What the record showsUAP Docket

Chronological Timeline

Timeline

176 events in order of their sort year. Incident dates and disclosure dates are separate events, so a 2004 encounter and its 2017 video release each appear in their own year.

1940s 13

  1. 1944-12 to 1945-01

    Hanford Manhattan Project site: Fourth Air Force diaries record unidentified aircraft reports, radar contact, searchlights and attempted interception.

    Claim unverified Wartime military air-defense reports

    Military response documented in reproduced 1945 diaries; identity and extraordinary nature unproven

    SRC-140 · Source ↗

  2. 1947-07

    Roswell debris recovery and military announcements

    Disputed Incident

    Contemporary incident; interpretations contested

    Historical case records

  3. 1947-07-26

    Truman signs National Security Act establishing modern intelligence structures

    Documented National security legislation

    Authenticated statute; no evidence Roswell caused enactment

    SRC-TRU-01 · Source ↗

  4. 1947-07

    FBI agrees to assist the Army Air Forces in investigating flying-disc reports (July 1947 investigative bulletin)

    Documented Government policy

    Documented in FBI directives; see PRG-V99-01

    SRC-V86-50 · Source ↗

  5. 1947-07-07/08

    Muroc AAF: Wise statement (July 7) and three separate July 8 observations by military personnel

    Unverified Military sighting

    Witness reports; object identity unresolved; episodes not shown to involve one object

    SRC-V86-54 · Source ↗

  6. 1947-07

    William R. Presley takes two photographs at Oak Ridge later investigated by FBI and AEC

    Reported Photographic report

    Explained by Wright-Patterson as film-emulsion artifact

    SRC-V99-013 · Source ↗

  7. 1947-07-09

    North Hollywood recovered metal 'disc' examined by FBI

    Reported Recovered object (hoax)

    Reported hoax; Army found it incapable of powered flight

    SRC-V86-50 · Source ↗

  8. 1947-07-26

    Illinois 'disc' of platter, spark plug and tubing reported by Springfield FBI office

    Reported Recovered object (hoax)

    Probable prank

    SRC-V86-52 · Source ↗

  9. 1947-09/10

    AAF division of duties (Sept 3), FBI objections (Sept 27) and FBI withdrawal to a referral-only policy (Oct 1947)

    Claim unverified Government policy

    Documented; a Sept 25 counterintelligence hypothesis was considered, not established

    SRC-V86-53 · Source ↗

  10. 1948

    Robert Landry later recalls Truman requesting periodic UFO threat reports

    Reported Presidential UFO intelligence instruction

    Retrospective first-person recollection; not written presidential directive

    SRC-TRU-02 · Source ↗

  11. 1948-12

    Green-fireball reports near New Mexico atomic sites begin; LaPaz's Starvation Peak observation

    Claim unverified Sighting reports

    Documented reports; nature unresolved

    SRC-V86-55 · Source ↗

  12. 1949-02-16

    Los Alamos conference on green-fireball reports

    Verify Scientific conference

    Attendee list to verify against minutes

    SRC-V86-55 · Source ↗

  13. 1949-10-14

    Second Los Alamos conference recommends photographic triangulation and spectroscopy

    Reported Scientific conference

    Original minutes not yet located

1950s 15

  1. 1950s–1980s

    Area 51 used for classified aircraft programs

    Documented Program / site

    Documented military aerospace testing

    Historical government accounts

  2. 1950-03-16

    USAF directive authorizes Project Twinkle photographic monitoring

    Verify Program start

    Verify instrument counts; see PRG-V99-02

    SRC-V99-028 · Source ↗

  3. 1950-05-25

    AFOSI summary compiles 209 New Mexico sightings of mixed categories since Dec 1948

    Unverified Military compilation

    Reported count, not 209 verified anomalous objects

    SRC-V99-031 · Source ↗

  4. 1950-10-12/13

    Knoxville radar reports multiple returns over Oak Ridge; fighter finds nothing

    Reported Radar report

    Object not identified

    SRC-V86-59 · Source ↗

  5. 1950-10-24

    Oak Ridge radar targets, fighter scramble and visual reports

    Unverified Radar and visual reports

    Same-target identity unproven

    SRC-142 · Source ↗

  6. 1951-09-24

    Truman issues Executive Order 10290

    Reported Executive classification policy

    General classification authority; no UAP-specific authorization shown

    SRC-TRU-03 · Source ↗

  7. 1951-11-27

    Project Twinkle final report (L. Elterman) recommends against dedicated funding

    Reported Program report

    Negative/inconclusive; incomplete coverage

    SRC-V99-028 · Source ↗

  8. 1952-07

    Washington D.C. radar incidents

    Reported Case incident

    Open / historical debate

    SRC-105 · Source ↗

  9. 1952-07-19/20

    First weekend: Washington National and Andrews radar reports, plus pilot and ground light sightings

    Claim unverified Radar / aviation incident

    Reports documented; radar-target identity and cross-site synchronization not established

