Government and military
The Pentagon UAP offices: AATIP, the UAP Task Force, AOIMSG and AARO, with their reports. 109 events, newest first.
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Las Vegas real-estate owner Robert Bigelow founded Bigelow Aerospace to build expandable space habitats, later flying Genesis 1 and 2 and NASA's BEAM module. A Bigelow spin-off, BAASS, later held the Pentagon's AAWSAP contract and ran studies at the Utah ranch.
Photo: Bill Ingalls, Public domain
Military10 Nov 1988
The Pentagon officially confirmed a squadron of F-117A stealth aircraft based in Nevada and released a single blurry photo. The angular jets had flown for years only at night from the Tonopah Test Range, an example of the secret aircraft often raised as explanations for some sightings.
Photo: USAF Technical Sgt. Marvin Lynchard, Public domain
Military7 Nov 1975
NORAD logs record Malmstrom AFB missile crews reporting a bright orange object over their sites until sunrise. A Pentagon memo describes height-finder radar returns and two F-106 interceptors scrambled that could not find the object. The objects were never identified.
Photo: U.S. Air Force photo, Public domain
Media5 Dec 1955
Retired Marine Maj. Donald Keyhoe's third UFO book, published by Henry Holt, charged that the Pentagon was keeping what it knew about UFOs from the public. Kirkus described it as his case for official secrecy, unexplained air crashes and sightings.
Photo: CBS, "The Mike Wallace Interview" 1958 March 8, Public domain
Government29 Jul 1952
Maj. Gen. John Samford, Air Force Director of Intelligence, held a Pentagon press conference on the Washington sightings. He said the reports showed no threat to the U.S., that temperature inversions might explain the radar returns, and that the objects were not U.S. tests.
Photo: US Gov, Public domain
Military24 Jul 1952
Two Pentagon-based Air Force colonels flying a B-25 from Hamilton AFB reported three silver, tailless delta craft passing them at high speed over Carson Sink. Blue Book chief Edward Ruppelt wrote that checks for aircraft and balloons found nothing and the case stayed unknown.
Photo: Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
Government29 Apr 1952
Air Force Letter 200-5 told every Air Force base to wire UFO reports to the Air Technical Intelligence Center and the Pentagon, followed by fuller reports by mail. Edward Ruppelt wrote that it also let Project Blue Book contact any Air Force unit directly.
MediaApr 1952
A Life magazine article researched by Bob Ginna raised the possibility that saucers were interplanetary, quoting scientists who took the idea seriously. Ruppelt, then Blue Book chief, wrote that senior Pentagon officers had unofficially encouraged it.
Military4 Nov 1948
A top secret U.S. Air Forces in Europe intelligence cable reported recurring saucer sightings, including an object over Neubiberg Air Base, and relayed Swedish officers' view that some reflected advanced technology. The Pentagon included it in its May 2026 UFO records release.
Photo: USAAF, United States Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB Alabama., Public domain
