This two-page memorandum for the record, dated 8 May 1967, was released through the CIA's electronic reading room. It documents a UFO briefing presented at 070…
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SF-2026-000770
Memorandum for Record: Flying Saucers (3 December 1952)
This CIA memorandum for record, dated 3 December 1952, recounts the author's meetings the previous morning with Dr. Julius A. Stratton (Executive Vice Presiden…
This CIA document, released via the CIA Reading Room, is an internal memorandum framed around three questions concerning UFOs, using the answers as sub-heading…
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…
This document is a heavily OCR-corrupted CIA correspondence letter, apparently dated May 1953, addressed to 'Dr. Luis W. Alvarez' at the University of Californ…
SF-2026-000240
DOW-UAP-D060 Mission Report — Arabian Gulf, August 2020
This standardized U.S. military Mission Report (MISREP), released by the Department of War as part of its UAP disclosure series and approved for release to AAR…
This two-page CIA internal memorandum, dated April 1958 and released via the CIA Reading Room, records discussions about answering letters concerning Unidentif…
This two-page CIA record, released via the CIA Reading Room, concerns photographs of an unidentified flying object captured by Ralph L. Mayher on 16mm movie fi…
This CIA memorandum for record, authored by F.C. Durant, recounts a 1430-hour telephone call to Dr. John A. Wheeler at Princeton, New Jersey. Durant thanked Wh…
SF-2026-000276
1948 DOW 101-172, UFO Report Incident Summaries
Includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements and oth…
The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying di…
SF-2026-000781
CIA Letter to Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner on Declassification of the Robertson Panel UFO Report
This CIA document is a letter to Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner regarding the report of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, convened in January…
SF-2026-000121
1966 Journal, Flying Saucers International
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The FBI's 62-HQ-83894 case file includes investigative records, eyewitness testimonies, and public reports concerning Unidentified Flying Objects and flying di…
This three-page CIA memorandum, dated 8 December 1953 and originating from the Office of Scientific Intelligence (O/SI), reports on a consultant's review of th…
This document is a clipping from the Arizona Republic newspaper reporting on remarks by Dr. James E. McDonald, senior physicist in the Institute of Atmospheric…
This CIA document is a letter addressed to Dr. Thornton Page, a member of the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects convened in January 1953…
This 46-page PDF, released by the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, reproduces a textual-collection folder (WHORM Subject File code OS, case files 157000–159…
