2025 should have been a big year for UAP records, but fell short of expectations. The UAP record transfers established in the 2024 NDAA were due to the National Archives (NARA) by September 30, 2025. Records would have 30 days from receipt to be available in person and 180 days to be made available online. Even considering the government shut down, records should now be publicly available at their College Park, MD location. However, the National Archives has yet to provide an update on what additional records may be available in person.

At the beginning of 2025 I started to send out FOIAs requesting the lists of UAP records each agency identified for transfer to NARA.

20 agencies responded that my FOIAs didn’t return any results, 14 agencies have not responded to my FOIAs or emails, and only 4 agencies yielded any form of results.

So where do the UAP record transfers stand?

What was added to the National Archives?

The only agencies to have UAP records added to the National Archives’ online catalog this year were the FAA, NRC, NSA, ODNI, and OSD. 

The FAA’s records seem to be new, consisting of air traffic reports. While the other agencies mostly transferred records previously available to the public. 

And, while drafting this post, the NRC’s page has been updated with 6 new records. The new records mainly seem to be about UAP reporting and AARO. The NRC originally provided me with a list of 3 records, which were in the first batch uploaded to NARA. At that time, the remaining UAP records were in contention with NARA. These new records have redactions, which could have been a compromise to get them released. Since, they just popped up I haven’t had time for a thorough review. 

All of these records can be viewed in Record Group 615. 

A break down of the first batch of records for the FAA, NRC, ODNI, and OSD can be found in my post National Archives UAP Records Upload (01) and a breakdown of the second batch with NSA’s in NSA’s UAP Records and the Government Shutdown.

What remains to be added?

The only additional agencies confirmed to have UAP records to be added are the Air Force, NARA, and potentially FBI.

Air Force

The Air Force released a list of 30 records being transferred, but it is unclear when those were or will be transferred. See my post, Air Force’s UAP Records, for the list of records being transferred.

FBI

The FBI appears to have compiled a list of UAP records to transfer to NARA, but the list was withheld from FOIA release. It is unclear how many of the records identified will be for public release or will be withheld after transferring. 

The material you requested is currently in draft form which is exempt from disclosure pursuant to Title 5 U.S.C. § 552 (b)(1), and (b)(5). The information was also reviewed under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), Title 5, U.S.C. § 552, and the material is exempt in its entirety pursuant to subsection (b)(7)(E). 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(1) exempts from disclosure records that are:

(A) specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive Order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy; and (B) are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive Order.

In applying these exemptions, the FBI determined the records responsive to your request are in draft form; that the documents are pre-decisional and deliberative. As such, release of the draft records could reasonably be expected to interfere with the interests protected by the deliberative process. These records are also law enforcement records, the release of which could reasonably be expected to interfere with enforcement proceedings or risk circumvention of the law, therefore, your request is being closed.

NARA

The National Archives themselves have UAP records that were previously in their possession that have still not been digitized or added to their UAP collection. I have reached out on multiple occasions and have not received any clear answers. Some examples:

• Not Digitized

  • Flying Discs - Hamilton Field

  • Flying Discs - Special Report

  • Flying Disc - Tsnad

  • Flying Disc - Progress Report

  • Flying Saucers

  • Project 3527: “Ghost” Rockets Over Scandinavia, 17 December 1946

  • Flying Saucers MSN46040

  • 90) Flying Objects, Panel of Scientific Consultants, Flying Saucers, 1953

  • RG 341 NC3-341-77-1 Project Blue Book Accretion

  • RG 341 NN3-341-79-1, NC3-341-78-2 Air Intelligence Information Reports (AIIRs) Dec. 1953-Jan 1961 (Project Blue Book)

  • RG 341 NN-375-209 Records Relating to Project Blue Book, 1948-1968

  • Washington DC Area, 7-3712-41

These are just some of the records I found with place holders online. It is unclear if additional UAP records exist at NARA that aren’t listed online.

What won’t be added?

NASA

NASA confirmed that they have UAP records, but won’t be transferring any due to them being owned by the DoD.

“Per the requirements in Section 1841-1842 of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act for handling records related to unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), NASA does not have any records that meet the requirements to submit records to the National Archives. Any agency-related records associated with UAP, came from, and are owned by, the U.S. Department of Defense.” 

