Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Presidential Library Holdings

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Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Presidential Library Holdings

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has records in its custody across multiple Presidential Libraries related to unidentified flying object (UFO) and unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) investigations, sightings, and reporting.

This page provides a list of presidential records related to UFOs and UAPs in the National Archives Catalog. The page is organized by Presidential Library, with links to featured content in the Catalog. This page will be updated as new records are made available online in the National Archives 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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Herbert Hoover Library Gerald R. Ford Library
Franklin D. Roosevelt Library Jimmy Carter Library
Harry S. Truman Library Ronald Reagan Library
Dwight D. Eisenhower Library George Bush Library
John F. Kennedy Library William J. Clinton Library
Lyndon B. Johnson Library George W. Bush Library
Richard Nixon Library Contact Us

Herbert Hoover Library

Bourke B. Hickenlooper Papers, 1897–1971

Richard L. Wilson Papers, ca. June 1935–January 1981

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Page 2 from The Truth About Flying Saucers, February 27, 1951 (National Archives Identifier: 518421304).

Franklin D. Roosevelt Library

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Papers, 1860–1964

Harry S. Truman Library

General Files (Truman Administration), 1945–1953

Records of the Psychological Strategy Board (Truman Administration), 1951–1953

Harry S. Truman Post-Presidential Papers, 1953–1973

Harry S. Truman Library Oral History Collection, 1960–2014

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Page 1 from Letter for Donald E. Keyhoe to Former President Harry S. Truman with Attachment (National Archives Identifier: 351086336).

Dwight D. Eisenhower Library

Richard Mervin Bissell, Jr. Papers, 1909–1995

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers as President of the United States, 1953–1961

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: Papers, Post-Presidential, 1961–1969

White House Central Files (Eisenhower Administration), 1953–1961

Records of the National Security Council, 1947–1969

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Page 1 from Publication, "Flying Saucers: An Analysis of the Air Force Project Blue Book Special" (National Archives Identifier: 493470220).

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Page 2 from Memorandum for James Lay with attached report on unidentified flying objects (National Archives Identifier: 493470227).

John F. Kennedy Library

Papers of John F. Kennedy: Pre-Presidential Papers: Senate Files, 1953–1961

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Air Force's 10 Year Study of Unidentified Flying Objects, November 5, 1957 (National Archives Identifier: 351002630).

Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Papers of Drew Pearson, 1915–1969

White House Central Files (Johnson Administration), November 22, 1963–January 20, 1969

Senate Papers of Lyndon B. Johnson, 1949–1961

House of Representatives Papers, 1900–1974

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories, June 3, 1963–ca. 2011

Papers of Wright Patman, 1919–1976

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Half of a newspaper spread about Flying Saucers by Jason Neil Deimling. Page 31 from Flying Saucers [1952] (National Archives Identifier: 383108132).

Richard Nixon Library

White House Subject Files (Nixon Administration), January 20, 1969–August 9, 1974

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Letter from Melissa Reynolds, age 12, to President Nixon about UFOs. Page 2 from GEN OS 5 Unidentified Flying Objects 1/1/1971 (National Archives Identifier: 471647296).

​Gerald R. Ford Library

Gerald R. Ford Congressional Papers, 1948–1973

Edward Hutchinson Papers, 1959–1976

White House Central Files Subject Files (Ford Administration), August 9, 1974–January 20, 1977

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Ford Press Releases - UFO, 1966, page 3 (National Archives Identifier: 4525586).

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Unidentified Flying Objects, Hearing by Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives, Eighty-Ninth Congress from 1965-66: (16) HR866 - Unidentified Flying Objects (1), page 14 (National Archives Identifier: 1549859).

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April 4, 1966, letter from Gerald R. Ford from OS 5: Unidentified Flying Objects - Executive, page 4 (National Archives Identifier: 4508310).

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UFO Fact Sheet, from OS 5: Unidentified Flying Objects - General, page 5 (National Archives Identifier: 471691822).

Jimmy Carter Library

White House Staff Photographers Collection, January 20, 1977–January 20, 1981

Records of the White House Press Office (Carter Administration), 1977–1981

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"Jimmy Carter's 1973 UFO Report," page 2 of UFO [Unidentified Flying Objects] (National Archives Identifier: 6277769)

Ronald Reagan Library

White House Office of Records Management File Systems (White House Central Files), January 20, 1981–January 20, 1989

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Letter from Billy Cox to President Reagan from White House Office of Records Management (WHORM) Subject File case files OS (Outer Space): 477000-499999 (National Archives Identifier: 209237726).

George Bush Library

Records of the Office of the Vice President (Reagan Administration), January 20, 1981–January 20, 1989

Records of the White House Office of Records Management (George H.W. Bush Administration), January 20, 1989–January 20, 1993

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Page 7 from OS Case Number 365178 Scanned (National Archives Identifier: 518251553).

William J. Clinton Library

Records of the White House Office of Records Management (Clinton Administration), 1993–2001

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Letter from Kent Jeffrey to President Clinton from Scanned: Case Number 243544, page 6 (National Archives Identifier: 147871567).

Records of the National Security Council Records Management Office (Clinton Administration), ca. 1993–ca. 2001

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Results of a Search for Records Concerning the 1947 Crash Near Roswell, New Mexico, July 1995 (National Archives Identifier: 147873187).

Presidential Electronic Mail from the Automated Records Management System (ARMS), January 20, 1993–January 20, 2001

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Memo titled "UFO NEARLY HIT 747 NEAR PHILADELPHIA, SWISSAIR SAYS," September 26, 1997, (National Archives Identifier: 297910576).

Tape Restoration Project (TRP) Emails, January 20, 1993–January 20, 1993

Records of the Office of Agency Liaison (Clinton Administration), 1993–2001

Records of the Office of Scheduling (Clinton Administration), 1993–2001

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Page 1 of Memo Titled "The US Government and Unidentified Flying Objects," February 1996 (National Archives Identifier: 300885580).

George W. Bush Library

Records of the White House Office of Records Management (George W. Bush Administration), January 20, 2001–January 20, 2009

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