    SRC-122; SRC-128 · Source ↗

  10. 1952-07-26/27

    Second weekend: renewed radar reports and fighter interception attempts; Blue Book investigation

    Documented Radar / fighter response

    Official inquiry documented; fighter response not proof of exotic craft

    SRC-123; SRC-128 · Source ↗

  11. 1952-07-29

    Maj. Gen. Samford briefs press on UFO reports and possible temperature-inversion radar returns

    Documented Official explanation

    Official statement; technical explanation not precise identification of every observation

    SRC-127 · Source ↗

  12. 1953-05

    CAA technical report 180 evaluates anomalous radar targets and atmospheric propagation

    Documented Radar scientific assessment

    Official study includes subsequent data, not comprehensive July 1952 raw recordings

    SRC-124 · Source ↗

  13. 1957-09-20

    Montauk and Benton radars report anomalous returns; F-102 scrambles without confirmation

    Reported Radar alert

    Attributed by USAF to radar malfunction/interference and possible chaff/ECM

    SRC-V99-023 · Source ↗

  14. 1957-09-21

    Watch Committee judges Soviet involvement highly improbable

    Reported Intelligence review

    National-security review, not confirmation of a craft

    SRC-V99-022 · Source ↗

  15. 1958-02-26

    USAF technical summary finds Montauk-Benton data unrelated or contradictory

    Reported Technical assessment

    No single mechanism proven for every return

    SRC-V99-023 · Source ↗

1960s 11

  1. 1964-04-24

    Socorro / Lonnie Zamora

    Unverified Case incident

    Open / unresolved

    SRC-105 · Source ↗

  2. 1964-09

    Big Sur team films Vandenberg Atlas missile test; Jacobs later alleges anomalous object in film

    Documented Military missile-tracking film / disputed testimony

    Original film unavailable; project engineer published decoy/debris rebuttal

    SRC-148; SRC-149 · Source ↗

  3. 1964 (alleged)

    Holloman AFB contact event reportedly relayed to Jay Stratton by multiple senior sources

    Claim unverified Reported military contact allegation

    Unverified retrospective account; date and source independence unconfirmed

    SRC-162

  4. 1964-04-28

    Hynek reportedly visits Socorro (28-29 April), interviews Zamora and examines the disturbed site

    Reported Investigation

    Dates reported; field notes not yet inspected

    SRC-V99-093 · Source ↗

  5. 1965-08-03

    Rex Heflin takes four Polaroid photographs near Santa Ana

    Disputed Photographic report

    Disputed; Air Force judged staged

    SRC-V99-001 · Source ↗

  6. 1967-05-20

    Falcon Lake encounter

    Disputed Case incident

    Open / disputed

    SRC-108 · Source ↗

  7. 1967-10-04

    Shag Harbour incident

    Disputed Case incident

    Open / disputed

    SRC-109

  8. 1967-03-16

    Echo Flight at Malmstrom loses strategic alert for ten Minuteman missiles

    Disputed Nuclear missile incident

    Official contemporaneous unit history documents outage; UFO rumors disputed

    SRC-117 · Source ↗

  9. 1967-03-24/25

    Salas later reports Oscar Flight security calls and missile no-go indications

    Documented Reported nuclear missile / UAP incident

    Retrospective testimony; no equivalent contemporary Oscar technical records verified

    SRC-118 · Source ↗

  10. 1967-09

    Horse Lady (“Snippy”) found dead near Alamosa, Colorado; widely publicized as an unusual death

    Documented Historical animal-death case / disputed UAP association

    No verified direct UAP connection; original forensic records require review

    SRC-145

  11. 1969-12-17

    Project Blue Book terminated (Air Force closure correspondence and fact sheet held in FBI file)

    Documented Program termination

    Documented administrative action; do not infer hidden continuation

    SRC-V86-63 · Source ↗

1970s 7

  1. 1972

    CIA-supported remote-viewing investigations begin at SRI

    Disputed Research program

    Research documented; psychic mechanism disputed

    SRC-079 · Source ↗

  2. 1972-12 (photograph); analysis date unknown

    Apollo 17 Lunar Module photo reportedly examined by Travis Taylor; distant distinct lights appear arranged in a triangle

    Reported Photographic research lead

    Attributed to Stratton; no original image ID or analysis independently reviewed

    Stratton, Out of the Shadows (2026) · Source ↗

  3. 1973-06

    SCANATE report records Pat Price's coordinate session on a West Virginia site

    Claim unverified Research session

    Session documented; accuracy not validated | V99 check 2026-11-12: the file cited for this (SRC-V99-054) is Swann's SCANATE training report and does not mention Pat Price or West Virginia; the record of Price's session is not yet located.

