The National Archives (NARA) has released their initial batch of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) records transferred as a result of the 2024 NDAA. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) now have UAP records publicly available on the National Archives website. However, these are not complete records for these agencies, nor are all federal agencies accounted for.

I have been reaching out to federal agencies for some time now and have submitted FOIA requests at the request of these agencies. Of the agencies I have contacted, only two have provided results to my FOIAs. The FAA provided a list of 651 records being transferred, of which 575 seem to be uploaded. And, the NRC provided 3 records, but noted that another list is “withheld at this time, as it remains the subject of deliberations between NRC and NARA records staff.”

The records released by ODNI and OSD appear to be records previously released by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). It was confirmed to me by the Air Force/Space Force that all Department of Defense (DoD) UAP records will be transferred to AARO, who will then transfer to NARA. This creates a bottleneck for the defense records at AARO where additional records could be withheld or delayed.

I have a list on Substack of agencies I have contacted and the responses received so far. Naturally, this update came while I’m on vacation, so I’ll dig into this more once I return.