Department of War / Presidential Order 14188 / Latest tranche: May 22, 2026
The PURSUE Releases: Every Declassified UAP Case, Indexed
The Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) published Release 01 on May 8, 2026 and Release 02 on May 22, 2026, making 222 U.S. government records public — across the FBI, AARO, USAAF, USAF, NASA, the Department of State, the CIA, ODNI, and the Department of Energy. We've extracted, dated, and located 2,044 discrete UAP cases from those files and assembled the complete index below.
Latest — Release 02 · May 22, 2026: the second tranche added 64 records — 51 sensor videos and 7 mission-audio excerpts curated by AARO at congressional request, plus 6 PDFs including the 116-page Sandia 1948–50 correspondence, a CIA 1973 Soviet-systems intelligence report, NASA Mercury/Apollo crew audio, and the redacted Pantex incident report. Read the briefing →
Eight decades of records, one disclosure
PURSUE is the largest single declassification action in the history of U.S. UAP record-keeping. The release spans the FBI's vaulted 62-HQ-83894 file (the entire 1947 saucer wave through Project Blue Book's 1969 closure), the U.S. Army Air Forces' "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" series (Box 7 of file 38_143685, covering Incidents #1 through #233), Department of War mission reports from Iraq, Syria, the Persian Gulf, and the Strait of Hormuz between 2013 and 2025, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office's historical record reports and aluminum/metallic specimen analyses, NASA's Apollo and Skylab crew debriefs, and Department of State diplomatic cables from Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, Tbilisi, Ashgabat, and Mexico City.
Every case in our index is filed against its source document, page reference, incident date, and geographic coordinates where recoverable. Case files retain links back to the original PURSUE document on aaro.mil or the relevant agency archive. Where the source records were illegible due to OCR damage, we have marked the case as such and preserved the partial text rather than reconstructing.
Where the records came from
What the second tranche brought
Most of the 64 records in Release 02 are short sensor-video clips from U.S. Department of War operations across CENTCOM, the Gulf, and the Pacific. A handful of records, though, are historically substantive — a nuclear-facility case from 1948, a CIA report on Soviet missile work that names an unidentified aerial phenomenon, an ODNI narrative from a senior intelligence official, NASA mission audio with 17 corroborating witnesses, a redacted Pantex incident report, and a Los Alamos physicist quietly invited to talk UFOs.
UAP Reported at Sandia Base, 1948–1950 — Department of War File
New Mexico
This file contains 116 pages of documentation from the Armed Forces Special Weapons Program (AFSWP) – the direct, post-World War II successor to the Manhattan Project – and from the U.S. Air Force – relating to a series of sightings and investigations in Sandia, New Mexico, from 1948-1950. This…
Intelligence Information Report, USSR, December 20, 1973 — CIA File
USSR
This document is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) intelligence information report (IIR) that describes human intelligence gathering activities in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). This report characterizes its content as informational, not as finally evaluated intelligence.
USPER Narrative, Senior USIC Official, 2025 — ODNI File
Western United States
This document is a first-hand account written by a currently serving (May 2026) senior U.S. intelligence official. The official was part of a team investigating reports of unusual noises and sightings of unidentified anomalous phenomena in and near a sensitive U.S. military facility in late 2025.
Apollo 17 Audio Excerpt, December 7, 1972 — NASA Audio
Cislunar Space · 17 witnesses
During the eleventh and final crewed mission in the Apollo program, Apollo 17 Commander Gene Cernan, Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt, and Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans report seeing small lights outside the Apollo spacecraft during transit to the moon. The crew describe bright…
Enhanced PANTEX Imagery — Department of Energy File
Pantex Plant, Texas
A Pantex Unidentified Object Incident Report that includes an enhanced image from ground surveillance radar tower.
Pajarito Astronomers Invitation, May 20, 1986 — Department of Energy File
New Mexico
A letter to the members of the Pajarito Astronomers club regarding an upcoming meeting featuring a presentation from a Los Alamos National Laboratory-affiliated physicist, Dr. John Warren, titled “Why Should a Scientist be Concerned about UFOs?” The referenced event was not officially hosted by…
Release 02 also contributed a string of NASA crew-audio excerpts — the Mercury-Redstone 4, Mercury-Atlas 7, Mercury-Atlas 8, and two Mercury-Atlas 9 recordings, plus an Apollo 12 medical debrief — and a 1970s correspondence with Los Alamos physicist James Tuck.
