Case File · AARO · Cold War / Blue Book Era (1953-1969) Declassified May 8, 2026 · PURSUE Release 01

1964 UAP Sighting — AARO Records (D214P19 var 2)

UFO Visual Sighting

In 1964, the CIA evaluated UFOs following White House discussions. The evaluation found no evidence that UFOs were a threat to U.S. security or of foreign origin, mirroring findings from the early 1950s.

April 1968
Unknown location
Source document: PURSUE doc 214
Source document: PURSUE doc 214 · Source: declassified document

Background

A UFO/UAP incident extracted from page 19 of dopsr hrrv1 march2024, an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) document published in 2024-2025. The incident is dated 1964 and located in Unknown location.

What the document records

In 1964, the CIA evaluated UFOs following White House discussions. The evaluation found no evidence that UFOs were a threat to U.S. security or of foreign origin, mirroring findings from the early 1950s.

Witnesses on file: CIA scientific division.

Status of the case

The page-level assessment recorded in the document is: identified as not of foreign origin. AARO designates unresolved cases as those for which the agency has not concluded the events were anomalous, has not concluded they were conventional, and has not ruled out either possibility. Conventional candidates for sightings of recent periods include drones, classified test platforms, satellite re-entry, balloon traffic, atmospheric optical phenomena, and astronomical objects.

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