2 tranches · 226 files released · latest May 22, 2026

UAP Disclosure Releases

Every tranche of UAP/UFO files released at war.gov/UFO under the Department of War's PURSUE program — Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters — in reverse-chronological order. Click any tranche to expand the headline cases and link into the source documents on war.gov.

About the program

Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) is the federal effort directing the declassification and rolling release of UAP-related records. Established by Presidential directive (Donald J. Trump) on February 19, 2026 · presidential directive. Lead agency: Department of War. Portal launched May 8, 2026 at war.gov/UFO.

Release cadence

Tranches posted every few weeks on a rolling basis as records are discovered and declassified.

Scope

PURSUE publishes UAP cases the U.S. government has been unable to definitively resolve. The Department of War continues to publish separate reporting on resolved UAP cases under existing statute.

Interagency partners

  • The White House
  • Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
  • Department of Energy (DOE)
  • All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Additional components of the U.S. Intelligence Community

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Release 02 May 22, 2026 64 files

Second PURSUE release

DOW AARO CIA NASA ODNI DOE

Second tranche under PURSUE. Sixty-four declassified files — 51 videos, 7 NASA-mission audio recordings, and 6 PDF documents — with a heavier emphasis on military video footage than Release 01. Adds CIA and a senior-IC USPER narrative to the agency mix and surfaces the first publicly-available footage of one of the February 2023 fighter shootdowns (Lake Huron).

File types

report imagery video transcript audio memo

Topics

fbi-domestic apollo mercury indopacom centcom northcom afswp ussr-historical fighter-aircraft infrared-imagery lake-huron-shootdown

Notable cases (15)

  • DOW video 2023 · U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility (Lake Huron)

    USAF ANG F-16C shoots down UAP over Lake Huron, 12 Feb 2023 (DOW-UAP-PR071)

    First publicly-available footage of one of the three U.S. fighter shootdowns of unidentified objects in the week after the February 2023 Chinese spy balloon transit. 46-second infrared clip; AARO description flags a kinetic interaction with radial fragmentation at the 20-second mark.

  • DOW video 2022 · Vicinity of Columbus, Ohio (U.S. Northern Command AOR)

    Several UAP encountered in vicinity of Columbus, OH, Nov 2022 (DOW-UAP-PR073)

    Infrared sensor footage from a U.S. military platform; object appears to tilt sideways and disappear at the end of the clip. AARO assesses the video was uploaded to a classified network in March 2023.

  • DOW video 2024 · Over ocean (specific area of responsibility undisclosed)

    UAP/USO formation — four oblong objects over ocean, 1 Jun 2024 (DOW-UAP-PR052)

    Four oblong objects in formation traveling quickly over ocean surface. Released alongside the Iran 4-UAP-formation imagery (PR050) as part of the formation-cluster cases in Release 02.

  • DOW imagery 2022 · Near Iran

    4 UAP formation, Iran, 26 Aug 2022 (DOW-UAP-PR050)

    Sensor image showing objects in formation with trails, crosshair, and redacted portions.

  • DOW video Syria

    Syrian UAP instant acceleration (DOW-UAP-PR051)

    Infrared video with a prominent area of contrast near the center of the screen described as exhibiting instant acceleration.

  • DOW video 2019 · U.S. East Coast

    UAP from December 2019, East Coast (DOW-UAP-PR086)

    Sensor footage over water with a crosshair on an object and redacted portions; one of the East Coast 2019 carrier-strike-group-era encounters newly declassified.

  • DOW video Persian Gulf

    UAPs in formation over Persian Gulf (DOW-UAP-PR098)

    Multiple objects in formation over the Persian Gulf, captured by U.S. military sensor platform.

  • DOW video 2019 · (callsign-identified, location not disclosed)

    Hi-res CALLSIGN observation of UAP at 1715Z, 25 Sep 2019 (DOW-UAP-PR099)

    Higher-resolution observation than typical legacy ATFLIR clips; clean sensor view of the object.

  • DOW video 2023 · U.S. Northern Command area of responsibility

    F/A-18 FLIR UAP — fifth-gen aircraft, 20 Jan 2023 (DOW-UAP-PR068)

    Infrared sensor footage from a U.S. military fifth-generation aircraft. AARO description flags as derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform operating within USNORTHCOM AOR.

  • DOW video 2022 · Near Karaganda International Airport, Kazakhstan

    Kazakhstan — UAP near Karaganda International Airport (DOW-UAP-PR072)

    Administrative revision of IIR 1777 J0032 22 — sensor footage of UAP in the vicinity of a Kazakh international airport.

  • DOW report 1948 · Sandia Base, New Mexico

    Armed Forces Special Weapons Program — Sandia base UAP file, 1948–1950 (DOW-UAP-D017)

    116 pages of correspondence from the Armed Forces Special Weapons Program (the post-WWII successor to the Manhattan Project) and the U.S. Air Force documenting roughly 209 UAP sightings of 'green orbs,' 'disks,' and 'fireballs' near the national-security site between 1948 and 1950.

  • CIA report 1973 · Soviet Union

    CIA Intelligence Information Report — USSR UAP sighting, 1973 (CIA-UAP-D001)

    Declassified CIA Intelligence Information Report on a UAP sighting in the USSR in 1973 — first CIA-sourced material to appear in a PURSUE tranche.

  • ODNI report 2025 · Near a sensitive U.S. military facility

    ODNI — first-hand narrative of senior USIC official, USPER, late 2025 (ODNI-UAP-D001)

    First-hand written narrative by a still-serving senior U.S. Intelligence Community official describing a UAP encounter near a sensitive U.S. military facility in late 2025 — the first on-the-record narrative from a sitting senior IC official in a PURSUE release.

