UAP reports are a documented reality.
Military personnel, civilian pilots and sensors submit observations that cannot always be identified at first review. Governments now publish reports, imagery and resolution methods.
Report a sighting Independent public evidence hub Updated 25 Aug 2026
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The documented record is real. The extraordinary conclusion is not yet proven. Follow the documents, separate testimony from data, and keep the unanswered questions open.
01 / THE RECORD
AARO-published figures
Government-published; not independently verified · cut-off 30 May 20251,870Total reports in AARO holdings
319AARO reports received in period
114AARO says newly resolved
9AARO says merit more analysis
WHERE THE EVIDENCE STANDSSomething is being reported.
Something is being reported.
What it is remains case-specific.
Insufficient data is not a conclusion.
An unresolved case may be genuinely anomalous—or simply lack the sensor detail, metadata or corroboration needed to identify an ordinary cause.
Non-human technology remains an allegation.
Publicly inspectable evidence has not established extraterrestrial origin, recovered non-human craft or a successful reverse-engineering programme.
GOVERNMENT CLAIM
AARO states that all 370 cases it resolved during the period were attributed to prosaic objects or phenomena and that nine incoming reports merited further analysis. This site has not independently verified those figures or conclusions.
Read the report02 / EVIDENCE LEDGER
Keep the categories clear.
Disclosure becomes meaningful when documents, testimony, sensor data and conclusions are not treated as interchangeable.
01Documented
Governments formally record UAP.
The United States has a statutory office, reporting routes, annual reports and a public case archive. The UK recorded and investigated reports until 2009 and transferred its files to The National Archives.
02Publisher status
Some observations remain unresolved.
A case can remain open because the object is unusual, because the data are incomplete, or both. “Unresolved” describes an analytic status—not an origin.
03Publisher claim
Government publishers often assign ordinary causes.
Published resolutions commonly identify balloons, birds, aircraft, satellites, satellite flares, drones, sensor effects and other familiar sources. Each conclusion still depends on the disclosed data and method.
04Testimony
Witnesses have alleged hidden programmes.
Public hearings and interviews contain claims about retrieval and reverse-engineering programmes. Testimony matters, but it is not the same as independently inspectable physical evidence.
05Not established
Recovered non-human technology.
No publicly available evidence has yet met the standard needed to establish possession of a craft or material made by a non-human intelligence.
06Not established
Extraterrestrial origin.
NASA states that it has found no credible evidence that UAP are extraterrestrial. That does not close inquiry; it defines the current public evidence threshold.
THE STANDARD
Open-minded is not the same as uncritical.
Good inquiry can hold two ideas at once: witnesses deserve to be heard, and extraordinary claims deserve strong, independently testable evidence.
03 / PUBLIC RECORD
From stigma to oversight.
A concise timeline of the modern disclosure record—not a history of every sighting.
UK investigation ends
The UK Ministry of Defence ceased investigating UFO/UAP reports and later transferred its files to The National Archives.
US Navy videos officially released
The US Department of Defense formally released three Navy videos, making authenticated military material part of the public record.
ODNI preliminary assessment
A public intelligence assessment examined 144 reports and helped move the subject into a structured national-security and data-quality framework.
AARO established
The US Department of Defense created the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office to investigate anomalous detections across air, sea, space and transmedium domains.
Science and public testimony
NASA published its independent study roadmap. A US House hearing placed first-hand observations and programme allegations on the public record.
Archives, annual reporting and oversight
The US National Archives established a dedicated UAP records collection. AARO published its historical report and briefed the Senate in open session.
FY2025 report and new releases
AARO published its latest consolidated annual report on 20 July and continued adding declassified case imagery and reporting trends.
UK04 / UNITED KINGDOM
No current dedicated UAP investigation office.
The UK public record is mostly archival. In a parliamentary answer dated 16 December 2024, the MOD said it had stopped investigating UFO/UAP reports in 2009, had transferred its files to The National Archives and had no plans for a dedicated team.
2009MOD investigations ceased
OpenHistoric files available through The National Archives
GapNo dedicated civilian public-reporting body
Policy can change. This summary reflects the latest explicit public MOD position cited here; new official statements should supersede it.
05 / BETTER EVIDENCE
What makes a report useful?
A compelling story can start an investigation. It cannot replace the information needed to finish one.
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Exact context
Record date, precise time, location, viewing direction, duration and environmental conditions.
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Original media
Preserve the unedited file, metadata and device details. Avoid crops and re-uploads as the only copy.
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Independent witnesses
Collect accounts separately before witnesses compare impressions or see online explanations.
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Corroborating data
Check aircraft, satellites, astronomy, weather, balloons, drones and relevant sensor records.
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Chain of custody
Document who recorded, copied, edited, handled or analysed every important file or sample.
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Alternative hypotheses
Test ordinary explanations first and state uncertainty instead of forcing a binary verdict.
REPORT RESPONSIBLY
Check AARO eligibility Safety first. Evidence second. Publicity last.
For an immediate aviation or public-safety hazard, contact the relevant air-traffic or emergency authority. Never publish classified, export-controlled or personally sensitive material. AARO’s public submission route is currently limited to eligible current or former US government personnel with first-hand programme knowledge.
THE PLATFORM
Investigate. Participate. Corroborate.
The permanent project now extends beyond the landing page into dedicated evidence, policy and community workspaces.
06 / SOURCE DESK
Start with the publishing record.
These links show what governments, archives and scientific institutions have published. Publication does not make a conclusion independently verified.
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