https://majesticarchive.com/timeline The files they released. The questions they didn’t answer. en https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2026-09-18:Sixth release Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT The sixth batch of PURSUE files is published, with more promised on a rolling basis. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20261026190423/https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4604795/department-of-war-publishes-sixth-release-of-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-f/ https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/presidents/presidents-file presidents-file:2026-05-08:First tranche published Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Pentagon releases a first tranche of 162 files, including FBI, State Department and NASA documents. It draws no conclusions; many files have not yet been analysed. Sources: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/make-up-their-own-minds-pentagon-releases-first-tranche-of-ufo-files https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2026-05-08:PURSUE Fri, 08 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT The Department of War starts releasing UAP files on WAR.GOV/UFO under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, with AARO among the partners. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20261023195253/https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/ https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/presidents/presidents-file presidents-file:2026-02-19:Trump orders files released Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT After Obama tells a podcast that aliens are “real” but he hasn't seen them, and then clarifies he saw no evidence in office, Trump posts that he will direct agencies to identify and release government files on UAP and UFOs. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-says-directing-pentagon-release-files-related-ufos-aliens-rcna259833 https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/myth-vs-record/mkultra mkultra:2025-10-30:Gottlieb's testimony published Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT The National Security Archive publishes the 1975 closed-session Church Committee testimony of Sidney Gottlieb, who ran the programme. Sources: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/dnsa-intelligence/2025-10-30/top-secret-testimony-cias-mkultra-chief-50-years-later https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/the-mind/consciousness consciousness:2025-04-30:Theories tested Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:00:00 GMT The Cogitate Consortium publishes in Nature a preregistered adversarial test of integrated information theory (IIT) and global neuronal workspace theory (GNWT) with 256 participants. Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08888-1 https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2025-02-06:AARO on GoFast Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:00:00 GMT AARO publishes a case resolution: high confidence the GoFast object did not move at anomalous speed. The apparent speed is put down to motion parallax. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20261011042408/https://www.aaro.mil/Portals/136/PDFs/case_resolution_reports/AARO_GoFast_Case_Resolution_Card_Methodology_Final.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2024-11-14:Annual report Thu, 14 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT The FY2024 report covers 757 new reports; 21 cases merit further analysis. AARO is now reviewing more than 1,600 cases in total. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20261007000157/https://media.defense.gov/2024/Nov/14/2003583603/-1/-1/0/FY24-CONSOLIDATED-ANNUAL-REPORT-ON-UAP-508.PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20250827194159/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3964824/department-of-defense-releases-the-annual-report-on-unidentified-anomalous-phen/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2024-11-13:Criticism in the House Wed, 13 Nov 2024 12:00:00 GMT At a House Oversight hearing, the chair says AARO's historical report was heavily criticised and that the office itself lacks transparency. Sources: https://www.congress.gov/118/chrg/CHRG-118hhrg57440/CHRG-118hhrg57440.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/the-mind/consciousness consciousness:2024-04-19:New York Declaration Fri, 19 Apr 2024 12:00:00 GMT The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness is announced at New York University: strong support for mammals and birds, a realistic possibility for all vertebrates and many invertebrates. Sources: https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/nydeclaration/declaration https://majesticarchive.com/files/1947-us-roswell 1947-us-roswell:2024-03-08:AARO historical review Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT The Pentagon's AARO publishes a review of US government UAP records: no evidence of recovered extraterrestrial technology, and for Roswell it restates the Air Force's Project Mogul finding. Sources: https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003409233/-1/-1/0/DOPSR-CLEARED-508-COMPLIANT-HRRV1-08-MAR-2024-FINAL.PDF https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2024-03-08:AARO's historical review Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT AARO releases Volume I of its historical