  4. 1976-09-19

    1976 Tehran F-4 incident

    Disputed Case incident

    Open / disputed

    SRC-102 · Source ↗

  5. 1977-10 to 1977-12

    Operação Prato: Brazilian Air Force documents Colares-region lights and alleged physical effects

    Claim unverified Military field investigation / civilian sightings

    Official investigation documented; cause of lights and reported injuries not established

    SRC-136; SRC-137 · Source ↗

  6. 1977-04

    Bob Pratt describes a wave of reports beginning in Maranhão and extending west across northern Brazil, later including Colares/Belém

    Reported Civilian sighting wave

    Retrospective geographic synthesis; not every report was part of Operação Prato

    SRC-V99-050 · Source ↗

  7. 1978

    Army GRILL FLAME-related funding and sessions documented

    Documented Government program

    Historical program record; no inference of validated ability

    SRC-080 · Source ↗

1980s 12

  1. 1980-12

    Rendlesham Forest sightings near RAF Woodbridge

    Disputed Incident

    Witness testimony; later contested

    Halt memorandum and audio

  2. 1980-08

    Kirtland AFB / Manzano security reports and separate radar-system outage claim

    Documented Military base security sightings

    AFOSI-related reports circulated; original records and any UAP causation need independent corroboration

    SRC-139

  3. 1981-01-13

    Charles Halt memo written after Rendlesham events

    Reported Document

    Contemporary memorandum

    Halt memo

  4. 1981-01-08

    Trans-en-Provence trace investigation

    Disputed Case incident

    Open / contested

    SRC-106 · Source ↗

  5. 1982-10-04

    Unusual lights and brief launch-control indicator anomaly reported at Soviet missile facility

    Unverified Military nuclear-site report

    Contemporaneous statements reproduced later; UAP cause and missile launch readiness unverified

    SRC-113 · Source ↗

  6. 1983–1985

    Army CENTER LANE remote-viewing unit

    Reported Government program

    Program historical chronology

    SRC-060 · Source ↗

  7. 1984

    Hessdalen field campaign collects observations of recurring unusual lights

    Reported Scientific field campaign

    Observed lights do not establish exotic origin

    SRC-074 · Source ↗

  8. 1986

    DIA SUN STREAK phase and controlled remote-viewing manual

    Documented Government program

    Historical records; training methods not proof of accuracy

    SRC-059 · Source ↗

  9. 1986-11-17

    Japan Airlines Flight 1628

    Disputed Case incident

    Open / disputed

    SRC-101 · Source ↗

  10. 1986-05-19/20

    Brazil's Official Night of the UFOs: sightings, air-defense radar reports and five fighter launches

    Claim unverified Military radar / fighter interception

    Government archives document military response; object origin and flight characteristics unresolved

    SRC-134 · Source ↗

  11. 1989

    Bob Lazar public S-4 allegations via George Knapp

    Disputed Disclosure

    Disputed allegations, not verified employment at S-4

    Original broadcast reporting

  12. 1989–1990

    Belgian UFO Wave and F-16 response

    Disputed Case incident

    Open / contested

    SRC-107

1990s 8

  1. 1990–1995

    DIA STAR GATE phase

    Documented Government program

    Program existence documented

    SRC-081 · Source ↗

  2. 1990s–present

    ECETI Ranch near Trout Lake hosts skywatching and recurring reported lights near Mount Adams

    Reported Public skywatching / recurring claims

    Visitor testimony and video require independent identification and instrument review

    SRC-144

  3. 1991-08-28 (reported)

    Mangyshlak: retrospective accounts allege Soviet MiG fighters briefly lost aircraft systems during a UAP pursuit

    Reported Uncorroborated military interception account

    Secondary accounts only; no authenticated contemporaneous military evidence identified

    SRC-138

  4. 1994-07

    USAF Roswell report attributes the debris to Project Mogul balloon equipment

    Disputed Government report

    Official retrospective position; contested

    SRC-007 · Source ↗

  5. 1995-09

    AIR evaluation and debate between Utts and Hyman; operational use discontinued

    Reported Independent review

    Competing statistical interpretations; insufficient operational utility

    SRC-082 · Source ↗

  6. 1996

    NIDS investigation period at Skinwalker begins

    Claim unverified Research

    Documented organization; individual phenomena unverified

    NIDS research history

  7. 1996-01

    Varginha Brazil witness reports

    Disputed Incident

    Multiple reported sightings; extraordinary claims disputed

    Witness accounts

  8. 1998

    Project Hessdalen establishes automated Blue Box monitoring station

    Reported Automated monitoring

    Long-term instrumentation; case-level data need review

    SRC-074 · Source ↗

2000s 10

  1. 2000

    Platov and Sokolov attributed the lights to distant military flares and a coincident launch-system fault

    Documented Scientific historical reassessment

    Published interpretation differs from sensational retrospective claims; original technical record incomplete

    SRC-112 · Source ↗

  2. 2001–2009 (date unknown)

    Stratton reports Hal Puthoff participated in George W. Bush-era think tank on UAP disclosure; reportedly recommended against disclosure

    Unverified Alleged advisory process

    Unverified retrospective account; date, sponsorship and direct presidential knowledge unresolved

