https://majesticarchive.com/timeline The files they released. The questions they didn’t answer. en https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2026-09-18:Sixth release Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The sixth batch of PURSUE files is published, with more promised on a rolling basis. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20261026190423/https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4604795/department-of-war-publishes-sixth-release-of-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-f/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2026-05-08:PURSUE Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Department of War starts releasing UAP files on WAR.GOV/UFO under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, with AARO among the partners. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023195253/https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2025-02-06:AARO on GoFast Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT AARO publishes a case resolution: high confidence the GoFast object did not move at anomalous speed. The apparent speed is put down to motion parallax. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20261011042408/https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/case_resolution_reports/AARO_GoFast_Case_Resolution_Card_Methodology_Final.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2024-11-14:Annual report Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT The FY2024 report covers 757 new reports; 21 cases merit further analysis. AARO is now reviewing more than 1,600 cases in total. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20261007000157/https://media.defense.gov/2024/Nov/14/2003583603/-1/-1/0/FY24-CONSOLIDATED-ANNUAL-REPORT-ON-UAP-508.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20250827194159/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3964824/department-of-defense-releases-the-annual-report-on-unidentified-anomalous-phen/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2024-11-13:Criticism in the House Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT At a House Oversight hearing, the chair says AARO's historical report was heavily criticised and that the office itself lacks transparency. Sources: https://www.congress.gov/118/chrg/CHRG-118hhrg57440/CHRG-118hhrg57440.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/1947-us-roswell 1947-us-roswell:2024-03-08:AARO historical review Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT The Pentagon's AARO publishes a review of US government UAP records: no evidence of recovered extraterrestrial technology, and for Roswell it restates the Air Force's Project Mogul finding. Sources: https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003409233/-1/-1/0/DOPSR-CLEARED-508-COMPLIANT-HRRV1-08-MAR-2024-FINAL.PDF https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2024-03-08:AARO's historical review Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT AARO releases Volume I of its historical record report: no empirical evidence of reverse-engineered extraterrestrial technology, and the claims largely the result of circular reporting. Sources: https://www.space.com/pentagon-ufo-office-aaro-historical-report-no-emprical-evidence-alien-technology https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2024-03-08:Historical review Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT AARO publishes Volume I of its historical review. It finds no evidence that any US investigation ever confirmed extraterrestrial technology, and no evidence of hidden reverse-engineering programmes. Sources: https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003409233/-1/-1/0/DOPSR-CLEARED-508-COMPLIANT-HRRV1-08-MAR-2024-FINAL.PDF https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2023-09-14:NASA's study Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT NASA's independent UAP study team estimates the GoFast object at about 13,000 feet and 40 mph, consistent with drifting on the wind. Sources: https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/uap-independent-study-team-final-report.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2023-07-26:Testimony to Congress Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT Cdr David Fravor (ret.) testifies under oath before a House Oversight subcommittee about the 2004 encounter. Sources: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/David-Fravor-Statement-for-House-Oversight-Committee.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ7Dw-739VY https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2023-07-26:The hearing Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT Graves, Grusch and Fravor are sworn in and testify before the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs in Rayburn 2154. Sources: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ryan-HOC-Testimony.pdf https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Dave_G_HOC_Speech_FINAL_For_Trans.pdf https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/David-Fravor-Statement-for-House-Oversight-Committee.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2023-07-26:Graves testifies Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT Ryan Graves tells a House subcommittee under oath that radar data shown at the Gimbal debrief displayed a fleet of objects not visible in the clip. Sources: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2023-07-21:Hearing announced Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT Committee staff memo sets out the purpose: firsthand accounts, pilots' reporting channels, and government transparency. Sources: https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116282/documents/HHRG-118-GO06-20230726-SD002.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2023-06-07:Pentagon response Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT A Defense Department spokesperson says AARO has found no verifiable information that any such programmes have existed or exist. Sources: https://www.foxnews.com/us/pentagon-denies-secret-ufo-retrieval-program-after-whistleblower-bombshell https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2023-06-05:Claims go public Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT The Debrief publishes Grusch's claim that the US holds intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin. Sources: https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2022-12-23:Mandate widened Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:00:00 GMT The FY2023 NDAA rewrites the law: AARO must deliver annual reports and a report on the government's historical record on UAP. Sources: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3373 https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003409233/-1/-1/0/DOPSR-CLEARED-508-COMPLIANT-HRRV1-08-MAR-2024-FINAL.PDF https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2022-07-15:AARO created Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:00:00 GMT Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks renames and expands the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group as AARO. Dr Sean Kirkpatrick is named director on 20 July. