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analysis-role: guide
confidence-level: high
confidence-rationale: All 28 catalog records and 1139 PDF pages are inventoried; confidence concerns coverage and reading routes, not the physical truth of reported events.
evidence-status: mixed
ai-analysis: true
accuracy-disclaimer: AI-assisted analysis may contain errors. Verify claims against original PDF pages; witness reports, inference and illustration are not independent physical evidence.
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topic-slug: release-7-companion-map-and-reading-guide
topic-title: Release 7 Companion Map and Reading Guide
topic-description: Source-linked Release 7 analysis with explicit claim limits and evidence tests.
topic-audience: serious-uap-readers
topic-priority: 10
analysis-category: guide
guide-description: Read the official records with complete source routing and explicit evidence boundaries.
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# Release 7 Companion Map and Reading Guide

![Release 7 evidence families, symbolic interpretive cover](/media/Release_7/Analysis/images/release-7-reading-guide-interpretive-reconstruction.png)

**AI interpretive reconstruction — not source evidence.** This shared release cover symbolizes archival reporting, witness interviews, contractor research and recovery-policy correspondence. The illustrated aircraft, triangle, lights and fragment are invented editorial motifs; they establish no event geometry, recovered material or connection between the families. These guides and reports are UAPs.world analysis of official released records, not government-authored findings.

## Answer First

Release 7, dated **October 23, 2026**, contains **28 official PDF records totaling 1,139 pages**. It has no standalone video or audio files. Two guides and four companion reports organize every record into four families: modern witness testimony, AAWSAP/BAASS research activity, historical reporting/personnel context, and space-fragment recovery policy.

Its strongest contribution is the ability to compare different kinds of evidence without merging them. The modern interview records disagree on timing; BAASS records partly fill the earlier planning/progress gap; historical index cards preserve ordinary and insufficient-data assessments; recovery correspondence exposes policy concerns without establishing an exotic recovery.

## Source Basis

The release-local [official catalog](/?open=Release_7%2Fuap-data.csv) supplies the metadata for these 28 records. The archive, catalog and preview images are packaging or derivatives, not additional source cases. Every PDF is inventoried below and linked to a companion report. Full inventory coverage does not mean every page has been independently verified: this first analytical pass inspected selected claim-bearing pages, compared the modern narratives, and visually checked key timing, policy and historical-assessment claims.

All 28 PDFs have first-pass searchable transcripts with review warnings. Text-layer extraction is not transcription validation. Forty-three pages have sparse or absent embedded text; other pages contain degraded or mirrored text. Consult original page images for quotations, dates, numbers and handwritten judgments. Transcription improvements are a separate workstream and will not silently resolve ambiguities in the sources.

## Evidence Families and Reading Routes

| Family | Documents / pages | Start here | Main boundary |
| --- | ---: | --- | --- |
| Modern witness packet | 2 / 14 | [Western Triangle Witness Chain and Timeline Discrepancies](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC134-Western-Triangle-Witness-Chain-and-Timeline-Discrepancies.md) | Overlapping testimony and inconsistent timing are not calibrated sensor confirmation. |
| AAWSAP / BAASS | 9 / 699 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) | Proposal, reported work, acceptance and physical validation are different steps. |
| Historical reports and McCoy | 15 / 353 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) | Fourteen report files plus one personnel file; filenames do not supersede internal assessments. |
| Recovery-policy correspondence | 2 / 73 | [Space Fragment Recovery Policy and the NASA Cover Memo](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC137-Space-Fragment-Recovery-Policy-and-the-NASA-Cover-Memo.md) | Policy debates and intelligence interests do not identify a particular recovered object. |

For the cross-release implications and standards that connect these families, read [Release 7 Evidence Standards and Cross Release Guide](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC133-Release-7-Evidence-Standards-and-Cross-Release-Guide.md). The shared illustrated cover is symbolic and does not imply a causal link among them.

