Bulk Downloads for Records Related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) — National Archives Catalog

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Common questions

What is this record?
It is an archive entry for the National Archives Catalog bulk-download page for records related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs). The page provides bulk-download access to digitized and born-digital UAP records held by the National Archives.
What do the bulk downloads contain?
According to the page, the records are organized into categories that include electronic records (from agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense), still pictures and photographs, moving images and sound, textual records and microfilm, and records held at Presidential Libraries. The downloads are described as .zip file archives accompanied by JSON metadata files at the series or collection level.
Which agency hosts the source, and where can I find it?
The records are held by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The official source is the bulk-download page within the National Archives Catalog at https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-download.
Can I view or download the records through this archive?
No. This archive links only to the official National Archives Catalog bulk-download page and does not self-host the datasets or any individual record. The page notes that some materials remain unavailable online due to copyright restrictions and directs researchers to view those materials in person at the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland.

Source & Classification

Record metadata

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

Official source link

https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-download

Documents are linked to their official source pages, with a local preservation copy of the public-domain U.S.-government document where available; the official source is authoritative. Videos are linked, not hosted. Copyright and license notes are recorded per source.

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Cite this record

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "Bulk Downloads for Records Related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) — National Archives Catalog". 2020s. Official source: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-download. Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive (not an official or government source): https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nara-uap-bulk-downloads/.

APA

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). (2020s). Bulk Downloads for Records Related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) — National Archives Catalog. https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-download

MLA

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "Bulk Downloads for Records Related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) — National Archives Catalog." 2020s, https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-download.

Chicago

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "Bulk Downloads for Records Related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) — National Archives Catalog." 2020s. https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-download.

BibTeX

@misc{uaprecords_nara-uap-bulk-downloads,
  title  = {Bulk Downloads for Records Related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) — National Archives Catalog},
  author = {National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)},
  year   = {2020s},
  howpublished = {Official source: https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-download},
  note   = {Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive — not an official or government source},
  url    = {https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nara-uap-bulk-downloads/}
}

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License note (source-level)

U.S. Government records, generally public domain under 17 U.S.C. §105; per-item rights are assessed individually, and the page notes some materials carry copyright restrictions.

Archivist note

This page within the National Archives Catalog provides bulk-download access to records related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs). According to the page, the National Archives offers digitized and born-digital UAP records as downloadable archives organized into categories that include electronic records (from agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Federal Aviation Administration, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense), still pictures and photographs, moving images and sound, textual records and microfilm, and records held at Presidential Libraries. The page describes the downloads as “.zip” file archives accompanied by JSON metadata files at the series or collection level.

This archive links only to the official National Archives Catalog bulk-download page and does not self-host the datasets or any individual record. The page indicates that some materials remain not available online due to copyright restrictions and directs researchers to view those materials in person at the National Archives facility in College Park, Maryland. The descriptions above reflect what the official page states; this entry asserts no conclusion beyond that source.

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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
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Added to archive
Last revised
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