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65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 006 Official release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 271 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 2 stories
- p. 52 …5 secs None Flash like a rocket or training flare Star size Faster than any plane observed Went out like…
- p. 59 …Green 1 sec None Like flare Small Went out 145 16 Nov 1950 1 R Los Alamos, New Mexico Disappeared…
- p. 60 …like a flare Same as a signal flare Same as falling signal flare Same as signal flare 150 27 Nov…
- 4 more pages mention it
U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100 Report

U.S. Department of War· 253 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 3 stories
- p. 102 …It appeared to have a tail of green coloured sparks and they assumed it to be a flare shot at…
- p. 104 …It was not a flare or rocket, comet or falling star and at no time was there any noise. While…
- p. 143 Object seemed to be some sort of flare. Witness thought it was some aircraft in trouble. Requested the tower to…
- 3 more pages mention it
Project Blue Book case file: Levelland, November 2-3, 1957 (81 pages) Document

USAF / National Archives via The Black Vault· 82 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 18 …However, a flare from a natural gas " burn-off attack" in a possibility this flare would be yellowing though because…
Transcript of a Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, 1952 Hearing transcript

U.S. Department of War· 1952-03-26· 19 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 6 stories
- p. 2 …They flared up for about, oh, spasmodically for about two years and then the things died down to a certain…
- p. 3 …it turns out it's an airplane carrying a flare or something like that. So we've disregarded that concentration…
Transcript of a Presentation by Captain Edward J. Ruppelt, 1952 Hearing transcript

war.gov· 1952· 19 pages · Cited by the stories · 7 stories
- p. 2 …They flared up for about, oh, spasmodically for about two years and then the things died down to a certain…
- p. 3 …it turns out it's an airplane carrying a flare or something like that. So we've disregarded that concentration…
Project Twinkle Final Report (scan) Report

NICAP· 29 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 15 …1951 - A C-54 pilot reported a green flare or rocket observed in the vicinity of Rodeo, N.M. Its…
UFO research guide Document

The National Archives· 13 pages · Cited by the stories · 10 stories
- p. 5 …About 90 percent of the reports have been found to relate to meteors, balloons, flares and many other objects. The…
Office of the Secretary of Defense: 25_Sky_View_Final_Draft Official release

Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.· 2023· 16 pages · National Archives · 1 story
- p. 3 …The selected insects showed patterns of “brilliant colored flares or brushes of bluish white light from various external points on…
UFO research guide, August 2011 Document

The National Archives· 2011-08· 15 pages · Cited by the stories · 12 stories
- p. 5 …About 90 percent of the reports have been found to relate to meteors, balloons, flares and many other objects. The…
aaro historical record report volume 1 2024 Report

The Black Vault· 64 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories
- p. 19 …missiles, reflections, searchlights, birds, kites, false radar indications, fireworks, flares, and some confirmed hoaxes.36 Secretary of the Air Force…
Historical Record Report Volume 1 March 8 2024 Report

Office of the Secretary of Defense· 63 pages · OSD reading room · 2 stories
- p. 18 …missiles, reflections, searchlights, birds, kites, false radar indications, fireworks, flares, and some confirmed hoaxes.36 Secretary of the Air Force…
AARO Historical Record Report Volume 1 Report

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office· 2024-03· 63 pages · Cited by the stories · 4 stories
- p. 18 …missiles, reflections, searchlights, birds, kites, false radar indications, fireworks, flares, and some confirmed hoaxes.36 Secretary of the Air Force…
Report on the Historical Record of U.S. Government Involvement with Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, Volume I Report

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office· 2024-03-08· 63 pages · AARO · 4 stories
- p. 18 …missiles, reflections, searchlights, birds, kites, false radar indications, fireworks, flares, and some confirmed hoaxes.36 Secretary of the Air Force…
Office of the Secretary of Defense: 05_AARO_Historical_Record_Report Official release

Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense.· 2023· 63 pages · National Archives · 2 stories
- p. 18 …missiles, reflections, searchlights, birds, kites, false radar indications, fireworks, flares, and some confirmed hoaxes.36 Secretary of the Air Force…
UFO Reports 2008 Report

Ministry of Defence· 26 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories
- p. 24 …No Firm Date Not stated Redruth Cornwall They looked like flares or lights. They were quite far in the distance…
UFO files briefing guide Document

The National Archives· 15 pages · Cited by the stories · 10 stories
- p. 5 …About 90 percent of the reports have been found to relate to meteors, balloons, flares and many other objects. The…
Unidentified Flying Objects research guide Document

The National Archives· 15 pages · Cited by the stories · 8 stories
- p. 5 …About 90 percent of the reports have been found to relate to meteors, balloons, flares and many other objects. The…
Miscellaneous Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 18 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories
- p. 9 …As the two objects reversed direction, the exhaust lights appeared to flare brighter. Co-pilot Tamefuji, in a separate interview…
Sky Canada Project report (PDF) Report

