Accessioned and retired FAA Western-Pacific Region and Air Force records relating to the March 1997 Arizona sightings
A commissioned draft was received. Its endpoint, legal sufficiency and payment are being checked before filing.
Part of a multi-agency investigation
dfdade11-85e1-464d-9153-39f292fca876The shared question produced 4 tailored filings. Each has its own route, statutory clock, correspondence and outcome.
The records sought
A search of accessioned holdings and of records-transfer documentation for material relating to the 13 March 1997 Arizona sightings, covering: (a) any accessioned FAA records in Record Group 237 from the Western-Pacific Region (AWP), Phoenix TRACON, Sky Harbor tower or Albuquerque ARTCC for calendar 1997, including facility logs, correspondence and public-inquiry files; (b) any accessioned Air Force records in Record Group 341 or successor series comprising 56th Fighter Wing histories or Air National Guard unit histories for fiscal or calendar 1997; (c) Standard Form 135 records-transmittal-and-receipt forms, transfer lists and box-content inventories showing what those FAA and Air Force offices retired to a Federal Records Center for the 1997 period, and the disposition (accessioned, destroyed, still agency-owned) of those accessions.
Date range: 1997-03-01 – 2026-08-21
Why it was asked
Nearly thirty years on, the surviving paper from 1997 is more likely to sit in NARA's accessioned holdings or a Federal Records Center than in an active agency office. The transfer inventories are the cheapest way to learn what physically survives before paying for a broader search.
Timeline
Commission submitted for route and filing review
Drafting
Public milestones summarize progress and outcomes. Contact details, message content and operational evidence remain private to the requester and authorized staff.