1 tranche · 162 files released · latest May 8, 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)
- Additional components of the U.S. Intelligence Community
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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
Topics
Notable cases (15)
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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.
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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.
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DOW imagery 2023 · Southeastern United States
Composite-sketch recreation — Southeastern United States, September 2023
Recreation of a potential anomalous sighting. Released 2024.
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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.
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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.
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NASA imagery 1969 · Lunar mission
Apollo 12 mission photographs — unidentified phenomena visible (1969)
Multiple Apollo 12 photographs in which unidentified phenomena are visible.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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DOW video 2013 · Middle East
Unresolved UAP report — Middle East, 2013
Video featuring an eight-pointed area of contrast captured via infrared sensor.
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DOW report 2025 · African airspace
Unresolved UAP report — African airspace, 2025
U.S. military operator reported UAP while operating within African airspace.
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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.
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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.
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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
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 2026-05-09 13:33 UTC.