2025 should have been a big year for UAP records, but fell short of expectations. The UAP record transfers established in the 2024 NDAA were due to the National Archives (NARA) by September 30, 2025. Records would have 30 days from receipt to be available in person and 180 days to be made available online. Even considering the government shut down, records should now be publicly available at their College Park, MD location. However, the National Archives has yet to provide an update on what additional records may be available in person.

At the beginning of 2025 I started to send out FOIAs requesting the lists of UAP records each agency identified for transfer to NARA.

20 agencies responded that my FOIAs didn’t return any results, 14 agencies have not responded to my FOIAs or emails, and only 4 agencies yielded any form of results.

So where do the UAP record transfers stand?

What was added to the National Archives?

The only agencies to have UAP records added to the National Archives’ online catalog this year were the FAA, NRC, NSA, ODNI, and OSD. 

The FAA’s records seem to be new, consisting of air traffic reports. While the other agencies mostly transferred records previously available to the public. 

And, while drafting this post, the NRC’s page has been updated with 6 new records. The new records mainly seem to be about UAP reporting and AARO. The NRC originally provided me with a list of 3 records, which were in the first batch uploaded to NARA. At that time, the remaining UAP records were in contention with NARA. These new records have redactions, which could have been a compromise to get them released. Since, they just popped up I haven’t had time for a thorough review. 

All of these records can be viewed in Record Group 615. 

A break down of the first batch of records for the FAA, NRC, ODNI, and OSD can be found in my post National Archives UAP Records Upload (01) and a breakdown of the second batch with NSA’s in NSA’s UAP Records and the Government Shutdown.

What remains to be added?

The only additional agencies confirmed to have UAP records to be added are the Air Force, NARA, and potentially FBI.

Air Force

The Air Force released a list of 30 records being transferred, but it is unclear when those were or will be transferred. See my post, Air Force’s UAP Records, for the list of records being transferred.

FBI

The FBI appears to have compiled a list of UAP records to transfer to NARA, but the list was withheld from FOIA release. It is unclear how many of the records identified will be for public release or will be withheld after transferring. 

The material you requested is currently in draft form which is exempt from disclosure pursuant to Title 5 U.S.C. § 552 (b)(1), and (b)(5). The information was also reviewed under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Title 5, U.S.C. § 552, and the material is exempt in its entirety pursuant to subsection (b)(7)(E). 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(1) exempts from disclosure records that are:

(A) specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy; and (B) are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive Order.

In applying these exemptions, the FBI determined the records responsive to your request are in draft form; that the documents are pre-decisional and deliberative. As such, release of the draft records could reasonably be expected to interfere with the interests protected by the deliberative process. These records are also law enforcement records, the release of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings or risk circumvention of the law, therefore, your request is being closed.

NARA

The National Archives themselves have UAP records that were previously in their possession that have still not been digitized or added to their UAP collection. I have reached out on multiple occasions and have not received any clear answers. Some examples:

• Not Digitized

  • Flying Discs - Hamilton Field

  • Flying Discs - Special Report

  • Flying Disc - Tsnad

  • Flying Disc - Progress Report

  • Flying Saucers

  • Project 3527: “Ghost” Rockets Over Scandinavia, 17 December 1946

  • Flying Saucers MSN46040

  • 90) Flying Objects, Panel of Scientific Consultants, Flying Saucers, 1953

  • RG 341 NC3-341-77-1 Project Blue Book Accretion

  • RG 341 NN3-341-79-1, NC3-341-78-2 Air Intelligence Information Reports (AIIRs) Dec. 1953-Jan 1961 (Project Blue Book)

  • RG 341 NN-375-209 Records Relating to Project Blue Book, 1948-1968

  • Washington DC Area, 7-3712-41

These are just some of the records I found with place holders online. It is unclear if additional UAP records exist at NARA that aren’t listed online.

What won’t be added?

NASA

NASA confirmed that they have UAP records, but won’t be transferring any due to them being owned by the DoD.

“Per the requirements in Section 1841-1842 of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act for handling records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), NASA does not have any records that meet the requirements to submit records to the National Archives. Any agency-related records associated with UAP, came from, and are owned by, the U.S. Department of Defense.” 

