Phenomenon type
Policy or legislative record
Not a phenomenon: congressional letters, adopted amendments, executive-branch directives, statutory reports.
15 cases in the archive
- OTHER · 2026-07-23 · unresolvedBurlison UAP Disclosure Amendment, FY2027 NDAA
Amendment to the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 8800) offered by Rep. Eric Burlison and adopted by the House on July 23, 2026. Would establish a UAP Records Collection at the National Archives, an indepe...
- OTHER · 2026-07-21 · unresolvedHouse 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 witnesses including...
- DoD · 2026-07-20 · unresolvedAARO 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.
- DoD · 2026-07-10 · unresolvedPURSUE Release 04, fourth tranche
Fourth tranche of declassified UAP records released through the PURSUE portal: 14 documents, 19 videos, 4 audio recordings, and 3 images sourced from the Department of War, NASA, CIA, FBI, and the Department of Energy. 4...
- OTHER · 2026-06-17 · explainedUAP 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 Nolan, Tim Gallaudet, M...
- OTHER · 2026-06-16 · explainedInteragency 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 investigation processes an...
- OTHER · 2026-06-15 · unresolvedNDAA 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 50-46 on July 14, 2...
- DoD · 2026-06-12 · unresolvedPURSUE 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 agencies. The first FB...
- 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. Announced by Chief Penta...
- DoD · 2026-03-31 · unresolvedRep. Luna letter demanding 46 specific UAP videos
Signed congressional letter from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna to Secretary of War Hegseth requesting 46 specific UAP videos by title, date, location, and military callsign. The most specific congressional UAP disclosure demand...
- DoD · 2023-11-20 · explainedUAP 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 Vault via FOIA on May 1...
- State · 1963-07-18 · contestedSP 16 Memo, Thoughts on the Space Alien Race Question
July 1963 internal U.S. government memorandum titled 'Thoughts on the Space Alien Race Question,' authored by Maxwell W. Hunter II of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, addressed to Robert F. Packard of the Stat...
- OTHER · 1954-08-01 · explainedCIA U-2 and OXCART programs, UAP explanatory record
Declassified CIA institutional history covering the U-2 (1954-onwards) and A-12 OXCART (1962-onwards) programs, including the agency's accounting of how these programs' high-altitude flights generated a substantial fract...
- OTHER · 1953-01-14 · explainedCIA 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 posture toward UAP. ...
- DoD · 1948-12-14 · explainedProject 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-D097. The immediate i...