UFO/UAP Event Archive

Significant UFO & UAP Events

A curated index of major UFO and UAP events, sightings, and disclosure milestones, cross-referenced with video testimonies and experiencer profiles from the archive.

845 events8 categories1939 – 2027
1969-01-01Unclassified

Project Blue Book Declassification

701 cases were officially labeled as unexplained.

1 video
1968-07-29Congressional

House Science and Astronautics Committee Symposium on UFOs

UFOs are probably extraterrestrial devices engaged in something that might very tentatively be termed surveillance.

1 video
1968Congressional

House Committee on Sciences and Astronautics Symposium on UFOs

The Congress should investigate the rash of reported sightings of unidentified flying objects.

1 video
1968-07-29Congressional

Symposium on UFOs

We recommend that Congress create an interdisciplinary mobile task force.

1 video
1967-06-07Congressional

U Thant's statement on UFOs

The UFO problem is probably the most important international problem with the present exception of the Vietnam War.

1 video
1967-01-01Congressional

Outer Space Treaty

Space is for everyone and has to be used to the benefit of all mankind.

1 video
1966-04-05Congressional

House Armed Services Committee Meeting

The limited Project Blue Book staff did not possess the technical competence to properly identify the phenomena.

1 video
1966-04-05Congressional

House Armed Services Committee Closed Session on UFOs

As I expected some persons have ridiculed my call for a congressional investigation into unidentified flying objects.

1 video
1966Congressional

Freedom of Information Act

It was a much more broad robust way for the public to access government information.

2 videos
1966-03-28Congressional

Congressional hearings on UFO phenomena

I strongly recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO phenomena.

2 videos
1966-04-06Mass Sighting

Westall UFO Encounter

Westall, Melbourne, Australia

Over 200 students and teachers at two schools in Westall witnessed a grey saucer-shaped object descend into a field, hover, and then rapidly ascend.

1 video200 witnesses
1966-03-01Congressional

Congressional Inquiry into UFOs

The Exeter case was brought up as an example of unexplained sightings.

1 video
1966-04-05Congressional

House Armed Services Committee Hearing

Bluebook had no radar cases that were unexplained.

1 video
1966-03-28Congressional

Gerald Ford's recommendation for a committee investigation

I strongly recommend that there be a committee investigation of the UFO phenomena.

1 video
1963-11-12Congressional

National Security Action Memorandum 271

I have initiated a program for the orderly declassification of all UFO intelligence files affecting national security.

1 video
1961-09-19Abduction

Hill Abduction

White Mountains, New Hampshire

Betty and Barney Hill reported being abducted by extraterrestrial beings while driving through rural New Hampshire. Their account, retrieved partly through hypnosis, became the first widely publicized alien abduction case.

1 video2 contactees
1959Congressional

Antarctic Treaty

The Antarctic Treaty prevents exploration of most of the continent, allegedly to protect the ecosystem.

1 video
1958-05-01Unclassified

Indictment of Harold J. Bernie

obtained money and property by fraudulently representing that his magnetic flux modulator was capable of producing energy from the atmosphere

1 video
1954-08-01Congressional

Atomic Energy Act of 1954

The 1954 Atomic Energy Act is also the basis of governance for the modern-day Department of Energy's special access programs or SAPs.

1 video
1953Unclassified

Executive Memorandum NSC 5510

This granted MJ-12 total autonomy and absolute secrecy.

1 video
1953-01-14Unclassified

Robertson Panel

A broad educational program should be put into place to strip the unidentified flying objects of the special status they have been given.

2 videos
1951Congressional

Invention Secrecy Act

The Invention Secrecy Act allows the US government to keep certain technologies and inventions secret.

1 video
1950Congressional

Project Second Story

Project Second Story sought to recommend UFO action to the Canadian government.

1 video
1950Congressional

Project Magnet

Canada began its first official investigation into UAP.

1 video
1947Congressional

National Security Act of 1947

The National Security Act of 1947 created the CIA without congressional oversight.

2 videos
1947Congressional

General Accounting Office investigation into Roswell crash

The General Accounting Office was to later inform Jack Anderson that they felt they were getting a runaround.

1 video
1947-09-15Congressional

National Security Act

The National Security Act created America's first peacetime civilian intelligence organization.

4 videos
September 24, 1947Unclassified

Executive Order 092447

Created a special committee to handle all aspects of extraterrestrial interaction.

1 video
1947-07-08Crash Retrieval

Roswell Incident

Roswell, New Mexico

An object crashed on a ranch near Roswell. The U.S. military initially reported recovery of a "flying disc" before retracting the statement. Decades later, witnesses came forward describing non-human debris and bodies.

23 videos
1939-07-08Congressional

Funding for Admiral Bird's Expedition

The government was prepared to take the position that any attempts by foreign powers to establish bases west of the 180th Meridian in the Antarctic would be considered an unfriendly act.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Proposed UAP Legislation

This legislation is a cracker.

2 videos
Date UnknownCongressional

Senate Intelligence Committee Hearing

Jake has given very very detailed four and a half hours of evidence to the Senate intelligence committee.

1 video
upcomingCongressional

Aviation Security Act

The timing concerning what's going on now and what they want in that bill to pass is disconcerting.

1 video
string (optional)Congressional

Testimony on UAP

I have fulfilled a promise to our friend David Grusch by getting myself into a skiff with Congress and I have provided top secret SEI testimony on the subject matter of UAP.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

House Oversight Committee Investigation

We're meeting with the task force people; we're going to be providing information.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Oversight Committee Investigation into UAPs

I'm on the committee that investigates these things.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Amnesty Bill for Whistleblowers

We've recommended and they've accepted that there be a period of amnesty.

1 video
Date UnknownUnclassified

Congressional briefing on drone sightings

Congress is receiving classified briefings about the drone sightings.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Cyber Defense and UAS Authority Hearing

We will get that to you, Senator.

1 video
Date UnknownUnclassified

Potential Executive Order to Absolve NDAs

If the president waves or absolves my obligation to those NDAs, I would reveal everything I know.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Discussion on UFO transparency

There are ongoing discussions about the need for transparency regarding UFO investigations.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Closed door meeting with Congress

It seemed like they recognized there is an issue. And they generally want to figure out what it is.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Meeting with Congress on UFOs

For the first time in history, the US Senators will agree for the record on UFOs affecting US military aircraft and operations.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Press Conference on Whistleblower Protection

We need to hear from our constituents.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Audiência sobre UAPs no Congresso

O Congresso americano abrindo o jogo, né? quer dizer, abrindo em parte.

1 video
Date UnknownUnclassified

Lei de Acesso à Informação

Precisamos validar a Lei de Acesso à Informação no Brasil.

1 video
Date UnknownCongressional

Discussion on UAP Transparency

If Congress and the public can do anything tangible on this whole matter of UAP transparency, this is an issue that's sitting right here in front of us.

1 video
recentCongressional

Senate Bill on UAP Technologies Compliance

They issue a directive to these corporations and individuals that they comply with allowing the legal government in the United States.

1 video