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20250830091216/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3100053/dod-announces-the-establishment-of-the-all-domain-anomaly-resolution-office/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2022-07:‘Credible and urgent’ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:00:00 GMT According to The Debrief, the Inspector General finds the complaint ‘credible and urgent’. No ICIG document saying so has been published. Sources: https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2022-05:Complaint to the ICIG Sun, 01 May 2022 12:00:00 GMT Grusch files a PPD-19 ‘urgent concern’ disclosure with the Intelligence Community Inspector General, alleging UAP information is being kept from Congress. Sources: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2021-12-27:Written into law Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:00:00 GMT The FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Pentagon to set up an office for UAP, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence. Sources: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3373 https://web.archive.org/web/20250830091216/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3100053/dod-announces-the-establishment-of-the-all-domain-anomaly-resolution-office/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2021-11:Task force replaced Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:00:00 GMT The UAPTF's work passes to a new group, the AOIMSG, which in July 2022 becomes AARO. Sources: https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003409233/-1/-1/0/DOPSR-CLEARED-508-COMPLIANT-HRRV1-08-MAR-2024-FINAL.PDF https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2021-06-25:ODNI assessment Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT The Director of National Intelligence publishes a preliminary assessment of 144 UAP reports; most remain unexplained for lack of data. Sources: https://www.intelligence.gov/assets/documents/702%20Documents/declassified/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2021-06-25:Preliminary assessment Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT The DNI reports on 144 UAP reports from 2004 to 2021: one explained, the rest unresolved. The Pentagon orders a plan to make the task force's mission permanent. Sources: https://www.intelligence.gov/assets/documents/702-documents/declassified/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20250804232616/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2672732/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-john-kirby-on-unidentified-aerial-phenome/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/1981-fr-trans-en-provence 1981-fr-trans-en-provence:2021-06-23:Still class D Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT GEIPAN's updated case page keeps the classification D, unexplained despite the information it holds, and publishes the original documents. Sources: https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/cas/1981-01-00849 https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/node/58791 https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2021-05-16:Pilots on television Sun, 16 May 2021 12:00:00 GMT Fravor and Dietrich describe the encounter on CBS's 60 Minutes. Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-ufo-sighting-60-minutes-2021-05-16/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeKY33sSSWY https://majesticarchive.com/files/1980-gb-rendlesham 1980-gb-rendlesham:2020-12-26:Forty years on Sat, 26 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT BBC News revisits the case: a forester calls the landing marks rabbit scrapes, airman John Burroughs describes a red, sun-like object, and the former MoD desk officer recalls closing the file. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-54649675 https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2020-08-04:Task force approved Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:00:00 GMT Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist approves the UAP Task Force, led by the Navy. The Pentagon announces it on 14 August. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20210908090947/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2314065/establishment-of-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-task-force/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2020-06-17:Senate asks for a report Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the 2021 intelligence bill backs the UAP Task Force at the Office of Naval Intelligence and asks the DNI for a full assessment within 180 days of enactment. Sources: https://congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt233/CRPT-116srpt233.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2020-04-27:Official release Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT The Department of Defense releases FLIR1, Gimbal and GoFast “to clear up any misconceptions” about whether the footage is real. Sources: https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ https://www.navair.navy.mil/foia/documents https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2020-04-27:Official release Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT The Department of Defense releases Gimbal, GoFast and the 2004 FLIR1 clip, saying they reveal no sensitive capabilities. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20200501162304/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200501045319/https://www.navair.navy.mil/foia/documents https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2020-04-27:Official release Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT The Department of Defense authorises the release of the three videos “to clear up any misconceptions” about whether they were real, and posts them on the Navy's FOIA site. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20200501162304/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200501045319/https://www.navair.navy.mil/foia/documents https://majesticarchive.com/files/1989-be-wave 1989-be-wave:2020-03-30:Thirty years on Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:00:00 GMT Press retrospectives note the case is still unresolved and that Gen. De Brouwer initially suspected US experimental aircraft, which the US denied. Sources: https://theweek.com/articles/905215/30-years-later-still-dont-know-what-really-happened-during-belgian-ufo-wave https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2019-11-12:The ship's crew speak Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:00:00 GMT Popular Mechanics publishes accounts from five former sailors of the strike group, including USS Princeton radar operator Kevin Day and systems technician Gary Voorhis. Sources: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a63549222/navy-ufo-witnesses-nimitz-encounter/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2019-09-11:Navy confirms Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:00:00 