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This CIA document reproduces information drawn from foreign newspapers and radio broadcasts summarizing numerous 'flying saucer' and unidentified flying object…
This three-page document is the minutes of a meeting held at 0835 on 21 August 1952 in Mr. Steele's office, with a quorum including Mr. Sullivan (Chairman), Mr…
A 32-page declassified document from the CIA reading room recording the proceedings of a scientific advisory panel — historically known as the Robertson Panel…
This CIA correspondence, addressed to MIT Provost Dr. Julius A. Stratton and signed by Assistant Director R. Marshall (H. Marshall) Chadwell, updates the recip…
SF-2026-000837
CIA Memorandum on Flying Saucers (26 March 1956)
This CIA memorandum, dated 26 March 1956, was authored by Robert Amory, Jr., Deputy Director/Intelligence, and addressed to the Assistant Director/Scientific I…
SF-2026-000198
DOW-UAP-D019, Mission Report, Syria, February 21, 2023
This document is a standardized U.S. military Mission Report (MISREP) covering a Defensive Counter-Air (DCA) sortie flown by a two-ship of F-15E aircraft (389t…
SF-2026-000238
DOW-UAP-D058, Range Fouler Debrief, NA, October 2020
This file is a standardized U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief Form, used to record the circumstances of an unauthorized intrusion into controlled airspace during…
This unevaluated CIA foreign-document report, distributed 20 August 1953, translates a Morgon-Tidningen article (Stockholm, 13 July 1953) datelined Copenhagen,…
This file is a standardized U.S. Navy Range Fouler Debrief Form used to record circumstances of an unauthorized intrusion into controlled airspace during milit…
This CIA information report, dated 3 July 2008 and classified SECRET//NOFORN, describes an unidentified object observed over Harare International Airport, Zimb…
SF-2026-000759
CIA Report on Soviet Press Coverage of Flying Saucers
This single-page CIA document, released through the agency's online reading room, summarizes Soviet press and radio treatment of the 'flying saucer' phenomenon…
This is a 3-page LIMITED OFFICIAL USE diplomatic cable dated January 28, 1985, from the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, addressed to USCINCPAC…
According to the releasing agency (U.S. Department of War), this file primarily contains incident reports on Unidentified Flying Objects written in compliance…
SF-2026-000168
Enhanced Radar Tower PANTEX Imagery
This two-page excerpt (pages 5–6 of a 6-page report) is a redacted Unidentified Object Incident Report produced in connection with the Pantex Plant, operated b…
SF-2026-000444
ODNI-UAP-D001, USPER Narrative, Senior USIC Official
This document is a first-hand account authored by a senior U.S. intelligence official (serving as of May 2026) who, in late 2025, participated in a helicopter…
This CIA 'Information from Foreign Documents or Radio Broadcasts' report (No. OO-W-30883, date of information 1954, distributed 25 August 1954) aggregates tran…
