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Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives: Research by Record Group or Collection

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has records in its custody across multiple record groups and collections related to unidentified flying object (UFO) and unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) investigations, sightings, and reporting. Record groups and collections are the highest level of archival description at NARA. Record group (RG) numbers are assigned by NARA to large organizations, such as federal departments or agencies. This page provides a list of record groups and collections with records related to UFOs and UAPs across all media types.

Click the link for each series or item to view descriptions of the records in the National Archives Catalog, as well as digital copies of our holdings, where available.

Record Groups with UFO and UAP-Related Records

Record Group 64: Records of the National Archives and Records Administration

Item from the series: Program Subject Files, October 1, 1985–September 30, 2002

Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Item from the series: Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection, 1964–1980

Record Group 181: Records of Navy Installations Command, Navy Regions, Naval Districts, and Shore Establishments

Item from the series: Central Subject Files, 1957–1959

Record Group 237: Records of the Federal Aviation Administration

Series: Information Releases Relating to Unidentified Flying Object, 1986 (FAA—Japan Airlines Flight 1628) (National Archives Identifier: 733667) 

Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Item from the series: Source Files on Project Gemini, 1961–1974
Items from the series: Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, Facilities and Personnel, 1960–1991
Item from the series: Sound Recordings Relating to Mission Activities, 1961–1993
Item from the series: Video Recordings Documenting the Administration of Daniel Goldin, 1985–2001

Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence Agency

Items from the series: Moving Images Relating to Intelligence and International Relations, 1947–1984

Record Group 330: Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Item from the series: Audio Recordings, 1945–1965
Item from the series: Motion Picture Films and Video Recordings on Five Decades of U.S. Military Activities Around the World, ca. 1950–ca. 2000

Record Group 341: Records of Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff)

Series: Records of Investigations of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) Relating to the Office of Special Investigations, 1948–1968 (National Archives Identifier: 45484701)

Series: Project Blue Book Administrative Files, 1947–1969 (National Archives Identifier: 595175)

Series: Copies of the Case Files of the 4602D Air Intelligence Service Squadron on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), 1954–1956 (National Archives Identifier: 23857158)

Series: Roswell Report Source Files, 1987–1996 (National Archives Identifier: 17618564)

Series: Air Intelligence Reports, 1948–1953 (National Archives Identifier: 23857122)

Series: Project Blue Book Artifacts, 1952–1969 (National Archives Identifier: 23857160)

Series: Sanitized Version of Project Blue Book Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947–1969 (National Archives Identifier: 597821)

Series: Case Files on Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs), 1953–1960 (National Archives Identifier: 23857159)

Series: Project “BLUE BOOK”, 1954–1966 (National Archives Identifier: 542184)

Series: Project Blue Book Motion Picture Films, 1950–1966 (National Archives Identifier: 61934)

Series: Sound Recordings Relating to Project Blue Book Unidentified Flying Object (UFO) Investigations, 1953–1967 (National Archives Identifier: 1142703)

Series: Moving Images Relating to "The Roswell Reports" Source Data Research Files, 1946–1996 (National Archives Identifier: 566658)

Series: Sound Recordings Relating to "The Roswell Reports", 1991–1996 (National Archives Identifier: 566843) 

Record Group 342: Records of United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Items from the series: Photographs of Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, ca. 1940–1981

Items from the series: Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force Activities, Facilities, and Personnel, Domestic and Foreign, 1954–1980

Item from the series: Publications Record Set, 1975–1975
Item from the series: Headquarters Publications Record Set, January 12, 1968–December 30, 1971
Item from the series: General Records, 1951–1965
Item from the series: Correspondence Records Related to Informational Newsletters, Division and Unit Newspapers, and Community and Media Relations, January 13, 1970–December 28
Items from the series: Decimal Files, 1948–1952
Items from the series: Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities, 1947–1984

Record Group 517: Records of the U.S. Agency for Global Media

Item from the series: Sound Recordings of Radio Programs, Speeches, and Special Events, 1984–2000
Item from the series: Video Tape Programs and Worldnet Broadcasts, 1999–2009

Record Group 615: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection

Collections with UFO and UAP-Related Records

Collection WWDC: WWDC Radio Documentaries

Item from the series: Radio Documentaries, 1973–1975

Collection PARA: Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection

Items from the series: Motion Picture Newsreel Films, October 1941–March 1957

Collection UN: MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Items from the series: Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library, 1929–1967

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