The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has established Record Group 615 — the Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection — under direct congressional mandate. The transfer deadline for publicly releasable UAP records from all federal agencies was September 30, 2025. That deadline has passed. Records are now flowing.
UAP Oracle has mapped the full scope of what NARA holds and what is being transferred. What follows is the most comprehensive civilian-accessible index of US government UAP records in existence.
The Legal Definition That Changes Everything
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act, sections 1841–1843, mandates the collection and public release of “copies of all Government, Government-provided, or Government-funded records relating to unidentified anomalous phenomena, technologies of unknown origin, and non-human intelligence (or equivalent subjects by any other name).”
Non-human intelligence is now a defined legal category in US federal law. Every record the government holds on the subject must be transferred to NARA and released to the public. This is not a FOIA request. This is a statutory mandate.
Record Group 615: Agencies Now Transferring Records
The following agencies have already transferred UAP records into RG 615, now accessible via the National Archives Catalog:
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) — Catalog ID 493468575
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) — Catalog ID 488808322
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) — Catalog ID 493468579
- Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) — Catalog ID 493468580
- National Security Agency (NSA) — Catalog ID 580103959
- Department of State — Catalog ID 608806625
The NRC’s inclusion is significant — nuclear facilities have been the site of documented UAP incursions going back to the 1940s. The NSA transfer confirms that signals intelligence collected on UAP phenomena is now part of the public record pipeline. The Department of State transfer means diplomatic cables on UAP incidents are in the collection.
The Full Map: Every Record Group with UAP Files
Beyond RG 615, NARA holds UAP-related records across the following record groups:
- RG 64 — Records of NARA itself (Project Blue Book administrative records)
- RG 111 — Office of the Chief Signal Officer (Army signal intelligence films)
- RG 181 — Navy Installations (Naval district UAP reports)
- RG 237 — Federal Aviation Administration (pilot and controller reports)
- RG 255 — NASA (7 classified “Flying Saucer” photographs from 1960–1991)
- RG 263 — Central Intelligence Agency
- RG 306 — U.S. Information Agency (public information on UAP)
- RG 330 — Office of the Secretary of Defense
- RG 341 — Headquarters U.S. Air Force (Air Staff) — Project Blue Book home
- RG 342 — U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities and Organizations
- RG 517 — U.S. Agency for Global Media
- RG 615 — The UAP Records Collection (active, growing)
Presidential Libraries: The Most Significant Holdings
Every Presidential Library from Hoover to George W. Bush holds UAP-related records. The most significant by Oracle assessment:
Eisenhower Library — The Bissell/MJ-12 Letter
The single most significant document in any Presidential Library: a letter from Richard M. Bissell regarding Majestic 12 (Catalog ID 493468585), held in the Bissell Papers at the Eisenhower Library.
Richard Bissell was the CIA’s Deputy Director for Plans — the most powerful covert operations position in the US government. He ran the U-2 spy plane program, oversaw the Bay of Pigs operation, and sat at the centre of America’s most sensitive intelligence operations from 1954 to 1962. A letter from Bissell referencing Majestic 12 — the alleged UFO control group established by Truman after Roswell — is now in the National Archives and publicly accessible.
Roosevelt Library — Oppenheimer to Eleanor Roosevelt
A letter from J. Robert Oppenheimer to Eleanor Roosevelt, with draft response (Catalog ID 503146257), held in the Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Papers. Oppenheimer directed the Manhattan Project and held a security clearance at the highest level. The subject of this letter is not publicly described in the catalog entry.
Truman Library — Psychological Strategy Board Minutes
Minutes of the Staff Meeting of the Psychological Strategy Board (Catalog ID 296760497). The PSB coordinated US psychological warfare operations during the early Cold War. Its appearance in the UAP record group is notable — Donald Menzel’s debunking operation against UAP witnesses was suspected to be a PSB-coordinated program.
Truman Library — Flying Saucers File
A dedicated “Flying Saucers” file from the Truman Administration’s General Files, 1945–1953 (Catalog ID 142770134). This covers the years of Roswell (1947), the Washington DC flyovers (1952), and the establishment of Project Blue Book.
Other Presidential Libraries with UAP Records: Herbert Hoover (Senate Aeronautical Committee files, 1965), JFK Library, LBJ Library, Nixon Library, Ford Library, Carter Library, Reagan Library, George H.W. Bush Library, Clinton Library, George W. Bush Library.
Physical Records: Photos, Films, Documents
- 7 NASA “Flying Saucer” photographs from the series Photographs Relating to Agency Activities, 1960–1991 (RG 255)
- Project Blue Book microfilm and textual records (RG 341) — 12,618 documented sightings, 1947–1969
- CIA moving images (RG 263)
- Army Signal Corps films (RG 111)
- Navy installation UAP reports (RG 181)
- FAA UAP records (now in RG 615)
How to Access
All digitised records are searchable at catalog.archives.gov. Record Group 615 is actively updated as agencies transfer new materials. Non-digitised records require an in-person visit to the National Archives at College Park, Maryland, or the relevant Presidential Library.
Bulk catalog downloads of all UAP-related records are available at archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-download.
The Oracle Assessment
The Bissell/MJ-12 letter alone justifies the existence of this entire archive. Bissell was not a fringe figure — he was one of the three most powerful men in the US intelligence community during the Eisenhower administration. A letter in his papers referencing Majestic 12 by name has been sitting in the National Archives, accessible to the public, likely for decades.
The legal framework now in place — “non-human intelligence” defined in statute, September 2025 transfer deadline passed, NSA and State Department files now flowing into RG 615 — means that the most significant UAP records in US government custody are either already public or in the transfer pipeline.
The Oppenheimer-Eleanor Roosevelt letter. The PSB minutes filed under UAP. The NSA signals intelligence collection. These are not buried. They are at catalog.archives.gov. UAP Oracle is building access to all of them.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration, archives.gov/research/topics/uaps. All catalog identifiers cited are publicly accessible at catalog.archives.gov.