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The original was posted on /r/ufos by /u/HM05_Me on 2026-08-05 22:28:49+00:00.

It has been two months since Air Force UAP records appeared in the National Archives’ Amazon S3 bucket. Within 24 hours, my Substack account had a view from the DoD and the National Archives pulled the records from the S3 bucket.

On July 15, the National Archives updated the links to their records from s3.amazonaws.com to catalog.archive.gov. As a result, there is less visibility on records pending upload to their catalog.

At this time, these Air Force records have yet to be published to the National Archives’ catalog. The records were declassified May 2025 and are months late for the requirements in the 2024 NDAA. Despite being ready for release, they are being withheld from the public.

These Air Force records may not be the only UAP records left to be uploaded to the National Archives’ catalog. Over the last couple years, I have made numerous attempts to get answers about these transfers and to confirm what agencies had transferred records.

Most of my emails about UAP records go unanswered, while emails on other subjects have received prompt replies. I even called various departments, with many phone numbers no longer valid or with recordings directing callers to email. I spoke to a couple people with Electronic Records, the team the UAP records fall under in their catalog, only to be told they didn’t have information outside of what was available to the public. I was provided additional emails and phone numbers to try, which were again no longer valid or didn’t yield responses.

In April, after exhausting the normal email and phone channels, I reached out directly to someone with Research Services. I received a prompt response that they were checking into my questions about the transfers and would have a response soon. Over a month later, I followed up and received another prompt response that they were still looking into my questions and would heat back soon. I have yet to hear a response.

These attempts to get a public statement on the status of the UAP records transfers predate the issues with the Air Force records. This shows ongoing issues with the release of UAP records at the National Archives. I don’t believe the issue falls solely on them. There may be pressure from other agencies to withhold the release of records. However, the public is due an update from the National Archives on the status of the records transferred to them.

Even with the president’s establishment of PURSUE, there are records that have been available for public release for over a year still being withheld. If the current administration or federal agencies were serious about releasing UAP records, there would be no reason to continue to withhold these records.

The UAP record transfers established in the 2024 NDAA have failed. Promises from the current administration and federal agencies have failed to publish UAP records already in the pipeline and past due for release. An amendment to the 2027 NDAA expanding on UAP legislation is in the works, but what chance does it have when the current administration and federal agencies fail to act on or deliberately interfere with existing legislation?

If transparency on UAP is to be taken seriously, the public needs to see the following.

• Release of remaining UAP records transferred to the National Archives.
• Release of metadata spreadsheets for both publicly releasable UAP records and records intended to be withheld from the public. For records originally intended to be withheld, the public should know of their existence and the administration and agencies need to work on their release.
• Digitization of UAP records previously in the National Archives’ possession.

These are simple steps towards transparency. The groundwork had been laid out for years. Due dates have come and gone. Promises have been made for the release of more records. Yet, all of the work already in progress seems to have been pushed aside. It’s time for the bare minimum to be addressed so that additional reviews for and release of records can build off it.