America’s most extensive collection of original historical documents related to UFOs has just found a new home in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

The National UFO Historical Records Center (NUFOHRC), founded by veteran UFO researcher and historian David Marler, opened its brand-new public facility in cooperation with Rio Rancho Public Schools at an event last week.

For decades, Marler has collected thousands of records from government and civilian sources, along with video and audio recordings, photographs, magazines, and historical artifacts related to studying what the U.S. government now calls unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).

The organization’s new home, unveiled last Tuesday at a special ribbon-cutting event, was an outgrowth of Marler’s passion for preserving the subject’s history.

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At its new facility, NUFOHRC preserves some of the most compelling historical documentation involving UAP, including copies of original case files from Project Blue Book once owned by its scientific advisor, astronomer J. Allen Hynek.

In addition to the wealth of official U.S. government documentation housed at NUFOHRC’s new facility, Marler and his team recently acquired the files of the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization (APRO), a civilian scientific organization that conducted UFO field investigations with several scientists serving as consultants. The files, kept at a private residence in Arizona for decades, are now housed at NUFOHRC’s Rio Rancho facility and include photographs, original artwork, and physical artifacts from APRO’s investigations spanning several decades.