-NASA Office of Communications 

Records withheld from release

As outlined in the 2024 NDAA, agencies can transfer records to NARA that will be withheld from public release. The potential release of these records has been a point of contention between agencies and NARA, with the public left in the dark. I have reached out to NARA to see if any insight could be provided on the scale of records withheld, but have yet to receive any response.

What remains unclear?

Many of my FOIA for lists of UAP records identified for transfer to NARA remain unanswered. The CIA, NOAA, NTSB, and plenty of DoD agencies have yet to provide a response to my FOIAs. NOAA has followed up on multiple occasions to state that they are working on the request, but the other agencies are in limbo. Whether these agencies have records being transferred remains to be seen.

Under the radar

Something seemed to fly under the radar in UAP news. Did you miss the job posting from Booz Allen Hamilton for Counterintelligence and HUMINT Operations Officer, Senior? Requirements included “Experience conducting comprehensive records reviews of U.S. government agencies, including archived and classified materials, for information about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) activities” and “Ability to assess, plan, and execute site surveys of government facilities, archives, and locations linked to alleged historical UAP activity”. 

This was a short lived job posting that appeared to have been up for less than a week. Who the client is for the role is unclear, but this is a unique role that I had not seen pop up before.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/counterintelligence-and-humint-operations-officer-senior-at-booz-allen-hamilton-4316384294/

Counterintelligence and HUMINT Operations Officer, Senior

The Opportunity:

With all the information available today, it takes a skilled intelligence analyst to know how to find and interpret the best data to give their clients the right answers. With the critical decisions made in our government every day, we need a counterintelligence and HUMINT (CI/HUMINT) officer like you to do just that. As a CI/HUMINT officer, you use your specialized technical experience and attention to detail to develop reports, assessments, and intelligence products to give your client the actionable intelligence and context they need. If you have strong analytical skills and a problem-solving mindset, we have an opportunity to use those skills to support our warfighters, protect our national security, and inform our nation’s leaders.

As a CI/HUMINT officer on our team, you’ll conduct interviews of current and former government personnel and contractors and perform site surveys of classified or sensitive areas. Using your comprehensive understanding of various collection platforms, you’ll explore new data sources, develop effective queries, and combine information from disparate CI/HUMINT sources. You’ll validate information and develop tradecraft as you build assessments for senior policymakers. As the authority on your topic, your client will look to you for time-critical recommendations, often under pressure.

This is a chance to grow your expertise and broaden your skillset into areas like conducting extensive interviews and reporting for historical records reviews. You’ll share your expertise with other officers through leadership and mentoring. We focus on growing as a team to deliver the best support to our customers, so you’ll have resources to learn new skills and tools.

Work with us as we provide the right information at the right time to support the critical needs of our nation’s leaders and policymakers.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• Experience conducting comprehensive records reviews of U.S. government agencies, including archived and classified materials, for information about Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) activities

• Experience liaising with the U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) and federal counterintelligence and security counterparts

• Experience interviewing, eliciting information, and assessing the reliability of witnesses, including in sensitive or classified contexts

• Knowledge of congressional mandates for special reviews, including those tied to historical reporting and sensitive government programs

• Ability to synthesize findings for incorporation in technical reports and congressional deliverables, and prepare detailed documentation, summaries, and input for congressionally mandated reports such as the Historical Record Report

• Ability to identify, locate, and interview government personnel, contractors, and service members who may serve as witnesses or provide authorized historical reporting, including verbal history interviews

• Ability to assess, plan, and execute site surveys of government facilities, archives, and locations linked to alleged historical UAP activity

• Ability to support the secure collection and handling of sensitive and potentially classified information as required by the Department of Defense (DoD) and Congressional oversight

• TS/SCI clearance

• Bachelor’s degree

Nice If You Have:

• 15+ years of experience conducting CI/HUMINT activities

• Knowledge of working with or supporting DoD or UAP-related congressional investigations

• Knowledge of open-source research, electronic record systems, and verbal history methodologies

• Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Master’s degree

• Qualified Controlled Program Access Certification

The National Archives uploaded their first batch of transferred UAP records on 04/24/25. Records from the FAA, NRC, ODNI, and OSD are the only agencies included so far. This release mirrors the responses I have received so far from my contacts and FOIA requests to federal agencies. Of agencies to complete my FOIA requests for lists of UAP records identified for transfer to NARA, only the FAA and NRC yielded any results. The records uploaded to NARA’s site for ODNI have previously been released and most of the OSD’s records have been previously been released.

