Section · Sources

Where the corpus comes from.

Every record in this archive links back to a primary government or institutional source. This page lists each upstream archive with what we've structured here and when we last checked it.

• PURSUE Portal

  U.S. Department of War

  Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Rolling release portal launched May 8, 2026.

  Ingested here: 30 of 162 Release-1 files structured (cross-referenced via DVIDS, Scientific American CDN, news mirrors)

  https://www.war.gov/UFO/ ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• AARO Records

  All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office

  Department of Defense office tasked with investigating UAP reports across all military branches.

  Ingested here: Nimitz Tic Tac (2004), Gimbal (2015), GoFast (2015), USS Omaha Pyramids (2019)

  https://www.aaro.mil/UAP-Records/ ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• DVIDS

  Defense Visual Information Distribution Service

  Government-owned video distribution. PURSUE videos are hosted here with stable embed iframes.

  Ingested here: DOW-UAP-PR21 through PR49 (selected), Iraq, Greece, UAE, INDOPACOM, Department of the Army

  https://www.dvidshub.net/search/?q=DOW-UAP ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• FBI Vault

  Federal Bureau of Investigation

  FBI's electronic FOIA reading room. Hosts the 16-part Flying Disc / UFO file (62-HQ-83894), the Roswell file, the Hottel memo, and Project Blue Book correspondence.

  Ingested here: FBI 62-HQ-83894 (cross-referenced), Roswell 1947 collection, FBI Photo A5 + B7 (western US 2025)

  https://vault.fbi.gov/UFO ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• National Archives, Project Blue Book

  National Archives and Records Administration / U.S. Air Force

  Project Blue Book records (1952-1969). 12,618 cases investigated, 701 classified as 'unknown' at program close. Successor records preserved in NARA holdings.

  Ingested here: Mantell (1948), Lonnie Zamora / Socorro (1964), Coyne (1973), RB-47 (1957), Kenneth Arnold (1947)

  https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• NASA Apollo Lunar Surface Journal

  NASA

  Mission transcripts, audio, photographic catalogs for Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 and Apollo-Soyuz.

  Ingested here: Apollo 17 lunar anomalies (1972), Apollo 12 photographic anomalies (1969), Apollo 11 technical debriefing (1969)

  https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/ ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• NSA Declassified Documents, UFO

  U.S. National Security Agency

  NSA's declassified UFO documents portal. Hosts the 1976 Tehran/Iran case compilation among other items.

  Ingested here: Tehran 1976 DIA Information Report (NSA-hosted compilation)

  https://www.nsa.gov/Helpful-Links/NSA-FOIA/Declassification-Transparency-Initiatives/FOIA-Reports-and-Releases/FOIA-Reports-and-Releases-List/igphoto/2002761354/ ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• Internet Archive, NASA Mission Audio

  NASA / Internet Archive

  Digitized mission audio with permissive CORS headers, suitable for direct hotlinking.

  Ingested here: Gemini 7 air-to-ground audio (Borman 'bogey' segment, December 5, 1965)

  https://archive.org/details/Gemini7-6 ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• U.K. National Archives, MoD UFO Files

  U.K. Ministry of Defence

  MoD UFO records declassified in stages from 2001. Includes Rendlesham Forest material.

  Ingested here: Rendlesham Forest 1980 (Halt memo and supporting material)

  https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ufos/ ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• CNES GEIPAN

  Centre national d'études spatiales, France

  France's official UAP investigation unit (formerly GEPAN). Hosts case files including Trans-en-Provence with formal scientific analyses.

  Ingested here: Trans-en-Provence 1981

  https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/ ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• The Black Vault

  John Greenewald Jr. (independent FOIA archive)

  Largest privately-maintained FOIA UFO/UAP archive. Useful as a stable mirror when government portals 403 or rotate URLs.

  Ingested here: Cross-reference and fallback links across most historical cases

  https://www.theblackvault.com/ ↗Last checked 2026-05-08

• Scientific American CDN

  Scientific American (news outlet, public-domain U.S. government content)

  Hosts hotlinkable copies of Pentagon photographs from the May 2026 PURSUE release.

  Ingested here: PURSUE Apollo 17 VM6, Apollo 12 VM1/VM2, INDOPACOM 2024 stills, FBI Photo A5 / B7

  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-the-pentagons-new-ufo-image-release/ ↗Last checked 2026-05-08