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Data Sources
Every record in this archive is traceable to a public, credible source. This is our standing index of the official agencies, national archives, scientific programs, and established databases worldwide that publish UFO/UAP, underwater (USO), and trans-medium (ULO) data.
Categories — UAP: aerial · USO: underwater · ULO: other / trans-medium.
Government & Agencies
Official military / civil-aviation / agency programsAARO — All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office
U.S. Department of War (DoD)
Official case resolutions, annual reports to Congress, the historical record report, and reporting trends.
Visit sourcewar.gov UAP Records Release
U.S. Department of War
Structured CSV manifest of declassified PDFs + images from CIA/FBI/NASA/DOS/DOW/ODNI.
Visit sourceCIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room — UFO collection
Central Intelligence Agency
~2,780 pages of declassified CIA UFO documents, downloadable PDFs.
Visit sourceFBI Records: The Vault — UFO
Federal Bureau of Investigation
16-part UFO file (1947–1954+), downloadable PDFs incl. the Guy Hottel memo.
Visit sourceNSA FOIA — UFO Documents Index
National Security Agency
Declassified NSA UFO documents (heavily redacted).
Visit sourceNASA UAP Independent Study
NASA
2023 independent study team report + ongoing science-led methodology.
Visit sourceGEIPAN — Groupe d'Études et d'Informations sur les PAN
CNES (French Space Agency)
Searchable public database of 3,200+ investigated cases (A–D classification) with downloadable case files; oldest continuous govt program (since 1977).
Visit sourceCEFAA — Comité de Estudios de Fenómenos Aéreos Anómalos
DGAC (Chilean Civil Aviation Authority)
1,000+ investigated cases since 1997 (~90% declassified); pilot/ATC/military reports, released studies & videos.
Visit sourceCRIDOVNI — Comisión Receptora e Investigadora de Denuncias de OVNI
Uruguayan Air Force
Official military commission since 1979 (oldest in South America); ~30–40 cases/year investigated.
Visit sourceCIAE / CEFAe — Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial
Argentine Air Force
Official study commission (since 2011); published reports; collaborates with civilian researchers.
Visit sourceOIFAA — Oficina de Investigación de Fenómenos Anómalos Aéreos
Peruvian Air Force (FAP)
Official anomalous-aerial-phenomena investigation office.
Visit sourceNational Archives
Declassified holdings in national archivesU.S. National Archives — UAP/UFO research topic
NARA
Project Blue Book, presidential-library holdings, photographs, moving images & sound.
Visit sourceProject Blue Book (USAF, 1947–1969)
U.S. Air Force / NARA (via Internet Archive & The Black Vault)
129,491 pages / 10,000+ cases, fully digitized & downloadable.
Visit sourceUK National Archives — UFO files (MoD)
The National Archives (UK) / Ministry of Defence
200+ files, ~11,000 sighting reports, ~52,000 pages; downloadable.
Visit sourceAFU — Archives for the Unexplained
Archives for the Unexplained (non-profit foundation)
World's largest UFO/paranormal library; 29,000+ books, 73,000+ periodicals, radar-backed case files, water-landing (USO) cases.
Visit sourceArquivo Nacional — Brazilian Air Force UFO files
Arquivo Nacional do Brasil / FAB
Five tranches (1952–2016), 20,000+ pages: radar logs, pilot testimony, memos incl. Operação Prato.
Visit sourceCanada's UFOs: The Search for the Unknown
Library and Archives Canada
~9,500 digitized UFO documents (1947–early 1980s) from DND, Transport, NRC, RCMP.
Visit sourceArchives New Zealand — RNZAF UFO files
Archives New Zealand / NZDF
Declassified military UFO reports 1954–2009 (incl. 1978 Kaikoura lights).
Visit sourceNational Archives of Australia — RAAF UFO records
National Archives of Australia
RAAF/DoD UFO holdings (some series reported lost).
Visit sourceNICAP — National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (archive)
NICAP.org (successor archive)
Successor archive to the 1956–1980 NICAP: chronologies, case directories, and document scans browsable online.
Visit sourceThe Project Blue Book Archive
Blue Book Archive (volunteer project)
Indexed, searchable scans of the full Project Blue Book microfilm — browsable by roll/case with the NARA-sourced record cards.
Visit sourceProject 1947
Project 1947 (research initiative)
Documents and source material on the 1947 UFO wave and early military/government response, including reproduced official files.
Visit sourceScientific Research
Instrumented & peer-reviewed programsThe Galileo Project
Harvard University (Avi Loeb)
Instrumented multi-sensor observatories; open peer-reviewed datasets & papers on anomalous objects.
Visit sourceProject Hessdalen
Østfold University College / NTNU (Norway)
Automatic Measurement Station (since 1998): magnetometer + cameras logging the Hessdalen lights.
Visit sourceScientific Coalition for UAP Studies (SCU)
SCU (501c3 non-profit)
Peer-style case analyses, technical papers (incl. 'Aerospace-Undersea Phenomena'), conferences.
Visit sourceASIOS — Association for the Scientific Investigation of the Supernatural
ASIOS (Japan, civilian research)
Japan's leading skeptical research group; case investigations and books re-examining famous Japanese UFO incidents.
Visit sourcePublic Databases
Established public report databasesNUFORC — National UFO Reporting Center
NUFORC (civilian)
~190,000 reports (~150k public), searchable by location/shape/date; structured CSV mirrors on GitHub.
Visit sourceEnigma Labs
Enigma Labs (private)
30,000+ user reports with ML scoring; dedicated USO (submerged-object) collection; queryable map.
Visit sourceMUFON — Mutual UFO Network
MUFON (non-profit)
Case Management System (CMS) of field-investigated reports.
Visit sourceCUFOS — UFOCAT sighting catalogue
J. Allen Hynek Center for UFO Studies
UFOCAT is one of the largest UFO sighting catalogues (300,000+ entries, 192,000+ primary sightings); CUFOS also holds original case files and journals.
Visit sourceGEP — Gesellschaft zur Erforschung des UFO-Phänomens / CENAP
GEP e.V. (Germany)
Germany's long-running UFO research society; case files, the CENAP archive, and a German-language sighting database.
Visit sourceKosmopoisk — Космопоиск
Kosmopoisk (Russia, civilian research)
Russian research network conducting field expeditions to anomalous zones (e.g. Molyobka) and cataloguing post-Soviet cases.
Visit sourceChina UFO Research Organization — 中國UFO研究會
CURO (China, historical civilian body)
Once China's largest civilian UFO body (1980s–2010s); published the magazine 'The Journal of UFO Research' and catalogued mainland Chinese cases.
Visit sourceOn credibility
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