Disclosure Library

The official record on UFOs and UAPs — government reports, hearings, laws and archives — each with a plain-English summary and a link to the original file.

347Records
35Agencies
5Countries
81Years covered
The UAP Timeline971 events from 1947 to today, year by year, from congressional testimony and the official records below.Open the timeline →

2020s1 record

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Michael Shellenberger’s written testimony and “UAP Timeline” (2024)

Submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

Journalist Michael Shellenberger’s 214-page written testimony for the House hearing “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Exposing the Truth.” It argues that the Pentagon and intelligence agencies are withholding UAP information from Congress, and it attaches a 617-entry chronology of UAP events and claims from 1947 to 2023.

1950s1 record

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The Guy Hottel memo (1950)

Federal Bureau of Investigation

A one-page memo to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover from Guy Hottel, head of the Washington field office, repeating a story he had heard about three “flying saucers” said to have been recovered in New Mexico.

1940s1 record

About this library

Everything here comes from a government, parliament, space agency or national archive. We link to the official page or file, and to a copy saved by the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine so the record stays readable even if a website moves. The summaries are our own plain-English write-ups — they are not official text, so check the original before you quote it.

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