// SOURCES

Sources & Image Credits

Every claim on this site links to a public source, and each of those sources has an archived copy on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, in case the original changes or disappears. Here are the main sources, and the credit for every image.

  1. U.S. National Archives — UAP Records archived
  2. All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) archived
  3. Department of War — UFO File Release (2026) archived
  4. ODNI Preliminary Assessment (2021, PDF) archived
  5. NASA — Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena archived
  6. The New York Times — ‘Glowing Auras and Black Money’ (2017) archived
  7. House Oversight Committee — UAP Hearing (July 2023) archived
  8. DefenseScoop — Trump UFO/UAP files directive (Feb 2026) archived
  9. DefenseScoop — AARO caseload passes 2,000 (Feb 2026) archived
  10. FOX 5 DC — Pentagon releases new UFO files (May 2026) archived
  11. DefenseScoop — Legal relief for UAP whistleblowers (Sept 2026) archived
  12. EarthSky — Sixth batch of Pentagon UAP files (Sept 2026) archived
  13. The Black Vault — AARO FY2025 annual report (2026) archived
  14. DefenseScoop — FY2026 NDAA UAP provisions (Dec 2025) archived
  15. The War Zone — Hellfire orb video from the Sept 2025 hearing archived
  16. U.S. Government Publishing Office — July 2023 hearing transcript archived
  17. Condon Report — Case 46, McMinnville photos archived
  18. CIA — “How To Investigate a Flying Saucer” (Tremonton film) archived
  19. Socorro County Historical Society — The Socorro UFO (PDF) archived
  20. ABC News (Australia) — Westall witnesses want answers (2026) archived
  21. CBC News — The Shag Harbour incident archived
  22. Skeptoid — Malmstrom missile shutdowns archived
  23. UPI — JAL pilot describes UFO (1986) archived
  24. VRT News — Belgian UFO picture was a forgery (2011) archived
  25. CBS News — UFO at O’Hare? Officials say weird weather (2007) archived
  26. DefenseScoop — UAP Science Advisory Council (June 2026) archived
  27. Rep. Burlison — House adopts UAP disclosure amendment (July 2026) archived
  28. Breaking Defense — House passes 2027 NDAA (July 2026) archived
  29. CBS News — Fifth Pentagon UFO file release (Aug 2026) archived
  30. DefenseScoop — Pentagon seeks private UFO records (Sept 2026) archived
  31. ClearanceJobs — Inside the sixth UAP release (Sept 2026) archived
  32. Space.com — NASA chief Jared Isaacman on UFOs (Sept 2026) archived
  33. AP via ABC7 — Trump directs release of UFO files (Feb 2026) archived
  34. AARO FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report (PDF) archived
  35. DVIDS — Official 2026 UAP release videos (AARO) archived
  36. The Black Vault — FOIA document archive archived