GMT Navy spokesman Joseph Gradisher confirms the recording dates (14 Nov 2004 for FLIR1) and that the Navy classifies the objects as unidentified aerial phenomena. Sources: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-navy-releases-dates-of-three-officially-acknowledged-encounters-with-phenomena/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2019-09-11:Navy confirms Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:00:00 GMT A Navy spokesman confirms the recording dates and says the Navy considers the phenomena in the videos unidentified. Sources: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-navy-releases-dates-of-three-officially-acknowledged-encounters-with-phenomena/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2019-09-11:Navy confirms the clips Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:00:00 GMT A Navy spokesman confirms the recording dates of the three circulating videos and says the Navy considers the phenomena in them unidentified. Sources: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-navy-releases-dates-of-three-officially-acknowledged-encounters-with-phenomena/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2019-05-26:Pilots on the record Sun, 26 May 2019 12:00:00 GMT The New York Times publishes accounts from Lt Ryan Graves and other pilots of the VFA-11 “Red Rippers” squadron. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20260120200210/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2019-03:Navy reporting rules Fri, 01 Mar 2019 12:00:00 GMT The Navy sets up a standard way for its personnel to report unidentified aerial phenomena. The Air Force adopts it in November 2020. Sources: https://www.intelligence.gov/assets/documents/702-documents/declassified/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2017-12-16:Video goes public Sat, 16 Dec 2017 12:00:00 GMT The New York Times publishes the FLIR1 footage in its report on the Pentagon's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/16/us/politics/pentagon-program-ufo-harry-reid.html https://majesticarchive.com/files/1980-gb-rendlesham 1980-gb-rendlesham:2015-07-21:Halt adds radar claims Tue, 21 Jul 2015 12:00:00 GMT Retired, Halt says he has sworn statements from Bentwaters air traffic controllers who saw an object on radar, and alleges a cover-up. Sources: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/retired-air-force-col-charles-halt-claims-new-evidence-will-blow-the-lid-off-rendlesham-forest-ufo-sighting_n_55a6c05ae4b04740a3dede3e https://majesticarchive.com/files/1997-us-phoenix-lights 1997-us-phoenix-lights:2015-03:A postmortem Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:00:00 GMT Skeptical Inquirer sets out the two-event explanation again: aircraft in formation for the ‘V’, a high-altitude flare drop for the later lights. Sources: https://skepticalinquirer.org/2015/03/alien-lights-at-phoenix-stephenville-and-elsewhere-a-postmortem/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2015-01-21:Both clips recorded Wed, 21 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT The Navy later gives this date for both Gimbal and GoFast. The New York Times dated the Gimbal clip 20 January 2015, off Jacksonville, Florida. Sources: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-navy-releases-dates-of-three-officially-acknowledged-encounters-with-phenomena/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260120200210/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2014:Daily sightings Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT From the summer of 2014 to March 2015, Navy pilots training off the East Coast report unknown objects, after their radar systems are upgraded. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20260120200210/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/26/us/politics/ufo-sightings-navy-pilots.html https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm https://majesticarchive.com/files/1989-be-wave 1989-be-wave:2011-07-26:Hoax confessed Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:00:00 GMT Patrick Maréchal tells RTL the Petit-Rechain photo was staged with a polystyrene model. Sources: https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2011/07/27/belgian_ufo_picturewasreallyaforgery-1-1075881 https://web.archive.org/web/20230418202927/https://www.lefigaro.fr/sciences/2011/07/28/01008-20110728ARTFIG00353-la-photo-d-un-ovni-belge-celebre-etait-un-trucage.php https://majesticarchive.com/files/1980-gb-rendlesham 1980-gb-rendlesham:2009-08-17:Into the National Archives Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:00:00 GMT The MoD's Rendlesham file, DEFE 24/1948, opens at The National Archives as part of the transfer of the MoD UFO files. Halt's memo opens the file. Sources: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10342055 https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/aug-2009-highlights-guide.pdf https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/ufo-transcript-aug-09.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/1997-us-phoenix-lights 1997-us-phoenix-lights:2007-11-09:Symington writes for CNN Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT In a signed CNN commentary Symington describes a ‘massive delta-shaped’ craft over Squaw Peak and calls the Air Force's flare explanation silly. Sources: https://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/11/09/simington.ufocommentary/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/1997-us-phoenix-lights 1997-us-phoenix-lights:2007-03-23:The governor's turn Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT Former governor Fife Symington, who in 1997 had shown off an aide in an alien costume, says he saw an enormous craft that night. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna17761943 https://majesticarchive.com/files/1981-fr-trans-en-provence 1981-fr-trans-en-provence:2007:The sceptics' audit Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:00:00 GMT The Observatoire Zététique publishes a chapter-length critique arguing that the marks fit skidding tyres and that GEPAN broke its own rules on speed and site protection. Sources: https://www.zetetique.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/OvniDuCnes_chapitre13.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2004-11-14:The encounter Sun, 14 Nov 2004 12:00:00 GMT Navy aircraft from the Nimitz group investigate radar contacts off Southern California; one crew records the FLIR1 infrared video. Sources: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-navy-releases-dates-of-three-officially-acknowledged-encounters-with-phenomena/ https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/1997-us-phoenix-lights 1997-us-phoenix-lights:1998:Two events, not one Thu, 01 Jan 1998 12:00:00 GMT Phoenix New Times publishes a one-year cover story separating the two events; an image analysis matching a video to the Sierra Estrella ridgeline puts the 10 p.m. lights behind the mountains. Sources: https://tonyortega.org/the-phoenix-lights-20-years-later-still-the-same-set-of-planes-and-flares-over-arizona/