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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 programs
UAPUSOULO
US · North America

AARO — 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.

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UAPUSOULO
US · North America

war.gov UAP Records Release

U.S. Department of War

Structured CSV manifest of declassified PDFs + images from CIA/FBI/NASA/DOS/DOW/ODNI.

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UAP
US · North America

CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room — UFO collection

Central Intelligence Agency

~2,780 pages of declassified CIA UFO documents, downloadable PDFs.

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UAP
US · North America

FBI Records: The Vault — UFO

Federal Bureau of Investigation

16-part UFO file (1947–1954+), downloadable PDFs incl. the Guy Hottel memo.

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UAP
US · North America

NSA FOIA — UFO Documents Index

National Security Agency

Declassified NSA UFO documents (heavily redacted).

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UAP
US · North America

NASA UAP Independent Study

NASA

2023 independent study team report + ongoing science-led methodology.

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UAP
FR · Europe

GEIPAN — 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).

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UAP
CL · South America

CEFAA — 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.

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UAP
UY · South America

CRIDOVNI — 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.

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UAP
AR · South America

CIAE / CEFAe — Centro de Identificación Aeroespacial

Argentine Air Force

Official study commission (since 2011); published reports; collaborates with civilian researchers.

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UAP
PE · South America

OIFAA — Oficina de Investigación de Fenómenos Anómalos Aéreos

Peruvian Air Force (FAP)

Official anomalous-aerial-phenomena investigation office.

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National Archives

Declassified holdings in national archives
UAP
US · North America

U.S. National Archives — UAP/UFO research topic

NARA

Project Blue Book, presidential-library holdings, photographs, moving images & sound.

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UAP
US · North America

Project 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.

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UAP
GB · Europe

UK National Archives — UFO files (MoD)

The National Archives (UK) / Ministry of Defence

200+ files, ~11,000 sighting reports, ~52,000 pages; downloadable.

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UAPUSOULO
SE · Europe

AFU — 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.

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UAP
BR · South America

Arquivo 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.

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UAP
CA · North America

Canada's UFOs: The Search for the Unknown

Library and Archives Canada

~9,500 digitized UFO documents (1947–early 1980s) from DND, Transport, NRC, RCMP.

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UAP
NZ · Oceania

Archives New Zealand — RNZAF UFO files

Archives New Zealand / NZDF

Declassified military UFO reports 1954–2009 (incl. 1978 Kaikoura lights).

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UAP
AU · Oceania

National Archives of Australia — RAAF UFO records

National Archives of Australia

RAAF/DoD UFO holdings (some series reported lost).

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UAP
US · North America

NICAP — 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.

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UAP
US · North America

The 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.

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UAP
US · North America

Project 1947

Project 1947 (research initiative)

Documents and source material on the 1947 UFO wave and early military/government response, including reproduced official files.

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Scientific Research

Instrumented & peer-reviewed programs

Public Databases

Established public report databases

On credibility

Government and scientific sources carry the strongest provenance; civilian databases are eyewitness-grade and are presented with that caveat. We link to primary sources so you can verify every claim yourself.