Organization
NASA
Also known as National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA is the U.S. civilian space agency. It commissioned an independent study team on UAP that reported in 2023; people linked to it here include the Apollo 14 astronaut Edgar Mitchell and Michael Gold, a member of that study team.
NASA contributed 40 records to the PURSUE releases: documents, mission audio recordings and images.
Sources: PURSUE records
Facts and claims
- documented NASA announced its UAP independent study team on 9 June 2022; the team published its final report on 14 September 2023. Source: science.nasa.gov (archived)
- documented Its independent study team found no conclusive evidence of an extraterrestrial origin for UAP in the peer-reviewed literature, and said the lack of consistent, curated observations prevents definitive scientific conclusions. Source: NASA Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study Team report (2023)
- documented NASA contributed 40 records to PURSUE releases 01–06. Source: PURSUE — Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters
Connected files
Claims
- The objects Navy F/A-18 crews tracked off the U.S. East Coast in 2014–15 were not conventional aircraft, drones or balloons (disputes claim)
Documents
Events
- Haim Eshed's “Galactic Federation” interview (statement about)
People
- Edgar Mitchell (staff)
- Gregory Rogers (staff)
- Michael Gold (staff)
Official records (PURSUE)
- 255_413270_UFO's_and_Defense_What_Should_we_Prepare_For — 255_413270_UFO's_and_Defense_What_Should_we_Prepare_For (released)
- EOP-UAP-D002 — Memorandum on Interagency Coordination for the Recovery of Foreign Materiel, May 1963 (concerned in) — Records a 1963 meeting with NASA's Arnold Frutkin on recovering space debris
- NASA-UAP-D001 — Apollo 12 Transcript, 1969 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D002 — Apollo 17 Transcript, 1972 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D003 — Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D003A — Gemini 7 Audio Excerpt, 1965 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D004 — Apollo 11 Technical Crew Debriefing, 1969 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D005 — Apollo 17 Crew Debriefing for Science, 1973 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D006 — Apollo 17 Technical Crew Debriefing, 1973 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D007 — Skylab Technical Crew Debriefing 1973 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D008 — Apollo 12 Medical Debriefing - Tape 12, 1969 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D009 — Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D010 — Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D011 — Mercury Atlas 9 Audio Excerpt, May 15, 1963 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D012 — Mercury Atlas 8 Audio Excerpt, October 3, 1962 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D013 — Mercury Atlas 7, May 24, 1962 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D014 — Mercury-Redstone 4, July 21, 1961 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D015 — Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D016 — Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D017 — Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D018 — Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D019 — Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D020 — Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D021 — Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D022 — Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D023 — Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D024 — “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing” (released)
- NASA-UAP-D025 — “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing” (released)
- NASA-UAP-D026 — Apollo 14 Debriefing, 1971 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D027 — Apollo 14 Debriefing (Continued), 1971 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D028 — Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing, 1972 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D029 — Apollo 17 Crew Medical Debriefing (Continued), 1972 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D030 — STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 1, 1996 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D031 — STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 2, 1996 (released)
- NASA-UAP-D032 — STS-80 Unidentified Object Image 3, 1996 (released)
- NASA-UAP-VM001 — Apollo 12, 1969 (released)
- NASA-UAP-VM002 — Apollo 12, 1969 (released)
- NASA-UAP-VM003 — Apollo 12, 1969 (released)
- NASA-UAP-VM004 — Apollo 12, 1969 (released)
- NASA-UAP-VM005 — Apollo 12, 1969 (released)
- NASA-UAP-VM006 — Apollo 17, 1972 (released)
- USG-UAP-D002 — Interagency Correspondence Concerning Space Fragments, 1962-1964 (concerned in) — Drafts proposed NASA as a holder of foreign space material
Videos
- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth (discussed in)
- Understanding UAP: Science, National Security & Innovation (House Oversight and Government Reform) (discussed in)
Mentioned in this file
Mentioned in videos
- Col. Philip J. Corso: The Day After Roswell lecture “at the Ranch” (22 February 1998)
- Congressional hearings on military reports of Unexplained Aerial Phenomena (UAP) - May 17th, 2022
- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) Public Hearing - In Full - April 19, 2023
- House holds hearing on UFOs, government transparency | full video
- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth
- The Sol Forum #1: Hal Puthoff, Jacques Vallée and Larry Lemke
- Understanding UAP: Science, National Security & Innovation (House Oversight and Government Reform)
- Restoring Public Trust Through UAP Transparency and Whistleblower Protection
- Disclosure Project press conference, National Press Club (May 9, 2001), full event
- Defense Minister Paul Hellyer In Depth Interview!
- What Trump’s Files Are About To Expose About UAPs & Nonhuman Observers — Luis Elizondo Warns Us
- “A Top Government Official Told Me Aliens Run Everything!” -Dylan Borland UNLEASHED
- NASA Doctor: “I Saw This UFO In A Secret Hangar!” (Ft. Greg Rogers)
- The Biblical Truth of UFOs & Angels (Ft. Karl Nell & Diana Pasulka)
- Top Navy Admiral: “The Ocean is FULL OF UFOs!”
- Meet the DARPA scientist abducted by an alien: Lt. Col. John Blitch (American Alchemy, 2025)
- Jorge Polanco, the pilot who spotted a UFO in Bariloche (CHANGO interview)
Mentioned in documents and records
- Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars
- The Way of the Explorer: An Apollo Astronaut's Journey Through the Material and Mystical Worlds
- AARO case resolution: "Go Fast" (2025)
- Hearing transcript: “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth”
- War Department UAP/UFO page
- PURSUE Release 01
- PURSUE Release 02
- PURSUE Release 03
- PURSUE Release 04
- The Alien Perspective
- Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth
- Langley Air Force Base
- USG-UAP-D001 — Congressional, White House, UFO-related Constituent Correspondence, 1998