Agency
NORAD
North American Aerospace Defense Command. Bi-national US-Canada air-defense authority headquartered at Peterson SFB near Colorado Springs. Conducted the four February 2023 shootdowns (Chinese balloon over South Carolina Feb 4, three additional engagements over Alaska, Yukon, and Lake Huron Feb 10-12).
Also known as: North American Aerospace Defense Command
3 cases in the archive
- DOD · 2026-05-22 · unresolvedPURSUE Release 02, second tranche
Second tranche of declassified UAP records released through the PURSUE portal, dozens of new files spanning recent military encounters, historical NASA audio, and the first ODNI-contributed item. Anno...
- DOD · 2023-02-12 · unresolvedLake 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...
- DOD · 2022-02-15 · unresolvedColorado 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...