    Jay Stratton, Out of the Shadows (2026); user-provided account; exact page pending verification

  3. 2002-10-16

    Date on the Wilson–Davis notes recording a purported Davis–Wilson meeting in Las Vegas

    Disputed Disputed document

    Authenticity disputed; Wilson denies the meeting

    SRC-V99-063 · Source ↗

  4. 2003–2005

    Vandenberg AFB incidents later described by Jeffrey Nuccetelli

    Reported Reported military incidents

    Reported from later testimony; contemporaneous primary logs not public

    SRC-045 · Source ↗

  5. 2003-10-14

    Vandenberg: contractor and security-force incidents later described by Nuccetelli

    Documented Reported encounter

    Accounts in 2025 testimony; contemporaneous records not independently examined

    SRC-046 · Source ↗

  6. 2004-11

    USS Nimitz / Tic Tac encounters

    Documented Incident

    Military eyewitness and video record

    Navy footage and testimony

  7. 2005 (reported)

    Vandenberg: Nuccetelli reports personally witnessing luminous orb

    Reported Reported encounter

    Firsthand claim; precise date and independent corroboration needed

    SRC-046 · Source ↗

  8. 2005-05-20

    Brazilian Air Force officials meet civilian ufologists in Brasília and permit inspection of some UFO records

    Documented Archive access

    Reported by Pratt; official meeting record not located

    SRC-V99-050 · Source ↗

  9. 2008

    DIA-funded AAWSAP begins

    Documented Program

    Government program established; findings debated

    DIA program records

  10. 2008-01

    Stephenville Texas sightings

    Disputed Case incident

    Open / disputed

    SRC-110

2010s 23

  1. 2011-03

    Salas publishes first-person narrative specifying Oscar Flight and distinguishing it from Echo

    Corroborated Witness disclosure

    Public retrospective source; independently corroborated object causation absent

    SRC-118 · Source ↗

  2. 2012

    Dylan Borland reports triangular object near Langley

    Alleged Reported military incident

    Later firsthand allegation; independent contemporaneous evidence not public

    SRC-045 · Source ↗

  3. 2012 summer

    Langley: Borland reports close triangular object and phone interference

    Reported Reported encounter

    Firsthand account; no independently authenticated sensor data

    SRC-047 · Source ↗

  4. 2013–2014

    Seven Navy F/A-18E/F hazard reports off East Coast

    Documented Incident series

    FOIA-released official safety reports

    SRC-040 · Source ↗

  5. 2013-04-25 local / 2013-04-26 UTC

    Aguadilla CBP infrared recording near Rafael Hernández Airport; 9:20 p.m. local (approx.)

    Disputed Case incident

    Video documented; AARO finds no anomalous behavior (high confidence), likely two lanterns (moderate); civilian interpretation disputed

    SRC-103; SRC-165; SRC-166 · Source ↗

  6. 2014

    Ryan Graves describes recurring upgraded-radar detections

    Reported Witness report

    Firsthand sensor testimony; reports of colleagues distinguished

    SRC-041 · Source ↗

  7. 2014-11-11

    Chilean Navy helicopter crew recorded distant thermal target and apparent plumes; CEFAA initially classified it unidentified

    Disputed Military infrared aerial encounter

    Public footage; later aircraft/contrail interpretation contested

    SRC-167

  8. 2015-01

    GOFAST East Coast Navy video recorded (related context)

    Reported Video event

    AARO later found no anomalous speed

    SRC-042 · Source ↗

  9. 2015-01

    GOFAST Navy FLIR video

    Reported Case incident

    No anomalous performance per AARO

    SRC-104 · Source ↗

  10. 2015-09-01

    Pantex radar detection and protective-force visual tracking

    Documented Nuclear-facility security incident

    Official incident report; object unidentified, ordinary explanations remain viable

    SRC-132 · Source ↗

  11. 2015-01

    Gallaudet later testifies he received safety-of-flight email with GOFAST footage; email subsequently unavailable

    Unverified Navy communication / witness account

    Firsthand retrospective account; email and deletion mechanism not independently verified

    SRC-GAL-24 · Source ↗

  12. 2017-12

    Major public reporting on Navy UAP videos and AATIP

    Documented Public disclosure

    Documented media disclosure

    DoD and news records

  13. 2017-12-16

    New York Times publishes landmark Pentagon UAP program investigation

    Documented Investigative publication

    Documented publication; extraordinary claims require independent evidence

    SRC-NYT-2017 · Source ↗

  14. 2017-08-22 to 2017-09-11

    Elizondo and Neill Tipton (OUSD(I)) exchange emails on a portfolio and its proposed transfer to Tipton

    Reported Internal correspondence

    Released in DoD FOIA 21-F-0938; DoD cannot validate attachments; emails do not name AATIP

  15. 2018–2019

    Stratton reports Southern California surge; Bunker Hill and Cape St. George reportedly tracked 10–15 objects

    Reported Reported encounter series

    Retrospective account; ship identities and counts awaiting independent confirmation

