Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Research by Record Group or Collection
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Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Research by Record Group or Collection
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 record groups and collections with records related to UFOs and UAPs across all media types.
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Record Groups with UFO and UAP-Related Records
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Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration →
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Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer →
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Record Group 181: Records of Navy Installations Command, Navy Regions, Naval Districts, and Shore Establishments →
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Record Group 237: Records of the Federal Aviation Administration →
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Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration →
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Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence Agency →
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Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency →
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Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense →
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Record Group 341: Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff)
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Record Group 342: Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations →
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Record Group 517: Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media →
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Record Group 615: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection →
| Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration |
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| Item from the series: Program Subject Files, October 1, 1985–September 30, 2002 |
| Project Blue Book: UFO Sightings (National Archives Identifier: 40027753) |
| Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer |
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| Item from the series: Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, 1964–1980 |
| Major General John A. Samford's Statement on "Flying Saucers" (National Archives Identifier: 25738) |
| Record Group 181: Records of Navy Installations Command, Navy Regions, Naval Districts, and Shore Establishments |
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| Item from the series: Central Subject Files, 1957–1959 |
| Collection of A8-2 Information, 1959 (National Archives Identifier: 291645977) |
| Record Group 237: Records of the Federal Aviation Administration |
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| Series: Information Releases Relating to Unidentified Flying Object, 1986 (FAA—Japan Airlines Flight 1628) (National Archives Identifier: 733667) |
| Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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| Item from the series: Source Files on Project Gemini, 1961–1974 |
| Gemini VII Air-to-Ground Transcript Volume I (National Archives Identifier: 5011500) |
| Items from the series: Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel, 1960–1991 |
| Flying Saucer (National Archives Identifier: 303938024) |
| Flying Saucer (National Archives Identifier: 303938034) |
| Flying Saucer (National Archives Identifier: 305558925) |
| Flying Saucer (National Archives Identifier: 305558927) |
| Flying Saucer (National Archives Identifier: 305558929) |
| Flying Saucer (National Archives Identifier: 305558934) |
| Flying Saucer (National Archives Identifier: 305558936) |
| Item from the series: Sound Recordings Relating to Mission Activities, 1961–1993 |
| Walter Cronkite and Gordon Cooper on UFOs (National Archives Identifier: 86027191) |
| Item from the series: Video Recordings Documenting the Administration of Daniel Goldin, 1985–2001 |
| An Executive Summary of the Greatest Secret of the 20th Century: Parts I and II (National Archives Identifier: 5833930) |
| Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence Agency |
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| Items from the series: Moving Images Relating to Intelligence and International Relations, 1947–1984 |
| Unidentified Flying Objects (National Archives Identifier: 617148) |
| Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) (National Archives Identifier: 5954651) |
| Record Group 306: Records of the U.S. Information Agency |
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| Items from the series: Production Library Audio Recordings, 1999–2005 |
| Doctor Edward Condon, University of Colorado Physicist Studying Unidentified Flying Objects (National Archives Identifier: 127614) |
| Alderman Interview with Doctor Page on Unidentified Flying Objects (National Archives Identifier: 130003) |
| Item from the series: Video Recordings from the "Foreign Press" Program Series, 1983–1988 |
| Foreign Press Center Briefing with B. Maccabee, L. Koss, J. Shandera, and B. Hopkins (National Archives Identifier: 56103) |
| Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense |
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| Item from the series: Audio Recordings, 1945–1965 |
| The Case of the Flying Saucer (National Archives Identifier: 2386432) |
| Item from the series: Motion Picture Films and Video Recordings on Five Decades of U.S. Military Activities Around the World, ca. 1950–ca. 2000 |
| Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Sighting (National Archives Identifier: 614788) |
| Record Group 341: Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff) |
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| 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) |
| Series: Project “BLUE BOOK”, 1954–1966 (National Archives Identifier: 542184) |
| Series: Project Blue Book Motion Picture Films, 1950–1966 (National Archives Identifier: 61934) |
| Series: Sound Recordings Relating to Project Blue Book Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Investigations, 1953–1967 (National Archives Identifier: 1142703) |
| Series: Moving Images Relating to "The Roswell Reports" Source Data Research Files, 1946–1996 (National Archives Identifier: 566658) |
| Series: Sound Recordings Relating to "The Roswell Reports", 1991–1996 (National Archives Identifier: 566843) |
| Record Group 342: Records of United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations |
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| Items from the series: Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, ca. 1940–1981 |
| Physically fabricated UFO photo of a suspended model during a scientific study of UFOs (National Archives Identifier: 481616458) |
| An optically fabricated UFO photo. Cut-out drawing superimposed on a print and recopied during a scientific study of UFOs (National Archives Identifier: 481616491) |