  • NASA audio 1969 · Cislunar / post-mission medical debrief, Texas

    Apollo 12 medical debriefing audio — light-flash sightings, 31 Dec 1969 (NASA-UAP-D008)

    Recorded medical debriefing audio in which the Apollo 12 commander and two pilots describe seeing light flashes in the dark while trying to sleep — released alongside Mercury-Atlas 7/8/9 and Mercury-Redstone 4 NASA-mission audio of similar phenomena.

  • DOE imagery Pantex Plant, Texas

    DOE PANTEX radar tower — enhanced imagery (DOE-UAP-D001)

    DOE-released unidentified-object report with enhanced imagery captured from a PANTEX radar tower.

Officials on the record

  • Sean Parnell — Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman, Department of War
View tranche on war.gov/UFO → Department of War Publishes Second Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFO

Files have been reviewed for security purposes; AARO notes that many of the responsive materials were held on a classified network and lack a substantiated chain-of-custody.

Second tranche, posted to war.gov/UFO on May 22, 2026. The Department of War states a third release is in active preparation; the portal had received over 1 billion hits since the May 8 launch when Release 02 dropped.

Release 01 May 8, 2026 162 files

Initial PURSUE release

DOW AARO FBI NASA ODNI DOE Army

First tranche under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Approximately 162 declassified files spanning multiple agencies, with cases from across the United States and overseas, and a small set of NASA archival materials including Apollo-mission imagery and astronaut transcripts.

File types

report imagery video transcript memo

Topics

fbi-domestic apollo indopacom centcom africom eucom army fighter-aircraft infrared-imagery

Notable cases (15)

  • FBI imagery 2025 · Western United States

    FBI infrared imagery — Western United States, December 2025

    Infrared still images (black hot) of an unidentified object. Multiple frames included in the tranche.

  • FBI imagery 2025 · Western United States

    FBI infrared imagery — Western United States, September 2025

    Infrared still images (black hot) of an unidentified object, including frames captured below a helicopter. Multiple frames included.

  • DOW imagery 2023 · Southeastern United States

    Composite-sketch recreation — Southeastern United States, September 2023

    Recreation of a potential anomalous sighting. Released 2024.

  • NASA imagery 1972 · Lunar surface vicinity

    Apollo 17 archival imagery — three lights above the lunar terrain

    NASA archival photograph from the Apollo 17 mission with an enlarged inset showing three lights in the sky above the lunar terrain.

  • NASA transcript 1969 · Cislunar space

    Apollo 11 transcript — Buzz Aldrin reports a 'possible laser' in space (1969)

    NASA transcript in which Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin describes seeing a 'possible laser' during the mission.

  • NASA imagery 1969 · Lunar mission

    Apollo 12 mission photographs — unidentified phenomena visible (1969)

    Multiple Apollo 12 photographs in which unidentified phenomena are visible.

  • DOW video 2022 · Middle East

    Unresolved UAP report — Middle East, May 2022

    Video reported by a U.S. military operator of UAP flying across the operator's screen.

  • DOW video 2023 · Near the United Arab Emirates

    Unresolved UAP report — United Arab Emirates, October 2023

    Video captured near the United Arab Emirates featuring reported UAP.

  • DOW imagery 2023 · Near Greece

    Unresolved UAP report — Greece, October 2023 (scope imagery)

    Aqua-colored scope lines over a gray background with a scattering of clouds and black squares and rectangles.

  • DOW report 2023 · Near Greece, over ocean

    Unresolved UAP report — Greece, October 2023 (operator account)

    U.S. military operator reported UAP near Greece flying straight above the ocean towards land.

  • DOW video 2013 · Middle East

    Unresolved UAP report — Middle East, 2013

    Video featuring an eight-pointed area of contrast captured via infrared sensor.

  • DOW report 2025 · African airspace

    Unresolved UAP report — African airspace, 2025

    U.S. military operator reported UAP while operating within African airspace.

  • DOW report 2020 · Southern United States

    Unresolved UAP report — Southern United States, 2020

    U.S. Air Force reported UAP in the southern United States in 2020.

  • DOW report 2024 · Indo-Pacific, near Japan

    Unresolved UAP report — INDOPACOM near Japan, 2024

    U.S. Indo-Pacific Command reported UAP that resembles a football-shaped body near Japan.

  • Army report 2026 · North America

    Unresolved UAP report — Department of the Army, North America, 2026

    U.S. Army reported UAP in North America in 2026.

Officials on the record

  • Pete Hegseth — Secretary of War, Department of War
  • Tulsi Gabbard — Director of National Intelligence, ODNI
  • Kash Patel — Director, FBI
  • Jared Isaacman — Administrator, NASA
View tranche on war.gov/UFO → Department of War Releases Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files in Historic Transparency Effort

Files have been reviewed for security purposes; many materials have not yet been analyzed for resolution of the underlying anomalies (per the official press release).

First tranche under PURSUE. The Department of War states additional tranches will be posted on a rolling basis every few weeks.

Methodology

One row per tranche the Department of War posts at war.gov/UFO. Each row's expand surfaces the headline cases in that tranche — the ones identifiable by name from the official press release and the portal's slideshow imagery — and links into the official source documents. The page is an index, not a mirror; full file listings always live one click away on war.gov.

The portal's file table is rendered client-side from data the portal does not expose statically, so this page is reconciled against the portal HTML, the per-tranche press release, and reputable secondary coverage on every refresh. The page refreshes daily.

This page is an independent index. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Department of War, AARO, ODNI, NASA, or any other federal agency cited.

Sources: war.gov/UFO, per-tranche press releases on war.gov/News/Releases, and reputable secondary coverage. Page built 2026-05-28 15:12 UTC.

Last refreshed 2026-05-28 by Charon — added PURSUE Release 02 tranche (64 files, May 22).