    SRC-169

  16. 2018–2019 (date unverified)

    Stratton says team member collected CSG-9 data and electronically sent it to NSWC Dahlgren

    Claim unverified Reported investigation and data transfer

    Retrospective memoir; transfer records and data content not independently reviewed

    SRC-238

  17. 2019

    EA-18G Growler hazard report off Maryland

    Documented Incident

    Official FOIA-released hazard report

    SRC-040 · Source ↗

  18. 2019-07-15

    USS Omaha records round infrared target

    Claim unverified Incident

    Navy origin confirmed; transmedium unproven

    SRC-036 · Source ↗

  19. 2019-07-17

    USS Russell records triangular-looking lights

    Reported Incident

    Later assessed as UAS and optical bokeh

    SRC-038 · Source ↗

  20. 2019-07

    Multiple Navy ships document aerial-object encounters off Southern California

    Reported Military UAS/UAP reports

    Contemporaneous ship reports; later UAS assessment applies to some cases

    SRC-170

  21. 2018–2020 (date unverified)

    Stratton says he personally briefed Michael Griffin and Lisa Porter on CSG-9 incidents

    Reported Reported senior leadership briefing

    First-person retrospective account; no independent meeting documentation reviewed

    SRC-238

  22. 2019

    15-page Wilson–Davis notes circulate publicly

    Disputed Document circulation

    Circulation established; origin disputed

    SRC-V99-064 · Source ↗

  23. 2019-10-21

    Eric Davis reportedly briefs SASC staff on retrievals of unexplained objects; SSCI staff two days later

    Documented Congressional staff briefing (reported)

    Reported by NYT; briefing records not inspected; not committee endorsement

    SRC-V99-059 · Source ↗

2020s 75

  1. 2020-04

    DoD publicly releases three Navy UAP videos

    Documented Government release

    Video authenticity not proof of exotic origin

    DoD release

  2. 2020-05

    Eight Navy East Coast hazard reports made public

    Documented FOIA disclosure

    Official documents via FOIA

    SRC-040 · Source ↗

  3. 2020 (approximate; date not established)

    Stratton and Travis Taylor reportedly met Aaron Miles; Miles informed unnamed National Security Advisor; requested Stratton meeting reportedly postponed by COVID-19

    Documented Reported White House outreach

    Stratton memoir account; White House role verified separately; no evidence NSA meeting occurred

    SRC-173; SRC-172 · Source ↗

  4. 2020-09-29

    Navy email documents UAPTF director Jay Stratton working directly for DDNI Scott Bray

    Documented Official organizational correspondence

    Official contemporaneous correspondence

    SRC-237 · Source ↗

  5. 2020 or later; exact date unknown

    Stratton recalls Rubio calling UAP a high priority during Stratton’s first congressional briefing

    Unverified Reported congressional briefing

    Memoir account; date and direct quotation not independently verified

    SRC-240

  6. 2020-06-17

    SSCI published Senate Report 116-233 with Advanced Aerial Threats direction for DNI UAP assessment

    Documented Congressional directive

    Official committee report; no demonstrated causation from Stratton briefing

    SRC-174 · Source ↗

  7. 2020-06-24

    CBS News/AFP reported Senate intelligence committee UAP reporting directive

    Reported Mainstream media coverage

    Contemporaneous article; not independent evidence of Stratton briefing date

    SRC-175 · Source ↗

  8. Circa 2020 (unconfirmed)

    Stratton reports requested meeting with Treasury Secretary Mnuchin; discussion of potential disclosure impacts and possible Trump consideration

    Documented Reported executive-branch UAP briefing

    Stratton retrospective account; no independent meeting record; presidential deliberation inferred rather than firsthand Trump testimony

    Jay Stratton, Out of the Shadows (2026); user-provided account; exact page not independently checked

  9. 2020-08-14

    DoD publicly announces establishment of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF)

    Documented Organization established

    Official announcement; creation dated 2020-08-04

    U.S. Department of Defense, Establishment of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force · Source ↗

  10. 2020-08-19

    Stratton and his supervisor reportedly brief Defense Secretary Mark Esper; Esper reportedly requests follow-up meetings with National Security Advisor and Chairman of Joint Chiefs

    Claim unverified Reported high-level briefing

    Stratton memoir; exact meeting records and follow-up outcomes unverified

    Jay Stratton, Out of the Shadows

  11. 2020-06-03

    Elizondo sends Request for Department Action to Susan Gough contesting DoD statements on his AATIP duties

    Reported Records dispute

    Self-report; DoD statements quoted only by Elizondo

  12. 2020-07-23

    NYT publishes Davis statements about alleged 'off-world vehicles not made on this earth'