Image credits

  1. Cover of the Project Sign report on ‘Unidentified Aerial Objects’, Air Materiel Command, February 1949. — U.S. Air Force, Public domain (source)
  2. Title page of the CIA-convened Robertson Panel report, January 1953. — Central Intelligence Agency, Public domain (source)
  3. Rep. Gerald R. Ford of Michigan at his desk in 1963. — Marion S. Trikosko, U.S. News & World Report / Library of Congress, Public domain (source)
  4. Physicist Edward U. Condon, who directed the University of Colorado UFO study that preceded Blue Book’s closure. — National Institute of Standards and Technology, Public domain (source)
  5. A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet over the USS Theodore Roosevelt, October 2017. — U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Aaron B. Hicks, Public domain (source)
  6. Aerial view of the Pentagon. — DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway, Public domain (source)
  7. Cover of the ODNI’s ‘Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena’, June 25, 2021. — Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public domain (source)
  8. Scott Bray (left) and Ronald Moultrie testify at the House Intelligence subcommittee UAP hearing, May 17, 2022. — U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Public domain (source)
  9. Logo of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). — U.S. Department of Defense, AARO, Public domain (source)
  10. Cover of the ODNI’s 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, released January 12, 2023. — Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Public domain (source)
  11. Navy sailors recover the Chinese surveillance balloon off Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, February 5, 2023. — U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Tyler Thompson, Public domain (source)
  12. The west front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. — Architect of the Capitol, Public domain (source)
  13. Official 2025 portrait of President Donald J. Trump. — Daniel Torok, Public domain (source)
  14. Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb in 2023. — Christopher Michel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
  15. Official House portrait of Rep. Eric Burlison of Missouri. — U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain (source)
  16. A U.S. Air Force AC-130J Ghostrider gunship, the aircraft type in the 2021 Gulf of Oman report. — U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Jones, Public domain (source)
  17. Seal of the U.S. Department of War, adopted in September 2025. — United States Department of War, Public domain (source)
  18. Cover of Project Blue Book Status Report No. 8 (December 1952), from Capt. Edward Ruppelt’s time leading the project. — U.S. Air Force, Public domain (source)
  19. Official NASA portrait of Administrator Jared Isaacman, December 2025. — NASA / Bill Ingalls, Public domain (source)
  20. Still from the U.S. Navy ‘GoFast’ video, released by the Pentagon in 2020. — U.S. Navy, Public domain (source)
  21. Still from the official Greece, January 2024 UAP video in the Pentagon’s first 2026 release. — AARO / U.S. Department of War, Public domain (source)
  22. Still from the official UAE, June 2024 UAP video in the Pentagon’s 2026 releases. — AARO / U.S. Department of War, Public domain (source)
  23. USS Nimitz off Southern California on November 16, 2004 — two days after the ‘Tic Tac’ encounter. — U.S. Navy photo by PH3 Elizabeth Thompson, Public domain (source)
  24. Roswell Daily Record, July 8, 1947: “RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region.” — Roswell Daily Record, Public domain (source)
  25. Lt. Col. Charles Halt’s “Unexplained Lights” memo to the UK Ministry of Defence, January 13, 1981. — Lt. Col. Charles I. Halt, U.S. Air Force, Public domain (source)
  26. Phoenix at night from South Mountain. No free-to-use photo of the 1997 lights exists. — Alan Stark (cropped), CC BY-SA 2.0 (source)
  27. Still from the U.S. Navy ‘Gimbal’ infrared video, January 21, 2015. — U.S. Navy, Public domain (source)
  28. An Imperial Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom, the type sent to intercept the object, at Shiraz in 1977. — U.S. Air Force / National Archives, Public domain (source)
  29. An MQ-9 Reaper drone, the type that filmed and fired on the orb. Photo from 2007. — U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Brian Ferguson, Public domain (source)
  30. Paul Trent’s first photo of the object, McMinnville, Oregon, May 11, 1950. — Paul Trent, Public domain (source)
  31. Maj. Gen. John A. Samford, Air Force intelligence chief, gives a filmed statement on ‘flying saucers’, July 1952. — U.S. Department of Defense / National Archives, Public domain (source)
  32. Project Blue Book record card for Lonnie Zamora’s April 24, 1964 report — marked ‘UNIDENTIFIED’. — Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Public domain (source)
  33. The waters off Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, where the object was seen going down. Photo from 2017. — J5255, CC BY-SA 4.0 (source)
  34. A Minuteman launch control facility at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, in the 1960s. — U.S. Air Force, Public domain (source)
  35. A JAL Cargo Boeing 747, the same type as Flight 1628 (not the incident aircraft). Photo from 2004. — Kambui, CC BY 2.0 (source)
  36. A Belgian Air Force F-16, the type scrambled on March 30–31, 1990. Photo from 2007. — Jim van de Burgt, CC0 (source)
  37. United’s Concourse C at O’Hare, where witnesses reported the disc over Gate C17. Photo from 2009. — 李元顥, Public domain (source)
  38. Pilot Kenneth Arnold with his plane, July 1947. — Associated Press, Public domain (source)
  39. An original Project Blue Book report cover (1966) and its conclusions page. — Steve Jurvetson, CC BY 2.0 (source)
  40. Ryan Graves, David Grusch and David Fravor testify before Congress, July 26, 2023. — U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Public domain (source)
  41. Cmdr. David Fravor testifying, July 26, 2023 — U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability (cropped), Public domain (source)
  42. Ryan Graves testifying, July 26, 2023 — U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security (cropped), Public domain (source)
  43. David Grusch testifying, July 26, 2023 — U.S. House Subcommittee on National Security (cropped), Public domain (source)
  44. Luis Elizondo, 2021 — Max Moszkowicz (cropped), CC BY 3.0 (source)
  45. Christopher Mellon, 2021 — Max Moszkowicz (cropped), CC BY 3.0 (source)
  46. Harry Reid, official Senate portrait, 2009 — United States Congress (cropped), Public domain (source)
  47. Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet, official Navy portrait, 2014 — U.S. Navy (cropped), Public domain (source)
  48. Chuck Schumer, official Senate photo, 2017 — U.S. Senate Photographic Studio / Jeff McEvoy (cropped), Public domain (source)
  49. Mike Rounds, official Senate portrait, 2015 — United States Congress (cropped), Public domain (source)
  50. Anna Paulina Luna, official House portrait, 2022 — U.S. House of Representatives (cropped), Public domain (source)
  51. Sean Kirkpatrick at NASA’s UAP study meeting, May 31, 2023 — NASA / Joel Kowsky (cropped), Public domain (source)

Last updated October 13, 2026