NRC UFO Files: FOIA Responses Reveal Decades of Sightings, N

NRC UFO Files: FOIA Responses Reveal Decades of Sightings, No Official Records

A newly released FOIA response from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shows that while the agency received reports of unidentified objects near nuclear facilities—including a 1984 sighting at Indian Point and a 2015 incident at Pilgrim—it has consistently stated it holds no records on such events.

Published

September 7, 2026

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Date not listed

Source agency

The Black Vault (FOIA archive)

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NRC's 2021 FOIA Response to UFO Records Request

On July This regional disparity suggests that UFO-related inquiries are not uniformly documented across the NRC's organizational structure. The response also noted that the NRC had previously received a similar FOIA request in 1984, which had yielded no records at that time. Furthermore, the agency acknowledged that it had recently processed another request, NRC-2021-000172, concerning the same subject matter, and that the response to that request—including a copy of the 1984 record and response—was publicly available in the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) under accession number ML21179A019.

The 2021 response was classified as an interim response, indicating that the NRC was still processing the request, and it waived all fees associated with the search and duplication. This release, made available through The Black Vault, provides a rare glimpse into how the NRC handles UFO-related inquiries, revealing both the agency's procedural thoroughness and the limitations of its record-keeping.

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