## Case-Officer Reading Path

1. **Begin with the shortest high-value comparison:** [AARO triangle summary](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D176-Triangular_UAP_AARO_MFR_2026.pdf&page=1) and [FBI continuation](/?open=Release_7%2FFBI-UAP-D043-FD_302_Unidentified_Aerial_Object_Observation_Report-2026.pdf&page=2). Keep the time and duration disagreement visible.
2. **Follow the program chain:** [BAASS management plan](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D168-BAASS_Project_Management_Plan-December_2008.pdf&page=8), [April progress report](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D170-BAASS_Montly_Report_April_2009.pdf&page=11), [Utah deployment summary](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D174-Utah_Ranch_Investigation_Report_April_2010.pdf&page=5), then [capability self-assessment](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D175-BAASS_Self-Assessment_of_UAP_Analysis_Capabilities_November_2010.pdf&page=12). Ask what was planned, collected, analyzed and independently validated.
3. **Calibrate with historical controls:** [Guam’s conditional explanation](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D156-Air_Intelligence_Information_Report_Guam-1956.pdf&page=4), [Catalina’s Jupiter assessment](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D178_Unresolved_UAP_Report_Catalina_Island-1953.pdf&page=1), and [Catalina’s insufficient-data finding](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D181_Unresolved_UAP_Report_Catalina_Island-1949.pdf&page=1).
4. **Read the striking memo in context:** [Hale’s May 1963 memorandum](/?open=Release_7%2FEOP-UAP-D002-Memo_on_Interagency_Coordination_for_the_Recovery_of_Foreign_Materiel-May_1963.pdf&page=1) beside [the space-fragment draft’s agency roles](/?open=Release_7%2FUSG-UAP-D002-Interagency_Correspondence_Concerning_Space_Fragments-1962_1964.pdf&page=28).

## Complete Source Ledger

Page counts are PDF pages, including covers, index cards and appendix imagery. Multiple documents may preserve related accounts; document counts are not independent-event counts.

