Sources & data
Where the register’s material comes from, how we process it, and how to verify it yourself.
Primary sources
Every record in the register originates from official government material — the public UAP disclosure releases we track, AARO reporting, and records released by individual agencies (among them the FBI, CIA, NASA, the Department of State, and the Department of Energy). We do not add cases from rumor, anonymous claims, or secondary “sightings” databases.
How an entry is built
We ingest each official release into a single structured dataset, then apply the published methodology by formula to produce both scores. No score is typed by hand. Thinner records that the public material can’t yet support are marked logged rather than scored.
Verify any case yourself
Transparency is the point of a register. Every assessed case page links to the government’s own file or footage under “View the primary source.” If our reading and the source ever disagree, the source wins — and we want to hear about it through our corrections process.
Integrity
Where we mirror or reference released files, we record a cryptographic (SHA-256) fingerprint of each file so changes can be detected over time. The register’s guiding rule is never omit, only rank: nothing released is hidden, and ranking is done openly by the same method for every case.
Copyright & attribution
The records cataloged here are, for the most part, works of the U.S. federal government and are in the public domain under 17 U.S.C. §105; we attribute each to its releasing agency and link the primary source. Third-party materials that appear within government releases — contractor-created renderings, privately captured media, or foreign-source documents — remain the property of their respective owners, and we link to the agency’s copy rather than re-hosting them. Disclosure Register’s own work — the methodology, scores, written assessments, and design — is © Disclosure Register. Agency and program names are used descriptively to identify records and imply no affiliation (see our independence statement). To raise a rights or attribution concern, contact Roe@RoeAque.com.
Updates
The register grows as new official material is released and as we verify additional records. See the changelog for the running history.