WASHINGTON, DC — The Department of War published a fifth batch of declassified and historical records on unidentified anomalous phenomena Friday, expanding a federal disclosure program created to make decades of government material on unexplained sightings available to the public.
The files were released through the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, or PURSUE, and are available at WAR.GOV/UFO. The department plans additional releases on a rolling basis.
The latest publication is part of a broader federal effort to identify, declassify and centralize records involving UAPs, a term the government uses for anomalous objects or events that cannot immediately be identified.
“The Department of War and our agency partners are actively working on the next release of UAP files,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell stated.
PURSUE follows a February 2026 executive order from President Donald Trump directing federal agencies to identify and declassify records involving UAPs and extraterrestrial matter.
The government launched the centralized repository May 8, 2026. Material released through the program spans more than 70 years and includes military sensor footage, astronaut transcripts, FBI field reports and historical memoranda.
The disclosure effort builds on decades of military investigation into unexplained aerial sightings. Earlier government programs included Project Blue Book, while the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, established in 2022, currently serves as the centralized office for investigating anomalous objects that could affect flight safety or national security.
Public scrutiny of the issue increased after declassified videos involving U.S. Navy encounters with unidentified objects became public beginning around 2017, prompting congressional interest and additional government review.
The released material does not establish that the unexplained sightings involve extraterrestrial life. Government investigators continue to classify some cases as unresolved when available evidence is insufficient to determine what was observed.
Other cases reviewed by federal investigators have been attributed to more conventional causes, including balloons, drones, birds and sensor effects.
The fifth release is available at WAR.GOV/UFO, where the department plans to continue adding declassified and historical material as additional records are processed.
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