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14 cases in the archive

1. OTHER · 2026-07-21 · unresolved
   House Oversight, Restoring Public Trust UAP hearing

   House Oversight Committee Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets hearing titled Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection. Sworn testimony from five named...

2. DOD · 2026-07-20 · unresolved
   AARO FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report

   AARO's FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, published July 20, 2026. 319 new UAP cases logged in the reporting period. Delivered months past the statutory deadline.

3. OTHER · 2026-06-17 · explained
   UAP Science Advisory Council chartered

   Formal UAP Science Advisory Council chartered by the White House, ODNI, AARO, FBI, and the broader Intelligence Community. Chaired by Avi Loeb, with a published 13-15 member roster including Garry Nol...

4. OTHER · 2026-06-16 · explained
   Interagency UAP Governance Board established

   Formal establishment of a standing Interagency UAP Governance Board co-chartered by ODNI, the FBI, and the Department of War. First meeting held June 16, 2026. The board directs interagency UAP invest...

5. OTHER · 2026-06-15 · unresolved
   NDAA FY2027 SASC UAP report language and cloture vote

   Senate Armed Services Committee report language on UAP filed June 15, 2026 as part of the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act (S.Rept. 119-127). Motion to proceed to the full NDAA failed cloture...

6. DOD · 2026-06-12 · unresolved
   PURSUE Release 03, third tranche

   Third tranche of declassified UAP records released through the PURSUE portal: 53 documents, 10 images, 6 videos, and 3 audio recordings sourced from the CIA, FBI, NASA, Department of War, and other ag...

7. DOD · 2023-11-20 · explained
   UAP Space Tiger Team FOIA release

   Joint Staff Action Processing Form, dated November 20, 2023, describing an AARO-led coordinated effort with USSPACECOM and the Space Force on space and transmedium UAP cases. Released to The Black Vau...

8. DOD · 2023-10-01 · unresolved
   Western US UAP, October 2023, AARO unresolved case

   Five federal law enforcement agents observed a UAP in the Western US in October 2023. Released June 12, 2026 with an AARO Unresolved Case Analysis Update, five witness narrative statements, AI-rendere...

9. DOD · 2023-02-12 · unresolved
   Lake Huron F-16 UAP engagement

   Declassified military footage of the February 12, 2023 NORAD engagement over Lake Huron, in which an F-16 fired an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile at an unidentified object. The video was released as part o...

10. DOD · 2022-02-15 · unresolved
    Colorado Springs UAP, Cheyenne Mountain

    February 15, 2022 sighting over Cheyenne Mountain near Colorado Springs. Subject described as a potato-shaped object with creamy or whitish opalescent color. Released June 12, 2026 with a formal Intel...

11. DOD · 2019-06-01 · unresolved
    Eastern US Range Fouler debrief, 28-year aviator account

    Range Fouler debrief of a 2019 Eastern US encounter in which a US military aviator with 28 years of flight experience reported a large rectangular object with characteristics 'unlike anything I had se...

12. DOD · 2004-11-14 · unresolved
    USS Nimitz Tic Tac Encounter

    Multi-day series of radar contacts and visual encounters by F/A-18F crews from Strike Fighter Squadron 41 with a small white object resembling a Tic Tac, observed near the USS Nimitz Carrier Strike Gr...

13. OTHER · 1953-01-14 · explained
    CIA Robertson Panel report

    Report of the CIA-convened Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, chaired by physicist H.P. Robertson, January 1953. The founding document of the US government's official skeptical ...

14. DOD · 1948-12-14 · explained
    Project Sign progress report

    Progress report of Project Sign, the US Air Force's first formal investigation into unidentified aerial phenomena. Dated December 1948. Released through PURSUE Release 04 on July 10, 2026 as DOW-UAP-D...