The U.S. Department of War released 72 UAP records on June 12, 2026 under the PURSUE declassification effort: 53 documents, 6 videos, 10 images, 3 audio files.
Records in this batch come from 6 agencies: CIA, Department of War, FBI, Intelligence Community Agency, NASA, U.S. Government.
PURSUE is the Department of War's public release program for records on unidentified anomalous phenomena. Every file below links to the government's own copy, at war.gov or on DVIDS, and the text on this site is extracted from those files, not rewritten.
Processing
2 documents in this batch are still being processed for full text. They are listed below and link to the official file in the meantime.
Agency breakdown
- CIA18 files
- Department of War12 files
- FBI29 files
- Intelligence Community Agency1 file
- NASA11 files
- U.S. Government1 file
Documents (53)
- CIA-UAP-002CIA-UAP-002: Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, Report, 1952-1953This file contains correspondence and reports dated 1952–1953 from the Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, convened by the CIA’s O…CIA42 pages
- CIA-UAP-003CIA-UAP-003: The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974This CIA History Staff document chronicles the complete history of the U-2 and OXCART (A-12) high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft programs from 1954 to…CIA406 pages
- CIA-UAP-004CIA-UAP-004: CASE 17708 (CLOSED) and DR. Leon DavidsonThis 1958 CIA memorandum discussing a phone conversation with Dr. Leon Davidson regarding concerns about a destroyed "space message and its transmitter.…CIA1 pages
- CIA-UAP-005CIA-UAP-005: German Scientist's Article on 'Flying Discs'This 1950 CIA Information Report from Chile discusses a German scientist's article theorizing that "Flying Discs" could be explained as a new type of ai…CIA4 pages
- CIA-UAP-006CIA-UAP-006: Sighting Of Unconventional AircraftThis CIA information report from November 1955 describes a US national's eyewitness account of triangular aircraft with wing lights launch at a steep an…CIA2 pages
- CIA-UAP-007CIA-UAP-007: Current Status Of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Project.This December 1953 memorandum provides a status update on the Air Force's UFO project activities, including ongoing intelligence operations, equipment p…CIA3 pages
- CIA-UAP-008CIA-UAP-008: Speculative Paper By N Kardashev and A Sakharov on Charged Mass in Space at Conference on Origins Of Life, Armenia, 6-8 September 1971/Low Scientific Level Of Other Soviet PapersThis 1972 CIA Intelligence Information Report summarizes a US attendee's observations of a speculative paper regarding charged mass behavior in space pr…CIA2 pages
- CIA-UAP-009CIA-UAP-009: Unknown Flying Objects Observed Over BudapestThis is a 1957 CIA Information Report regarding UFO sightings over Budapest. A more redacted version of this report has been available on CIA's public w…CIA1 pages
- CIA-UAP-010CIA-UAP-010: Report on Conversations with Soviet Scientists on Subject of Unidentified Flying Objects in the USSRThis CIA document from August 1967 reports on conversations about UFO sightings with Soviet scientists during a US astrophysicist's trip to the USSR.CIA2 pages
- CIA-UAP-011CIA-UAP-011: The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing RangeThis CIA Intelligence Information Report from December 1973 provides information on the Soviet Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range, including details abou…CIA3 pages
- CIA-UAP-012CIA-UAP-012: Combating Fatigue In CrewmembersThis November 1976 CIA Foreign Intelligence Information Report summarizes Soviet Aeroflot's involvement in aerospace medical research, including their m…CIA2 pages
- CIA-UAP-013CIA-UAP-013: Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific ActivityThis 1956 CIA Information Report describes flying object sightings reported by a Budapest-based sub-source, including a sketch showing the objects' susp…CIA1 pages
- CIA-UAP-014CIA-UAP-014: British activity in the Field of "Unidentified Flying Objects"A December 1952 Memo on the activities the British are taking to identify UFOs. The memo references a UFO sighting at an RAF field seen by high official…CIA2 pages
- CIA-UAP-015CIA-UAP-015: Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects)This is the USAF Project Blue Book with a CIA cover sheet stating the document is "Official Record Copy." With the exception of the handwritten note on…CIA312 pages
- CIA-UAP-016CIA-UAP-016: Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim and BhutanA 1968 report about UFO sightings in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan. Seven UFO sightings are listed that took place between 19 Feb. to 25 Mar. 1968. A…CIA6 pages
- CIA-UAP-017CIA-UAP-017: Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign PosturingA never before released July 2008 report on a UFO sighting at the Harare International Airport. Individuals debated if the sighting was an advanced reco…CIA3 pages
- CIA-UAP-018CIA-UAP-018: Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific ActivityA 1955 report on a UFO sighting in Hungary. The information came from a letter between Hungarian relatives, living in the USA and Budapest. A more redac…CIA3 pages
- CIA-UAP-019CIA-UAP-019: Australian Dept of Defense Scientific and Intel Aspects of the UFO ProblemDated to 1971, an Australian review of the USAF Project Blue Book. This document was released by the National Archives of Australia.CIA19 pages
- DOW-UAP-D077DOW-UAP-D077: AARO Unresolved Case Analysis Update: Western United States EventThis memorandum summarizes the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office’s (AARO) ongoing analysis of a reported incident near a sensitive national security…Department of War4 pages
- DOW-UAP-D078DOW-UAP-D078: Notional Map: Western United States EventThis image is a notional representation of four incidents reportedly involving unidentified anomalous phenomena in the western United States, as seen fr…Department of War1 pages
