Majestic Archive
Credits

Every image, with its licence

Only real archival material. No AI-generated or recoloured images are used as archival material; colour originals are shown in black and white and say so. Nothing goes on the site without a line here.

Intro film (v4)

The film credits its sources on its end card. The same list, with the status of our own source check: a row marked [TO VERIFY] is not yet in our photo register.

  • Ronald Reagan, UN General Assembly address, 21 September 1987Reagan Library, CC BY 3.0
  • Roswell Daily Record, front page, 8 July 1947Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
  • US Navy FLIR1 video (Department of Defense release, 2020)PD-USGov (Wikimedia Commons)
  • Giza, photograph by F. Bonfils, c. 1870–88Museo Egizio, Turin, CC0 · TO VERIFY
  • Puma PunkuJanikorpi, CC BY-SA 3.0 · TO VERIFY
  • Emerald Tablet, engraving by H. Khunrath, 1606Public domain · TO VERIFY
  • Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsa), photograph by Ardon Bar HamaPublic domain · TO VERIFY

As stated in the film: archival material unaltered except grayscale, crop and grain; no AI-generated imagery. Made by Echo for Majestic Archive. Earlier intro versions are documented in CREDITS.md in the repository.

Photographs and clips (register)

Everything the site is allowed to show, from two registers: assets/photos/sources.csv (per file) and assets/archive/collection.csv (the central collection of period black-and-white material). A file not in these lists cannot appear on a page: the build refuses it.

Roswell, 1947

  • Roswell Daily Record front page, 8 July 1947: 'RAAF Captures Flying Saucer'Roswell Daily Record · Public domain (Commons) · Public domain (Commons) · source
  • Maj. Jesse Marcel with debris, Fort Worth, 8 July 1947Fort Worth Star-Telegram (J. Bond Johnson) · PD-US-not renewed · PD-US-not renewed · source
  • Gen. Roger Ramey with memo and debris, Fort Worth, 1947J. Bond Johnson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram · PD-US-no notice · PD-US-no notice · source
  • Close-up crop of the memo in Gen. Ramey's hand, Fort Worth, 1947 (Commons file name says Ramey and DuBose)Fort Worth Star-Telegram · PD-US-not renewed · PD-US-not renewed · source
  • Map from the USAF Roswell Report: debris field and claimed crash sitesUnited States Air Force · PD-USGov · PD-USGov · source

USS Nimitz, 2004

  • Official FLIR1 video (DoD release 2020), 76 sU.S. Navy · PD-USGov (Commons) · PD-USGov (Commons) · source
  • Still at t=5 s from FLIR1U.S. Navy · PD-USGov (Commons) · PD-USGov (Commons) · source
  • Still at t=30 s from FLIR1U.S. Navy · PD-USGov (Commons) · PD-USGov (Commons) · source
  • Still at t=70 s from FLIR1U.S. Navy · PD-USGov (Commons) · PD-USGov (Commons) · source
  • Flight operations on the deck of USS Nimitz, 24 Aug 2004 (colour)U.S. Navy (Airman Maebel Tinoko) · PD-USGov-Military-Navy · PD-USGov-Military-Navy · source
  • USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan off southern California, 16 Nov 2004 (colour)U.S. Navy (PH3 Elizabeth Thompson) · PD-USGov-Military-Navy · PD-USGov-Military-Navy · source

Belgian UFO wave, 1989–90

  • Belgian Air Force F-16 (modern, colour; not a 1989 photo, type illustration only)Clemens Vasters (Flickr) · CC BY 2.0 (naamsvermelding verplicht) · CC BY 2.0 (naamsvermelding verplicht) · source

Intro film (Reagan, 1987)

  • 40 s clip (from 29:20) of the UN address, 21 Sep 1987, with the 'alien threat' passage, original with audioReagan Library · CC BY 3.0 (naamsvermelding Reagan Library) · CC BY 3.0 (naamsvermelding Reagan Library) · source
  • Same clip, no audio, grayscale (derived by us)Reagan Library · CC BY 3.0 (naamsvermelding Reagan Library) · CC BY 3.0 (naamsvermelding Reagan Library) · source
  • Still from the clip (colour)Reagan Library · CC BY 3.0 · CC BY 3.0 · source
  • Still from the clip (colour)Reagan Library · CC BY 3.0 · CC BY 3.0 · source
  • Still from the clip (colour)Reagan Library · CC BY 3.0 · CC BY 3.0 · source
  • Still from the clip (colour)Reagan Library · CC BY 3.0 · CC BY 3.0 · source

giza

  • The Pyramids of El-Geezeh, from the South-West · c.1857 (printed c.1865)Francis Frith, J. Paul Getty Museum · Public domain · source
  • The Pyramids of El Geezeh · 1856-1860Francis Frith, Rijksmuseum · CC0 / Public domain · source
  • Giza pyramids · 19th century (c.1870-1888)Félix Bonfils, Archivio fotografico Museo Egizio Turin · CC0 · source
  • Giza pyramids · 19th centuryFélix Bonfils, Archivio fotografico Museo Egizio Turin · CC0 · source
  • Giza pyramids · 1870-1888Antonio Beato, Archivio fotografico Museo Egizio Turin · CC0 · source
  • Pyramids of Giza from a balloon (early aerial) · 1904-11-21Eduard Spelterini, Swiss National Library · Public domain (author d.1931) · source

