Historical Flying Disc Records
The Historical Flying Disc Records topic highlights older UAP-related material in the archive, including National Archives records and references to flying-disc investigations. It is intended for historical research where the year, source agency, and original document title matter more than modern terminology.
Records in This Topic
Showing 29 records across 7 source groups.
DOS-UAP-D001, Diplomatic Cable, Brazil, November 14, 1963
This document is a U.S. Department of State diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Office of the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., on November 14, 1963. This cable documents an effort by the Embassy to verify that the Department had assessed certain content published in a local newspaper as inauthentic, following a discussion on a poor-quality telephone connection the previous night.
DOS-UAP-D002, Diplomatic Cable, Brazil, November 20, 1963
This document is a U.S. Department of State diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Office of the Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 1963. This cable relays the findings of the scientific attaché at the American Consulate in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, that a widely reported incident allegedly involving a crashed unidentified object was unsubstantiated, characterizing the reports as a fabrication originating in Rio de Janeiro.
EOP-UAP-D001, NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963
This document is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report dated November 9, 1963, tracking a local Portuguese-language radio broadcast from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, regarding an alleged crash of a "large metal sphere" containing a deceased occupant in Conde, Bahia, Brazil. This FBIS report is excerpted from the files of Edward C.
DOW-UAP-D098, Film Analysis of Unidentified Objects, 1953
This file contains a memorandum relating to the U.S. Naval Photographic Interpretation Center's assessment of two films allegedly depicting unidentified airborne objects, captured in Montana and Utah in 1950 and 1952, respectively. The file documents the Center's analytic process, assumptions that constrained its confidence level, tentative conclusions, and recommendations for future research. The Center assessed, generally, that the objects depicted in the film demonstrated characteristics that were inconsistent with those of natural phenomena or commonly known aerospace technologies.
DOW-UAP-D099, Intelligence Review of "Ghost Rocket" Incidents, 1947
This document is a U.S. Department of War General Staff intelligence review assessing incidents involving unidentified "Ghost Rockets" reported over Sweden and other Scandinavian countries beginning in May 1946. The review includes an analysis of observational reports, statements from the Swedish government, and reporting from the U.S. military attaché in Stockholm. The review highlights the inconclusive nature of the contemporary evidence available to substantiate reports from civilian and military observers.
DOW-UAP-D100, Air Materiel Command Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947-1948
This file is a collection of U.S. Government memoranda and correspondence relating to "Project Sign," a 1948 U.S. Air Force program to investigate reports of high-performance airborne objects. The documents characterize some of these reports as being consistent with "real" objects rather than fabrications or resulting from perceptual errors. The U.S. Air Force cites the reported characteristics of the phenomena, e.g., high speed and maneuverability, as exceeding known performance envelopes of U.S.
CIA-UAP-D020 - CIA Memorandum on Unconventional Aircraft Sightings (1955)
A 1955 Central Intelligence Agency memorandum on the handling and reporting of unconventional aircraft sightings. Written two years after the Robertson Panel, it shows how the agency routed, evaluated, and discussed sighting reports during a period when official interest was publicly downplayed.
CIA-UAP-D021 - CIA Analysis of Unconventional Aircraft Sightings (1955)
A 1955 CIA analytical paper examining unconventional aircraft sighting reports. The companion piece to CIA-UAP-D020, it moves beyond routing procedure into assessment: what the reports described, how credible they were judged to be, and what explanations analysts favored at the time.
DOW-UAP-D096 - Correspondence Relating to Project Blue Book (1955)
A 1955 file of official correspondence concerning Project Blue Book, the Air Force's UFO investigation program. Correspondence files like this capture the working relationships between Blue Book staff, Air Force commands, and outside inquiries during the program's most active decade.
DOW-UAP-D095 - Joint U.S.-Canadian Aviation Projects and UFO Sighting Reports (1954-1955)
Mid-1950s records covering joint U.S.-Canadian advanced aviation projects alongside UFO sighting reports from the same period. The pairing is notable: the era's disc-shaped experimental aircraft programs, such as the Avro Canada projects, were repeatedly entangled with public flying saucer reporting.
DOE-UAP-D004 - Los Alamos Conference on Aerial Phenomena (1949)
Record of a 1949 conference held at Los Alamos where scientists, military officers, and security officials discussed the wave of unexplained aerial phenomena, including the green fireballs, observed near New Mexico's nuclear weapons installations. One of the earliest documented cases of the atomic-security establishment treating aerial phenomena as a potential security concern.
DOW-UAP-D094 - Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the U.S. (1949)
The 1949 follow-on analysis of flying object incidents in the United States, extending the 1948 study with another year of incident data. Together the two reports show how Air Force intelligence categorized and explained the earliest waves of American UFO reports.
DOW-UAP-D093 - Analysis of Flying Object Incidents in the U.S. (1948)
A 1948 Air Force intelligence analysis of flying object incidents reported across the United States, produced during the first year of official UFO investigation under Project Sign. This class of early air intelligence study weighed domestic misidentification against the possibility of foreign or unknown vehicles.
DOW-UAP-D097 - Project Sign Progress Report (1948)
A 1948 progress report from Project Sign, the U.S. Air Force's first official UFO investigation, established at Wright-Patterson AFB in the wake of the 1947 sighting wave. Sign's internal reporting is foundational source material: it predates Grudge and Blue Book and records the earliest official attempts to explain the phenomenon.