-NASA Office of Communications 

Records withheld from release

As outlined in the 2024 NDAA, agencies can transfer records to NARA that will be withheld from public release. The potential release of these records has been a point of contention between agencies and NARA, with the public left in the dark. I have reached out to NARA to see if any insight could be provided on the scale of records withheld, but have yet to receive any response.

What remains unclear?

Many of my FOIA for lists of UAP records identified for transfer to NARA remain unanswered. The CIA, NOAA, NTSB, and plenty of DoD agencies have yet to provide a response to my FOIAs. NOAA has followed up on multiple occasions to state that they are working on the request, but the other agencies are in limbo. Whether these agencies have records being transferred remains to be seen.

Under the radar

Something seemed to fly under the radar in UAP news. Did you miss the job posting from Booz Allen Hamilton for Counterintelligence and HUMINT Operations Officer, Senior? Requirements included “Experience conducting comprehensive records reviews of U.S. government agencies, including archived and classified materials, for information about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) activities” and “Ability to assess, plan, and execute site surveys of government facilities, archives, and locations linked to alleged historical UAP activity”. 

This was a short lived job posting that appeared to have been up for less than a week. Who the client is for the role is unclear, but this is a unique role that I had not seen pop up before.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/counterintelligence-and-humint-operations-officer-senior-at-booz-allen-hamilton-4316384294/

Counterintelligence and HUMINT Operations Officer, Senior

The Opportunity:

With all the information available today, it takes a skilled intelligence analyst to know how to find and interpret the best data to give their clients the right answers. With the critical decisions made in our government every day, we need a counterintelligence and HUMINT (CI/HUMINT) officer like you to do just that. As a CI/HUMINT officer, you use your specialized technical experience and attention to detail to develop reports, assessments, and intelligence products to give your client the actionable intelligence and context they need. If you have strong analytical skills and a problem-solving mindset, we have an opportunity to use those skills to support our warfighters, protect our national security, and inform our nation’s leaders.

As a CI/HUMINT officer on our team, you’ll conduct interviews of current and former government personnel and contractors and perform site surveys of classified or sensitive areas. Using your comprehensive understanding of various collection platforms, you’ll explore new data sources, develop effective queries, and combine information from disparate CI/HUMINT sources. You’ll validate information and develop tradecraft as you build assessments for senior policymakers. As the authority on your topic, your client will look to you for time-critical recommendations, often under pressure.

This is a chance to grow your expertise and broaden your skillset into areas like conducting extensive interviews and reporting for historical records reviews. You’ll share your expertise with other officers through leadership and mentoring. We focus on growing as a team to deliver the best support to our customers, so you’ll have resources to learn new skills and tools.

Work with us as we provide the right information at the right time to support the critical needs of our nation’s leaders and policymakers.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• Experience conducting comprehensive records reviews of U.S. government agencies, including archived and classified materials, for information about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) activities

• Experience liaising with the U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) and federal counterintelligence and security counterparts

• Experience interviewing, eliciting information, and assessing the reliability of witnesses, including in sensitive or classified contexts

• Knowledge of congressional mandates for special reviews, including those tied to historical reporting and sensitive government programs

• Ability to synthesize findings for incorporation in technical reports and congressional deliverables, and prepare detailed documentation, summaries, and input for congressionally mandated reports such as the Historical Record Report

• Ability to identify, locate, and interview government personnel, contractors, and service members who may serve as witnesses or provide authorized historical reporting, including verbal history interviews

• Ability to assess, plan, and execute site surveys of government facilities, archives, and locations linked to alleged historical UAP activity

• Ability to support the secure collection and handling of sensitive and potentially classified information as required by the Department of Defense (DoD) and Congressional oversight

• TS/SCI clearance

• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• 15+ years of experience conducting CI/HUMINT activities

• Knowledge of working with or supporting DoD or UAP-related congressional investigations

• Knowledge of open-source research, electronic record systems, and verbal history methodologies

• Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Master’s degree

• Qualified Controlled Program Access Certification

Made a post two years ago on Reddit about a battle that happened a really long time ago in Germany in 1561 (Nuremburg Phenomnenon) in the sky. Which got me glued to formerly* Twitter looking for videos of UAP fighting each other or having at least some sort of engagement. Heres a small collection of these clips:

https://twitter.com/528vibes/status/1571999978708471810

https://twitter.com/528vibes/status/1573031011792846850

Watch very closely at 11-12 seconds, may need to pause whatever zooms around where the light was.

https://twitter.com/zorczort/status/1570372719379611648

https://old.reddit.com/r/aliens/comments/ysahx7/a_light_orb_stopped_a_shadow_figure_from_coming/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=915LfWTrha8

A year or so back I was walking to work around 5am and I saw a sizable H shape silently fall across the sky at a pretty rapid speed. Maybe 5-10x the speed of a satellite. Far quicker than anything I've ever seen cross the sky of human origin. It's hard to articulate the size, but I guess if you held a mandarin orange out toward the sky at arm's length, it would have just covered the size of this thing to the naked eye.