Records are being sent to NARA on a rolling basis and there could potentially be more to come for these and other agencies. Though, this release highlights the issue of lack of visibility on the progress and communication between agencies and NARA. Are there additional records that NARA has received that are publicly available, but not uploaded? Are there agencies that have confirmed to NARA that they do not have records to transfer? How many agencies have identified records that will be withheld from release?

I have been seeking to have the metadata spreadsheets of records identified by each agency be made publicly available so that the progress of transfers can be tracked. However, NARA has often dodged this request. At this time, the public just has to wait and hope that work is being down to insure records are being transferred.

Let’s take a look at what we have with this first batch…

Federal Aviation Administration

In the spreadsheet released in response to my FOIA there were 651 records that the FAA had identified for transfer, but only 575 uploaded to NARA’s site. 13 of these records were marked as “Confidential” and to be “Withheld in Full” with the exemption “Full Denial-- (SORN 845, 847, Privacy Act; K2 Exemption, FOIA Ex.3, Ex.6”. These are from the FAA Hotline & Whistleblower Information System (FHWIS), so naturally there could be identifying information that may need to be redacted. However, instead of releasing redacted documents, the FAA seems to be opting to fully withhold these records.

This leaves 62 records that are “Unclassified”, but not uploaded to NARA’s site. There also doesn’t seem to be placeholder pages identifying that NARA has possession of the records, but that they are not currently available online. All records being transferred as part of this record transfer are to be digitized before being sent to NARA, so if NARA has them then they could have been uploaded with the rest. This suggests that these records were not transferred with the rest or they’re a part of contention between the FAA and NARA, as we’ll see with the NRC.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission

The NRC released 3 records which match the 3 records listed in the spreadsheet released in response to my FOIA. These have also been previously available on NRC’s ADAMs database.

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2423/ML24234A061.pdf

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2424/ML24241A137.pdf

https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2424/ML24241A242.pdf

Though, more importantly, there is a second list that is being withheld. As noted in the response to my FOIA:

"The first list is enclosed; the second list is withheld at this time, as it remains the subject of deliberations between NRC and NARA records staff."

This was to be expected, as the NDAA left open room for records to be transferred to NARA, but withheld from public release. However, no information is being shared on the type of records or even how many are being withheld.

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

NARA has uploaded 4 ODNI records, all of which have been previously released.

• Fiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena

• Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena October 2023

• Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

• 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena

Office of the Secretary of Defense

NARA has uploaded 30 OSD records, of which 5 are potentially new to the public and 25 have previously been released. It’s also possible that some are too new to have been added online or they could have been a part of previous FOIA releases. I’ll provide updates if I come across any reference to these online.

Potentially New Releases

• Mission Brief AARO - DGI Conference

• AARO Trifold 2024

• 2023 The U.S. Defense Department and its UAP Mission

• 2025 AARO Trifold

• DGI Presentation 2025

Previously Released

• Fiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena previously released on ODNI’s website.

• Physical Constraints on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena available since 2023.

• AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1 previously released on AARO’s website.

• SAPCO CAPCO MFR previously released on AARO’s website.

• FY24-CONSOLIDATED-ANNUAL-REPORT-ON-UAP-508 previously released on ODNI’s website.

• Go Fast Case Resolution Card with Appendix recently released on AARO’s website.

• SASC Open Hearing Case 19Nov2024 previously released on AARO’s website.

• Puerto Rico Case Resolution Card recently released on AARO’s website.

• AARO Presentation for NASA Study Public Meeting 5.31.23 shown in a public meeting in 2023.

• ORNL - Analysis of a Metallic Specimen previously released on AARO’s website.

• Supplement to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Analysis of a Metallic Specimen previously released on AARO’s website.

• Timothy Phillips Biography previously released on AARO’s website.

• Effect of Forced Perspective and Parallax View on UAP Observations previously released on AARO’s website.