Office of the Chief Science Advisor, Government of Canada· 2025· 30 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories
- p. 10 …Reflections, lens flares or other optical effects can create the appearance of something unusual in the sky. • Human Error: Misinterpretation…
AAWSAP DIRD, Space Access: Where We’ve Been and Where We Could Go, March 2010 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 2010-03-08· 56 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 0 stories
- p. 22 …the X-24B almost with no hands as it flared automatically . To the author's knowledge, all of the wind…
Former Academy President Aleksandrov on Chernobyl, Sakharov FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1990-08-01· 22 pages · CIA reading room · 0 stories
- p. 18 …I will not touch upon the essence, due to which the war flared up, it is nothing, it existed and…
Project Sign file, combined PDF Document

NICAP / USAF· 38 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 19 …Field going east, a light essentially on a plane flared above and to the north adving very swiftly toward the…
(Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2005-07-12· 312 pages · CIA reading room · 1 story
- p. 21 …The less frequent, but common objects, such as kites, fireworks, flares, rockets, contrails, and
State Pao: Afghan Evening News Clips 15 August 2015 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 2015-08-15· 49 pages · CIA reading room · 0 stories
- p. 22 …k j - ' Iqbal Bahar, police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the gun _ battle flared up at 4: O0 am when…
Air Force Project Blue Book Special Report 14 (Hynek's annotated copy) Report

Center for UFO Studies· 139 pages · Cited by the stories · 6 stories
- p. 34 …searchlights, birds, kites, spurious radar indications, hoaxes, fireworks, and flares. Aircraft, satellites, balloons, and the like should NOT be reported…
- p. 37 …2 7 11 9 3 3 0 2 54 Flares and Fireworks 1 4 8 6 8 3 5 7…
- p. 67 …The less frequent, but common objects, such as kites, fireworks, flares, rockets, contrails, and
- 2 more pages mention it
CIA-UAP-015, Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects) Case file

Central Intelligence Agency· 312 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 1 story
- p. 21 …The less frequent, but common objects, such as kites, fireworks, flares, rockets, contrails, and 11 I
Project Blue Book case file (combined PDF) Document

US Air Force, hosted by NICAP· 40 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 1 …SATELLITE INSUFFICIENT DATA SATELLITE Other (MISINTERPRETATION OF CONVENTIONAL OBJECTS) INSUFFICIENT DATA Astro (METEOR) Other (NOAX) Astro (VENUS) Other (FLARES/FIREWORKS…
Project Blue Book Special Report (second copy) Report

Internet Archive· 309 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 19 …The less frequent, but common objects, such as kites, fireworks, flares, rockets, contrails, and 11
Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14: Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects Analysis

United States Air Force, Air Technical Intelligence Center· 1955-05-05· 309 pages · Classic files · 2 stories
- p. 19 …The less frequent, but common objects, such as kites, fireworks, flares, rockets, contrails, and 11
Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960 Official release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 1952· 55 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 0 stories
- p. 42 …He stated that it had been determined that this was a "Mark Six, Aircraft Flare." He advised that others had…
David E. Hanlon Ralph Orcutt Edmund X. Klipa (Possible Contact by the Senate Select Committee Staff) FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1975-09-29· 515 pages · CIA reading room · 0 stories
- p. 17 …SYNOPSIS Information regarding Subject's associationinithHher;brgtherA and hiswwife, Qudith flare DOQ§Q§, and also information in regard to Sfibject…
- p. 140 …to reiease Attnahment A ta the Senate Select Camnittes flaring epan basting: an SQ fiawtamkar 1975. The pkrasa “This diszlesure…
Project Blue Book Mariana UFO Incident PDF Document

NARA via The Black Vault· 114 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories
- p. 17 …Setting Sun) UNIDENTIFIED Astro (Meteor) Astro (Meteor) Other (Lens Flare) A/C Other (Contrails) Astro (Ref of Setting Sun) A…
- p. 80 …least on the last few frames where the bright flare was very small, cf. figure 10(c)) or by Mr…
- p. 87 …scattering in the atmosphere (between the light source and the camera) *, optical aberrations (coma, astigmatism, distortion), flaring at the lens…
Department of State Inr Briefing Note- June 12, 1968 FOIA release

Central Intelligence Agency· 1968-06-12· 132 pages · CIA reading room · 0 stories
- p. 8 …thing" is that Vietnam, and other conflicts threatening to flare up where the situation is tense," "threaten the peoples with…
Official hearing transcript PDF (mirror) Hearing transcript

Congress.gov· 54 pages · Cited by the stories · 4 stories
- p. 13 9 They ask themselves how come when a Russian jet shoots flares at one of our drones—we have perfect…
Hearing 53-022 short link Hearing transcript

GovInfo· 54 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories
- p. 13 9 They ask themselves how come when a Russian jet shoots flares at one of our drones—we have perfect…
Official hearing transcript PDF Hearing transcript

