UAP Research: Declassified Records and DIY Sky-Watch Monitoring

Primary-source research, DIY monitoring builds, and the institutional history — not speculation dressed up as investigation.

Serious UAP research means knowing the difference between a declassified case file and someone’s YouTube commentary on that case file. This site is built around primary sources — the actual archives, the actual historical record, and practical guides for building your own monitoring setup — rather than recycled speculation.

Researching the Declassified Record

Declassified Project Blue Book document

Declassified Military UAP Records

How to search Project Blue Book and military archives yourself — no FOIA request required.

Fold3 search interface

How to Research Government UFO Files

Primary versus secondary sources, and when a FOIA request is actually the next step.

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The History of Government UAP Investigations

Project Sign through Project Blue Book to AATIP — the settled institutional record.

Building and Protecting Your Own Setup

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

Building a DIY Sky-Watch Setup

A Raspberry Pi and Meshtastic node cover most of what a serious hobbyist setup needs.

Synology DiskStation NAS

Protecting Your Sky-Watch Data & Footage

Observation data is irreplaceable. The 3-2-1 rule, applied to a remote station.

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Why UAP Researchers Should Use a VPN

The practical, non-paranoid case for keeping your research access private by default.

Research guides here are built around primary sources — archives like Fold3, and the actual documented institutional history — not recycled commentary. Where a page contains an affiliate link, it’s disclosed on that page, and the recommendation doesn’t change based on commission.