--- alias: - Americans for Safe Aerospace - ASA - Safe Aerospace category: Private Organization created: 2026-10-02 location: Washington, D.C. relations: - fn: 2 reverse: true role: executive director, 30 hours per week, compensation 0 dollars on the Form 990-EZ for 2024 start: 2024 type: employed_by with: '[[Ryan Graves]]' - fn: 4 reverse: true role: listed on the organization's website as an advisor, October 3, 2026 start: 2026-10-03 type: member_of with: '[[Christopher Mellon]]' - fn: 4 reverse: true role: listed on the organization's website as an advisor, October 3, 2026 start: 2026-10-03 type: member_of with: '[[Alex Dietrich]]' - fn: 4 reverse: true role: listed on the organization's website as an advisor, October 3, 2026 start: 2026-10-03 type: member_of with: '[[Garry Nolan]]' - fn: 4 reverse: true role: listed on the organization's website as an advisor, October 3, 2026 start: 2026-10-03 type: member_of with: '[[Jay Stratton]]' summary: Washington, D.C. nonprofit founded by Ryan Graves, recognized as a 501(c)(3) in January 2024, which collects pilot and witness reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena and filed Forms 990-EZ for 2024 and 2025. tags: - Organization - UAP - Nonprofit - Aviation updated: 2026-10-03 --- Americans for Safe Aerospace (ASA) is a nonprofit corporation in [Washington, D.C.](/places/washington-dc/) (employer identification number 92-2948733). The [Internal Revenue Service](/organizations/internal-revenue-service/) data in the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer database lists it as a 501(c)(3) public charity with an IRS ruling date of January 2024, at 1620 I Street NW, Suite 750; its Form 990-EZ for 2024 gives 1090 Vermont Avenue NW, Suite 750, and its Form 990-EZ for 2025 and its website give 1620 I Street NW, Suite 900.[^1][^2][^3] ### Stated purpose and leadership The organization's website describes it as "a nonprofit led by military pilots" that works in "reporting, research, policy, education," runs a confidential channel through which pilots and veterans can report "unidentified anomalous phenomena" encounters, states that public reports are de-identified, and lists a podcast hosted by [Ryan Graves](/people/ryan-graves/). It names Graves as ASA's founder and records his testimony on July 26, 2023 before the [House Oversight Committee](/organizations/house-committee-on-oversight-and-government-reform/), at the hearing at which [David Grusch](/people/david-grusch/) and David Fravor also testified.[^4] ### Incorporation and registrations OpenCorporates, an aggregator that states its pages are not the primary source and that the company registry should be consulted, lists Americans for Safe Aerospace as a "Domestic Nonprofit Corporation," number N00007627058 (previous number EXTUID_4339256), status "Active In Good Standing," registered address 1620 I Street NW, Suite 900, [Washington, D.C.](/places/washington-dc/) 20006, registered agent Corporation Service Company at 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 605. The record's business classification text reads "Americans for Safe Aerospace is a charitable organization that is dedicated to aerospace safety and national security by providing public education on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and supporting pilots and other aerospace workers impacted by UAP." Its recent filings are dated March 16, 2023 ("Initial"), June 9, 2023 ("Amendment"), March 28, 2024 ("Biennial Report (2024)"), July 2, 2025 ("Good Standing") and March 19, 2026 ("Biennial Report (2026)"). The record shows ten officers, with names visible only to registered users.[^5] A [North Carolina](/places/north-carolina/) foreign nonprofit corporation record, number 3088984, status "Current Active," shows an "Application for Certificate of Authority" dated July 16, 2025, a registered agent at 4030 Wake Forest Road, Suite 349, Raleigh (Registered Agents Inc.), a head office at 1620 I Street NW, Suite 900, and four officers on record, names behind a login.[^5] The ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer organization record for EIN 92-2948733 gives IRS subsection 501(c)(3), National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities code Q43, ruling date January 2024, tax period December 2025, income of 77,745 dollars, revenue of 75,266 dollars and assets of 28,426 dollars, with the Internal Revenue Service address given as 1620 I Street NW, Suite 750 (the state records give Suite 900).