage milestone: all 221 distinct files in the 222-row PURSUE catalog verified hosted; added 8 NASA mission audio segments; published the pursue-uap-catalog.csv export and llms.txt.

• 2026-06-05

  Self-hosted video: 117 official UAP video files (32 AARO + 85 PURSUE releases) are now served from the archive's own media domain (media.uap-archive.org) with click-to-load players.

• 2026-06-04

  Full bilingual parity: every record, FAQ, summary, and guide gained a Chinese version (56/56 at the time); added social-share brand cards; added 10 newly verified records.

• 2026-06-03

  Research assets: a Zenodo DOI was minted for the dataset; records and guides now cross-link; the sitemap was submitted to search engines.

• 2026-06-02

  Corpus deepening: the dataset grew from 35 to 56 records (NARA RG 341 series, AARO information files); added facet hub pages and the first FAQ and summary batches.

• 2026-06-01

  Citeable dataset launch: JSON API, RSS feeds, and the dataset page went live; education guides published; Project Blue Book corpus hubs added (+7 RG 615 records); the custom domain uap-archive.org went live with a corrections@ contact.

• 2026-05-31

  Site search (English and Chinese), answer-engine Q&A and comparison pages, and the official imagery gallery went live.

• 2026-05-28

  First full-text layer: complete texts of major government reports were published (ODNI 2021, FY2023 and FY2024 reports; AARO Historical Record Report Vol. I; the NASA UAP independent study report; 8 AARO case resolution reports; a Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 excerpt), with Chinese translations following.

• 2026-05-27

  Public soft launch: the archive went public with 17 verified records, a bilingual frame, and topic landing pages.