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New in the library The PURSUE files The Department of War's UAP release, mirrored in full: the videos, recordings and images, each beside its case file.Documents2,872 records · page 24
This CIA file, released on 2014-06-12, holds a Richmond News Leader editorial titled "Saucers Are Still Around." Citing The World newsmagazine, it says the Air Technical Intelligence Center in Dayton received 276 initially unidentified flying object reports between January and August. Most were explained, 20 percent were set aside for insufficient information, and ten stayed unidentified. The editorial also describes NICAP's view that saucers are real and says a House subcommittee plans hearings next spring.
This is a newspaper article titled "See Flying Saucer?", released by the Central Intelligence Agency on 2014-06-12. It announces the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (N.I.C.A.P.), a non-profit group that takes UFO reports and lets witnesses keep them secret. It names Adm. Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter, a former CIA head, as a board member and Donald Keyhoe as director. It also cites a report of four UFOs tracked over California at up to 3,600 m.p.h.
This item, released by the Central Intelligence Agency with a 2014 date, is a newspaper letter to the editor signed by Fred A. Kirsch under the headline "Seeks More Data On UFOs." Kirsch defends Dr. Carl Jung's view that UFOs are real and that the Air Force has hidden the truth. He cites similar charges from Admiral Delmar Fahrney and former CIA chief R. M. Hillenkoetter. He also reports that the House Armed Services Committee is holding a secret investigation of the Air Force and UFOs.
This is a newspaper article by NEA staff correspondent Douglas Larsen, held in CIA files with a release date of 2014-06-12. It describes the new National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), directed by retired Marine major Donald Keyhoe. The article notes that members can stay anonymous and that former CIA head Adm. Roscoe Hillenkoetter sits on its board. It reports a CAA radar operator tracking four UFOs over California. It also quotes Keyhoe's aim of getting the Air Force to open its saucer files.
This 2014 CIA release reproduces a newspaper aviation column by Times Aviation Editor Dave Gibson titled "UFO's: Visitors from Space? Food for Future Thought." It reports former CIA head Vice Adm. R. H. Hillenkoetter's view, issued through NICAP, that UFOs operate under intelligent control. It also describes a NICAP report to Congress alleging an Air Force cover-up, including Major Dewey Fournet's claim of a 1948 estimate that UFOs were interplanetary spaceships. The column closes with notes on the nuclear aircraft program.
This CIA-released item is a newspaper article by Douglas Larsen reporting the views of former CIA director Admiral R. H. Hillenkoetter, a NICAP board member. Hillenkoetter says satellite and space exploration programs should give new information on UFOs and definite evidence of their reality through greatly increased radar, telescope and naked-eye observation of the sky. NICAP director Donald E. Keyhoe reports more UFO reports since Sputnik, including a jet pilot's disk sighting over Washington, and speculates about alien bases on the moon.
This is a Central Intelligence Agency email exchange dated July 2, 2014, approved for release in 2017. A CIA staff member notes that it is World UFO Day and proposes linking it to the agency's U-2 Week social media campaign. The suggested post reads "Reports of unusual activity in the sky in the '50s? That was just us," with a link to a U-2 document attached. A colleague replies approving the idea as good to go.
This is a report of investigation by the Central Intelligence Agency's Office of Inspector General, dated 18 July 2014. It covers Agency access to Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff files on RDINet, the network built for the Senate review of the rendition, detention and interrogation program. The report found that five Agency employees improperly accessed the SSCI Majority shared drive and that three IT staff lacked candor. It also found no factual basis for the CIA crimes report against SSCI staff.
The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 21 seconds of footage likely captured by an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2015. Video Description: No formal data handling practices for UAP-related records existed at the time this media was reported to the UAPTF. This media was digitally altered before being reported to the UAPTF, and is presented as it was received by AARO. 00:01-00:08: No content. 00:09-00:11: An area of contrast becomes visible near the center of the screen, The area of contrast transits the sensor field-of-view, moving from right to left before exiting from upper left corner of the frame. 00:12-00:21: The footage repeats at a slower playback speed. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The CIA Declassification Center issued this weekly report on 9 January 2015, covering activity from 1 to 7 January 2015. The memo reports that the CIA met its 31 December 2014 Executive Order declassification deadline with no records at risk, finished reviewing the second tranche of President's Daily Brief records (1969 through 1974), and gives FY 2015 production status. It also describes a circa 1942 OSS report on German war aims, along with personnel changes, team activities and help desk notes. The report does not mention UFOs.
