Encounter Atlas
Why it matters
The reports Congress asked for, now permanently preserved.
What is in it
All 4 items in this series, as listed by the National Archives. Links open the scanned file.
- PDF2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
This item is an annual report that provides an overview of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) that have been reported since the March 5, 2021 information cut-off date for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence's (ODNI) "Preliminary Assessment : Unidentified Aerial Phenomena" (National Archives Identifier 493495781). catalog - PDFFiscal Year 2023 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena October 2023
This report is provided by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) in response to a requirement established in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, Section 1683 (h), as amended by Section 6802(k) of the FY 2023 NDAA (as codified at 50 U.S.C. ยง 3373). The consolidated report covers individual reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) from August 31, 2022 to April 30, 2023, as well as earlier UAP reports that had not already been included in another consolidated report. The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) received a total of 291 UAP incident reports during this period, consisting of 274 that occurred during this period and another 17 that occurred during previous reporting periods of 2019-2022. catalog - PDFFiscal Year 2024 Consolidated Annual Report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena
This item is a consolidated annual report that contains information about unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) incidents reported from May 1, 2023 to June 1, 2024. It also contains information about individual UAP reports from any previous time periods that had not been included in other, earlier consolidated reports. The 2024 Consolidated Annual Report was created by the Department of Defense (DOD) All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). It documents reports of 757 UAP incidents, 485 of which occurred during the reporting period. The remaining 272 individual reports featured UAP incidents that occurred between 2021 and 2022 but were not reported to AARO until this reporting period and, consequently, had not been included in previous annual UAP reports. Although the information cut-off date for of this annual report is June 1, 2024, the report itself was created on November 13, 2024. catalog - PDFPreliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
This item is a preliminary report and intelligence assessment of the threat posed by unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and it includes information about the progress the Department of Defense Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) has made in understanding this threat. The report provides an overview for policymakers of challenges in assessments and the data set described in the report is limited primarily to U. S. government reporting of incidents occurring from November 2004 to March 2021. catalog