Pentagon Releases First Tranche of 162 UAP Files at war.gov/UFO Under PURSUE Programme

The Department of War posted 162 declassified UAP files to a new public-facing site at war.gov/UFO on 8 May 2026, the first tranche under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The interagency effort includes the White House, ODNI, DOE, AARO, NASA, FBI and additional intelligence community components. Material spans Apollo 11, 12 and 17 astronaut reports to military encounters in Iraq in 2022 and Syria in 2024. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, DNI Tulsi Gabbard, FBI Director Kash Patel and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman issued on-the-record statements. The Department of War committed to a rolling release schedule with new tranches every few weeks. Representative Anna Paulina Luna's 46-video list, requested in her 31 March letter to Hegseth, is not in the initial tranche; Luna said the videos are expected in a later release.