Declassified Archives Search Gateway

How do you search for declassified government documents on UFOs, paranormal events, or historical conspiracies? This tool acts as a centralized search gateway, allowing you to query multiple official U.S. government and public archives simultaneously from a single interface. Enter your search term—such as 'Project Blue Book,' 'Stargate Project,' or 'Roswell'—to generate direct links and begin your investigation.

How This Gateway Works

This tool simplifies the research process. Instead of visiting multiple websites and performing separate searches, this gateway constructs precise search links for each archive based on your single query. When you click "Search Archives," the tool generates a list of direct links. Clicking on a link will open the official search results page for that archive in a new tab, showing all relevant documents for your term.

About the Archives

Understanding where to look is as important as what you're looking for. Each of these archives has its own specialty and collection of documents.

FBI Vault

The FBI's electronic FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) library contains a vast range of files on everything from famous criminal cases to counter-intelligence. For our purposes, it's a treasure trove of documents on subjects the Bureau has investigated, including UFOs (under "Unidentified Flying Objects"), Project Blue Book, animal mutilations, and ESP.

CIA FOIA Reading Room

The CIA's CREST (CIA Records Search Tool) database holds millions of declassified documents covering decades of intelligence operations. This is the primary source for files on Project MKUltra, Project Stargate (remote viewing), and the CIA's own internal studies on UFO sightings during the Cold War.

The Black Vault

The Black Vault is the largest privately-run online repository of declassified government documents in the world, operated by researcher John Greenewald Jr. It contains millions of pages obtained through decades of persistent FOIA requests. It is often the best and most comprehensive source, containing documents that are difficult to locate on the official government sites.

Tips for Effective Searching

• Be Specific: Use official project names when possible (e.g., "Project Stargate" instead of "psychic spies").
• Use Quotation Marks: For multi-word phrases, enclosing them in quotation marks (e.g., "Roswell Incident") will yield more precise results.
• Try Variations: Search for both "UFO" and "UAP," or try specific case numbers if you know them.