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Stable routes and reference tools
Reference index: A selective list of official reporting routes, identification tools, primary documents, and independent archives. It is a starting point, not an exhaustive directory or endorsement.
Public case materials (mix of resolved and unresolved), with notes and linked media. Case Resolution Reports add official case-by-case resolution summaries with methodological context and resolution verdicts.
For current or former U.S. Government employees, service members, or contractor personnel with direct knowledge of U.S. Government programs/activities related to UAP (not a public sighting channel).
Current flow: fillable PDF + email submission (no general public web form). Open/save the blank form locally and use Adobe Acrobat to avoid browsers failing to preserve form data.
Submit a reportEligibility requirementsUser guide (PDF)DD Form 3212 (PDF)Reporting Trends: official dashboard covering UAP reports Jan 1, 1996 – Jun 15, 2026. UAP Records: official document hub with primary-source entry points and information papers. The hub is updated separately from the annual reports.
Reporting TrendsUAP Records & Info PapersOfficial NASA page with primary materials and updates on NASA's UAP Independent Study (incl. Independent Study Team final report and public-meeting materials).
UAP Independent Study hubTarget: Collision risk & operational safety. Use AARO (above) for government program reporting; use these channels for flight safety events.
Very short reminder: inform ops supervisor/CIC; points to FAA Order JO 7210.3 for facility procedures.
ATC Handbook Order JO 7210.3EE document hub Order JO 7210.3EE (PDF)Search active U.S. NOTAMs (time-critical aviation notices); useful for checking restrictions, hazards, events, and airspace changes near a location or along a route.
Federal NOTAM System (FNS) NOTAM SearchOfficial map-based view of Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFRs); useful for quickly checking if an area had active flight restrictions at the time of a report.
Graphic Temporary Flight RestrictionsConfidential voluntary aviation-safety reporting system and public database. The system overview is the primary reference; report routes remain secondary and should not replace emergency or operational safety channels.
EASA guidance and entry points for reporting civil-aviation safety occurrences. It separates routes for organizations and individuals and links the legal framework and source-protection rules. The applicable reporting route depends on the occurrence, jurisdiction, and reporter's aviation role.
EU Occurrence ReportingCentralized reporting portal used by multiple national aviation authorities. Useful when you need an official occurrence reporting route for a country and want to start from the competent aviation authority path.
Current UK Civil Aviation Authority guidance for mandatory and voluntary occurrence reporting. Reports are routed through the ECCAIRS 2 portal; applicability depends on the occurrence and the reporter's aviation role.
CAA occurrence reporting guidanceInternational standards for aviation safety reporting; national authorities implement locally. ICAO is migrating some legacy pages, so this URL may intermittently return migration/404 responses.
iStars reporting portalSafety reportsCentro de Identificación Aeroespacial. The Argentine Air Force created CIAE in 2019 by restructuring the former CEFAE. It continues to analyze documented aerospace events and publish annual case-resolution reports.
Fuerza Aérea ArgentinaHistorical UAP records held by Brazil's National Archives. The current official holdings overview describes records made between 1952 and 2019 and transferred from the Brazilian Aeronautics Command. An older collection article describes 743 records then catalogued through 2016; those different dates reflect the source pages' stated coverage.
Completed review by the Office of the Chief Science Advisor on how public UAP reports are managed in Canada. The final report was published in June 2025; the project did not collect or investigate individual sightings.
Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System. The public database contains preliminary occurrence records supplied mainly through aviation-safety reporting and may include unusual-object or balloon descriptions. Records can be corrected and are not final investigative findings.
Transport CanadaOfficial DGAC unit supporting aviation safety by studying anomalous aerial phenomena in Chile's airspace of responsibility. Its reporting guidance asks for original, unmanipulated audiovisual files and says a detailed investigation is difficult without photographic or video records.
Status: Verified via Official Response (Expediente 2774).
CNES's official UAP unit. Collects, analyses and archives eyewitness accounts; informs the public.
Interdisciplinary university research center for extraterrestrial studies. Since July 2025, the German Federal Aviation Office supports a route from its site to the IFEX reporting form for pilots.
Comisión Receptora e Investigadora de Denuncias de Objetos Voladores No Identificados. Uruguayan government records document the Air Force commission through 2020. The historical FAU page is intermittently unavailable, and no current public reporting route was independently confirmed during the July 2026 review.
