NARA UFO/UAP Records — Textual and Microfilm

NARA Collection landing 2020s Official link verified

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Common questions

What is this NARA textual-and-microfilm sub-page?
It is a National Archives and Records Administration sub-page titled "Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Textual and Microfilm." According to the page, it presents a list of named textual and microfilm record series held across several record groups, indexing the named series rather than the records themselves.
Which record groups and collections does the page index?
Per the NARA source page, the indexed series are drawn from RG 64 (Records of the National Archives and Records Administration), RG 181 (Records of Navy Installations Command, Navy Regions, Naval Districts, and Shore Establishments), RG 237 (Records of the Federal Aviation Administration), RG 255 (Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), RG 341 (Records of Headquarters United States Air Force, Air Staff), and RG 342 (Records of the United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations). The page also references the dedicated UAP Records Collection in RG 615.
Which specific items are named on the page?
Named items include "Project Blue Book: UFO Sightings" (RG 64), "Collection of A8-2 Information, 1959" (RG 181), information releases relating to the 1986 Federal Aviation Administration matter described as "Japan Airlines Flight 1628" (RG 237), the "Gemini VII Air-to-Ground Transcript Volume I" from Project Gemini source files (RG 255), and several RG 341 series including the "Project Blue Book Administrative Files, 1947-1969," "Project Blue Book Case Files," "Project Blue Book Artifacts, 1952-1969," "Air Intelligence Reports, 1948-1953," and "Roswell Report Source Files, 1987-1996."
Can I view or download the documents through this archive entry?
No. This entry is a neutral, link-only pointer to the listing published on the NARA source page and to its archived snapshot. It does not host or read the underlying documents, it is not an official National Archives product, and it makes no claim beyond what the cited page records and asserts no conclusion about the nature or origin of the phenomena described.

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

Official source link

https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/textual-and-microfilm

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National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "NARA UFO/UAP Records — Textual and Microfilm". 2020s. Official source: https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/textual-and-microfilm. Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive (not an official or government source): https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nara-uap-textual-and-microfilm/.

APA

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). (2020s). NARA UFO/UAP Records — Textual and Microfilm. https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/textual-and-microfilm

MLA

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "NARA UFO/UAP Records — Textual and Microfilm." 2020s, https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/textual-and-microfilm.

Chicago

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "NARA UFO/UAP Records — Textual and Microfilm." 2020s. https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/textual-and-microfilm.

BibTeX

@misc{uaprecords_nara-uap-textual-and-microfilm,
  title  = {NARA UFO/UAP Records — Textual and Microfilm},
  author = {National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)},
  year   = {2020s},
  howpublished = {Official source: https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/textual-and-microfilm},
  note   = {Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive — not an official or government source},
  url    = {https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/nara-uap-textual-and-microfilm/}
}

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US federal government work, generally public domain under 17 U.S.C. §105; rights for individual linked materials (including any contractor, donated, or third-party items) are assessed per item before any indexed or monetized release.

Archivist note

This National Archives and Records Administration sub-page, titled “Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Textual and Microfilm,” presents a list of named textual and microfilm record series held across several record groups. According to the page, the indexed series are drawn from RG 64 (Records of the National Archives and Records Administration), RG 181 (Records of Navy Installations Command, Navy Regions, Naval Districts, and Shore Establishments), RG 237 (Records of the Federal Aviation Administration), RG 255 (Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), RG 341 (Records of Headquarters United States Air Force, Air Staff), and RG 342 (Records of the United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations). The page also references the dedicated UAP Records Collection in RG 615.

Among the specific items the page names are “Project Blue Book: UFO Sightings” (RG 64), “Collection of A8-2 Information, 1959” (RG 181), information releases relating to the 1986 Federal Aviation Administration matter described as “Japan Airlines Flight 1628” (RG 237), the “Gemini VII Air-to-Ground Transcript Volume I” from Project Gemini source files (RG 255), and several RG 341 series including the “Project Blue Book Administrative Files, 1947–1969,” “Project Blue Book Case Files,” “Project Blue Book Artifacts, 1952–1969,” “Air Intelligence Reports, 1948–1953,” and “Roswell Report Source Files, 1987–1996.” This index is provided here as a neutral, link-only pointer to the listing published by NARA and to its archived snapshot; it makes no claim beyond what the cited NARA page records and asserts no conclusion about the nature or origin of the phenomena described.

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Official link verified
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published
Publication status
published
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