Government / Military
PURSUE
2026
Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters - the Department of Defense website launched May 8, 2026 to release declassified UAP records, part of a Trump-directed transparency initiative involving the Pentagon, DOE, ODNI, NASA, and FBI. Its first release spanned documents from 1944 to the present; a second release of 222 files followed May 22, 2026; a third release of 72 files followed June 12, 2026. Despite officials promising further tranches "every few weeks," no additional public release had followed as of early July 2026.
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announced its second release
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
publicly thanked Trump's administration for the May 2026 release
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
their 1965 audio recording was included in the May 2026 release
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
their 1965 audio recording was included in the May 2026 release
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
said the release contained nothing unexpected
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
hyped the release in advance on social media
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
authored a June 2026 report on an orange "mother orb" in Release 3
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
his Apollo 11 sighting transcripts were released through it
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
issued a statement of support for the May 2026 release
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
announced its May 2026 release
Source: DoD PURSUE announcement, May 8 2026
described its multi-agency declassification program
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
parallel Pentagon UAP transparency effort
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
wrote that its June 2026 third release was "the most intriguing yet"
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
his UAP-adjacent statements predate the 2026 release
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
directed its creation in February 2026
Source: White House directive, Feb 2026
said the release showed no compelling evidence
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)
publicly dismissed the release as insufficient
Source: PURSUE program releases and press coverage (2026)