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 23 records across 5 source groups.
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.