UNCLASSIFIED // PUBLIC RELEASERELEASE 03 · JUNE 12, 2026

PENTAGON UFO FILE · DOCUMENT · CIA-UAP-007

Current Status Of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Project.

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This December 1953 memorandum provides a status update on the Air Force's UFO project activities, including ongoing intelligence operations, equipment procurement for photographing UFOs, and Canada’s establishment of a "laboratory" for recording observable phenomena. A more redacted version of this memorandum has been available on CIA's public website.

Official file on war.gov Archived copy

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The description is the government’s own, from war.gov/UFO, released on June 12, 2026. The Pentagon calls these unresolved cases — publishing a file does not mean it shows anything anomalous.

Last updated October 13, 2026