Every Pentagon UAP file release, in one timeline
The U.S. government is unsealing its UAP records in batches under PURSUE — the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. We track every tranche here: the date it dropped, how many files it held, and what was inside — updated the day each release goes live.
Source of record: the official war.gov/ufo portal.
Release timeline
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Release 06 72 files
AAWSAP opens up, and the Tremonton film
The sixth tranche is the largest document drop since the portal launched: 72 records, 2.23 GB of paper. Its core is the AAWSAP contract file — the statement of objectives, the original 2008 solicitation, five contract modifications and 37 Defense Intelligence Reference Documents on everything from warp drive and traversable wormholes to metamaterials and invisibility cloaking. Alongside it sits the Project Blue Book file on the 1952 Tremonton film, the film itself, and the Navy personnel record of the warrant officer who shot it. The tranche also carries a transcript and an audio recording of Project Blue Book chief Captain Edward J. Ruppelt speaking in 1952, and the program's first records from a non-federal source — local law enforcement in Colorado.
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Release 05 41 files
Triangles & the Gulf of Oman orbs
The fifth batch of 41 files surfaced large triangular craft and multi-orb encounters — including an AC-130 gunship crew over the Gulf of Oman that logged roughly two dozen unidentified orbs.
13 of 41 files decoded on UFO Data- C-22 They Said the UFO Was a Blackbird. The CIA Ran That Program - Case C-22
- F-24 A Pilot Filmed These Lights From the Cockpit - FBI Case F-24
- D-26 The Silent Triangle Over a Colorado Springs Backyard (FBI UAP Report, 2023)
- D-28 The Black Triangle Two Army Veterans Couldn't Explain (FBI UAP Report, 2011)
- D-30 The Triangle That Came Out of a Cloud (FBI UAP Report, Colorado Springs 2023)
- F-32 An RF Alert, a Thermal Optic, and Two Black-Hot Objects - FBI Case F-32
- F-33 An FBI Agent's Signed UAP Report
- D-37 Red Orbs, and the Watch That Gained 25 Minutes (FBI UAP Report, 2026)
- F-40 The Second Witness: Every Red Light Was Three Lights - FBI Case F-40
- D-98 Navy Analysts Ran a 1952 UFO Film Frame by Frame. Birds, Aircraft and Balloons Ruled Out - Case D-98
- D-99 The 1946 'Ghost Rockets': A Secret U.S. Review Said Maybe 2 or 3 Were Real - Case D-99
- D-100 "Silence On Our Part Will Not Long Be Acceptable" - The 1948 Air Force Letter - Case D-100
- D-101 April 2022: The Gulf of Oman UAP Report the Military Redacted
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Release 04 40 files
Nuclear sites & a star-shaped craft
The smallest tranche to date — 40 files — but a heavy one: a 2015 Department of Energy report of an object near the Pantex nuclear-weapons facility, and Indo-Pacific Command footage of a star-shaped object.
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Release 03 72 files
The Northeast orb wave
The third release of 72 files centered on a wave of glowing-orb sightings across the northeastern United States, plus additional historical material stretching back decades.
7 of 72 files decoded on UFO Data- D-1 Five Soldiers Watched a White Object Hover Over Cheyenne Mountain (FBI Report, 2022)
- F-4 A Skeptic Filmed Orbs 200 Yards From His House. The FBI Has the Videos - Case F-4
- F-5 His Camera Flash Made the Lights Vanish. He Told the FBI - Case F-5
- D-9 The FBI File on a Red Sphere With a 'White Plasma Sun' Inside (2026)
- D-77 The Pentagon Analyzed 'Orbs Launching Orbs.' 40% Is Still Unexplained - Case D-77
- D-79 The Federal Agents Who Watched a Ball of Light Over the Desert (Western US Event, 2023)
- D-80 The Western U.S. Event - An Unredacted AARO Witness Narrative (October 2023)
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Release 02 64 files
First declassified audio
The second batch added 64 files — 51 of them video — and the first-ever audio recordings in the PURSUE archive, including intelligence-officer accounts describing orbs.
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Release 01 162 files
The portal goes live
The first PURSUE tranche launched the public war.gov/ufo portal with 162 declassified records spanning more than 400 logged incidents — the largest single dump of U.S. military UAP material ever put online.
29 of 162 files decoded on UFO Data- S-1 PNG Asked the U.S. Embassy About Fast Objects Overhead. The Cable Says Not Ours - Case S-1
- S-2 3 Pilots Watched a UFO for 40 Minutes Over Kazakhstan - Case S-2
- D-3 Four UAPs in 27 Seconds Over the Arabian Gulf
- D-4 The UAP That Sped Up and Turned - Arabian Gulf
- D-7 The Pentagon Locked Weapons on a UAP, Then Called It a Balloon
- D-8 The UAP Report They Didn't Redact - Djibouti, 2025
- D-10 The SIGINT Mission That Logged a UAP Mid-Collection
- D-12 The UAP a Drone Crew Followed But Couldn't Identify
- D-14 Iraq, May 2022: The UAP the Pentagon Won't Fully Explain
- D-16 July 2022: The Syria UAP Report the Military Redacted
- D-18 Iraq, December 2022: The UAP the Pentagon Won't Fully Explain
- D-19 The F-15E Fighter Crews Who Logged Three UAPs Over Syria (2023)
- D-20 October 2025: The Iraq UAP Report the Military Redacted
- D-23 October 2023: The United Arab Emirates UAP Report the Military Redacted
- D-25 Declassified: A UAP Encounter Over Greece / Aegean (January 2024)
- D-27 The Mission Report That Only Says 'Detected 1x UAP'
- D-32 Syria, October 2024: The UAP the Pentagon Won't Fully Explain
- D-33 The Greece / Aegean Incident — A Declassified UAP Report (October 2023)
- D-35 A Possible UAP Over the Aegean
- D-42 Declassified: A UAP Encounter Over the 482 ATKS Region (August 2023)
- D-44 The Gulf of Aden Incident — A Declassified UAP Report (October 2020)
- D-54 Declassified: A UAP Encounter Over Mediterranean Sea (36°34'53"N 025°59'43"E) (date unknown)
- D-55 Sea Skimmer: The D-55 Incident
- D-57 Declassified: A UAP Encounter Over Gulf of Aden (September 2020)
- D-61 The Crew That Logged 'One Unknown Formation' Over the Gulf
- D-62 The Strait of Hormuz Incident — A Declassified UAP Report (September 2020)
- D-64 The Military Crew That Reported a UAP, Twice
- D-74 The Report That Says 'Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon'
- D-75 The Recon Flight That Logged a UAP Over the Gulf of Aden
All releases at a glance
| # | Release date | Files | Contents | What dropped | Decoded |
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| 01 | 162 | documents, images & video | The portal goes live | 29 / 162 | |
| 02 | 64 | 51 videos + first PURSUE audio | First declassified audio | — | |
| 03 | 72 | documents & video | The Northeast orb wave | 7 / 72 | |
| 04 | 40 | documents & video | Nuclear sites & a star-shaped craft | 3 / 40 | |
| 05 | 41 | documents & video | Triangles & the Gulf of Oman orbs | 13 / 41 | |
| 06 | 72 | documents, video & audio | AAWSAP opens up, and the Tremonton film | — |
When is the next release?
Roughly monthly. A seventh tranche is anticipated in October 2026. We update this page within hours of every new tranche — bookmark it, or subscribe on the homepage to get the breakdown.
File counts reflect each tranche as reported at release; the official war.gov/ufo portal is the authoritative source. UFO Data is an independent project and is not affiliated with the U.S. Department of War, AARO, or any government agency.