Are the FAA's UFO reports public?

Yes — FAA records of unusual aerial activity are public records, but they are scattered and hard to search in bulk. Project Fast Walker: UFO Files indexes 8,918 of them, covering October 2019 through December 2025, searchable in full text and ordered to surface the most unusual first. No other archive, official or private, offers that index.

What counts as an FAA UFO report?

Reports of unusual aerial activity that reach FAA channels — much of it originating with the pilots and controllers who watch the sky for a living. They are public records, written in the dry language of aviation, which is precisely what makes the strange ones stand out.

How many FAA reports are there?

The index currently holds 8,918 reports, covering October 1, 2019 through December 30, 2025, and grows as new records are published. Each is preserved as a record, not a story.

Why does a full-text index matter?

Because the records are scattered. Read one report and you have an anecdote; search all 8,918 at once and you can follow patterns across years. The index is searchable in full text and ordered to surface the most unusual reports first.

Can I read the FAA reports free?

Yes. The full index ships inside Project Fast Walker: UFO Files at no cost — no account, no ads, no tracking. The dataset is also described in machine-readable form on the app's page for researchers.

Is there an app for the FAA UFO reports?

Project Fast Walker: UFO Files is a free Android app that indexes 179 declassified US government UAP documents, 152 official Pentagon and AARO videos, 8,918 FAA anomaly reports, 130 Library of Congress clippings and 176 US aerospace patents, each linked to the originating government source.

Last updated August 27, 2026.