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Educational guides about UAP records, document types, and how official sources are cataloged in this archive. This archive is independent and is not an official or government source.

• How to Request U.S. Government UAP Records (FOIA Basics)

  An introduction to using the Freedom of Information Act to request U.S. government UAP records, with guidance on which agencies hold relevant materials, where public reading rooms already exist, and how separate declassification mechanisms work.

• The Pentagon Navy UAP Videos: FLIR, Gimbal, and GoFast Explained

  A neutral explainer of the three U.S. Navy videos — FLIR (the 2004 Nimitz 'Tic Tac'), Gimbal, and GoFast (2015) — that the Department of Defense officially released in 2020, including how they became public and where the official records are held.

• Primary vs. Secondary Sources: Evaluating UAP Claims

  An information-literacy guide to distinguishing primary sources (agency records, sensor data) from secondary sources (news, documentaries, social media) when evaluating claims about UAP, with a worked example using a publicly released case resolution report.

• How to Read a Declassified U.S. Government UAP Record

  A practical guide to navigating declassified U.S. government UAP records: understanding metadata, agency conclusions, status terminology, and the difference between a raw report and an assessed finding.

• What Recent ODNI and DoD UAP Reports Say

  A neutral overview of the U.S. government's recent UAP reporting — the 2021 ODNI preliminary assessment and the consolidated annual reports from ODNI and the Department of Defense — and their consistent finding that most cases lack sufficient data to resolve and that none has been confirmed as extraterrestrial technology.

• The Roswell Incident: What U.S. Government Reports Concluded

  A neutral summary of what official U.S. government reports — the 1994–1995 GAO audit and the U.S. Air Force's 1994 and 1997 Roswell Reports — concluded about the 1947 events near Roswell, New Mexico, attributing the debris to Project Mogul and later accounts of bodies to test dummies.

• Timeline of U.S. Government UAP Investigations (1947–Present)

  A chronological overview of official U.S. government efforts to investigate unidentified flying objects and unidentified anomalous phenomena, from Project Sign in 1948 through Project Blue Book, the Condon Report, the UAP Task Force, and AARO.

• What Is AARO? The U.S. All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office Explained

  An introduction to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), the U.S. Department of Defense office established in 2022 to investigate unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), including its mission and the official records and reports it publishes.