This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
This Consolidated Nuclear Security incident report, sent to the NNSA Production Office with a cover letter dated September 2015, covers an unidentified object at the Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas, on September 1, 2015. Ground Surveillance Radar tracked the object moving north at 10 to 15 mph. Protective Force officers followed it off site and described a silent, diamond-shaped object about 4 feet tall with no visible propulsion. The report says the object never appeared threatening, and its video went to Sandia National Labs and the evidence to the FBI.
This Project Blue Book case file, digitized by the Internet Archive, covers Incident 144: two Eastern Airlines pilots reported that a wingless, cigar-shaped object with a flaming exhaust passed their DC-3 about 20 miles southwest of Montgomery, Alabama, on 24 July 1948. The file includes an OSI interview with a Robins Air Force Base employee who saw a similar object, negative aircraft traffic reports from many bases, and later correspondence. A December 1948 intelligence report found fairly consistent descriptions across four related sightings.
This Internet Archive upload holds declassified Canadian records sent to the National Research Council's Meteor Centre, which filed them as non-meteoritic sightings. Most are RCAF and Canadian Forces message reports from 1965 on lights and objects seen over Vancouver, Toronto, Sydney, Cochrane, Whitehorse and other places. The later material dates from 1968. It includes RCMP reports from Shediac and Sydney Mines. The police concluded the Sydney Mines object that hit power lines was probably a meteorite.
The United States Northern Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 39 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2016. Video Description: 00:01-00:11: The sensor zooms in and out to track on an area of contrast, panning to keep it generally within the center of the frame. 00:12-00:29: The sensor switches modes. A white reticle surrounds the area of contrast. 00:30-00:36: The sensor stops tracking the object, causing it to exit the right side of the frame. 00:37-00:38: An area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view from the right side of the frame. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
This 12 October 2016 criminal judgment from the Tribunal de grande instance de Bourges concerns two drone and model-making enthusiasts. In October and November 2014 they flew drones inside the prohibited five-kilometre zone around the Belleville-sur-Loire nuclear power plant. The court found them guilty of negligently overflying a prohibited zone, noting that they had been filming a remote-controlled boat at a time of controversy over multiple drone overflights of nuclear plants. It waived any penalty, ordered their drones confiscated, and required them to pay EDF one symbolic euro plus 500 euros in costs.
This U.S. Central Command mission report, declassified and approved for release to AARO, describes an event on 18 November 2016. During the event, a U.S. Navy P-8A monitoring Russian naval task group activity in the Eastern Mediterranean observed an unidentified low-flying object northwest of Latakia, Syria. The crew tracked it for about two minutes as a possible sea-skimming missile moving southeast at roughly 500 knots, passing between the Russian vessel Ingul and another ship. The mission commander called the interaction safe and assessed it as standard activity.
This declassified CIA memorandum, dated 16 February 1953, reports on the Office of Scientific Intelligence Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, which met January 14 to 18, 1953. It gives a session-by-session history of the meetings, along with panel comments left out of the formal report, including a critique of the Navy's analysis of the Tremonton film. The appended panel report, signed by chairman H. P. Robertson and others, found no direct threat to national security. It recommended stripping UFOs of their special status and starting a public education and debunking program.
Senate Resolution 8648, adopted by the Washington State Senate on April 18, 2017, marks the seventieth anniversary of the June 21, 1947 Maury Island Incident and the "Summer of the Saucers." It recounts Harold Dahl's sighting, Kenneth Arnold's Mt. Rainier sighting, and the FBI's conclusion that Dahl's hoax claim was itself a fabrication. The resolution honors intelligence officers Davidson and Brown, who died in a B-25 crash near Kelso after interviewing Dahl.
On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network. Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is, “HH11 03 July 2018 UAPs,” is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in 2018. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in July 2020. Video Duration: 00:01:19 Video Description: 00:00-00:12: No Content. 00:13-00:21: Two areas of contrast enter the lower right side of the screen and exit the bottom of the screen. 00:13-00:29: The sensor pans to track the two areas of contrast, centering them generally within the center of the field-of-view. 00:30-00:47: The sensor zooms in. One of the areas of contrast is no longer visible within the frame at this level of magnification. The area of contrast within the sensor field-of-view appears as three distinct areas of contrast in a generally straight line. 00:47-00:58: The distance between the rightmost area of contrast and the center and left areas of contrast appears to increase. The center and left areas of contrast appear to remain at a roughly fixed distance from one another. 00:59-01:19: Other areas of contrast enter the field-of-view from the top of the screen. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
This Office of the Secretary of Defense FOIA release (18-F-0724) holds August 2017 emails between Luis Elizondo of OUSD(I) and Michael Russo of the Defense Office of Prepublication and Security Review. They include DD Form 1910 requests to clear three videos, titled "GoFast", "Gimble" and "FLIR", for release. Elizondo said the files were unclassified and would support a database of UAS threats. A Navy contact checked with NAVAIR, and a stamp shows the videos cleared for open publication on August 24, 2017.
