Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is a DOE national laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. ORNL has partnered with aaro on UAP detection capabilities and analytical methods, as disclosed in the AARO annual report.

Oak Ridge also features prominently in historical UAP records: the FBI case file 62-HQ-83894 (1947-1968) includes photographs and reports from Oak Ridge, and the PURSUE Release 02 116-page Sandia NM 1948-1950 file documents UAP sightings at nuclear installations during the same era.