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NASA UAP Files

Browse every indexed UAP case tied to NASA. This landing page turns the broader archive into a focused agency dossier for search, internal linking, and research.

11 INCIDENTS · OFFICIAL CONTEXT: NASA UAP STUDY
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NASA-001 · 1965-12-05

Gemini 7 — Orbital Bogey Report

Low Earth Orbit

Astronaut Frank Borman reported a 'bogey' keeping pace with Gemini 7 in orbit. Audio recording included in the public archive record set. NASA classified as 'unexplained orbital anomaly'.

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NASA-002 · 1969-11-19

Apollo 12 — Five Lunar Phenomena

Lunar Orbit / Surface

Photograph shows five unexplained phenomena above the lunar horizon. Pete Conrad's filed report describes an object maintaining parallel course for approximately 40 minutes during lunar orbit.

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NASA Triangular
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NASA-003 · 1972-12-11

Apollo 17 — Triangular Formation & Crater Flash

Lunar Surface / Cislunar Space

Photograph shows three dots in triangular formation in the lunar sky. Harrison Schmitt reported a flash north of Grimaldi crater. NASA's assessment: 'no consensus about the nature'. Photographs not included in original public mission archives.

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NASA Disc / Saucer
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NASA-004 · 1996-02-25

STS-75 Tether Incident — NASA Shuttle Footage

Low Earth Orbit

NASA Space Shuttle Columbia's payload cameras recorded dozens of disc-shaped objects swarming around the broken STS-75 tethered satellite experiment at orbital altitude. The objects appear to exhibit structured geometry with a notch at one edge, move independently against orbital mechanics, and some pass behind the 12-mile-long tether — indicating they are large, distant objects rather than camera artifacts.

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NASA Orb / Sphere
UNCLASSIFIED
NASA-006 · 1991-09-15

STS-48 Discovery — NASA Footage, Anomalous Objects

Low Earth Orbit — Discovery shuttle, ~570 km altitude

NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery STS-48 mission recorded footage showing multiple small bright objects making sharp directional changes and accelerating at high speed in Earth orbit. One object abruptly changes direction moments before a flash and streak cross the frame. The footage was broadcast in the official NASA public feed. Physicists and aerospace engineers publicly analyzed the footage and some concluded the movements were inconsistent with ice particles or thruster firings.

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NASA Orb / Sphere
UNCLASSIFIED
NASA-007 · 1971-02-06

Apollo 14 — Astronaut Edgar Mitchell Lunar UAP Observations

Lunar orbit and cislunar space — Apollo 14 trajectory

Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Dr. Edgar Mitchell — one of 12 humans to walk on the Moon — formally stated in interviews and testimony that the Apollo 14 crew observed unidentified objects during their mission, and that senior NASA personnel had advised crew members not to discuss such observations publicly. Mitchell became the most credentialed official witness to directly address UAP observations in the NASA program, holding a PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT.

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NASA Orb / Sphere
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NASA-B9-021 · 1993-09-12

STS-51 Shuttle Mission UAP 1993

Low Earth Orbit, 160 nautical miles altitude

During Discovery's STS-51 mission, multiple unidentified objects were captured on NASA cameras performing rapid maneuvers near the orbiter. The footage showed objects executing course changes inconsistent with orbital debris. NASA Mission Control acknowledged the contacts.

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NASA Orb / Sphere
UNCLASSIFIED
NASA-B10-011 · 1966-09-12

Gemini XI Mystery Objects 1966

Low Earth Orbit — Gemini XI Mission

During Gemini XI's record 850-mile altitude orbit, astronauts Pete Conrad and Richard Gordon photographed objects flying in formation near their spacecraft. NASA's official explanation of unspent rocket stages was disputed by researchers who verified the stages were at different orbital locations.

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NASA Orb / Sphere
UNCLASSIFIED
NASA-B12-025 · 1996-11-28

STS-80 Columbia UAP Objects 1996

Low Earth Orbit — STS-80 Mission

NASA cameras on Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-80 mission captured footage of multiple objects performing formation maneuvers near the orbiter. Dr. Story Musgrave — one of NASA's most respected astronauts — stated during the mission he could see the objects from the cockpit and that they were real.

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NASA Orb / Sphere
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NASA-B13-016 · 1968-12-27

Apollo 8 Lunar Orbit Observation 1968

Lunar Orbit — Apollo 8 Mission

During Apollo 8's historic first crewed lunar orbital mission, crew members observed and partially documented unidentified objects near the spacecraft during the Christmas 1968 mission. NASA communications transcripts contain references to unexplained sightings not attributed to debris or known phenomena.

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NASA Disc / Saucer
UNCLASSIFIED
DoD-B20-020 · 1950-09-01

Mariana Great Falls Film — Earliest Military Analysis 1950

McMinnville, Oregon

The McMinnville photographs of May 1950 taken by Oregon farmer Paul Trent are among the most extensively analyzed UAP photographs in history. The two Kodak photographs show a metallic disc-shaped object with a clear superstructure hovering over the Trent farm. Analysis by University of Colorado scientist William Hartmann concluded the photographs were genuine and represented an 'unknown object.' Photo forensics by the Condon Committee, ground shadow analysis, and photogrammetry all failed to identify conventional explanations.

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