record report: no empirical evidence of reverse-engineered extraterrestrial technology, and the claims largely the result of circular reporting. Sources: https://www.space.com/pentagon-ufo-office-aaro-historical-report-no-emprical-evidence-alien-technology https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2024-03-08:Historical review Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT AARO publishes Volume I of its historical review. It finds no evidence that any US investigation ever confirmed extraterrestrial technology, and no evidence of hidden reverse-engineering programmes. Sources: https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003409233/-1/-1/0/DOPSR-CLEARED-508-COMPLIANT-HRRV1-08-MAR-2024-FINAL.PDF https://majesticarchive.com/files/1952-us-project-blue-book 1952-us-project-blue-book:2024-03:AARO reviews the files Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:00:00 GMT The Pentagon's AARO publishes its historical review. Working with the National Archives, it went through 7,252 Blue Book files holding 65,778 digital records. Sources: https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003409233/-1/-1/0/DOPSR-CLEARED-508-COMPLIANT-HRRV1-08-MAR-2024-FINAL.PDF https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2023-09-14:NASA's study Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:00:00 GMT NASA's independent UAP study team estimates the GoFast object at about 13,000 feet and 40 mph, consistent with drifting on the wind. Sources: https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/uap-independent-study-team-final-report.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/the-mind/consciousness consciousness:2023-08-17:AI assessed Thu, 17 Aug 2023 12:00:00 GMT Nineteen researchers, led by Patrick Butlin and Robert Long, publish a report deriving ‘indicator properties’ from scientific theories and applying them to recent AI systems. Sources: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.08708 https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2023-07-26:Testimony to Congress Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT Cdr David Fravor (ret.) testifies under oath before a House Oversight subcommittee about the 2004 encounter. Sources: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/David-Fravor-Statement-for-House-Oversight-Committee.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ7Dw-739VY https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2023-07-26:The hearing Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT Graves, Grusch and Fravor are sworn in and testify before the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs in Rayburn 2154. Sources: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ryan-HOC-Testimony.pdf https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Dave_G_HOC_Speech_FINAL_For_Trans.pdf https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/David-Fravor-Statement-for-House-Oversight-Committee.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2023-07-26:Graves testifies Wed, 26 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT Ryan Graves tells a House subcommittee under oath that radar data shown at the Gimbal debrief displayed a fleet of objects not visible in the clip. Sources: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2023-07-21:Hearing announced Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT Committee staff memo sets out the purpose: firsthand accounts, pilots' reporting channels, and government transparency. Sources: https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116282/documents/HHRG-118-GO06-20230726-SD002.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2023-06-07:Pentagon response Wed, 07 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT A Defense Department spokesperson says AARO has found no verifiable information that any such programmes have existed or exist. Sources: https://www.foxnews.com/us/pentagon-denies-secret-ufo-retrieval-program-after-whistleblower-bombshell https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2023-06-05:Claims go public Mon, 05 Jun 2023 12:00:00 GMT The Debrief publishes Grusch's claim that the US holds intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin. Sources: https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/the-universe/oumuamua oumuamua:2023-03-22:Hydrogen, not engines Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:00:00 GMT Bergner and Seligman report in Nature that hydrogen trapped in water ice, formed by cosmic rays during its journey and released as it warmed, explains the acceleration without fine-tuning. Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05687-w https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/ancient-sites/giza-pyramids giza-pyramids:2023-03-02:North face corridor Thu, 02 Mar 2023 12:00:00 GMT A follow-up muon study measures a corridor-shaped structure behind the chevrons on the north face: about 9 metres long, about 2 by 2 metres in section. Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-36351-0 https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/ancient-sites/giza-pyramids giza-pyramids:2023-01-30:Hancock replies Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:00:00 GMT Graham Hancock publishes a point-by-point response, defending his theory of a lost civilisation of the Ice Age and citing erosion on the Great Sphinx. Sources: https://grahamhancock.com/hancockg22-saa/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2022-12-23:Mandate widened Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:00:00 GMT The FY2023 NDAA rewrites the law: AARO must deliver annual reports and a report on the government's historical record on UAP. Sources: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3373 https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003409233/-1/-1/0/DOPSR-CLEARED-508-COMPLIANT-HRRV1-08-MAR-2024-FINAL.PDF https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/ancient-sites/giza-pyramids giza-pyramids:2022-11-30:Archaeologists object Wed, 30 Nov 2022 12:00:00 GMT The Society for American Archaeology writes to Netflix about the series Ancient Apocalypse, saying there is no archaeological evidence for an advanced global Ice Age civilisation. Sources: https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-governmentaffairs/saa-letter-ancient-apocalypse.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2022-07-15:AARO created Fri, 15 Jul 2022 12:00:00 GMT Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks renames and expands the Airborne Object Identification and Management Synchronization Group as AARO. Dr Sean Kirkpatrick is named director on 20 July. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20250830091216/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3100053/dod-announces-the-establishment-of-the-all-domain-anomaly-resolution-office/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2022-07:‘Credible and urgent’ Fri, 01 Jul 2022 12:00:00 GMT According to The Debrief, the Inspector General finds the complaint ‘credible and urgent’. No ICIG document saying so has been published. Sources: https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2023-us-house-hearing 2023-us-house-hearing:2022-05:Complaint to the ICIG Sun, 01 May 2022 12:00:00 GMT Grusch files a PPD-19 ‘urgent concern’ disclosure with the Intelligence Community Inspector General, alleging UAP information is being kept from Congress. Sources: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm https://thedebrief.org/intelligence-officials-say-u-s-has-retrieved-non-human-craft/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2022-us-aaro 2022-us-aaro:2021-12-27:Written into law Mon, 27 Dec 2021 12:00:00 GMT The FY2022 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Pentagon to set up an office for UAP, in coordination with the Director of National Intelligence. Sources: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3373 https://web.archive.org/web/20250830091216/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3100053/dod-announces-the-establishment-of-the-all-domain-anomaly-resolution-office/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2021-11:Task force replaced Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:00:00 GMT The UAPTF's work passes to a new group, the AOIMSG, which in July 2022 becomes AARO. Sources: https://media.defense.gov/2024/Mar/08/2003409233/-1/-1/0/DOPSR-CLEARED-508-COMPLIANT-HRRV1-08-MAR-2024-FINAL.PDF https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2021-06-25:ODNI assessment Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT The Director of National Intelligence publishes a preliminary assessment of 144 UAP reports; most remain unexplained for lack of data. Sources: https://www.intelligence.gov/assets/documents/702%20Documents/declassified/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/presidents/presidents-file presidents-file:2021-06-25:ODNI preliminary assessment Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT The intelligence community reports on 144 UAP reports from US government sources: one identified with high confidence as a large, deflating balloon; the others remain unexplained. Sources: https://archive.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2021-06-25:Preliminary assessment Fri, 25 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT The DNI reports on 144 UAP reports from 2004 to 2021: one explained, the rest unresolved. The Pentagon orders a plan to make the task force's mission permanent. Sources: https://www.intelligence.gov/assets/documents/702-documents/declassified/Prelimary-Assessment-UAP-20210625.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20250804232616/https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2672732/statement-by-pentagon-press-secretary-john-kirby-on-unidentified-aerial-phenome/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/1981-fr-trans-en-provence 1981-fr-trans-en-provence:2021-06-23:Still class D Wed, 23 Jun 2021 12:00:00 GMT GEIPAN's updated case page keeps the classification D, unexplained despite the information it holds, and publishes the original documents. Sources: https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/cas/1981-01-00849 https://www.cnes-geipan.fr/fr/node/58791 https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2021-05-16:Pilots on television Sun, 16 May 2021 12:00:00 GMT Fravor and Dietrich describe the encounter on CBS's 60 Minutes. Sources: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-ufo-sighting-60-minutes-2021-05-16/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeKY33sSSWY https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/presidents/presidents-file presidents-file:2021-05:Obama on late-night TV Sat, 01 May 2021 12:00:00 GMT On The Late Late Show with James Corden, Barack Obama says there is footage and records of objects in the skies “that we don't know exactly what they are”. Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna963 https://majesticarchive.com/files/1980-gb-rendlesham 1980-gb-rendlesham:2020-12-26:Forty years on Sat, 26 Dec 2020 12:00:00 GMT BBC News revisits the case: a forester calls the landing marks rabbit scrapes, airman John Burroughs describes a red, sun-like object, and the former MoD desk officer recalls closing the file. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-54649675 https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2020-08-04:Task force approved Tue, 04 Aug 2020 12:00:00 GMT Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist approves the UAP Task Force, led by the Navy. The Pentagon announces it on 14 August. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20210908090947/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2314065/establishment-of-unidentified-aerial-phenomena-task-force/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2020-06-17:Senate asks for a report Wed, 17 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT The Senate Intelligence Committee's report on the 2021 intelligence bill backs the UAP Task Force at the Office of Naval Intelligence and asks the DNI for a full assessment within 180 days of enactment. Sources: https://congress.gov/116/crpt/srpt233/CRPT-116srpt233.pdf https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/presidents/presidents-file presidents-file:2020-06:Trump on Roswell Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:00:00 GMT In a campaign-hosted interview with his son, Donald Trump says of Roswell: “I won't talk to you about what I know about it, but it's very interesting.” On declassifying, he will “have to think about that one.” Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-he-s-heard-very-interesting-things-about-roswell-n1231521 https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2020-04-27:Official release Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT The Department of Defense releases FLIR1, Gimbal and GoFast “to clear up any misconceptions” about whether the footage is real. Sources: https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ https://www.navair.navy.mil/foia/documents https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2020-04-27:Official release Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT The Department of Defense releases Gimbal, GoFast and the 2004 FLIR1 clip, saying they reveal no sensitive capabilities. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20200501162304/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200501045319/https://www.navair.navy.mil/foia/documents https://majesticarchive.com/files/2020-us-pentagon-release 2020-us-pentagon-release:2020-04-27:Official release Mon, 27 Apr 2020 12:00:00 GMT The Department of Defense authorises the release of the three videos “to clear up any misconceptions” about whether they were real, and posts them on the Navy's FOIA site. Sources: https://web.archive.org/web/20200501162304/https://www.defense.gov/Newsroom/Releases/Release/Article/2165713/statement-by-the-department-of-defense-on-the-release-of-historical-navy-videos/ https://web.archive.org/web/20200501045319/https://www.navair.navy.mil/foia/documents https://majesticarchive.com/files/1989-be-wave 1989-be-wave:2020-03-30:Thirty years on Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:00:00 GMT Press retrospectives note the case is still unresolved and that Gen. De Brouwer initially suspected US experimental aircraft, which the US denied. Sources: https://theweek.com/articles/905215/30-years-later-still-dont-know-what-really-happened-during-belgian-ufo-wave https://majesticarchive.com/mysteries/ancient-texts/dead-sea-scrolls dead-sea-scrolls:2020-03-13:All sixteen are fakes Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:00:00 GMT An independent team led by Colette Loll of Art Fraud Insights reports that none of the museum's 16 fragments is authentic. Sources: https://www.museumofthebible.org/dead-sea-scroll-fragments https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/museum-of-the-bible-dead-sea-scrolls-forgeries https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2019-11-12:The ship's crew speak Tue, 12 Nov 2019 12:00:00 GMT Popular Mechanics publishes accounts from five former sailors of the strike group, including USS Princeton radar operator Kevin Day and systems technician Gary Voorhis. Sources: https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a63549222/navy-ufo-witnesses-nimitz-encounter/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2004-us-nimitz 2004-us-nimitz:2019-09-11:Navy confirms Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:00:00 GMT Navy spokesman Joseph Gradisher confirms the recording dates (14 Nov 2004 for FLIR1) and that the Navy classifies the objects as unidentified aerial phenomena. Sources: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-navy-releases-dates-of-three-officially-acknowledged-encounters-with-phenomena/ https://majesticarchive.com/files/2015-us-gimbal-gofast 2015-us-gimbal-gofast:2019-09-11:Navy confirms Wed, 11 Sep 2019 12:00:00 GMT A Navy spokesman confirms the recording dates and says the Navy considers the phenomena in the videos unidentified. Sources: https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/u-s-navy-releases-dates-of-three-officially-acknowledged-encounters-with-phenomena/