WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of War released more than 70 declassified and historical records on unidentified anomalous phenomena on Sept. 18, expanding a federal disclosure program with documents, military videos and historical audio spanning incidents and government research from 1952 through recent encounters.
The sixth release under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, or PURSUE, includes 55 PDF documents, 15 military video files and one historical audio recording, according to the department.
The records add to a rolling disclosure effort covering unresolved UAP cases and historical government material. The department plans additional releases as agencies identify and declassify records.
The latest tranche does not provide evidence establishing that any documented phenomenon originated from extraterrestrial or non-human intelligence. Instead, the material provides a broader record of how government agencies have documented, investigated and evaluated unexplained aerospace incidents.
A substantial portion of the release concerns the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program, or AAWSAP, which began in 2008 and examined theoretical and emerging areas of physics.
The records include updated versions of 37 Defense Intelligence Reference Documents examining concepts including advanced propulsion, warp drives, traversable wormholes and negative mass. Accompanying information characterizes the studies as exploratory reference material rather than evidence that the technologies were operational.
Other AAWSAP records examine reported physiological effects associated with alleged anomalous encounters. One review concerns three aerospace and antenna engineers who reportedly experienced symptoms including severe burns, hair loss and radiation sickness resembling microwave exposure, leading the original authors to hypothesize exposure to advanced systems.
The release also reaches back to the early years of formal U.S. government investigations into unidentified objects. A roughly one-hour March 1952 audio recording features Capt. Edward J. Ruppelt, the first director of the Air Force’s Project Blue Book.
Ruppelt discussed investigative techniques including synchronized radar and diffraction-grating cameras and reported that about 20% of an initial 800 military and commercial pilot reports remained unexplained following technical review.
More recent records include military encounters from 2022 and 2023. A U.S. Central Command sensor video and mission report from 2022 documents spherical or anomalous targets estimated at 1 to 2 meters across and described as maneuvering erratically at speeds between 80 and 180 mph.
A separate 27-second infrared recording from 2023 shows a military platform tracking an unexplained object over the Yellow Sea. The release also includes reports forwarded to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, including an October 2023 account from Colorado law enforcement officers describing a silent object displaying alternating red, blue and green lights.
Many recent cases remain unresolved because available sensor information is insufficient to determine what was observed, while others have been attributed to conventional objects or phenomena including debris, drones and atmospheric effects.
The latest disclosure coincides with a legal waiver establishing a protected mechanism for current and former military and civilian personnel to provide UAP-related national defense information to designated PURSUE representatives despite certain nondisclosure obligations. The waiver is intended to permit authorized disclosures without prosecution for providing covered information through that process.
The sixth tranche is available through the department’s PURSUE portal at WAR.GOV/UFO.
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