    Verify Media report

    Statement does not verify craft; Reid qualified his quoted view on 24 July

    SRC-V99-059 · Source ↗

  13. 2021-04/05

    Omaha and Russell footage publicized; Navy provenance confirmed

    Unverified Disclosure

    Identity and performance not established

    SRC-036; SRC-039 · Source ↗

  14. 2021-06

    ODNI Preliminary Assessment of UAP

    Unverified Government report

    144 reports examined; origins unresolved in many

    ODNI assessment · Source ↗

  15. 2021-07

    Galileo Project founded by Avi Loeb and Frank Laukien

    Documented Scientific research program

    Documented research initiative; no established extraterrestrial artifact

    SRC-062 · Source ↗

  16. 2021-06-25

    ODNI published Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

    Documented Government report

    Official public report responding to Senate directive

    SRC-176 · Source ↗

  17. 2021-03-19

    Former DNI John Ratcliffe discusses additional UAP reports and multi-sensor observations in television interview

    Claim unverified Public UAP statement

    Public statement confirmed by contemporaneous reporting; underlying reports not individually verified

    The Guardian (2021-03-22); DoD briefing card (2021-03-23) · Source ↗

  18. 2021-05-16

    CBS 60 Minutes broadcasts Fravor and Dietrich discussing 2004 Nimitz Tic Tac encounter

    Unverified National television witness interviews

    Firsthand pilot interviews; underwater source not established

    SRC-CBS-60M-2021 · Source ↗

  19. 2021-07

    Galileo Project founded; instrument-based investigation of UAP and interstellar objects

    Documented Scientific program

    Verified program formation; no verified extraterrestrial technology

    SRC-228 · Source ↗

  20. 2022-05-17

    House hearing discusses USS Russell triangular imagery

    Documented Official assessment

    Optical bokeh and drones offered as explanation

    SRC-039 · Source ↗

  21. 2022-02-15

    Caison Best and four colleagues reportedly observe unusual object near Cheyenne Mountain

    Reported Reported encounter

    Witness report; no independently verified sensor evidence

    SRC-050 · Source ↗

  22. 2022-02-15

    Five Army personnel reportedly see unusual object above Cheyenne Mountain

    Claim unverified Reported military sighting

    Witness accounts documented; cause not established

    SRC-050 · Source ↗

  23. 2022-10-21

    NASA names Joshua Semeter and Shelley Wright to independent UAP study team

    Reported NASA scientific study

    Study participation, not validation of extraordinary hypotheses

    SRC-071 · Source ↗

  24. 2022-05-17

    DDNI Scott Bray testified to House Intelligence committee regarding UAPTF and triangular night-vision footage

    Documented Congressional testimony

    Official transcript; interpretation of video differs from some UAP claims

    SRC-171 · Source ↗

  25. 2022-07-15 to 2022-07-20

    DoD directs and establishes AARO; Sean Kirkpatrick named inaugural director

    Documented Institutional change

    Creation documented; Stratton criticism of motive is attributed opinion

    DoD announcement · Source ↗

  26. 2022-12-23

    FY2023 NDAA directs AARO operational/security reporting to Deputy Secretary of Defense and Principal Deputy DNI

    Documented Statutory reporting change

    Enacted requirement; implementation must be independently checked

    SRC-196 · Source ↗

  27. 2022-05-17

    Wilson–Davis notes hosted on Congress.gov among the House Intelligence subcommittee UAP hearing documents

    Documented Congressional hearing record

    Inclusion is not authentication

    SRC-V99-063 · Source ↗

  28. 2023-07-26

    Ryan Graves testifies on East Coast pilot encounters

    Reported Congressional testimony

    Firsthand radar experiences; near miss relayed from others

    SRC-041 · Source ↗

  29. 2023-02

    Alexandro Wiggins reports USS Jackson UAP observation

    Reported Reported naval incident

    Later sworn account; raw imagery not publicly available

    SRC-045 · Source ↗

  30. 2023-07-26

    Graves, Grusch and Fravor testify before House committee

    Alleged Congressional hearing

    Firsthand pilot testimony alongside Grusch secondhand program allegations

    SRC-043 · Source ↗

  31. 2023-02-15

    USS Jackson: Wiggins reports luminous oblong objects in W-291 area

    Unverified Reported encounter

    Firsthand account; underlying sensor files not independently verified

    SRC-047 · Source ↗

  32. 2023-06-11

    NewsNation airs Coulthart interview with David Grusch

    Claim unverified Media interview

    Interview documented; underlying extraordinary claims unverified

    SRC-048 · Source ↗

  33. 2023-09-14

    NASA UAP Independent Study Team releases final report chaired by David Spergel, including David Grinspoon

    Reported Scientific review

    Methodological roadmap; not confirmation of extraordinary origins

    SRC-064 · Source ↗

  34. 2023-10-31

    DoD-facilitated press briefing with AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick

    Claim unverified AARO media engagement

    Documented event; alleged disinformation purpose unverified

    SRC-198 · Source ↗

  35. 2023-12-22

    Biden signs FY2024 NDAA establishing NARA UAP records collection; no transfer of AARO ownership

