YEAR DOSSIER

1971 UAP Cases

Browse every indexed UAP case from 1971. These year landing pages create long-tail search entry points for archive queries tied to specific years and incidents.

3 INCIDENTS · YEAR-BASED ARCHIVE HUB
ALL INCIDENTSFULL TIMELINESOURCE GUIDE
DoD◎ Disc / Saucer
SECRET
DOD-081 · 1971-03-10

USS Trepang SSN-674 — Arctic UAP Photographs

◎Arctic Ocean, North Pole region

A series of photographs taken from the USS Trepang (SSN-674) nuclear submarine while operating in the Arctic Ocean show unidentified disc-shaped and cigar-shaped objects near the sea surface and ice. The photographs were classified SECRET. Declassified versions were released by researcher John Greenewald via FOIA and authenticated by naval historians. They show objects displaying transmedium behavior — transitioning between air and water.

HOVERINGTRANSMEDIUMRAPID ACCELERATION
PARTIAL
◈ MEDIA
OPEN DOSSIER →
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.

HOVERINGRAPID ACCELERATION
PARTIAL
◈ MEDIA
OPEN DOSSIER →
State Dept◉ Orb / Sphere
SECRET
STATE-033 · 1971-09-14

China PLA Air Force UAP Reports — Declassified Incident Series

◎Inner Mongolia and Guangdong Province, China

Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force pilots and radar operators documented multiple unidentified aerial encounters from the early 1970s through the 1980s. Chinese researchers obtained partial access to PLA Air Force internal reports through the 1990s and 2000s as China's government engagement with UAP became more open. Chinese astronomer and science writer Shi Bo documented declassified Chinese military incident reports from multiple provinces.

RAPID ACCELERATIONFORMATIONSENSOR INTERFERENCE
MODERATE
◈ MEDIA
OPEN DOSSIER →