- DOW-UAP-D079DOW-UAP-D079: Narrative Statement 1, Western United States Event, 2023This memorandum presents the first-hand narrative from Witness 1 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 1 was one of sever…Department of War2 pages
- DOW-UAP-D080DOW-UAP-D080: Narrative Statement 2, Western United States Event, 2023This memorandum presents the first-hand narrative from Witness 2 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 2 was one of sever…Department of War8 pages
- DOW-UAP-D081DOW-UAP-D081: Narrative Statement 3, Western United States Event, 2023This memorandum presents the first-hand narrative from Witness 3 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 3 was one of sever…Department of War2 pages
- DOW-UAP-D082DOW-UAP-D082: Narrative Statement 4, Western United States Event, 2023This memorandum presents the first-hand narrative from Witness 4 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 4 was one of sever…Department of War3 pages
- DOW-UAP-D083DOW-UAP-D083: Narrative Statement 5, Western United States Event, 2023This memorandum presents the first-hand narrative from Witness 5 provided to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). Witness 5 was one of sever…Department of War5 pagesRedacted
- DOW-UAP-D084DOW-UAP-D084: US Army-Flying-Saucer-Study_1949This file contains an Evaluation Study of the Phenomenon (Flying Saucers) prepared at the request of the Plans & Operations Divisions of the General Sta…Department of WarText pending
- DOW-UAP-D085_Transmission-of-CIA-Scientific-Advisory-Panel-Rept_1953This file contains a copy of the CIA's 1953 "Report of the Scientific Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects" that was sent to the Secretary of Defense.Department of War7 pages
- DOW-UAP-D086DOW-UAP-D086: USNavy-Report-of-Flying-Discs_1948This document is a memorandum from the Commandant of the 5th Naval District, and it cites a memorandum related to "flying discs" from the Chief of Naval…Department of War3 pages
- DOW-UAP-D087DOW-UAP-D087: U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100Includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements…Department of War253 pages
- DOW-UAP-D088DOW-UAP-D088: U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172Includes a "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" that contains details about the incident. Many summaries also include witness lists or statements…Department of War210 pages
- FBI-UAP-D001FBI-UAP-D001: FD-302, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022This document is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) FD-302, a form the FBI uses to record interviews. This FD-302 contains a summary of an intervie…FBI2 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D002FBI-UAP-D002: FD-1057, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FD-1057 contains a first-h…FBI2 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D003FBI-UAP-D003: Digital Rendering, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022This image is an artistic interpretation of a 2022 incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) reported near Colorado Springs,…FBI1 pagesText pending
- FBI-UAP-D004FBI-UAP-D004: FD-1057-02, Northeastern United States, 2024This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FD-1057 documents the FBI’…FBI3 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D005FBI-UAP-D005: FD-1057-04, Northeastern United States, 2024This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FD-1057 documents an Octob…FBI3 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D006FBI-UAP-D006: FD-1057-05, Northeastern United States, 2024This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FD-1057 documents a Novemb…FBI3 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D007FBI-UAP-D007: FD-1057-06, Northeastern United States, 2024This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FBI FD-1057 documents firs…FBI4 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D008FBI-UAP-D008: FD-1057-07, Northeastern United States, 2024This document is an FBI FD-1057, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record investigative activity. This FBI FD-1057 documents a De…FBI2 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D009FBI-UAP-D009: FD-302-67, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a February 2026 interview with…FBI2 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D010FBI-UAP-D010: FD-302-71, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records an interview with a U.S. perso…FBI2 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D011FBI-UAP-D011: D/FBI Correspondence Referral, 1949This collection of documents contains correspondence between the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, and Rev. Charle…FBI4 pages
- FBI-UAP-D012FBI-UAP-D012: Newark Field Office, 1952-1967This file details a special inquiry by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Newark Field Office of various reported sightings of unidentified flying ob…FBI66 pages
- FBI-UAP-D013FBI-UAP-D013: Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960This file details an investigation of various sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in Washington state between July 1952 and August 1960. Thi…FBI55 pages
- ICA-UAP-D001ICA-UAP-D001: Analysis: Colorado Springs UAP Incident, 2022This document contains analysis by an All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) Intelligence Community (IC) partner to account for a 2022 incident inv…Intelligence Community Agency4 pagesRedacted
- NASA-UAP-D015NASA-UAP-D015: Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963This file contains memoranda, correspondence, reports, and other materials relating to contemporary scientific interest in investigating the nature of l…NASA216 pages
- NASA-UAP-D016NASA-UAP-D016: Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965This document is a preliminary transcript (Part I) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 4 flight crew debriefing taken aboard the recovery ship,…NASA340 pages
