CIA-UAP-007: Current Status Of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Project.
This released document records that the Air Force continues to maintain, but with apparently decreasing emphasis, its interest in UFOB's. The file preserves the source account or analysis but does not independently establish interpretations beyond the cited record. This document is useful as an officially released artifact because it preserves the file's provenance and lets its claims be compared with related Release 03 records.
- File
- Document · Release 03
- Date
- December, 1953
- Extent
- 3 pages
- Agency
- CIA
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Probed Assessment
Key takeaways
- The Air Force continues to maintain, but with apparently decreasing emphasis, its interest in UFOB's.
- ATIC personnel no longer conduct field investigations of UFOB sightings.
- Approximately ten percent of the reported sightings have been tagged as unsolved.
Why it matters
CIA-UAP-007, Current Status Of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Project. is an officially released 3-page record with searchable page text, page-specific claim locators, dated events where supported, and document-level provenance.
Corroboration
The release establishes official provenance for CIA-UAP-007, Current Status Of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Project., but its reported observations, judgments, and interpretations remain source claims unless supported by independent records.
Open questions
- • Which companion records or contemporaneous sources, if any, independently corroborate the document’s key claims?
Probed separates this editorial assessment from the source claims below. It summarizes what the released artifact supports; it is not independent verification.
Official Description from War.gov
This December 1953 memorandum provides a status update on the Air Force's UFO project activities, including ongoing intelligence operations, equipment procurement for photographing UFOs, and Canada’s establishment of a "laboratory" for recording observable phenomena. A more redacted version of this memorandum has been available on CIA's public website.
Preserved verbatim as source metadata. This wording is separate from Probed’s file-specific description and assessment.
File Context
Related entities
Tracker findings
CIA record says Air Force interest in UFOB reports was decreasing
The CIA record states that the Air Force continued to maintain interest in UFOB reports, though with apparently decreasing emphasis.
Release provenance
- Release
- Release 03
- Official ID
- release-03-file-016-cia-uap-007-current-status-of-unidentified-flying-objects-ufo-project
- Cleared
- Jun 12, 2026
Referenced Timeline
P&E Division assumed responsibility
P&E Division assumed responsibility for the OSI project on unidentified flying objects.
Memorandum approved for release
The memorandum providing a status update on the Air Force's UFO project activities was approved for release.
LinkedUSAFVerbal request by Mr. Brent
Mr. Brent made a verbal request for a resume of the current status of unidentified flying objects activities.
Source Claims
Claims are attributed to the released source and remain distinct from Probed’s assessment and tracker findings.
The Air Force continues to maintain, but with apparently decreasing emphasis, its interest in UFOB's.
a. Air Force. The Air Foree continues to aaintain, but with apparently decreasing emphasis, its interest in UFOB's.
ATIC personnel no longer conduct field investigations of UFOB sightings.
ATIC personnel no longer conduct field investigations of UFOB sightings.
Approximately ten percent of the reported sightings have been tagged as unsolved.
For about te past year, apprezimately ten percent of the reported sightings have been tagged as unsolved... Of
ATIC is in the process of transferring project Bluebook to Hq., Air Defense Command.
ATIC is in the process 07? transferring project Bluebook so Hq., Air Defense Command.
Source Material & Evidence
Research Map
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