U.S. House of Representatives· 54 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 13 9 They ask themselves how come when a Russian jet shoots flares at one of our drones—we have perfect…
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena: Implications on National Security, Public Safety, and Government Transparency (hearing transcript) Hearing transcript

U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability· 2023-07-26· 54 pages · Congressional hearings · 1 story
- p. 13 9 They ask themselves how come when a Russian jet shoots flares at one of our drones—we have perfect…
News clippings Document

FAA via National Archives / The Black Vault· 51 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 4 …As the two ob jects reversed direction, the exhaust lights appeared to flare brighter. Veteran JAL pilot recounts sighting of…
FAB CENDOC Envelope 09 (1978) Document

FAB CENDOC via The Black Vault· 86 pages · Cited by the stories · 3 stories
- p. 9 …An air and sea search was established but no source of the flare-like lights was found. Sept. 12th saw…
FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 06 FOIA release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 129 pages · FBI Vault · 2 stories
- p. 9 …She said it looked like "what think a comet would look like "It was a red flare", she continued, "which…
- p. 59 …It has since been concluded that the flares seen near Killen are probably similar to the phenomena previously noted in…
FBI file: UFO, UFO Part 07 FOIA release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 84 pages · FBI Vault · 0 stories
- p. 13 …I real that scientist were investigating the way the fires flared up in different parts away from the main fire…
FBI file 62-HQ-83894, serial 449 Document

Department of War· 18 pages · Cited by the stories · 5 stories
- p. 13 …betn a bic polltl Saucer 85 MilesWtMi~b91.lu1atpl Flares Over ~-...:::,-,..:::-M:,~and ... .........,, IMftliben Northeast :::,-:.,-....::.,~1!""..'::1 NCW YORK (VPO…
UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950 Report

U.S. Department of War· 1948· 116 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 1 story
- p. 41 …5 secs None Flash like a rocket or training flare Star size Faster than any plane observed Went out like…
- p. 49 …like a flare Same as a signal flare Same as falling signal flare Same as signal flare (1) 150 27…
- p. 108 …Investigation continues in an effort to determine cause of the "lights." Last information is that 32 trip flares have been…
- 7 more pages mention it
65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Serial 449 Official release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 18 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 2 stories
- p. 13 …betn a bic polltl Saucer 85 MilesWtMi~b91.lu1atpl Flares Over ~-...:::,-,..:::-M:,~and ... .........,, IMftliben Northeast :::,-:.,-....::.,~1!""..'::1 NCW YORK (VPO…
8,000 pages of Declassified Canadian UFO Documents Document

Internet Archive· 2015-12-10· 300 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 73 …BUZZING SOUND E VERY BRIGHT CMM SIMILAR TO A FLARE F RED TINTED FIREBALL WITH A FAINT WHITE TAIL TRAILING…
- p. 230 …The Elliott girls Cathy, 12, and Margaret, 13, made this drawing of the object # Area UFO just flares from planes…
Declassified Canadian UFO Documents, search for Michalak FOIA release

Internet Archive· 300 pages · Cited by the stories · 1 story
- p. 73 …BUZZING SOUND E VERY BRIGHT CMM SIMILAR TO A FLARE F RED TINTED FIREBALL WITH A FAINT WHITE TAIL TRAILING…
- p. 230 …The Elliott girls Cathy, 12, and Margaret, 13, made this drawing of the object # Area UFO just flares from planes…
FBI file 62-HQ-83894, section 10 Document

Department of War· 184 pages · Cited by the stories · 2 stories
- p. 12 …st night Gov. Ha ydon Burn.s, four cynf. Flares Over cal newspapermen, Mn. Bums and slx Burns staff memben…
- p. 30 …moonships : ..C'nidentified c~llege boys" playing pranks with flares to frighten the g i r 1 s in the…
65 HS1-834228961 62-HQ-83894 Section 010 Official release

Federal Bureau of Investigation· 184 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 1 story
- p. 12 …st night Gov. Ha ydon Burn.s, four cynf. Flares Over cal newspapermen, Mn. Bums and slx Burns staff memben…
- p. 30 …moonships : ..C'nidentified c~llege boys" playing pranks with flares to frighten the g i r 1 s in the…
box Incident Summaries 173-233 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 144 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 0 stories
- p. 107 …A brilliant red flare was sighted at an altitude of approximately 10,000 to 11,000 ft. It appeared to…
- p. 116 …Shape (Sketch if Possible) similar to flare 11. Nature of Luminosity: Like flare (directed beam of light?) 12. Altitude of…
- p. 117 …Capt Goade stated he had seen a green flare arise from the ground to an altitude of approximately 500 ft…
- 14 more pages mention it
box7 Incident Summaries 1-100 Official release

U.S. Department of War· 209 pages · PURSUE release (war.gov) · 4 stories
- p. 105 ## CONFIDENTIAL Object seemed to be some sort of flare. Witness thought it was some aircraft in trouble. Requested the tower…
- p. 111 …All stated that it was not to their knowledge a balloon, dirigible, flare, parachute or any other known object and…