- NASA-UAP-D017NASA-UAP-D017: Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965This document is a preliminary transcript (Part II) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 4 flight crew debriefing taken aboard the recovery ship,…NASA290 pages
- NASA-UAP-D018NASA-UAP-D018: Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967Gemini IV was the second crewed mission of the Gemini series. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White successfully completed the four-day flight betw…NASA224 pages
- NASA-UAP-D019NASA-UAP-D019: Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965This document is a preliminary transcript (Part I) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 5 flight crew technical debriefing. NASA conducted this d…NASA223 pages
- NASA-UAP-D020NASA-UAP-D020: Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965This document is a preliminary transcript (Part II) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 5 flight crew technical debriefing. NASA conducted this…NASA325 pages
- NASA-UAP-D021NASA-UAP-D021: Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965This document is a preliminary transcript derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 7 flight crew debriefing conducted December 19-21, 1965, at the Cr…NASA222 pages
- NASA-UAP-D022NASA-UAP-D022: Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966Gemini IX (renamed Gemini IX-A) was the seventh crewed flight of the Gemini series, launched on June 3, 1966. The mission’s primary objectives included…NASA78 pages
- USG-UAP-D001USG-UAP-D001: Congressional, White House, UFO-related Constituent Correspondence, 1998This collection of documents, primarily from 1998, contains draft and final correspondence from the White House and the offices of members of Congress r…U.S. Government86 pagesRedacted
Videos (6)
- FBI-UAP-PR001FBI-UAP-PR001: “Triangle Orbs,” Northeastern United States, 2021In November 2021, at approximately 0500 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed a bright light source near the horizon at a…FBI
- FBI-UAP-PR002FBI-UAP-PR002: “Red Orb Rotation,” Northeastern United States, 2022In March 2022, at approximately 1920 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed two bright red luminous light sources hovering…FBI
- FBI-UAP-PR003FBI-UAP-PR003: “Orbs Over the Pond,” 2024In October 2024, at approximately 1851 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed a light source below the horizon, hovering a…FBI
- FBI-UAP-PR004FBI-UAP-PR004: “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2025In July 2025, at approximately 2100 local time in the northeastern United States, an eyewitness observed an intense bright light in their backyard as th…FBI
- FBI-UAP-PR005FBI-UAP-PR005: Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-1, Western United States Event, 2023This video is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-PR006FBI-UAP-PR006: Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-2, Western United States Event, 2023This video is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
Images (10)
- FBI-UAP-D014FBI-UAP-D014: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 1-1, Western United States Event, 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D015FBI-UAP-D015: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 1-2, Western United States Event, 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D016FBI-UAP-D016: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-1, Western United States Event, 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D017FBI-UAP-D017: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-2, Western United States Event, 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D018FBI-UAP-D018: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-3, Western United States Event, 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D019FBI-UAP-D019: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-4, Western United States Event, 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D020FBI-UAP-D020: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-5, Western United States Event, 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D021FBI-UAP-D021: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 1-3, Western United States Event, 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D022FBI-UAP-D022: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-6, Western United States Event, 2026This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D023FBI-UAP-D023: Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-7, Western United States Event, 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near a sensitive national security site in the western United States involving unidentif…FBI
Audio (3)
- NASA-UAP-D023NASA-UAP-D023: Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962In November 1962, journalist Walter Cronkite interviewed astronaut Gordon Cooper. In this excerpt from that interview, Cronkite asks Cooper about his vi…NASA
- NASA-UAP-D024NASA-UAP-D024: “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”This debriefing includes presentations from principal investigators of various Apollo experiments. The principal investigators describe preliminary resu…NASA
- NASA-UAP-D025NASA-UAP-D025: “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”At 32:41, the speaker makes an off-handed comment, “Could be an alien starbase or something, I don’t know” when discussing correlations between experime…NASA
Frequently Asked Questions
The June 12, 2026 PURSUE batch contains 72 files: 53 documents and 19 video, image and audio files. The full text of 51 documents is searchable on this page.
Text extraction via abigailhaddad/ufo-releases. Files are published by the U.S. government at war.gov and on DVIDS, the Defense Department public media service. UAP Ledger links to the official copy and does not re-host the files.