A short intelligence memo titled "UFOs Sighted, Photographed in Sweden; Unidentified Satellite Seen" captures a moment in 1954 when military and scientific observers in Sweden witnessed multiple unidentified flying objects, triggering not only public interest-but...
The location was removed. The witnesses were not named. But the object-fast, low-flying, and seen by multiple observers-was real enough for the CIA to file a report. In this one-page intelligence brief, titled simply "Observation of Flying Object Near [Deleted]," the...
Long before the term "UAP" was in vogue, U.S. military pilots were encountering-and failing to identify-objects in the sky that didn’t belong to any known arsenal. This document, a quiet yet sobering Air Force intelligence summary titled "Sightings of Unidentified...
The skies above U.S. airspace during the Cold War were constantly monitored-for bombers, reconnaissance flights, and missiles. But occasionally, trained personnel saw something that didn’t belong to any known category. There’s no date. No follow-up. Just the...
In a quietly compiled Air Force summary titled “Reported Photography of Unidentified Flying Objects,” government analysts reviewed dozens of civilian and military UFO photo submissions from across the United States-seeking hard evidence for the unexplained...
A newly declassified memo shows CIA analysts in the mid-20th century responding internally to a wave of public letters about unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Rather than expressing alarm, the tone is detached-almost dismissive-suggesting the agency had little...