    Documented UAP records legislation

    Documented statute; separate from FY2023 AARO reporting change

    SRC-197 · Source ↗

  36. 2023-07-13

    Schumer–Rounds bipartisan Senate amendment SA 797 proposes independent UAP records review board, disclosure process, and conditional eminent domain

    Documented Proposed UAP legislation

    Primary proposal; not enacted

    SRC-201 · Source ↗

  37. 2023-12-13

    FY2024 NDAA conference retains UAP records collection but omits independent review board, controlled disclosure campaign and eminent domain

    Documented Legislative compromise

    Documented in joint explanatory statement and Senate remarks

    SRC-202; SRC-207 · Source ↗

  38. 2023-12-22

    Biden signs FY2024 NDAA; sections 1841–1843 establish NARA UAP records collection and disclosure review duties

    Documented Enacted UAP legislation

    Enacted law; distinct from December 2022 AARO reporting-chain change

    SRC-203 · Source ↗

  39. 2023-07-26

    House Oversight hears Grusch, Fravor, and Graves on UAP, alleged programs, and aviation safety

    Disputed Congressional hearing

    Hearing and statements documented; underlying extraordinary claims contested

    SRC-208; SRC-209 · Source ↗

  40. 2023-12

    UAPDA conference compromise removes proposed independent review board and eminent-domain provisions

    Disputed Legislative negotiation

    Legislative result confirmed; identities and motivations of specific negotiators contested

    Congressional Record Dec. 13 2023 · Source ↗

  41. 2023-06-01

    Ryan Graves launches Americans for Safe Aerospace to advance aviation safety and reduce UAP reporting stigma

    Reported Organization formation

    Public organizational history; precise date should be checked against original launch notice

    SRC-ASA-ORG · Source ↗

  42. 2023-07

    Schumer–Rounds UAP Disclosure Act proposed as FY2024 NDAA amendment

    Alleged Legislative proposal

    Proposed terminology and authorities do not establish alleged programs as fact

    SRC-230 · Source ↗

  43. 2023-12

    FY2024 NDAA enacted narrower UAP records collection and disclosure provisions

    Documented Legislation enacted

    Independent review board and eminent domain not enacted

    SRC-231 · Source ↗

  44. 2024

    AARO historical record review published

    Verify Government review

    Review did not verify extraterrestrial technology

    AARO historical report

  45. 2024-11-13

    Michael Gold and Michael Shellenberger testify

    Alleged Congressional hearing

    Policy/scientific recommendations and journalistic allegations differ in evidence type

    SRC-044 · Source ↗

  46. 2024-01-19

    Former AARO director Sean Kirkpatrick publishes Scientific American commentary

    Claim unverified Former director commentary

    Public article documented; attribution of DoD coordination or deception unverified

    SRC-199 · Source ↗

  47. 2024-05-08

    NARA issues UAP records identification, review, metadata and transfer guidance for RG 615

    Documented NARA implementation

    Official implementation guidance

    SRC-204 · Source ↗

  48. 2024-10-10

    NARA requests rolling transfers of publicly releasable UAP records before Sept 30 2025 deadline

    Reported NARA transfer memorandum

    Deadline is requirement, not verification of universal compliance

    SRC-206 · Source ↗

  49. 2024-11-13

    House Oversight joint subcommittee hears Elizondo, Gallaudet, Shellenberger, and Gold; Immaculate Constellation allegation enters record

    Claim unverified Congressional hearing

    Documented hearing; alleged program not independently established

    SRC-210; SRC-211 · Source ↗

  50. 2024-11-13

    Gallaudet testifies about Navy UAP reporting, AARO concerns and Mellon-reported 2017 satellite imagery

    Reported Congressional testimony

    Firsthand and secondhand claims separated; testimony does not prove object origin

    SRC-GAL-24 · Source ↗

  51. 2024-08

    Facebook comment attributed to Davis appears to acknowledge 'my interview notes'

    Unverified Attributed statement (reported)

    Original post not authenticated; known through screenshots

    SRC-V99-065 · Source ↗

  52. 2024-08-20

    Elizondo's Imminent claims Roswell was a non-human craft crash, citing a SCIF conversation with Hal Puthoff, and describes a seven-point secrecy playbook

    Unverified Attributed allegation (memoir)

    Attributed claims; unverified; contrast with USAF Mogul position

    SRC-233 · Source ↗

  53. 2025-02-06

    AARO publishes GOFAST analysis

    Reported Official analysis

    No anomalous speed found for that video

    SRC-042 · Source ↗

  54. 2025-09-09

    Nuccetelli, Wiggins, Borland and Spielberger testify

    Reported Congressional hearing

    Witness statements and oversight-policy testimony; claims require separate evaluation

