Insights / Agencies

Who owns the source records?

The PURSUE corpus is not a single-agency archive. This view uses the normalized source manifest agency for each hosted document, then counts the public serials attached to those documents. It is a custody map, not a claim about who investigated every incident.

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Agencies
134
Hosted documents
120
Public serials

57 documents / 49 public serials

FBI

Federal investigative files, photographic exhibits, statements, and case material from FBI-linked source records.

PDF49
Images8
Videos0

Date range in public serials

1944-2025

49
PDF
8
IMG

52 documents / 52 public serials

Department of War

Modern military reports and historical War Department records released through the PURSUE archive.

PDF52
Images0
Videos0

Date range in public serials

1944-2025

52
PDF
0
IMG

Sample source documents

Linked public serials

14 documents / 8 public serials

NASA

Apollo, Gemini, Skylab, and NASA visual material where the source record is NASA-originated or NASA-contextual.

PDF8
Images6
Videos0

Date range in public serials

1965-2001

8
PDF
6
IMG

6 documents / 6 public serials

Department of State

Diplomatic cables and State Department memoranda that report UAP-related events or policy context.

PDF6
Images0
Videos0

Date range in public serials

1963-2023

6
PDF
0
IMG

3 documents / 3 public serials

Department of Energy

Source records attributed to this agency in the hosted manifest.

PDF3
Images0
Videos0

Date range in public serials

1948-1986

3
PDF
0
IMG

1 documents / 1 public serials

Central Intelligence Agency

Source records attributed to this agency in the hosted manifest.

PDF1
Images0
Videos0

Date range in public serials

1972-1972

1
PDF
0
IMG

1 documents / 1 public serials

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Source records attributed to this agency in the hosted manifest.

PDF1
Images0
Videos0

Date range in public serials

2025-2025

1
PDF
0
IMG