Documented sightings in Washington, sorted from most recent.
The signed FY2026 NDAA required Pentagon briefings on UAP intercepts by NORTHCOM/NORAD since 2004, a classification matrix, and streamlined reporting to AARO.
Military whistleblowers testified about UAP encounters at Vandenberg, aboard USS Jackson, and at Langley, while dramatic Yemen orb video was shown publicly for the first time.
Rep. Burlison's comprehensive UAP disclosure bill proposing a Records Review Board and mandatory declassification was introduced but excluded from the House NDAA.
Legislation to protect UAP whistleblowers from retaliation when reporting to Congress about government UAP research programs and taxpayer fund usage.
Bipartisan bill requiring all federal agencies to declassify and publish UAP records on a public website within 270 days, introduced by Burchett, Moskowitz, and Luna.
The House Oversight Committee created a bipartisan Task Force on Declassification of Federal Secrets, establishing the first standing Congressional body focused on UAP transparency.
Whistleblower helicopter pilot described retrieving egg-shaped UAP craft, accompanied by exclusive video footage of an alleged retrieval operation shown on NewsNation.
AARO's annual report logged 757 new UAP cases with 21 'truly anomalous' incidents, as new director Kosloski admitted cases he cannot explain.
A second major congressional UAP hearing featured Elizondo, Gallaudet, and Shellenberger testifying about hidden programs and withheld UAP information.
Joint House hearing featuring Elizondo, Gallaudet, Gold, and Shellenberger testifying about secret UAP programs, classified imagery, and government cover-ups.
A whistleblower alleged the existence of 'Immaculate Constellation,' a secret program serving as a repository for high-quality UAP imagery from military sensors.
Former intelligence official David Grusch testified under oath to Congress that the US government possesses non-human craft and biologics in a secret retrieval program.
Navy pilot Ryan Graves testified to Congress about daily UAP encounters off the East Coast, including a cube-in-sphere object, and founded Americans for Safe Aerospace.
Senate Majority Leader Schumer introduced landmark legislation to force UAP disclosure, but key provisions were stripped amid defense industry opposition.
A secret CIA-sponsored panel of scientists met for four days in 1953 and recommended systematic debunking of UFO reports, establishing government policy that shaped the cover-up narrative for decades.
UFOs tracked on radar over the nation's capital on two consecutive weekends, triggering jet scrambles and the largest Pentagon press conference since WWII.
Private pilot Kenneth Arnold's sighting of nine unusual objects near Mount Rainier launched the modern UFO era and coined the term 'flying saucers.'
Three days before the Kenneth Arnold sighting, harbor patrolman Harold Dahl reported six doughnut-shaped craft ejecting molten material near Puget Sound. Two investigating officers later died in a plane crash.