Case files
What the files actually say
Short write-ups of released UAP cases, taken from the government's own records. We say what was reported, by whom, and what the file concluded, and link to the original so you can read it yourself.
October 2023, over two days · Near a sensitive national security site, western United States
Orbs launching orbs
Federal agents reported orange orbs that launched groups of smaller red orbs, at least five times over two evenings.
Unresolved as of June 2026
September 8, 2021, at night · Gulf of Oman
The cold orbs
A gunship crew reported about 25 sightings of four-foot "cold orbs" on infrared during a live-fire training flight.
Unresolved
November 14, 2004 · Off San Diego, California
The Nimitz encounter
Navy pilots sent to check radar contacts found a smooth white object; a later flight caught one on infrared.
Unidentified, per the Department of Defense in 2020
January 2015 · Off the U.S. East Coast
Gimbal
An infrared clip of an object that appears to rotate, with the crew talking about "a whole fleet of them."
Unidentified, per the Department of Defense in 2020
January 2015 · Off the U.S. East Coast
GoFast
The camera hunts for and locks onto a small object over the ocean, and the crew shouts "Whoa! Got it!"
Unidentified, per the Department of Defense in 2020
August 26, 2022 (per the video's title) · Over water, U.S. Central Command area
Four in formation
Twenty seconds of infrared video showing four objects crossing the screen together.
Released without analysis
March 2022, around 7:20 p.m. · Northeastern United States
Red orb rotation
Two red lights near the horizon, one slowly circling the other, filmed on an iPhone.
Unresolved
February 2022 · Colorado Springs, Colorado
The bean over Colorado Springs
A motionless, silent, off-white "bean shaped" object covered in a polygon pattern.
Under AARO analysis
July 2, 1952 · Near Tremonton, Utah
The Tremonton film
A Navy photographer filmed 12 to 14 bright objects; the Air Force later leaned toward seabirds.
Never conclusively resolved; later Air Force view: likely seabirds
December 1972 · Between Earth and the Moon, and in lunar orbit
Apollo 17: like the Fourth of July
Bright tumbling particles, flashes and streaks reported by the last crew to walk on the Moon.
Crew suspected spacecraft debris for some sightings
November 1963 · Conde, Bahia, Brazil
The Bahia crash that wasn't
A widely reported crash with a body inside, which the U.S. consulate found was made up.
Found to be a fabrication by the U.S. consulate
March 22, 1950 · FBI Washington field office, about New Mexico
The Hottel memo
A one-page secondhand tip about three crashed saucers in New Mexico, and the FBI's most-viewed record.
Secondhand claim, never investigated
The 2026 releases
The Pentagon has published 478 records in 7 batches so far at war.gov/ufo.
| Batch | Date | Records | What was in it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 8, 2026 | 158 | The first release: 158 records from the Department of War, FBI, NASA, the CIA and others, including the Western US event briefing and the Apollo transcripts. |
| 2 | May 22, 2026 | 64 | Mostly video: 51 clips, many from a set of files eight members of Congress asked for in March 2026. |
| 3 | June 12, 2026 | 72 | FBI witness interviews and videos, and AARO's update on the Western US event. |
| 4 | July 10, 2026 | 40 | 19 videos, including infrared clips from the Indo-Pacific. |
| 5 | August 7, 2026 | 41 | The Gulf of Oman "cold orbs" report and video, a 1953 Navy film analysis, and the 1963 Brazil cables. |
| 6 | September 18, 2026 | 75 | Project Blue Book files, including the 1952 Tremonton film, and AAWSAP program papers. |
| 7 | October 23, 2026 | 28 | Air Force reports from the 1950s, Catalina Island sightings, and a 2026 AARO memo on a triangular object. |
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