The Comisión de Estudio de Fenómenos Aeroespaciales (CEFAe) of the Fuerza Aérea Argentina, directed by Com. (R) Rubén Lianza, issued this annual report for 2018. It analyzes 21 sighting reports received that year, plus two historical cases: Campo de Mayo (1972), attributed to a barium cloud for ionospheric experiments, and Bariloche (1995), attributed to a sky tracer searchlight reflecting off clouds. All 22 analyzed cases were resolved, mostly as birds, insects, optical reflections, balloons and satellites.
This is a Freedom of Information Act request from Timothy S. Cooper to the Central Intelligence Agency, dated March 2, 2018 and logged as F-2018-01132. Cooper asks for DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Black Book briefing to President Truman on "flying saucers" for 19 December 1952, plus related records. He cites the declassified DCI Deputies' Meeting Log DM-68 of 12 December 1952. That log recommended the Director delay reporting to the President on flying saucers until 19 December, and the DCI approved.
This is a Central Intelligence Agency letter dated 20 March 2018 acknowledging FOIA request F-2018-01132 from Timothy S. Cooper. Cooper asked for DCI General Walter B. Smith's Weekly Friday Black Book Briefing to President Truman for 19 December 1952 on "flying saucers," along with any related documents. Information and Privacy Coordinator Allison Fong signed the letter. It places the request in the "all other" fee category and says staff will review it and report any problems.
This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA case record for request F-2018-01132 logs a search task sent on 20 March 2018 for requester Timothy Cooper. The request asked for DCI General Walter B. Smith's weekly Friday black book briefing to President Truman on "flying saucers" for 19 December 1952. The task was returned on 2 January 2019. The response, comments and list of tasked documents are almost entirely redacted under exemptions (b)(3), (b)(5) and (b)(6), so no documents are identified.
This Central Intelligence Agency FOIA case record covers request F-2018-01132 from Timothy Cooper. Its search task was sent on March 20, 2018, and returned on September 12, 2019, and the pages were approved for release on April 14, 2023. The request sought the weekly Friday Black Book briefing on flying saucers that DCI General Walter B. Smith gave President Truman for December 19, 1952. The record logs the tasking and first, second and senior review steps, and its list of tasked documents is redacted.
This page of the Congressional Record for the House of Representatives, published by the U.S. Congress on April 9, 2018, records the House adjourning and lists executive communications referred to committees. Most items are routine agency reports and final rules. One entry, No. 4381, is a letter from the Defense Intelligence Agency's Congressional Relations Division sending the Committee on Armed Services a list of all products produced under the Advanced Aerospace Threat and Identification Program contract.
This Internet Archive upload by Paul Galante reproduces the FBI's 2017 FOIA release to John Greenewald Jr. of The Black Vault about George Adamski. The release contains 281 previously processed pages. It includes 1954 Detroit field office memoranda on the Flying Saucer Club of Detroit, on informants who worried that its anti-hydrogen-bomb messages were political propaganda, and on a July 1954 meeting presided over by Adamski. Later items cover Joseph Perry's 1960 Grand Blanc saucer photograph, which was passed to the Air Force, and a 1960 Detroit sighting report.
This is a Freedom of Information Act request to the Central Intelligence Agency, dated June 1, 2018 and logged as F-2018-01809. The requester, Timothy S. Cooper, asks for records of a meeting on Tuesday, January 6, 1953, from 4:15 to 7:30 pm. At that meeting DCI Walter B. Smith briefed President Truman on "flying saucers." The request covers any briefing documents, notes and related material. The CIA approved the letter for release in 2022.
This is a Central Intelligence Agency acknowledgment letter dated 25 June 2018 and signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Allison Fong. It confirms receipt of Timothy S. Cooper's Freedom of Information Act request, reference F-2018-01809. Cooper asked for records of DCI Walter B. Smith's meeting with President Truman on January 6, 1953, which was held to brief Truman on "flying saucers". The letter says the Agency will search for records covering that date range and has waived the fees.
This is a Freedom of Information Act request to the Central Intelligence Agency, dated August 4, 2018 and released by the CIA in 2024. The requester asks for the agency's special briefing document and notes on UFOs and the United States Government UFO Program. The request says DCI Allen W. Dulles and DDP Richard Bissell, Jr. gave that briefing to President-Elect John F. Kennedy at Palm Beach, Florida, on 18 November 1960. It cites a passage in James Srodes's biography of Dulles as its source for the briefing.