• Case Resolution of 'Atmospheric Wakes' previously released on AARO’s website.

• Pensacola Case Resolution (Eglin) previously released on AARO’s website.

• Case Resolution of 'Southeast Asia Triangles' previously released on AARO’s website.

• Case Resolution of 'Western United States' previously released on AARO’s website.

• Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Briefing 2023 previously released on Senate’s website.

• UAP Mission & Civil Aviation had a different version previously released on AARO’s website.

• Trends as of 20Nov23 previously released on AARO’s website.

• Public UAP Sightings and The Environment: An Analysis for Sky View Potential a previously released scientific report.

• AARO Satellite Flaring Paper recently released on AARO’s website.

• Open Hearing Briefing previously released on AARO’s website.

• 2023 The U.S. Defense Department and its UAP Mission Slides previously released on AARO’s website.

• Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) on Emerging Threats and Capabilities Briefing Slides 2023 previously released on AARO’s website.

Disclaimer: This Substack is and always be free. All of my FOIAs are submitted as an individual with no financial gain from their results. The results are solely intended to publicly document the status and compliance with the UAP record transfers mandated in the 2024 NDAA.

The National Archives (NARA) has released their initial batch of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) records transferred as a result of the 2024 NDAA. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) now have UAP records publicly available on the National Archives website. However, these are not complete records for these agencies, nor are all federal agencies accounted for.

I have been reaching out to federal agencies for some time now and have submitted FOIA requests at the request of these agencies. Of the agencies I have contacted, only two have provided results to my FOIAs. The FAA provided a list of 651 records being transferred, of which 575 seem to be uploaded. And, the NRC provided 3 records, but noted that another list is “withheld at this time, as it remains the subject of deliberations between NRC and NARA records staff.”

The records released by ODNI and OSD appear to be records previously released by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). It was confirmed to me by the Air Force/Space Force that all Department of Defense (DoD) UAP records will be transferred to AARO, who will then transfer to NARA. This creates a bottleneck for the defense records at AARO where additional records could be withheld or delayed.

I have a list on Substack of agencies I have contacted and the responses received so far. Naturally, this update came while I’m on vacation, so I’ll dig into this more once I return.

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“There are interesting cases that I — with my physics and engineering background and time in the [intelligence community] — I do not understand and I don’t know anybody else who understands,” Kosloski told reporters.

Subcommittees of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee hold a joint hearing on secret government research programs pertaining to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.

Joint hearing on UAPs with the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation (Committee on Oversight and Accountability) and the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs (Committee on Oversight and Accountability).

Witnesses

Luis Elizondo
Author, Former Department of Defense Official

Dr. Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D.; Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Chief Executive Officer, Ocean STL Consulting, LLC

Michael Gold
Former NASA Associate Administrator of Space Policy and Partnerships, Member of NASA UAP Independent Study Team

Michael Shellenberger
Founder, Public

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 (11:30 AM)

AC 04.2025

Date: October 10, 2024

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

This memo is for federal agencies with UAP records responsive to sections 1841–1843 of the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) (Public Law 118-31) (now at 44 U.S.C. 2107 note).

No later than September 30, 2025, federal agencies must transfer to NARA digital copies of all UAP records identified by October 20, 2024, that can be publicly disclosed, including those that were publicly available on December 22, 2023, the date of the enactment of the Act. We request that agencies transfer materials on a rolling basis and as soon as possible rather than waiting until the deadline.

Agencies with publicly releasable UAP records should contact NARA at projects.researchservices@nara.gov as soon as possible to provide information as to their transfer plans and to initiate transfer of publicly releasable UAP records in advance of September 30, 2025. Each publicly releasable UAP record must include metadata according to the guidance to agencies announced in AC 26.2024.

For any publicly releasable records that include redactions, agencies must simultaneously transfer redacted and unredacted copies to NARA. NARA will only accept digital versions of UAP records. UAP records transferred to NARA in accordance with the Act will be part of Record Group 615, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection.

Further guidance on the review and transfer procedures for classified or otherwise restricted UAP records using the standards for withholding specified in Section 1843 of the Act will be forthcoming.

WILLIAM FISCHER
Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government (Acting)

CHRIS NAYLOR Executive for Research Services