About the Archive
What is in here, where it came from, how it is graded, and how to cite it. If a claim in this archive cannot be traced to a record, it should not be in this archive.
Contents
- Government records — the primary files, with their originating identifier.
- Case files — records grouped into a single documented event with an evidence chain.
- Evidence library — released video, imagery and audio with provenance and rights recorded.
- Phenomena — the explanations the record reaches for, each linked to the files that used it.
- Sources — every repository, what it produces and whether we are ingesting from it.
How provenance is graded
Provenance grades describe where a file came from. They are deliberately separate from resolution, which describes what the file shows.
- A+Primary scientific or government sensor data with chain of custody
- APrimary government record
- BAuthenticated institutional source
- CTraceable original witness
- DSecondary source or redistribution
- EUnverified internet media
- FKnown manipulation or misattribution
Identifiers and URLs
Government records are addressed by their originating identifier (for NARA holdings, the NAID) at /uap/records/{id}. Case files use a stable slug at /uap/cases/{slug}. Evidence files use their archive UUID at /uap/evidence/{id}. Every page states its own canonical URL, and any older address for the same object redirects to it permanently.
Update process
Ingestion re-reads each registered source on its own cadence and queues anything not seen before. Nothing is published from a queue automatically: a file becomes public only after a provenance trace and an editorial review. Corrections are published, not deleted — see Debunked & Misidentified.
Questions
- What does the UAP Intelligence Archive contain?
- Government UAP records, case files that group those records into documented events, released video and imagery with its provenance chain, and the registered repositories each item came from.
- Where do the records come from?
- Originating bodies such as AARO, the Department of War release system and NASA; custodial archives such as the National Archives and DVIDS; and discovery indexes that point at records they did not create. Each item records which of the three it came through.
- Does unresolved mean extraterrestrial?
- No. Unresolved means no identified body has published an explanation the available data supports. Most unresolved files stay unresolved because of poor sensor geometry, a single observer, or missing range data.
- How should I cite an item from the archive?
- Cite the originating record — agency, title, identifier and release date — and link the archive page as the access point. Every case and evidence page carries the identifiers needed for that citation.