This is a Central Intelligence Agency acknowledgment letter dated 30 August 2018, signed by Information and Privacy Coordinator Allison Fong and sent to Timothy S. Cooper under reference F-2018-02317. It confirms receipt of his Freedom of Information Act request for a DCI special briefing document and notes on UFOs and a United States Government UFO program. The request says DCI Allen W. Dulles and DDP Richard Bissell gave this briefing to President-Elect John F. Kennedy at Palm Beach on 18 November 1960. The CIA waived fees and said a search would follow.
This is a letter dated August 17, 2018 from Timothy S. Cooper to the Central Intelligence Agency FOIA Requester Service Center, filed under reference F-2018-01132. Cooper asks for a status report on his 2 March 2018 FOIA request. That request sought DCI General Walter B. Smith's Weekly Friday Black Book Briefing of 19 December 1952 to President Truman on the subject of "flying saucers", along with any related documents. The CIA stamped the letter received on August 22.
This Central Intelligence Agency internal wiki page, titled Hacker Jargon and approved for release on 4 September 2018, is a glossary of terms and acronyms used by hackers and cyber criminals in underground forums. It defines terms such as BIN, botnets, carding, dumps, mules, phishing, ransomware, skimming and Track 1 and Track 2 data. Most entries relate to credit card fraud and identity theft. The page was last modified in February 2016, and it does not discuss UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena.
This FBI file, released in July 2021 to John Greenewald Jr. of The Black Vault, concerns United Nuclear Scientific Supplies. The FBI reviewed 165 pages and released 48. A 2008 New York memo asks for a case on an unknown caller who tried to buy a concentrated Polonium-210 solution and asked how to get around NRC licensing rules. A 2010 memo closes that case because no criminality was established. The remaining 2003 and 2004 records cover CART forensic exams of computers received from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network. Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is, “Hi-Res: [CALLSIGN] Observes UAP on 25SEP19 at 2135Z,” is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Central Command area of responsibility in 2019. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in October 2019. Video Duration: 00:04:59 Video Description: 00:00-00:33: No Content. 00:34-00:36: An area of contrast enters the sensor field-of-view at the bottom of the screen. 00:37-00:44: The sensor rotates clockwise and corrects slightly counterclockwise to center the area of contrast in the frame. 00:37-01:37: The sensor cycles through several contrast and zoom levels while tracking the area of contrast. 01:38-02:10: At a higher magnification level, the area of contrast appears as a several areas grouped together in the center of the field-of-view. 02:11-03:06: The sensor changes contrast settings several times, causing the screen to flash black and white. The sensor continues to track the areas of contrast. 03:07-04:59: No content. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
On March 6, 2026, eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives requested access to 51 potentially UAP-related records allegedly held by the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) identified a collection of responsive materials held on a classified network. Many of these materials lack a substantiated chain-of-custody. AARO assesses that this video, whose uploader-defined title is, “UAP from Dec 2019 (East Coast),” is likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within the United States Northern Command area of responsibility in 2019. A user uploaded this video to a classified network in September 2020. Video Duration: 00:00:34 Video Description: 00:00-00:02: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast. 00:03-00:21: The sensor switches contrast modes while tracking an area of contrast. 00:22-00:23: The sensor pans to track an area of contrast. 00:24-00:34: No content. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
This U.S. Department of War release, dated 2019, is a Range Fouler Reporting Form used by military aircrew to report unidentified contacts. Its fields cover position, altitude, shape and appearance, and it asks that sensor video be saved. In the completed narrative, a crew member with 28 years of flying for the USAF and Navy describes a small object passing below the aircraft at high speed in the opposite direction. The object was recorded briefly, then left the field of view, and later analysis suggested it was rectangular.
The United States Navy submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 20 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a civilian aircraft in 2019. An accompanying Range Fouler Debrief, DOW-UAP-D090, describes the phenomenon as exhibiting “flight characteristics unlike anything [the observer] had seen in 28 years [of service] for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy. The report characterizes the phenomenon as “small” and “travelling in a straight line [in the] opposite direction at high speed.” Video Description: 00:01-00:011: An area of contrast is visible near the center of the screen. 00:12-00:014: The sensor changes its level of zoom and display mode, flashing white before returning to normal function. The area of contrast exits the sensor field-of-view to the left side of the frame. 00:15-00:20: The sensor changes settings, causing the screen to flash white. No content. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Air Force submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 8 seconds of video footage from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform in 2019. 00:01-00:02: An area of contrast is visible near the center of the sensor field-of-view, partially obscured by visual elements of the heads-up display. 00:03-00:06: The sensor zooms and pans to track the area of contrast, which visually flickers in the display. 00:07-00:08: No content. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance. AARO Comment: Infrared sensor systems capture information within a specific range of electromagnetic wavelengths. When a tracked source’s temperature is similar to that of the surrounding environment, it can visually blend into the background or appear to flicker due to dynamic contrast adjustments applied by the system’s auto-gain control filters.
