The National Archives

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), founded in 1934 in the United States, is a government agency responsible for preserving and providing access to federal records. In UAP/UFO research, NARA holds extensive collections across record groups, including Project Blue Book (1947-1969, 12,618 sightings, 701 unidentified), textual/microfilm documents, photographs, moving images, sound recordings, and presidential library holdings. Per the 2024 NDAA (sections 1841-1843), NARA established Record Group 615: Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection, issuing guidance for federal agencies to transfer UAP records, which are digitized and made available online via the National Archives Catalog on a rolling basis. Key activities include citizen archivist missions for transcribing Blue Book case files. NARA remains actively operational, supporting UAP historical documentation and public research.