The File Room

The US National Archives now maintains a dedicated [Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Records Collection](https://www.archives.gov/research/topics/uaps). It has an archival identity of its own: Record Group 615.

The collection was created under the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act. Federal agencies are directed to transfer relevant UAP material for preservation and public access, with records added on a rolling basis as they are processed.

What Is Actually There

The archive is not a single disclosure dump or a certified catalogue of alien encounters. It is a framework linking newly transferred material with older records scattered across government collections. Descriptions and digitised files appear through the National Archives Catalog, and bulk downloads are available for parts of the collection.

Some records remain subject to lawful restrictions or redaction. Others may be mundane, duplicated or frustratingly incomplete. Archives preserve what institutions knew, claimed, investigated and withheld—not just what later proved true.

Why It Matters

For decades, the UFO file lived as a rumour about hidden cabinets. RG 615 changes the shape of that story. The cabinet has a number, transfer guidance and a public landing page. Researchers can now ask not only what a document says, but which agency held it, when it moved and what remains absent.

The forbidden archive is becoming a public archive—one box at a time.