puma punku

  • Vue générale des ruines du groupe Puma Punco · 1903Mission Créqui-Montfort 1903, Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain · source
  • Pierre trachytique taillée, groupe Puma Punco · 1903Mission Créqui-Montfort 1903, Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain · source
  • Pierre trachytique sculptée, groupe Puma Punco · 1903Mission Créqui-Montfort 1903, Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain · source
  • Pierre cannelée, groupe Puma Punco · 1903Mission Créqui-Montfort 1903, Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain · source
  • Monolithic staircase, Kalasasaya, Tiwanaku (first excavations) · 1903-1904Arthur Posnansky, KHM Wien · Public domain · source

gobekli tepe

  • Göbekli Tepe main excavation area (aerial) · c.2019German Archaeological Institute, photo E. Kücük (Dietrich et al. 2019, PLoS ONE, CC BY 4.0) · CC BY 4.0 · not a period original · source

baalbek

  • Baalbec. Temple of Jupiter · c.1870Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions / Public domain · source
  • Baalbec. Corner, Temple of Jupiter · c.1870Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions / Public domain · source
  • Balbek. Temple de Bacchus · 1880-1890Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division · No known restrictions / Public domain · source
  • Baalbek. Grand quarry (Stone of the Pregnant Woman) · c.1900Library of Congress, Matson (G. Eric and Edith) Photograph Collection · No known restrictions / Public domain · source

emerald tablet

  • Emerald Tablet engraving, Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae · 1609 (Hanau edition; plate dated 1606)Houghton Library, Harvard University · Public domain · source

dead sea scrolls

  • Dead Sea Scrolls · 1948Willem van de Poll, Nationaal Archief / Anefo · CC0 · source
  • Dead Sea Scrolls · 1948Willem van de Poll, Nationaal Archief / Anefo · CC0 · source
  • Dead Sea Scrolls · 1948Willem van de Poll, Nationaal Archief / Anefo · CC0 · source
  • Entrance of the Qumran cave where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found · 1948Willem van de Poll, Nationaal Archief / Anefo · CC0 · source

fatima 1917

  • Crowd looking at the 'Miracle of the Sun', Fátima · 1917-10-13Judah Bento Ruah, Ilustração Portugueza 1917 · Public domain (PD-Portugal-photo / PD-US-expired) · source
  • Ilustração Portuguesa page 353 (crowd at Fátima) · 1917-10-29Ilustração Portuguesa, 29 Oct 1917, Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa · Public domain · source
  • The three children of Fátima · c. Oct 1917Joshua Benoliel (attr.), Ilustração Portuguesa 1917 · Public domain (PD-old-auto-expired) · source

ezekiel wheel

  • Ezekiel's vision (wheel within a wheel), woodcut no.78 · 1538Hans Holbein the Younger, Icones, Lyon 1538 · Public domain · source

roswell 1947

  • Gen. Ramey and Col. DuBose with debris · 1947-07-08Fort Worth Star-Telegram · PD-US-not renewed · source

belgian wave

  • NATO formation incl. Belgian Air Force F-16A · 1987-04-06U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt. David Nolan · Public domain (PD-USGov) · not a period original · source

moon landing

  • Apollo 11 bootprint on the lunar surface (AS11-40-5878) · 1969-07-20NASA · Public domain (NASA) · source
  • Laser Ranging Retroreflector (AS11-40-5952) · 1969-07-20/21NASA · Public domain (NASA) · source
  • Apollo 11 lunar sample 10046 (S69-45610) · 1969NASA · Public domain (NASA) · source
  • LRO view of Apollo 11 landing site · 2009-07-11NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University · Public domain (NASA) · not a period original · source

presidents

  • Official portrait of President Jimmy Carter · 1977-01-31Official White House photo · Public domain (PD-USGov) · source
  • Official portrait of President Ronald Reagan · 1981-02-07Official White House photo by Michael Evans · Public domain (PD-USGov) · source
  • Official portrait of President Bill Clinton · 1993Official White House photo · Public domain (PD-USGov) · source
  • Official portrait of President Barack Obama · 2009-01-13Official White House photo by Pete Souza (CC BY 3.0) · CC BY 3.0 · source

blue book

  • Dr Hynek's evaluations extracted from Project Grudge report (incident index), p.3 of Blue Book file 'Biggs AFB, Texas, 1952-07' · c.1949 (Project Grudge); filed 1952U.S. Air Force / National Archives · Public domain (PD-USGov) · source
  • Project Blue Book case file p.1: National City, California, May 1952 · 1952-05U.S. Air Force / National Archives · Public domain (PD-USGov) · source
  • Project Blue Book case file p.1: London, England, Dec 1952 · 1952-12U.S. Air Force / National Archives · Public domain (PD-USGov) · source

Fonts

  • Special Elite (typewriter: folder titles, stamps, the site name)Astigmatic · SIL Open Font License 1.1 · self-hosted
  • IBM Plex Mono (labels)IBM · SIL Open Font License 1.1 · self-hosted
  • Body textyour system’s sans-serif, nothing downloaded

Texts

Texts written with AI (Claude) from linked sources and checked by a human editor. See About & method and the corrections log.