Cases that stand out
The Oak Ridge UFO Wave: Unidentified Objects Over America's Atomic City, 1947-1951
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Between 1947 and 1951, FBI agents, Air Force radar operators, AEC patrolmen, and Atomic Energy Commission scientists at Oak Ridge documented dozens of unidentified objects over America's most secret nuclear weapons facility. The case files were sealed for nearly eighty years.
Roswell UFO Crash, possibly since 1947 — FBI File
Roswell
A first saucer wave case from Roswell. An interviewee mentioned the possibility that the US government has been concealing off-world technology since 1947, referencing the Roswell events.
Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting, Bakersfield, California (June 1, 1947)
Bakersfield, California
A first saucer wave case from Bakersfield, California. Experienced pilot Dick Rankin reported observing a formation of ten flying discs over Bakersfield, California.
GoFast (USS Roosevelt)
off Florida’s east coast
A post-cold war case from off Florida’s east coast. In January 2015, Navy aircraft recorded an object traveling at high speeds near the ocean surface.
Multi-witness cases on file
Idaho UFO Sighting (July 4) — FBI Files
Idaho · 200 witnesses
A first saucer wave case from Idaho. On Independence Day, approximately 260 people in Idaho reported seeing the flying objects.
The Oak Ridge UFO Wave: Unidentified Objects Over America's Atomic City, 1947-1951
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA · 50 witnesses
Between 1947 and 1951, FBI agents, Air Force radar operators, AEC patrolmen, and Atomic Energy Commission scientists at Oak Ridge documented dozens of unidentified objects over America's most secret nuclear weapons facility. The case files were sealed for nearly eighty years.
FBI UAP Sensor Imagery: 32 Government-System Captures Submitted to AARO (2024)
Multiple, redacted · 32 witnesses
Between 2024 and 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation submitted thirty-two still images of unidentified anomalous phenomena to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. Each was derived from a U.S. government sensor system, redacted before submission, and accompanied by a brief AARO-issued narrative description. The dates and locations of the underlying events have not been disclosed.
The 'Eye of Sauron' UAP Sighting (Western US, 2023)
Western United States · 7 witnesses
Seven federal law enforcement agents independently reported orbs, a translucent kite-like shape, and a glowing orb one witness compared to the 'Eye of Sauron' — a case AARO calls among the most compelling in its holdings.
About the PURSUE release
What does PURSUE stand for?
Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. It is the framework established under Presidential Order 14188 for the systematic declassification of U.S. government records relating to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).
Why was the first release on May 8, 2026?
May 8 is the anniversary of the 1948 release of the Project Sign "Estimate of the Situation," the first formal U.S. military UAP assessment. The Department of War selected the date to mark the historical continuity from Sign through Grudge, Blue Book, AATIP, the UAP Task Force, and AARO.
What did the May 22, 2026 second tranche add?
The second tranche added 64 records: 51 sensor videos and 7 mission-audio excerpts curated by AARO in response to a March 6, 2026 request from eight U.S. House members for potentially UAP-related material (AARO notes many of these lack a substantiated chain of custody), plus 6 PDFs — the 116-page Sandia Base 1948–50 general correspondence, a CIA 1973 Intelligence Information Report on Soviet systems referencing an unidentified aerial phenomenon, NASA Mercury and Apollo crew audio, two Department of Energy letters (James Tuck's 1970 correspondence and the 1986 Pajarito Astronomers invitation), and the redacted Pantex Plant Unidentified Object Incident Report.
Are these all new disclosures?
No — some of the documents (notably the FBI 62-HQ-83894 sections) had been partially released through earlier FOIA productions over the decades. PURSUE is the first time the complete file series has been released together with internal cross-references intact, alongside previously withheld AARO and Department of War material.
How can I verify a specific case?
Every case file on Spooky Valley links to the source document at aaro.mil or the relevant agency archive. Case pages cite the document number and page reference (e.g., D196/P40) so you can locate the original record.
What's still classified?
The PURSUE release covers documents the agencies have determined no longer require classification. Material relating to active intelligence sources, ongoing operations, and certain Special Access Programs remains withheld. AARO continues to receive new reports under the standing UAP reporting framework.
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