To better describe it, it looked like dim white stars forming a perfect H-shaped constellation. At least 7 points (one connecting the two rows on either side). It made no noise, had no other lights, and soared overhead at the speed I would imagine an F5 might fly overhead. It was going.

My initial thought was maybe the ISS, despite it not being remotely that close to earth to form that shape. I checked the live map and it was on the other side of the world. I checked the ~~Space-X~~ StarLink live map and there were barely any over Canada at the time, and what were there were sparse and formed no shapes.

I've never seen anything like it since, but I'm always watching on those early morning walks.

I realize this is, by definition, a UAP, but I'm wondering if anyone else has ever seen one that matched this description? It's not my only UAP experience, but it's by far the most unique I've witnessed.

Hank echos the conclusion I’ve come to in the past year or two.

It seems you do need an account and most files are in Portuguese.

The National Archives uploaded their first batch of transferred UAP records on 04/24/25. Records from the FAA, NRC, ODNI, and OSD are the only agencies included so far. This release mirrors the responses I have received so far from my contacts and FOIA requests to federal agencies. Of agencies to complete my FOIA requests for lists of UAP records identified for transfer to NARA, only the FAA and NRC yielded any results. The records uploaded to NARA’s site for ODNI have previously been released and most of the OSD’s records have been previously been released.

Records are being sent to NARA on a rolling basis and there could potentially be more to come for these and other agencies. Though, this release highlights the issue of lack of visibility on the progress and communication between agencies and NARA. Are there additional records that NARA has received that are publicly available, but not uploaded? Are there agencies that have confirmed to NARA that they do not have records to transfer? How many agencies have identified records that will be withheld from release?

I have been seeking to have the metadata spreadsheets of records identified by each agency be made publicly available so that the progress of transfers can be tracked. However, NARA has often dodged this request. At this time, the public just has to wait and hope that work is being down to insure records are being transferred.

Let’s take a look at what we have with this first batch…

Federal Aviation Administration

In the spreadsheet released in response to my FOIA there were 651 records that the FAA had identified for transfer, but only 575 uploaded to NARA’s site. 13 of these records were marked as “Confidential” and to be “Withheld in Full” with the exemption “Full Denial-- (SORN 845, 847, Privacy Act; K2 Exemption, FOIA Ex.3, Ex.6”. These are from the FAA Hotline & Whistleblower Information System (FHWIS), so naturally there could be identifying information that may need to be redacted. However, instead of releasing redacted documents, the FAA seems to be opting to fully withhold these records.

This leaves 62 records that are “Unclassified”, but not uploaded to NARA’s site. There also doesn’t seem to be placeholder pages identifying that NARA has possession of the records, but that they are not currently available online. All records being transferred as part of this record transfer are to be digitized before being sent to NARA, so if NARA has them then they could have been uploaded with the rest. This suggests that these records were not transferred with the rest or they’re a part of contention between the FAA and NARA, as we’ll see with the NRC.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The NRC released 3 records which match the 3 records listed in the spreadsheet released in response to my FOIA. These have also been previously available on NRC’s ADAMs database.

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2423/ML24234A061.pdf

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2424/ML24241A137.pdf

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2424/ML24241A242.pdf

Though, more importantly, there is a second list that is being withheld. As noted in the response to my FOIA:

"The first list is enclosed; the second list is withheld at this time, as it remains the subject of deliberations between NRC and NARA records staff."

This was to be expected, as the NDAA left open room for records to be transferred to NARA, but withheld from public release. However, no information is being shared on the type of records or even how many are being withheld.

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

NARA has uploaded 4 ODNI records, all of which have been previously released.

• Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

• Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena October 2023

• Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

• 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

Office of the Secretary of Defense

NARA has uploaded 30 OSD records, of which 5 are potentially new to the public and 25 have previously been released. It’s also possible that some are too new to have been added online or they could have been a part of previous FOIA releases. I’ll provide updates if I come across any reference to these online.

Potentially New Releases

• Mission Brief AARO - DGI Conference

• AARO Trifold 2024

• 2023 The U.S. Defense Department and its UAP Mission

• 2025 AARO Trifold

• DGI Presentation 2025

Previously Released

• Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena previously released on ODNI’s website.

• Physical Constraints on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena available since 2023.

• AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1 previously released on AARO’s website.

• SAPCO CAPCO MFR previously released on AARO’s website.

• FY24-CONSOLIDATED-ANNUAL-REPORT-ON-UAP-508 previously released on ODNI’s website.

• Go Fast Case Resolution Card with Appendix recently released on AARO’s website.

• SASC Open Hearing Case 19Nov2024 previously released on AARO’s website.

• Puerto Rico Case Resolution Card recently released on AARO’s website.

• AARO Presentation for NASA Study Public Meeting 5.31.23 shown in a public meeting in 2023.

• ORNL - Analysis of a Metallic Specimen previously released on AARO’s website.

• Supplement to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Analysis of a Metallic Specimen previously released on AARO’s website.

• Timothy Phillips Biography previously released on AARO’s website.

• Effect of Forced Perspective and Parallax View on UAP Observations previously released on AARO’s website.

• Case Resolution of 'Atmospheric Wakes' previously released on AARO’s website.

• Pensacola Case Resolution (Eglin) previously released on AARO’s website.

• Case Resolution of 'Southeast Asia Triangles' previously released on AARO’s website.

• Case Resolution of 'Western United States' previously released on AARO’s website.

• Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Briefing 2023 previously released on Senate’s website.

• UAP Mission & Civil Aviation had a different version previously released on AARO’s website.

• Trends as of 20Nov23 previously released on AARO’s website.

• Public UAP Sightings and The Environment: An Analysis for Sky View Potential a previously released scientific report.

• AARO Satellite Flaring Paper recently released on AARO’s website.

• Open Hearing Briefing previously released on AARO’s website.

• 2023 The U.S. Defense Department and its UAP Mission Slides previously released on AARO’s website.

• Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Briefing Slides 2023 previously released on AARO’s website.

Disclaimer: This Substack is and always be free. All of my FOIAs are submitted as an individual with no financial gain from their results. The results are solely intended to publicly document the status and compliance with the UAP record transfers mandated in the 2024 NDAA.

The National Archives (NARA) has released their initial batch of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) records transferred as a result of the 2024 NDAA. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) now have UAP records publicly available on the National Archives website. However, these are not complete records for these agencies, nor are all federal agencies accounted for.

I have been reaching out to federal agencies for some time now and have submitted FOIA requests at the request of these agencies. Of the agencies I have contacted, only two have provided results to my FOIAs. The FAA provided a list of 651 records being transferred, of which 575 seem to be uploaded. And, the NRC provided 3 records, but noted that another list is “withheld at this time, as it remains the subject of deliberations between NRC and NARA records staff.”

The records released by ODNI and OSD appear to be records previously released by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). It was confirmed to me by the Air Force/Space Force that all Department of Defense (DoD) UAP records will be transferred to AARO, who will then transfer to NARA. This creates a bottleneck for the defense records at AARO where additional records could be withheld or delayed.

I have a list on Substack of agencies I have contacted and the responses received so far. Naturally, this update came while I’m on vacation, so I’ll dig into this more once I return.

Huge posts with tons of information and references

• UAP Timeline from 1947 to 2023
• UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 1: Distant Past up to and including 1949
• UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 2: 1950 up to and including 1959
• UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 3: 1960 up to and including 1969
• UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 4: 1970 up to and including 1979
• UFO/UAP Event Chronology, Part 5: 1980 to 2023

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NewsNation has obtained exclusive footage showing the retrieval of an egg-shaped object, recorded during a UAP retrieval operation. The egg resembles UAP (unidentified aerial phenomena) U.S. Navy fighters reported seeing off the east coast of the U.S. in 2015.

cross-posted from: https://tucson.social/post/1320798

Hi Folks!

