Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection — NARA Record Group 615

NARA Collection landing 2020s Official link verified

Summary

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Record Group 615, the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection, is the U.S. National Archives collection created under the FY2024 NDAA (Section 1841) to gather Government UAP-related records transferred from federal agencies, beginning December 2023.

Record Group 615 — the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection — was established by Section 1841 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), which provides for the transfer of Government, Government-provided, or Government-funded UAP records to the National Archives under 44 U.S.C. 2107. According to the National Archives Catalog, the collection began on December 23, 2023 and is organized into agency series. Its initial public release covered records from seven agencies: the FAA, NRC, ODNI, OSD, NSA, the Department of State, and the FBI. This record is the parent landing page for the collection; the individual agency series are indexed separately. The archive links to the National Archives Catalog entry and does not host the records.

Common questions

What is NARA Record Group 615?
It is the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection at the U.S. National Archives, established under Section 1841 of the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act to gather Government UAP-related records transferred under 44 U.S.C. 2107.
When was the collection created?
According to the National Archives Catalog, the collection began on December 23, 2023.
Which agencies' records are in it?
Its initial public release covered seven agency series — the FAA, NRC, ODNI, OSD, NSA, the Department of State, and the FBI — each indexed as a separate series.

Source & Classification

Record metadata

Record type
Collection landing
Decade
2020s
Review status
published
Publication status
published

Official source link

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/445887258

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Topics

Cite this record

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection — NARA Record Group 615". 2020s. Official source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/445887258. Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive (not an official or government source): https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nara-rg615-uap-records-collection/.

BibTeX

@misc{uaprecords_nara-rg615-uap-records-collection,
  title  = {Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection — NARA Record Group 615},
  author = {National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)},
  year   = {2020s},
  howpublished = {Official source: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/445887258},
  note   = {Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive — not an official or government source},
  url    = {https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nara-rg615-uap-records-collection/}
}

Evidence

License note (source-level)

U.S. Government records, generally public domain under 17 U.S.C. §105; held in NARA Record Group 615 (UAP Records Collection). Referenced via the official National Archives Catalog entry only; not self-hosted by this archive.

Archivist note

Record Group 615, the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection, is the National Archives collection established under Section 1841 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (Public Law 118-31), which provides for the transfer of Government UAP-related records to NARA under 44 U.S.C. 2107. According to the catalog entry, the collection was compiled beginning December 23, 2023 and is organized into agency series (including the FAA, NRC, ODNI, OSD, NSA, Department of State, and FBI). This is the parent collection landing page; this archive links to the official National Archives Catalog entry and does not self-host the records.

Uncertainty / Limits

Archive state (this release)

Record status
Official link verified
Review status
published
Publication status
published
Archive URL
Not archived in U3
Local copy
Not stored in U3
Summary
Not published
Translation
Not published

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Translation

Translation: not published in this release.

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