| Santa Ana photo No. 1, looking NNE down Myford Road through front windshield of Heflin's truck during a scientific study of UFOs. Santa Ana Freeway about 0.5 km distant (National Archives Identifier: 481616492) |
| The second of the two Case 53 photographs during a scientific study of UFOs. The moon is at the right (National Archives Identifier: 481616493) |
| Items from the series: Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign, 1954–1980 |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 218517907) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 218517910) |
| Unidentified Flying Object (National Archives Identifier: 218517913) |
| Unidentified Flying Object (National Archives Identifier: 218517916) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 218517919) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects), Ft. Belvoir (National Archives Identifier: 218517922) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 218517925) |
| Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) (National Archives Identifier: 295136649) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136652) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136655) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136658) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136661) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136664) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136667) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136670) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136673) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136676) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136679) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136682) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136685) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136688) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136691) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136694) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136697) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136700) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136703) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136706) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136709) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136712) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136715) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136718) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136721) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136724) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136727) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136730) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136733) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136736) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136739) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136742) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136745) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136748) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136751) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136754) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136757) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136760) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136763) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136766) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136769) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136772) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136775) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136778) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136781) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136784) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136787) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136790) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136793) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136796) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136799) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136802) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136805) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136808) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136811) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136814) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136817) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136820) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136823) |
| Scientific Study of UFOs (Unidentified Flying Objects) (National Archives Identifier: 295136826) |
| Unidentified Flying Objects (National Archives Identifier: 295136829) |
| Unidentified Flying Objects (National Archives Identifier: 295136832) |
| Unidentified Flying Objects (National Archives Identifier: 295136835) |
| 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) |
| Items from the series: Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities, 1947–1984 |
| DFD Avrocar I Progress Report (National Archives Identifier: 68170) |
| Disc Flight Development, Avrocar I Progress Report (National Archives Identifier: 68175) |
| Avrocar Continuation Test Program and Terrain Test Program (National Archives Identifier: 68405) |
| Friend, Foe, or Fantasy (National Archives Identifier: 69861) |
| UFO Interview (National Archives Identifier: 70511) |
| USAF UFO sightings, California (National Archives Identifier: 72035) |
| Record Group 517: Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media |
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| Item from the series: Sound Recordings of Radio Programs, Speeches, and Special Events, 1984–2000 |
| UFO Sighting Over Alaska (National Archives Identifier: 262327376) |
| Item from the series: Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts, 1999–2009 |
| Science World 1030 (National Archives Identifier: 77179268) |
| Record Group 615: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection |
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| See Record Group 615: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection |
Collections with UFO and UAP-Related Records
| Collection WWDC: WWDC Radio Documentaries |
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| Item from the series: Radio Documentaries, 1973–1975 |
| Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs): Fact or Fiction (National Archives Identifier: 2838871) |
| Collection PARA: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection |
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| Items from the series: Motion Picture Newsreel Films, October 1941–March 1957 |
| Paramount News [Mar. 7] (1951) Vol. 10. No. 52 (National Archives Identifier: 99581) |
| Paramount News [July 30] (1952) Vol. 11, No. 100 (National Archives Identifier: 99731) |
| Collection UN: MCA/Universal Pictures Collection |
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| Items from the series: Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library, 1929–1967 |
| Universal Newsreel Volume 22, Release 276 (National Archives Identifier: 234273290) |
| Universal Newsreel Volume 25, Release 586 (National Archives Identifier: 234273597 |
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