Archive
A civilian archive is preserving decades of UFO casework before it disappears
Worth Revisiting: NUFOHRC is acquiring, digitizing, cataloging, and conserving major organizational and researcher collections for future public access.
Briefed August 7, 2026 · Aliens in the Clouds
Worth Revisiting
The National UFO Historical Records Center says its mission is to collect, preserve, and provide historical UFO materials regardless of belief or non-belief. Its workflow includes acquiring collections, digitizing paper and analog media, conserving originals, building systematic catalogs, and developing public access.
The Center identifies major holdings connected to NICAP, the Center for UFO Studies, and the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, along with collections from individual researchers. These materials document what people reported and how organizations investigated; they are historical evidence about the record and its custody, not automatic proof of any explanation described within it.
Why it matters
A documented chain from donor to catalog to digital copy allows researchers to check dates, authorship, revisions, and surrounding correspondence instead of inheriting context-free claims.
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