    SRC-045 · Source ↗

  55. 2025-09-09

    Nuccetelli, Wiggins and Borland testify at House UAP hearing

    Documented Congressional testimony

    Official hearing record establishes testimony only

    SRC-045 · Source ↗

  56. 2025-01

    Coulthart interviews/reports on Jake Barber UAP retrieval allegations

    Claim unverified Media reporting

    Reporting documented; retrieval claim not independently established

    SRC-049 · Source ↗

  57. 2025-09-02

    NewsNation publishes Ross Coulthart interview with Caison Best

    Reported Public interview

    Interview confirms attribution, not anomalous origin

    SRC-051 · Source ↗

  58. 2025-11-21

    The Age of Disclosure released; Dan Farah directs and produces, featuring 34 participants

    Claim unverified Documentary release

    Film existence and release documented; extraordinary UAP assertions unverified

    Official film site; The Numbers · Source ↗

  59. 2025-06

    Wall Street Journal investigation cites AARO and Kirkpatrick in examination of UFO-related disinformation

    Claim unverified Media investigation

    Published after March documentary premiere and before November wider release; coordination allegation unverified

    SRC-WSJ-01 · Source ↗

  60. 2026-08-01

    Roy Teague describes investigation of 250+ UK police officer accounts

    Unverified Research publication

    Project described in local journalism; individual cases unverified

    SRC-052 · Source ↗

  61. 2026-10-21

    Mike Morgan discusses reported 2024 UK base incursions with Ross Coulthart

    Documented Investigative interview

    Secondary analysis; original FOI and incident records need review

    SRC-053 · Source ↗

  62. 2026 (release)

    Intelligence-community analysis considers sunlight backscattering possible

    Documented Official technical assessment

    Low-confidence natural explanation; observation time differs from witness report

    SRC-055 · Source ↗

  63. 2026-02-06

    Derakhshani credited with submitting lunar-image anomalies for published analysis

    Unverified Photographic analysis

    Original LROC frame identifiable; artificial origin not established

    SRC-057 · Source ↗

  64. 2026-05-12

    Coulthart interviews Derakhshani on alleged lunar photographic anomalies

    Reported Investigative interview

    Interpretive claims; no independently established artificial structures

    SRC-056 · Source ↗

  65. 2026-06-15

    Public announcement of UAP Science Advisory Council membership and mandate

    Documented Scientific advisory body

    Formation is documented; council conclusions and scientific results must be tracked separately

    SRC-088 · Source ↗

  66. 2026-06-17

    DefenseScoop reports ODNI-backed UAP Governance Board and associated scientific council chaired by Avi Loeb

    Reported Government science advisory

    Advisory organization, not evidence of extraordinary origins

    SRC-086 · Source ↗

  67. 2026-10-29

    Expanded source-by-source CASE-024 assessment and image-provenance caution

    Documented Registry review

    No authenticated photograph of craft above White House established

    SRC-125 · Source ↗

  68. 2026-11-07

    NARA RG 615 online collection lists records received from multiple federal agencies and continues rolling additions

    Documented NARA records status

    Snapshot of public collection, not proof all records released

    SRC-205 · Source ↗

  69. 2026-02-19

    President Trump publicly directs federal agencies to begin identifying and releasing files relating to extraterrestrial life, UAP, and UFOs.

    Claim unverified Presidential disclosure instruction

    Official public presidential instruction; not a numbered executive order; does not establish NHI existence.

    SRC-214 · Source ↗

  70. 2026-05-08

    Department of War PURSUE program releases its first tranche of reviewed UAP records.

    Claim unverified Federal UAP records release

    Official government release; unresolved cases do not establish nonhuman origin.

    SRC-215 · Source ↗

  71. 2026-05-22

    PURSUE second tranche of UAP records released.

    Documented Federal UAP records release

    Official release; individual files require independent case-level evaluation.

    SRC-215 · Source ↗

  72. 2026-06-12

    PURSUE third tranche of UAP records released.

    Documented Federal UAP records release

    Official release; not proof of NHI.

    SRC-216 · Source ↗

  73. 2026-05-08

    Hegseth, Gabbard, Patel, and Isaacman publicly endorse PURSUE initiative in Department of War release

    Documented Official interagency statements

    Officially attributed policy statements; do not classify as personal UAP/NHI sightings

    SRC-217 · Source ↗

  74. 2026-07-08

    Gallaudet publicly discusses ocean hiding-place hypothesis and possible transmedium UAP activity

    Unverified Public interview / USO hypothesis

    Attributed expert interpretation; concealment premise unverified

    SRC-GAL-26 · Source ↗

  75. 2026

    Gallaudet identifies 2015 attached footage as GOFAST; describes missing email and stigma

    Unverified Memoir retrospective account

    Direct memoir attribution; SAP-removal interpretation unverified

    SRC-GAL-MEMOIR-UAP · Source ↗

Undated 2

  1. 2014-12-13

    Stratton memoir (reader-reported)

    Verify CASE-012

    Reported event; independent corroboration pending

    Exact passage/page, ranks, flight logs and relation to other near misses unresolved

  2. Date unknown

    Edwards AFB test pilot and wingman reportedly circled stationary black cube; account later relayed to Stratton

    Unverified Reported military aerial encounter

    Unverified retrospective account; incident date unknown

    SRC-164