UAP Records — Timeline
Decade-level overview of official UAP documentation periods, with linked records grouped by decade.
U3 release: 56 official-source link records indexed across decades.
1940s–1960s
Early Documentation Era
14 records - Air Intelligence Reports (UFO-related), 1948–1953 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), 1953–1960 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Copies of the Case Files of the 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron on Sightings of UFOs, 1954–1956 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- NARA Project Blue Book Research Guide NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Project Blue Book Administrative Files, 1947–1969 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Project Blue Book Artifacts, 1952–1969 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Project Blue Book Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947–1969 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Project Blue Book Motion Picture Films, 1950–1966 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Records of Investigations of UFOs Relating to the Office of Special Investigations, 1948–1968 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Sound Recordings Relating to Project Blue Book UFO Investigations, 1953–1967 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (1955) NARA Report landing Official link verified
- Technical Report "Unidentified Aerial Objects, Project SIGN," February 1949 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Report landing Official link verified
- Technical Report "Unidentified Flying Objects, Project GRUDGE," August 1949 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Report landing Official link verified
- Project Blue Book Photographs, 1954–1966 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Imagery landing Official link verified
1970s–1990s
FOIA and Declassification Period
3 records - Moving Images Relating to "The Roswell Reports" Source Data Research Files, 1946–1996 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Roswell Report Source Files, 1987–1996 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Sound Recordings Relating to "The Roswell Reports", 1991–1996 — NARA Record Group 341 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
2000s
Pre-Modern UAP Records
Not yet indexed 2010s
Congressional Engagement Period
5 records - AARO "Al Taqaddum Object" UAP Case Resolution Report AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO "Go Fast" UAP Case Resolution Report AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO "Mt. Etna Object" UAP Case Resolution Report AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO "Puerto Rico Object" UAP Case Resolution Report AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO "Southeast Asia Triangles" UAP Case Resolution Report AARO Report landing Official link verified
2020s
Current Period
34 records - AARO Mission & Agency Page AARO Agency landing Official link verified
- NARA UAP Research Topic Page NARA Agency landing Official link verified
- NASA UAP Frequently Asked Questions NASA Agency landing Official link verified
- NASA UAP Program Hub NASA Agency landing Official link verified
- NASA: Identifying UFOs and UAPs (Night Sky Network) NASA Agency landing Official link verified
- AARO EFOIA Reading Room AARO Collection landing Official link verified
- AARO Resources AARO Collection landing Official link verified
- AARO UAP Cases Collection AARO Collection landing Official link verified
- AARO UAP Records & Information Papers AARO Collection landing Official link verified
- Department of State UAP Records — NARA Record Group 615 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) UAP Records — NARA Record Group 615 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) UAP Records — NARA Record Group 615 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- National Security Agency (NSA) UAP Records — NARA Record Group 615 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) UAP Records — NARA Record Group 615 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) UAP Records — NARA Record Group 615 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) UAP Records — NARA Record Group 615 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection — NARA Record Group 615 NARA Collection landing Official link verified
- 2025 UAP Workshop: Narrative Data, Infrastructures, and Analysis (AARO Information Paper) AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO "Atmospheric Wakes" UAP Case Resolution Report AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO "Eglin UAP" Case Resolution Report AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO "Western United States" UAP Case Resolution Report AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO and the Declassification Process — Information Paper (2025) AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with UAP, Volume I AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO Reports Landing AARO Report landing Official link verified
- AARO UAP Reporting Trends AARO Report landing Official link verified
- NASA UAP Independent Study Team Report (2023) NASA Report landing Official link verified
- ODNI 2021 Reports & Publications Landing ODNI Report landing Official link verified
- ODNI 2023 Reports & Publications Landing ODNI Report landing Official link verified
- ODNI 2024 Reports & Publications Landing ODNI Report landing Official link verified
- ODNI Preliminary Assessment on UAP (2021) ODNI Report landing Official link verified
- ODNI/DoD 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena ODNI Report landing Official link verified
- ODNI/DoD FY2023 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP ODNI Report landing Official link verified
- ODNI/DoD FY2024 Consolidated Annual Report on UAP ODNI Report landing Official link verified
- AARO UAP Imagery AARO Imagery landing Official link verified
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