| Official source | PDF pages | Companion |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| [DOW-UAP-D155, Air Intelligence Information Report, Saudi Arabia, 1957](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D155-Air_Intelligence_Information_Report_Saudi_Arabia-1957.pdf) | 5 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D156, Air Intelligence Information Report, Guam, 1956](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D156-Air_Intelligence_Information_Report_Guam-1956.pdf) | 5 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D157, Air Intelligence Information Report, Italy, 1952](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D157-Air-Intelligence_Information-Report-Italy-1953.pdf) | 5 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D158, Flying Object Report, Canada, 1953](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D158-Flying_Object_Report_Canada-1953.pdf) | 4 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D159, Air Intelligence Information Report, Germany, 1953](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D159-Air_Intelligence_Information_Report_Germany-1953.pdf) | 2 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D160, Air Intelligence Information Report, Morocco, 1953](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D160-Air_Intelligence_Information_Report_Morocco-1953.pdf) | 3 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D161, Air Intelligence Information Report, Alaska, 1953](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D161-Air_Intelligence_Information_Report_Alaska-1953.pdf) | 4 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D162, Air Intelligence Information Report, Alaska, 1953](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D162-Air_Intelligence_Information_Report_Alaska-1953.pdf) | 4 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D163, Air Intelligence Information Report, Sweden, 1953](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D163-Air_Intelligence_Information_Report_Sweden-1953.pdf) | 3 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D164, Flying Object Report, Indiana, 1953](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D164-Flying_Object_Report_Indiana-1954.pdf) | 6 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D166, MUFON Reports Prepared for BAASS, November 2008](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D166-MUFON-Reports_Prepared_for_BAASS-November_2008.pdf) | 26 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D167, Project Capella, December 2008](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D167-Project_Capella-December-2008.pdf) | 42 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D168, BAASS Project Management Plan, December 2008](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D168-BAASS_Project_Management_Plan-December_2008.pdf) | 49 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D169, BAASS Monthly Report, March 2009](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D169-BAASS_Monthly_Report-March_2009.pdf) | 42 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D170, BAASS Monthly Report, April 2009](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D170-BAASS_Montly_Report_April_2009.pdf) | 50 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D171, BAASS Monthly Report, June 2009](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D171-BAASS_Monthly_Report_June_2009.pdf) | 134 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D173, BAASS Monthly Report, November 2009](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D173-BAASS_Monthly_Report_November_2009.pdf) | 155 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D174, Utah Ranch Investigation Report, April 2010](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D174-Utah_Ranch_Investigation_Report_April_2010.pdf) | 60 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D175, BAASS Self-Assessment of UAP Analysis Capabilities, November 2010](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D175-BAASS_Self-Assessment_of_UAP_Analysis_Capabilities_November_2010.pdf) | 141 | [AAWSAP BAASS Plans Fieldwork and Capability Claims](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC135-AAWSAP-BAASS-Plans-Fieldwork-and-Capability-Claims.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D176, Triangular UAP AARO Memorandum for Record, 2026](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D176-Triangular_UAP_AARO_MFR_2026.pdf) | 3 | [Western Triangle Witness Chain and Timeline Discrepancies](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC134-Western-Triangle-Witness-Chain-and-Timeline-Discrepancies.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D177, Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1955](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D177_Unresolved_UAP_Report_Catalina_Island-1955.pdf) | 4 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D178, Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1953](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D178_Unresolved_UAP_Report_Catalina_Island-1953.pdf) | 5 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D179, Air Intelligence Information Report, Catalina Island, 1952](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D179_Unresolved_UAP_Report_Catalina_Island-1952.pdf) | 2 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D180, Final Personnel Record for McCoy, Howard M., U.S. Air Force, 1954](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D180_Final-Personnel-Record-for-McCoy-Howard-M-US-Air-Force-1954.pdf) | 298 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [DOW-UAP-D181, Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1949](/?open=Release_7%2FDOW-UAP-D181_Unresolved_UAP_Report_Catalina_Island-1949.pdf) | 3 | [Historical Sighting Reports Controls and McCoy Context](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC136-Historical-Sighting-Reports-Controls-and-McCoy-Context.md) |
| [EOP-UAP-D002, Memorandum on Interagency Coordination for the Recovery of Foreign Materiel, May 1963](/?open=Release_7%2FEOP-UAP-D002-Memo_on_Interagency_Coordination_for_the_Recovery_of_Foreign_Materiel-May_1963.pdf) | 1 | [Space Fragment Recovery Policy and the NASA Cover Memo](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC137-Space-Fragment-Recovery-Policy-and-the-NASA-Cover-Memo.md) |
| [FBI-UAP-D043, FD-302, Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report, 2026](/?open=Release_7%2FFBI-UAP-D043-FD_302_Unidentified_Aerial_Object_Observation_Report-2026.pdf) | 11 | [Western Triangle Witness Chain and Timeline Discrepancies](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC134-Western-Triangle-Witness-Chain-and-Timeline-Discrepancies.md) |
| [USG-UAP-D002, Interagency Correspondence Concerning Space Fragments, 1962-1964](/?open=Release_7%2FUSG-UAP-D002-Interagency_Correspondence_Concerning_Space_Fragments-1962_1964.pdf) | 72 | [Space Fragment Recovery Policy and the NASA Cover Memo](/?open=Release_7%2FAnalysis%2FC137-Space-Fragment-Recovery-Policy-and-the-NASA-Cover-Memo.md) |

## Working Assessment

High confidence in corpus coverage and reading routes; confidence in specific physical claims varies and is described in each companion. Conventional, observational and disclosure-forward explanations remain distinct and testable. Missing data neither proves an extraordinary claim nor rules it out.

The highest-value follow-up is to reconcile the modern timeline and retrieve raw sensing; connect BAASS plans to accepted outputs and original data; check historical explanations against contemporaneous conditions; and connect recovery-policy proposals to specific implementation and custody records. Improved transcripts will assist searching, but the original released pages remain controlling evidence.