{"type":"links","slug":"project-blue-book-national-archives","title":"Project BLUE BOOK - National Archives Records Guide","url":"https://disclosdex.com/links/project-blue-book-national-archives","description":"https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos","date":"2024-06-25T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Archives"],"updated":"2026-05-05T00:00:00.000Z","connectionCount":0,"content":{"markdown":"The National Archives' Project BLUE BOOK page is the official research guide for the Air Force's retired UFO-investigation records, which NARA says were declassified, transferred to its custody, and remain available for public review and analysis.[^1]\n\nIt matters because the reproduced Air Force fact sheet gives the baseline record before later UAP debates: Project BLUE BOOK received 12,618 reports from 1947 to 1969, left 701 unidentified, and ended after the Secretary of the Air Force announced its termination on December 17, 1969.[^1]\n\nUse the guide with NARA's UFO/UAP topic pages to follow the holdings by record group: RG 341 points to Project Blue Book administrative files, sanitized case files, artifacts, motion-picture films, sound recordings, and still-picture records in the National Archives Catalog.[^2][^3][^4][^5]\n\nFor online access, NARA's bulk-download page links Catalog metadata and downloadable packages for digitized Project Blue Book administrative files, case files, sanitized case files, photographs, and motion-picture films.[^6]\n\nRead it as an official archive map, not a live reporting channel or complete online substitute for onsite research: the Blue Book page says NARA has no sighting information after 1969, the reference report describes microfilm and separate media-branch holdings, and the bulk-download guidance says some materials are catalog-only or require onsite viewing because of rights restrictions.[^1][^6]\n\nThe context notes are as important as the catalog links: NARA says it certifies copies rather than authenticating the information inside them, reports no Project BLUE BOOK documentation for the 1947 Roswell incident, and separates legacy UFO/UAP holdings from newer RG 615 UAP records transferred under the 2024 NDAA.[^1][^2]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Project BLUE BOOK - Unidentified Flying Objects, National Archives](https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos)\n[^2]: [Records Related to Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) at the National Archives](https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps)\n[^3]: [Research by Record Group or Collection, National Archives](https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/rg-collections)\n[^4]: [Textual and Microfilm Records Related to UFOs and UAPs, National Archives](https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/textual-and-microfilm)\n[^5]: [Photographs Related to UFOs and UAPs, National Archives](https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps/photographs)\n[^6]: [Bulk Downloads for Records Related to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs), National Archives](https://www.archives.gov/research/catalog/catalog-bulk-downloads/uap-bulk-download)","readingTime":"2 min read"},"relatedRecords":[],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/links/project-blue-book-national-archives","title":"Project BLUE BOOK - National Archives Records Guide","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/links/project-blue-book-national-archives","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"url_external":"https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos"}