Glossary
The acronyms you meet in the case files. In any article, hover the first use of one for its full name; click it to open its record.
- AARO
- All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Pentagon's UAP office since 2022 · AARO
- AATIP
- Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, the DIA effort Lue Elizondo ran · AAWSAP and AATIP: the secret Pentagon study
- AAWSAP
- Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program, DIA, 2008–2010 · AAWSAP and AATIP: the secret Pentagon study
- AFMC
- Air Force Materiel Command · Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
- AFOSI
- Air Force Office of Special Investigations · Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI)
- AFOSR
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research · Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- AFRL
- Air Force Research Laboratory · Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
- APRO
- Aerial Phenomena Research Organization, a civilian group (1952–1988)
- ATIC
- Air Technical Intelligence Center, which ran Project Blue Book · Project Blue Book
- BAASS
- Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies, the AAWSAP contractor · Bigelow Aerospace / BAASS
- CEFAA
- Chile's committee for the study of anomalous aerial phenomena
- CIA
- Central Intelligence Agency · Central Intelligence Agency
- DARPA
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency · Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- DHS
- Department of Homeland Security · Kona Blue (DHS prospective SAP, 2011)
- DIA
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- DIRD
- Defense Intelligence Reference Document, the AAWSAP study papers · AAWSAP and AATIP: the secret Pentagon study
- DoD
- Department of Defense
- DOE
- Department of Energy · DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (OICI)
- DTRA
- Defense Threat Reduction Agency · Defense Threat Reduction Agency
- EBE
- Extraterrestrial biological entity
- FAA
- Federal Aviation Administration
- FLIR
- Forward-looking infrared, the targeting-pod camera behind the Navy videos · The Nimitz 'Tic Tac'
- FOIA
- Freedom of Information Act
- GEIPAN
- France's official UAP study office, part of the space agency CNES · GEIPAN
- ICIG
- Intelligence Community Inspector General
- IR
- Infrared
- JPL
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory · NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- LANL
- Los Alamos National Laboratory · Los Alamos National Laboratory
- MJ-12
- Majestic 12, the alleged secret control group · Majestic 12
- MUFON
- Mutual UFO Network, a civilian investigation group
- NASA
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · NASA
- NASIC
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center · National Air and Space Intelligence Center
- NDAA
- National Defense Authorization Act, the yearly defense law that carries the UAP provisions
- NHI
- Non-human intelligence
- NICAP
- National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (1956–1980)
- NIDS
- National Institute for Discovery Science, Bigelow's research group · Bigelow buys the ranch: NIDS on watch
- NNSA
- National Nuclear Security Administration · National Nuclear Security Administration (NEST, OST, SRT)
- NORAD
- North American Aerospace Defense Command
- NRO
- National Reconnaissance Office · National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)
- NSA
- National Security Agency
- ODNI
- Office of the Director of National Intelligence · The ODNI's preliminary assessment
- ONR
- Office of Naval Research · Office of Naval Research (ONR)
- PURSUE
- The war.gov/ufo release of military UAP files (2026) · war.gov/ufo: the files come out
- RAF
- Royal Air Force
- RCO
- Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office · Department of the Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO)
- S-4
- The alleged test site near Area 51 where Bob Lazar said he worked · Area 51 and S-4
- SAIC
- Science Applications International Corporation · SAIC
- SAP
- Special access program
- SAPOC
- Special Access Program Oversight Committee · Special Access Program Oversight Committee (SAPOC) and Senior Review Group
- SRI
- SRI International (Stanford Research Institute) · SRI International
- TTSA
- To The Stars Academy · To The Stars Academy
- UAP
- Unidentified anomalous phenomena (earlier: unidentified aerial phenomena)
- UAPDA
- UAP Disclosure Act · The UAP Disclosure Act
- UAPTF
- Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (2020–2021) · The UAP Task Force
- UFO
- Unidentified flying object
- USAF
- United States Air Force · United States Air Force
- USO
- Unidentified submerged object