With all the recent hysteria around drones/orbs right now. I wanted to offer a clear guide on how to get the best results when attempting to photo or video something you see.

If someone thinks they see a UFO - please know that quality is paramount right now. You should treat it like such. This isn't something folks can just whip out a phone and try and capture without contributing to the already-bad data. Given how long this mystery has persisted, I've been really surprised at how low effort most evidence is. Is this not important? Don't we want to get to the bottom of things? Well then, read on, here's how:

0. ALWAYS- Validate what you are seeing with public data. Use AR Astronomy apps to rule out bright stars and planets. Use AR Flight Radar apps to rule out commercial planes. Also ensure you aren't looking at a lens flair by comparing against other light patterns in the image.
1. ALWAYS- Use a tripod or stabilization of some sort and film from a stationary area. Even a mini tripod is better than nothing. Oh, and pull over if you're driving or ask to pull over if you are a passenger. This is important enough to pull over for right?
2. ALWAYS- Lock your focus to infinity. You might need a 3rd party app to do it. Anything further than a few hundred feet doesn't need a focus wheel - just go straight to "infinity" or as far out focus as you can and lock it.
3. TRY - To get as much data as possible. Is the orb still there? Do you have battery? Don't stop recording! 6 second snippets are a trend worth fighting against.
4. TRY - Astrophotography mode if your phone supports it. It stacks thousands of exposures and tries to increase detail. Stop the capture if the subject moves to avoid streaks.
5. TRY - Lucky imaging if you don't have an Astro mode on your phone. This means locking your shutter speed to 1 second, with a moderate-high ISO (about 3/4 of the way to max ISO) and taking images continuously. This can later be stacked in a photo editor or astronomy stacker where you can fine tune the image and get insane amounts of detail.
6. TRY - To use a telescopic lens OR mount your camera to a telescope of some type. Many of the videos suggest that these anomalies are often stationary for long enough to be viewable in astronomy telescopes.

If you follow these tips, you'll get better photos than 90% of what's being shared recently. Even if you're using a smartphone.

Anyone else have good tips?

According to Kosloski, “There are interesting [UFO] cases that I, with my physics and engineering background and time in the [intelligence community], I do not understand. And I don’t know anybody else who understands them either.”

We’re going to need the help of academia and the public to address some of these.

• Jon Kosloski, director of AARO

Let's assume for this discussion that some few NHI craft have been recovered and studied to the point where some technology can re gleaned if not reverse engineered. We also assume that humans have been working to get technology from these craft for decades.

People can be smart when correctly applied and organized so it's possible that Alien Reproduction Vehicles have been designed and created for decades by humans, and that many or most UAP sightings are of the ARVs and not from NHI.

We've heard allegations that the actual NHI craft have an unknown power source, that they can perform thousands of Gs, stay up in the air for prolonged times, and move without a thermal signature.

Imagine that we had solid proof that this would work a long time ago, we might have spent a lot of time perfecting it in secret so that companies or countries might have this technology and we are just beginning to see the first use of it prior to potential large scale war.

new technologies often emerge in war time, things like planes, metal hulled ships, tanks, even the popularity of bananas in the US, and much more have arisen during war time, and this may be like 1914 with airplanes for what we are going to see in out future with the proliferation of technology such as this.

Now here are some of the potential things we can do with this technology, if we had it according to a 2009 DIRD:

"If an ultra-high-intensity HFGW flux impinges on a nucleus 1 it is possible that it could initiate nuclear fusion at a remote location"

"HFGWs could theoretically be used for propulsion and control of the motion of objects... and remote control of clouds of .. vapors. Gravitational field changes by one or more HFGW generators could urge a spacecraft in a given direction, causing a lower static gravitational field in front of a vehicle (it "falls" forward) and a higher one behind (providing a "push"). The concept is that the mass essentially "rolls" down a "hill"... 1975,"

"A novel means of imaging or HFGW surveillance ... for observing activities and materials in three dimensions, within and below structures and within the Earth and its oceans. Gravitational waves, including HFGWs, pass through most material with little or no attenuation; but although they are not absorbed, their polarization .. phase velocity .. refraction or bending of gravitational rays), backscatter, and/or other characteristics can be modified by a material object's texture and internal structure"

", but one can certainly speculate that the human need for connectedness and communication knows no bounds. " they mean this about like phones but I want to leave it last for what communicate can give us.