Record 078 · October 10, 2024

AC 04.2025: Memorandum to Federal Agency Records Officers: Transfer of Publicly Releasable Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Records

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) · United States

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

MemoUnclassified

The memorandum instructs federal agencies with UAP records responsive to the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (sections 1841–1843) to transfer digital copies of all publicly releasable UAP records to NARA no later than September 30, 2025. It defines the scope to include records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, and non-human intelligence (or equivalent terms). Agencies must provide metadata, transfer both redacted and unredacted versions where applicable, and follow specific standards for withholding classified information. The resulting collection is designated Record Group 615 at NARA. This establishes the formal archival process for UAP-related government documents but does not itself contain substantive findings on crash retrievals, biologics, or NHI.

Public file: National Archives

Related paper

FOIA / archiveDeclassified

December 26, 2002 (affidavit); released 2026

Walter Haut Affidavit (included in 2026 Pentagon UAP document release)

U.S. Department of Defense · United States

Affidavit of former Roswell Army Air Field public information officer Walter Haut describing his alleged observations of recovered craft and bodies in 1947, included in a batch of declassified UAP files.

ReportDeclassified

October 2026 (Release 07)

FBI-UAP-D043, FD-302, Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report

Federal Bureau of Investigation / All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) · United States

This declassified FBI FD-302 form records a written statement from two special agents (with a third corroborating witness) describing observation of a matte-black triangular object near a sensitive national security site in the western United States in June 2026.

FOIA / archiveDeclassified

October 2026

PURSUE Release 07 Announcement and Associated Declassified Documents

Department of War (DoD) · United States

Seventh tranche of documents released under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE), including historical analyses, proposed program documents from AAWSAP/BAASS era discussing crash claims, and administrative records, with emphasis on unresolved cases and no confirmation of extraordinary origins.