Tier 1finding · archive-shelfmark-leak
PDF titles contain raw NARA shelfmarks
Some PDFs' embedded titles aren't UAP descriptions — they're the literal NARA shelfmarks. That tells you which archive box each document came from.
Researchers and FOIA filers can now trace each document back to its origin record group, container, and folder. The numeric prefixes match NARA Record Group numbers.
Evidence
The numeric prefixes (374_, 255_, 342_, 38_, 59_, 65_, 331_, 341_) in many filenames are NARA Record Group numbers:
- RG 374 — Defense Threat Reduction Agency / AFSWP successor
- RG 255 — NASA
- RG 65 — FBI
- RG 59 — State Department
- RG 38 — Navy Bureau of Naval Personnel
- RG 341 — Headquarters U.S. Air Force
- RG 342 — U.S. Air Force commands, activities, organizations
- RG 331 — Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, WWII
Several PDFs have *only* the shelfmark as their embedded title — no UAP description at all.
PDFs whose /Title is just the archive shelfmark
| File | Embedded /Title (shelfmark) | Public catalog title |
|---|---|---|
| 052226/release_02/.../dow-uap-d017_general_correspondence_of_sandia.pdf | 374_141326_General_Correspondence_of_Sandia_Base_Folder_333 | DOW-UAP-D017, UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948-1950 |
| release_1/255_t_763_r1b_transcripts.pdf | 255_t_763_r1b_transcripts | NASA-UAP-D003, Gemini 7 Transcript, 1965 |
Sources
www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/release_1
All PDFs — /Title fields
www.war.gov/medialink/ufo/052226/release_02/documents
Release 2 PDFs