CIA-UAP-005 - GERMAN SCIENTISTS ARTICLE ON FLYING DISCS
CIA-UAP-005 - GERMAN SCIENTISTS ARTICLE ON FLYING DISCS is a PURSUE Release 03 document from Central Intelligence Agency, dated 2026. The June 12, 2026 batch expands the archive with historical intelligence files, FBI incident material, NASA Gemini records, and Western U.S. event documents.
DOW-UAP-D086 - US Navy Report Of Flying Discs 1948
DOW-UAP-D086 - US Navy Report Of Flying Discs 1948 is a PURSUE Release 03 document from Department of War, dated 2026. The June 12, 2026 batch expands the archive with historical intelligence files, FBI incident material, NASA Gemini records, and Western U.S. event documents.
NASA-UAP-D015 - Astronaut Scientific Debriefings 1962 1963
NASA-UAP-D015 - Astronaut Scientific Debriefings 1962 1963 is a PURSUE Release 03 NASA crew-debriefing record. It adds spaceflight-era context to the archive and helps readers compare mission testimony with later UAP interpretations.
FBI-UAP-D013 - WA UFO Investigation 1952 1960
FBI-UAP-D013 - WA UFO Investigation 1952 1960 is a PURSUE Release 03 document from Federal Bureau of Investigation, dated 1960. The June 12, 2026 batch expands the archive with historical intelligence files, FBI incident material, NASA Gemini records, and Western U.S. event documents.
CIA-UAP-015 - Project Blue Book Special Report No 14
CIA-UAP-015 - Project Blue Book Special Report No 14 is a PURSUE Release 03 document from Central Intelligence Agency, dated 1955. The June 12, 2026 batch expands the archive with historical intelligence files, FBI incident material, NASA Gemini records, and Western U.S. event documents.
CIA-UAP-002 - Scientific Advisory Panel On Unidentified Flying Objects Report 1952 1953
CIA-UAP-002 - Scientific Advisory Panel On Unidentified Flying Objects Report 1952 1953 is a PURSUE Release 03 document from Central Intelligence Agency, dated 1953. The June 12, 2026 batch expands the archive with historical intelligence files, FBI incident material, NASA Gemini records, and Western U.S. event documents.
CIA-UAP-007 - Current Status Of Unidentified Flying Objects UFO Project
CIA-UAP-007 - Current Status Of Unidentified Flying Objects UFO Project is a PURSUE Release 03 document from Central Intelligence Agency, dated 1952. The June 12, 2026 batch expands the archive with historical intelligence files, FBI incident material, NASA Gemini records, and Western U.S. event documents.
DOW-UAP-D087 - US AirForce Analysis Of Flying Objects In The US 1 100
DOW-UAP-D087 - US AirForce Analysis Of Flying Objects In The US 1 100 is a PURSUE Release 03 document from Department of War, dated 1949. The June 12, 2026 batch expands the archive with historical intelligence files, FBI incident material, NASA Gemini records, and Western U.S. event documents.
DOW-UAP-D088 - US AirForce Analysis Of Flying Objects In The US 101 172
DOW-UAP-D088 - US AirForce Analysis Of Flying Objects In The US 101 172 is a PURSUE Release 03 document from Department of War, dated 1949. The June 12, 2026 batch expands the archive with historical intelligence files, FBI incident material, NASA Gemini records, and Western U.S. event documents.
NASA-UAP-D010 - Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963
NASA-UAP-D010 - Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963 is a PURSUE Release 02 audio recording from NASA connected to Low Earth Orbit. NASA determined that the 'fireflies' seen by L. Gordon Cooper Jr. during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission are attributable to frozen condensation separating from the spacecraft body.
NASA-UAP-D011 - Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963
NASA-UAP-D011 - Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963 is a PURSUE Release 02 audio recording from NASA connected to Low Earth Orbit. Cooper describes small, luminous, brilliant white particles drifting away from the spacecraft as he approaches sunrise.
NASA-UAP-D012 - Mercury Atlas 8 Audio Excerpt, October 3, 1962
NASA-UAP-D012 - Mercury Atlas 8 Audio Excerpt, October 3, 1962 is a PURSUE Release 02 audio recording from NASA connected to Low Earth Orbit. During the Mercury Atlas 8 mission, Sigma 7 pilot Walter M. “Wally” Schirra Jr. describes observing 'little white objects that tend to come from the capsule itself and drift off.'
NASA-UAP-D013 - Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962
NASA-UAP-D013 - Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962 is a PURSUE Release 02 audio recording from NASA connected to Low Earth Orbit. Scott Carpenter describes white particles in view that appear to move at 'random' and 'look exactly like snowflakes.'
NASA-UAP-D014 - Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 1961
NASA-UAP-D014 - Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 1961 is a PURSUE Release 02 audio recording from NASA connected to North Atlantic Ocean. The recovery team of Mercury-Redstone 4 discussed a dye pack in the water that did not activate.
DOW-UAP-D017 - UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950
DOW-UAP-D017 - UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950 is a PURSUE Release 02 document from Department of War connected to New Mexico. 209 sightings of 'green orbs,' 'discs,' and 'fireballs' were reported near Sandia Base from 1948-1950.