[^6] ### Forms 990-EZ ASA's Form 990-EZ for calendar year 2024 (signed August 26, 2025, by Ryan Graves) reports gross receipts of 63,084 dollars, contributions, gifts and grants of 55,773 dollars, sales of inventory of 7,311 dollars (cost of goods sold 4,363), total revenue of 58,721 dollars, total expenses of 9,446 dollars (including 747 dollars to independent contractors and no salaries), and net assets of 2,895 dollars at the start and 52,170 dollars at the end of the year. The Schedule A reports that substantial contributors gave 45,000 dollars of the year's support; the contributor schedule is restricted from public release. The return states the primary exempt purpose as "To advance aerospace safety and national security through education research and nonpartisan engagement supporting pilots and aerospace professionals in reporting and analyzing UAP, disseminating safety information and partnering with scientific and government stakeholders to close domain-awareness gaps," and reports "over 200 reports" received through "a secure program for pilots and the public to report UAP sightings," with high-priority cases referred "to government channels including Senate committees and the [Pentagon](/organizations/pentagon/) directly," and a membership that grew "from zero to over 8000 members." It lists Ryan Graves as executive director (30 hours per week), Haley Morris as secretary and Brad Crispin as treasurer (10 hours per week each), none compensated. It answers no to lobbying activities and to political campaign activity.[^2] ASA's Form 990-EZ for calendar year 2025 (return dated May 18, 2026) reports gross receipts of 77,745 dollars, contributions of 74,508 dollars, total revenue of 75,266 dollars, total expenses of 92,750 dollars (salaries and other compensation 52,736 dollars, fees to independent contractors 2,372 dollars, other expenses 37,642 dollars including 18,516 dollars for travel), and net assets of 41,468 dollars at the start and 23,984 dollars at the end of the year; the beginning figure differs from the 52,170 dollars reported for the end of 2024 and the return refers to a "filed 2024 amended" statement. Program service expenses total 72,497 dollars. The return reports "over 800 reports," membership of "over 30,000," and three officers with no compensation: Ryan Graves (executive director, 30 hours a week, with an employee benefit program entry of 6,246 dollars), Jay Simpson (secretary, 10 hours) and Stan Strom (treasurer, 10 hours). The 2024 return, original and amended, listed Graves with Haley Morris (secretary) and Brad Crispin (treasurer), so the secretary and treasurer named differ between the two years.[^7] Schedule A reports substantial contributors of 37,617 dollars of the year's support.[^3] The IRS Exempt Organizations index lists a second Form 990-EZ filing for tax period 2024 in 2026 (object ID 202621399349200202), apparently the amended return.[^8] ### Founder's 2023 testimony At the July 26, 2023 hearing of the Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs of the [House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform](/organizations/house-committee-on-oversight-and-government-reform/), [Ryan Graves](/people/ryan-graves/) testified that "more than thirty witnesses have come forward and almost 5,000 Americans have joined us in the fight for transparency at safeaerospace.org," and that "the majority of witnesses are commercial pilots at major airlines." Representative Anna Paulina Luna asked him about a 2003 sighting at Vandenberg Air Force Base; he said the information came through "one of the witnesses that have approached me at Americans for Safe Aerospace."[^9] The July 2023 hearing witness list names Graves as "Executive Director, Americans for Safe Aerospace," and his congressional biography describes the organization as "the first military pilot led nonprofit dedicated to UAP as a matter of national security, aerospace safety, and science."