Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Textual and Microfilm

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Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Textual and Microfilm

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Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Textual and Microfilm

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has records in its custody across multiple record groups and collections related to unidentified flying object (UFO) and unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) investigations, sightings, and reporting. Record groups and collections are the highest level of archival description at NARA. Record group (RG) numbers are assigned by NARA to large organizations, such as federal departments or agencies.

This page provides a list of textual and microfilm records related to UFOs and UAPs in the National Archives Catalog. The page is organized by record group, with links to featured content in the Catalog. This page will be updated as new records are made available online in the Catalog.

Click the link for each series or item to view descriptions of the records in the National Archives Catalog, as well as digital copies of our holdings, where available.

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List of Textual and Microfilm Records Related to UFOs and UAPs

RG 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration
Item from the series: Program Subject Files, October 1, 1985–September 30, 2002
Project Blue Book: UFO Sightings (National Archives Identifier: 40027753)
RG 181: Records of Navy Installations Command, Navy Regions, Naval Districts, and Shore Establishments
Item from the series: Central Subject Files, 1957–1959
Collection of A8-2 Information, 1959 (National Archives Identifier: 291645977)
RG 237: Records of the Federal Aviation Administration
Series: Information Releases Relating to Unidentified Flying Object, 1986 (FAA—Japan Airlines Flight 1628) (National Archives Identifier: 733667)
RG 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Item from the series: Source Files on Project Gemini, 1961–1974
Gemini VII Air-to-Ground Transcript Volume I (National Archives Identifier: 5011500)

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Project Blue Book: UFO Sightings, Page 15 (National Archives Identifier: 40027753).

RG 341: Records of Headquarters United States Air Force (Air Staff)
Series: Records of Investigations of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) relating to the Office of Special Investigations, 1948–1968 (National Archives Identifier: 23857152)
Series: Records of Investigations of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) Relating to the Office of Special Investigations, 1948–1968 (National Archives Identifier: 45484701)
Series: Project Blue Book Administrative Files, 1947–1969 (National Archives Identifier: 595175)
Series: Copies of the Case Files of the 4602D Air Intelligence Service Squadron on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), 1954–1956 (National Archives Identifier: 23857158)
Series: Roswell Report Source Files, 1987–1996 (National Archives Identifier: 17618564)
Series: Air Intelligence Reports, 1948–1953 (National Archives Identifier: 23857122)
Series: Project Blue Book Artifacts, 1952–1969 (National Archives Identifier: 23857160)
Series: Sanitized Version of Project Blue Book Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947–1969 (National Archives Identifier: 597821)
Series: Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), 1953–1960 (National Archives Identifier: 23857159)
RG 342: Records of the United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations
Item from the series: Publications Record Set, 1975–1975​
​AFR 80-17/OCAMA-TAFB Sup Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) (National Archives Identifier: 37294296)
Item from the series: Headquarters Publications Record Set, January 12, 1968–December 30, 1971
Obsolete During 1969: 4600 Air Base Wing Supplement 1 to Air Force Regulation 80-17, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO), 10 January 1967; Superseded, 15 April 1969 (National Archives Identifier: 68875395)
Item from the series: General Records, 1951–1965
REL-2-4-1 UFOs 1965 (National Archives Identifier: 311003081)
Item from the series: Correspondence Records Related to Informational Newsletters, Division and Unit Newspapers, and Community and Media Relations, January 13, 1970–December 28
5: 2, Community Relations, 1970 (National Archives Identifier: 47323287)
Items from the series: Decimal Files, 1948–1952:
471.6 Guided Missiles, 1 January 1952 (National Archives Identifier: 333334712)
471.6 Guided Missiles, 1 July 1952 (National Archives Identifier: 333334717)

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