Record 220 · circa 1971

Summary of Unidentified Aerial Sightings Reported to Department of Air, Canberra, ACT, from 1960

Royal Australian Air Force / Department of Air · Australia

Ledger illustration of the record — not a scan of the original paper. — Night Ledger illustration of the file

ReportUnclassified

The report details a policy shift to streamline UFO investigations, with the Department of Air handling reports directly from units to avoid duplication. It includes summaries of individual sightings with dates, locations, descriptions, and evaluations. The majority were attributed to aircraft, meteors, balloons, satellites or astronomical phenomena. A small number could not be explained due to insufficient data, but none were found to represent a defence threat or extraordinary technology. The RAAF emphasized that resources should not be diverted for non-security-related identification, aligning with the view that most sightings have conventional explanations when fully investigated.

Public file: National Archives of Australia (via archival copy)

Related paper

ReportUnclassified

FY 2025 (public 2026)

AARO annual report, FY 2025

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office · United States

AARO’s FY 2025 report counted 319 new UAP reports and 1,870 holdings. Most of the new cases were resolved as mundane. It did not present recovered non-human material.

ReportUnclassified

June 2025

Management of Public Reporting of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in Canada: Report of the Sky Canada Project

Office of the Chief Science Advisor of Canada · Canada

The Sky Canada Project reviewed how UAP sighting reports from the public are managed in Canada, examined historical federal practices from the 1940s to 1990s (including NRC and DND roles), assessed current departmental processes, and compared approaches in other countries. It identifies challenges in data collection and analysis and proposes fourteen recommendations to improve transparency, scient

ReportUnclassified

2025

Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), Department of Defense · United States

This annual report to Congress details AARO's ongoing UAP investigations, case resolutions, historical review updates, and responses to claims of non-human biologics or crash retrieval programs during the reporting period.