The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 1 minute and 4 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor display aboard a U.S. military platform. This footage does not represent native primary sensor data, and the secondary recording method introduces limitations in fidelity, resolution, and overall visual quality. Artifacts inherent to filming a screen, such as blurring or flickering, may be present. The footage contained within DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 was captured contemporaneously. This media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, and is presented as it was received. Video description: 00:00-00:03: An area of contrast is visible near the center of the frame. 00:04-00:07: The area of contrast loses distinctiveness against the background. 00:08-00:25: An area of contrast becomes visible near the center of the frame. The sensor pans and zooms in to focus on the area of contrast, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:25-01:04: The area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 53 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor display aboard a U.S. military platform. This footage does not represent native primary sensor data, and the secondary recording method introduces limitations in fidelity, resolution, and overall visual quality. Artifacts inherent to filming a screen, such as blurring or flickering, may be present. The footage contained within DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 was captured contemporaneously. This media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, and is presented as it was received. Video description: 00:00-00:01: An area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view. 00:02-00:29: The sensor zooms in on the area of contrast. 00:30-00:53: The area of contrast loses distinctiveness against the background. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 28 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor display aboard a U.S. military platform. This footage does not represent native primary sensor data, and the secondary recording method introduces limitations in fidelity, resolution, and overall visual quality. Artifacts inherent to filming a screen, such as blurring or flickering, may be present. The footage contained within DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 was captured contemporaneously. This media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, and is presented as it was received. Video description: 00:00-00:05: An area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view. 00:06-00:09: The area of contrast tracks left within the sensor field-of-view. 00:10-00:15: The area of contrast loses distinctiveness against the background. 00:16-00:22: An area of contrast appears in the sensor field-of-view. The sensor pans to track it, keeping it generally within the center of the frame. 00:23-00:28: The area of contrast remains generally centered within the sensor field-of-view. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 2 minutes and 32 seconds of footage captured via hand-held recording device by a U.S. military service member in 2019. Low-light conditions at the time of capture influence the overall visual quality of the footage. The footage contained within DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 was captured contemporaneously. This media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, and is presented as it was received. Video description: 00:00-00:08: The camera pans against the background, bringing two apparent light sources into frame from the top left corner. The recording device focuses on the light sources, keeping them generally within the center of the frame. 00:09-00:53: The camera pans against the background. As the camera pans, it repeatedly brings several apparent light sources into and out of the frame. 00:54-01:23: The sensor zooms in on the light source in the lower left quarter of the frame, focusing to bring it into the center of the field-of-view. 01:24-02:32: The sensor zooms out and continues to pan to track apparent light sources. As the camera pans, it repeatedly brings several apparent light sources into and out of the frame. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
The United States Navy Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) transferred this media to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) in 2022. The video contains 2 minutes and 29 seconds of footage captured via a hand-held recording device by a U.S. military service member in 2019. Low-light conditions at the time of capture influence the overall visual quality of the footage. The footage contained within DOW-UAP-PR123 through DOW-UAP-PR127 was captured contemporaneously. This media was digitally altered before being reported to AARO, and is presented as it was received. Video description: 00:00-00:17: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:18-00:26: No content. 00:27-00:43: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:44-00:47: No content. 00:47-00:49: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:50-00:52: No content. 00:53-00:57: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. 00:57-01:02: No content. 01:02-02:28: The camera pans to track an apparent light source. This video description is provided for informational purposes only. Readers should not interpret any part of this description as reflecting an analytical judgment, investigative conclusion, or factual determination regarding the described event’s validity, nature, or significance.
This Defense Intelligence Agency FOIA release to John Greenewald of The Black Vault is dated January 16, 2019. It contains a 5-page document, with personal information withheld under Exemption 6. The document is a January 9, 2018 DIA letter to Senate Armed Services Committee leaders John McCain and Jack Reed. The letter lists 38 reports produced under the AATIP contract, which it says investigated foreign advanced aerospace weapon threats. Topics include warp drive, antigravity, traversable wormholes and high energy laser weapons.