Workflow: Use the Identification Guide to rule out prosaic causes.
AARO's December 2024 information paper explains diffuse and specular reflections from low-Earth-orbit satellites and provides an approximate method for estimating a Starlink flare window from observation time, location, solar geometry, and viewing angle. Its principles can apply to similar constellations. Use it as a testable attribution method, not as a conclusion without matching observational data.
AARO satellite-flaring information paper (PDF) AARO UAP Records and information papersReceiver-network view of ADS-B and Mode S traffic that does not honor aircraft blocking requests. Useful for checking visible aircraft activity, including some military, police, and private flights. Absence is not proof that no aircraft was present: coverage, transponder use, Mode C traffic, and incorrect identifiers can leave gaps.
ADS-B ExchangeNon-profit research network collecting ADS-B and Mode S traffic data. Useful as a second-source cross-check and for historical context, but coverage varies and full historical access is primarily available to eligible research, government, and aviation organizations.
Public reports grouped into fireball events; useful for ruling in/out bright-meteor cases.
American Meteor SocietyInternational fireball reporting/program overview; complements AMS.
International Meteor OrganizationPublic release of fireball detections reported by U.S. Government sensors. Useful as a sensor-based complement to civilian meteor reports. The data are not real-time, do not include every event, and are published without independent CNEOS verification.
CNEOS fireball data and limitationsDistributed citizen-science camera network producing public meteor trajectories, orbits, and flux data. Useful for checking bright transient events against independently recorded meteor tracks; it is not a UAP reporting authority.
Global Meteor Network Data and method wikiDistribution point for public GP orbital elements used in satellite-pass calculations. Regular data originate from Space-Track observations; Supplemental GP elements are derived from owner/operator ephemerides for selected spacecraft. Element age, source, maneuvers, and prediction uncertainty still matter.
CelesTrak — NORAD GP Supplemental GPLocation-based visible-pass predictions for satellites and bright spacecraft. Useful as a quick reconstruction tool when time and coordinates are known. A missing match does not exclude untracked objects, stale orbital elements, maneuvers, or an incorrect observation time or direction.
Set location and view passes Prediction notesUseful to quickly rule in/out rocket-launch windows when a sky sighting could be a launch plume. Treat as a convenience layer: RocketLaunch.Live states that data is manually curated from many sources and should be verified against official provider pages.
RocketLaunch.Live about and disclaimer RocketLaunch.Live API notes on data accuracy SpaceX official launch page (provider cross-check)Near real-time GOES-East/West satellite imagery; useful for checking cloud cover, haze/smoke, and lighting conditions that can affect sky observations. NOAA labels this viewer informational, not operational, and notes that outages may not be resolved immediately.
GOES Satellite ImageryU.S. weather radar archive entry point (NEXRAD) for reconstructing storms and precipitation structure near the time/location of an observation.
NEXRAD Radar ArchiveArchive of hourly and synoptic surface observations from more than 20,000 stations. Wind, visibility, cloud, pressure, precipitation, and present-weather fields can help reconstruct conditions near a reported time and place. Station distance, missing fields, and observation intervals limit case-level conclusions.
NCEI Global Hourly data and access notesLive tracking and flight path predictions for radiosondes (weather balloons). Useful for checking whether a tracked radiosonde could match a high-altitude observation. Receiver coverage and untracked launches limit negative conclusions.
SondeHubNight-sky simulation for a selected time and location. Useful for testing whether bright planets, stars, or other catalogued objects match a reported direction and elevation. Results depend on correct time, location, horizon, and viewing direction.
Stellarium WebWorld Meteorological Organization reference for identifying and classifying clouds, photometeors, hydrometeors, lithometeors, and electrometeors. Useful for comparing an observation with known atmospheric forms; visual resemblance alone is not a case resolution.
International Cloud AtlasExifTool reads embedded metadata from many image, video, audio, and document formats. Content Credentials Verify checks for participating C2PA provenance records. Metadata can be removed or altered, and missing Content Credentials do not show that a file is false; both are technical clues, not authenticity verdicts.
ExifTool source and documentation Content Credentials Verify Method: synthetic media and authenticityIndependent UAP research organization publishing analyses and conference material. It is not a government body or an official aviation-safety channel.
