PURSUE Release 05: 41 Unresolved UAP Files (7 Aug 2026)

OFFICIAL FILES · Released 7 Aug 2026. These are U.S. government records published at war.gov/ufo. Incident years: 1947 to 2026. Redacted Weekly archives them as public-domain government works.

On 7 Aug 2026, the Department of War posted Release 05 of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) at https://www.war.gov/ufo/. The release page lists 41 records: 22 PDF, 16 VID, 3 IMG (PDF = document, VID = video, IMG = image, AUD = audio). The bulk downloads offered on the page were documents (130 MB) and videos (513 MB).

What PURSUE says these are: the program page says “The materials archived here are unresolved cases, meaning the government is unable to make a definitive determination on the nature of the observed phenomena. This can occur for a variety of reasons, including a lack of sufficient data.” So no record in this release is an official finding of anything extraordinary. The government simply could not explain them with the data it had.

Who supplied the files: Department of War (19), FBI (17), CIA (2), Department of State (2), Executive Office of the President (1).

Where they happened: the most common listed locations are Western United States (9), Pacific Ocean (5), Middle East (4), Colorado Springs, Colorado (4), Bahia, Brazil (3), Caribbean Sea (2).

Highlights picked by the Department of War

The database marks some records as “Featured.” Where fewer than three are flagged, we added the earliest incident, a video and a non-DoW record. Here are up to four from this release, with the official description quoted rather than paraphrased:

DOW-UAP-D099, Intelligence Review of “Ghost Rocket” Incidents, 1947

Incident: 1/9/1947, Sweden · Department of War

Official description (quoted from the PURSUE database): “This document is a U.S. Department of War General Staff intelligence review assessing incidents involving unidentified “Ghost Rockets” reported over Sweden and other Scandinavian countries beginning in May 1946. The review includes an analysis of observational reports, statements from the Swedish government, and reporting from the U.S.”

DOW-UAP-PR117, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021

Incident: 9/8/2021, n/a · Department of War

Official description (quoted from the PURSUE database): “The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting of 16 seconds of video footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a cellular device, of an infrared sensor display aboard a U.S. Special Operations Forces AC-130J Gunship.”

CIA-UAP-D022, Unidentified Flying Object Reported near Puerto Rico, 1965

Incident: 2/1/1965, Caribbean Sea · CIA

Official description (quoted from the PURSUE database): “This file contains Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memoranda exchanged between the Assistant Director for Special Activities (AD/SA) and the Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence (AD/SI) regarding an incident allegedly involving unidentified aircraft in the vicinity of Puerto Rico. The AD/SI was then-responsible for analyzing foreign scientific advancements and technological threats, such as Soviet nuclear, chemical, and ballistic missile capabilities. The AD/SA managed the CIA’s classified overhead reconnaissance operations, including the deployment of advanced aircraft like the U-2 and A-12 OXCART.”

CIA-UAP-D023, Briefing Notes for Mr. Walter Elder

Incident: Undated, Caribbean Sea · CIA

Official description (quoted from the PURSUE database): “This document contains briefing material prepared for Mr. Walter N. Elder, Executive Assistant to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), regarding a November 19, 1964, incident allegedly involving unidentified aircraft in the vicinity of Puerto Rico.”

CASE FILE · PURSUE-R05
Publisher: U.S. Department of War (with ODNI support), war.gov/ufo
Released: 7 Aug 2026
Records: 41 (22 PDF, 16 VID, 3 IMG)
Incident years: 1947 to 2026
Status: all listed as unresolved by the publisher

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