[^9][^10] ### Advisors The website lists as advisors [Alex Dietrich](/people/alex-dietrich/) (former [Navy](/organizations/us-navy/) fighter pilot), [David Fravor](/people/dave-fravor/) (retired Navy commander), Michael Greene (former Marine Corps F/A-18D weapons systems officer), Sam Fletcher (retired Navy commander and congressional military adviser), [Jay Stratton](/people/jay-stratton/) (former director of the [UAP Task Force](/organizations/uap-task-force/)), [Christopher Mellon](/people/christopher-mellon/) (former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence), [Tim Gallaudet](/people/tim-gallaudet/) (retired Navy rear admiral and former acting NOAA administrator), Kirk McConnell (former congressional defense and intelligence staff member), Susan McCue (former chief of staff to Senator [Harry Reid](/people/harry-reid/)), Bryan Bender (communications executive and former [Politico](/organizations/politico/) defense editor), Mike Gold (former [NASA](/organizations/nasa/) associate administrator), David Radzanowski (former NASA chief financial officer), Robin Hanson (George Mason University), [Avi Loeb](/people/avi-loeb/) ([Harvard University](/organizations/harvard-university/), head of the [Galileo Project](/organizations/galileo-project/)), [Garry Nolan](/people/garry-nolan/) ([Stanford University](/organizations/stanford-university/)) and Ravi Starzl (Carnegie Mellon University).[^4] ### Lobbying and campaign records A search of Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act records on October 2, 2026 returned no filing in which Americans for Safe Aerospace appears as registrant or client, and none of the 65 filings whose specific issues mention "UAP" names it. No [FEC](/organizations/federal-election-commission/) committee under that name was located. FEC receipts under the name Ryan Graves belong to several unrelated individuals (Colorado, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Utah and Washington addresses and employers) and none is attributed to the founder.[^11] [^1]: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Americans For Safe Aerospace, EIN 922948733. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api/v2/organizations/922948733.json [^2]: Internal Revenue Service, Tax Exempt Organization Search e-file data, Form 990-EZ, Americans for Safe Aerospace, EIN 92-2948733, tax period ended December 31, 2024, object ID 202502389349200045, in https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/990/xml/2025/2025_TEOS_XML_09A.zip [^3]: Internal Revenue Service, Tax Exempt Organization Search e-file data, Form 990-EZ, Americans for Safe Aerospace, tax period ended December 31, 2025, object ID 202611399349200506, in https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/990/xml/2026/2026_TEOS_XML_05A.zip [^4]: Americans for Safe Aerospace, website, home page and policy pages, retrieved October 2, 2026. https://www.safeaerospace.org [^5]: OpenCorporates, Americans for Safe Aerospace, District of Columbia N00007627058 and North Carolina 3088984, retrieved October 3, 2026. https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_dc/N00007627058 ; https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_nc/3088984 [^6]: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer API, EIN 922948733, retrieved October 3, 2026. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/api/v2/organizations/922948733.json [^7]: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-EZ, Americans for Safe Aerospace, tax period 2024 (object ID 202502389349200045, signed August 26, 2025, in https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/990/xml/2025/2025_TEOS_XML_09A.zip) and amended return (object ID 202621399349200202), compared with the tax period 2025 return (object ID 202611399349200506, https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/990/xml/2026/2026_TEOS_XML_05A.zip), officer listings. [^8]: Internal Revenue Service, Tax Exempt Organization Search index for 2026. https://apps.irs.gov/pub/epostcard/990/xml/2026/index_2026.csv [^9]: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, hearing of July 26, 2023, Serial No. 118-53, statements and questioning of Ryan Graves and David Fravor. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-118hhrg53022/html/CHRG-118hhrg53022.htm [^10]: Ryan Graves, witness biography, July 26, 2023. https://www.congress.gov/118/meeting/house/116282/witnesses/HHRG-118-GO06-Bio-GravesR-20230726.pdf [^11]: Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act database search by client and registrant name and by issue text, October 2, 2026. https://lda.gov/api/v1/filings/?client_name=Americans+for+Safe+Aerospace ; Federal Election Commission, OpenFEC API, committee search "safe aerospace" and schedule A contributor name "Graves, Ryan," October 2, 2026. https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/schedules/schedule_a/