Independent academic research program developing multimodal ground-based observatories for unusual aerial and interstellar objects. Its methods and publications provide research context; it is not an official case-resolution or reporting authority.
Civilian organization established in 1974 for investigating submitted reports. GEP is an associated IFEX partner, but it is not a government body or an official aviation reporting route.
Interdisciplinary scholarly association focused on academic UAP research. It is independent and does not serve as an official reporting or case-resolution body.
Publishes Limina: The Journal of UAP Studies, described by the organization as a double-blind peer-reviewed journal.
Method: How to read official reports (scope/definitions).
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) FOIA reading room collection containing correspondence and documents related to UAP and AARO activities.
Unclassified annual report covering UAP events from June 2, 2024 through May 30, 2025, plus reports from earlier periods that were not included previously. It documents intake, case disposition, reporting domains, safety and security observations, and AARO's stated evidentiary limits.
AARO FY2025 Consolidated Annual Report (PDF) AARO Congressional/Press Products indexUnclassified consolidated annual report to Congress (FY2024).
Summarizes U.S. Government UAP data collection and analysis for FY2024, including case statistics and interagency coordination. Provides context for oversight and transparency efforts.
ODNI report copy (PDF) Defense.gov mirror (PDF)Prior-year unclassified consolidated annual report.
Documents FY2023 UAP reporting and analysis under the same framework as later reports, showing year-to-year data continuity and methodology evolution.
AARO: Consolidated Annual Report on UAP FY2023 (PDF)Unclassified annual report (2022).
Follow-up to the 2021 preliminary assessment, summarizing expanded reporting, data integration, and interagency coordination under the annual reporting mandate.
ODNI: Annual Report on UAP 2022 (PDF)Foundational public assessment submitted to Congress on June 25, 2021. It defines the reviewed reporting set, describes data-quality constraints, and outlines categories considered by the UAP Task Force. The report records an official assessment, not proof of an extraordinary origin.
ODNI report page Preliminary Assessment (PDF)AARO unclassified historical record report (Volume 1).
Provides a structured historical overview of U.S. Government UAP-related programs and documentation, consolidating declassified material for public reference.
AARO: Historical Record Report Volume I (PDF)AARO-sponsored workshop synthesis and recommendations paper (August 5-6, 2025).
Focuses on UAP reporting systems, metadata standards, data integration, analytical methods, and infrastructure design. Useful as a methodological reference for how official and scientific stakeholders frame UAP data quality and reporting workflows.
AARO: 2025 UAP Workshop Paper (PDF)Official unclassified slide presentation summarizing AARO's mission, organization, technical focus areas, and UAP cases analysis framework.
Details the office's core responsibilities under the Department of Defense, including UAP reporting structures, technical sensor plans, and cases analysis framework.
AARO: Mission Brief 2025 (PDF)Final report of NASA's independent study team, outlining research recommendations and data transparency measures. Focuses on scientific methodology rather than case evaluation.
NASA: UAP Independent Study Team Final Report (PDF)Official collection of documents released in response to UAP-related FOIA requests concerning AARO since its establishment in July 2022. AARO states that the collection is updated periodically and is not an exhaustive index of UAP records across the U.S. Government.
AARO EFOIA Reading RoomCurated collection of declassified CIA documents. Note: National archives retain the historical term "UFO" for legacy collections.
CIA FOIA Reading RoomCurated entry points into declassified UK government UFO files released by The National Archives. Includes postwar Ministry of Defence case reports and correspondence (1950s–2009).
The National Archives — UFO Reports CollectionNARA hub covering historical UFO/UAP holdings and Record Group 615, the UAP Records Collection established under the FY2024 NDAA. NARA says agency transfers are added to RG 615 and published in the catalog on a rolling basis.
Privately run FOIA document archive (non-official); useful as an aggregator, still verify originals.
The Black VaultLong-running private database of historical and ongoing civilian reports. Useful for locating potentially related accounts and examining reporting patterns. Entries are witness submissions, not government records or independently verified case findings.
NUFORC Data BankPrivate platform combining historical source collections with direct user submissions and moderated public listings. Useful as a discovery layer for raw reports and possible matching observations. Provider moderation does not independently verify the underlying event or attribution.
Enigma Labs