Overview
Seven batches of declassified U.S. government UFO and UAP records have been released since February 2026, creating one of the most substantial public collections of unresolved aerial-phenomena material in recent years. The releases were catalogued in a tracker updated November 5, 2026, following a presidential announcement that launched the government’s broader disclosure effort.
The process began on February 19, when President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that, citing “tremendous interest shown,” he would direct the Secretary of War and other federal departments and agencies to identify and release files concerning alien and extraterrestrial life, UAP and UFOs. The post was not issued as a numbered executive order, but the Department of War later displayed it as the directive associated with the program known as PURSUE, or the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters.
According to the program’s official description, the effort involves dozens of agencies and potentially tens of millions of records, many of them still held in paper form. Officials emphasize that the files concern unresolved cases, not confirmed evidence of extraterrestrial technology. That distinction remains central to interpreting the releases.
Seven Releases, 478 Records
The first batch appeared on May 8 and contained 158 records, including 27 videos, 14 images and one audio file. The materials were attributed to agencies including the Department of War, the FBI, NASA and the State Department.
Subsequent releases contained 64 records on May 22, 72 on June 12, 40 on July 10 and 41 on August 7. The sixth batch, released September 18, included 75 records, while the seventh, posted October 23, contained 28 documents. In total, the seven releases comprise 478 records.
All seven batches were published on Fridays, although the intervals between releases lengthened from two weeks at the beginning to as much as six weeks later in the process. In its statement accompanying the seventh release, the Department of War said work was already underway on another batch, leaving open the possibility of an eighth release.
Notable Material in the Files
Several releases have drawn particular attention. The fifth batch included an intelligence report describing approximately 25 objects observed over the Gulf of Oman during a live-fire exercise. According to the report, the objects appeared as cold spheres near a military gunship and moved in different formations at estimated speeds ranging from 250 to 1,300 miles per hour. The account is notable because it involved military aircrew and an official operational report rather than a lone civilian observation.
The sixth release contained a historical recording of Captain Edward Ruppelt, who led the U.S. Air Force’s early-1950s UFO investigation and is widely credited with popularizing the term “UFO.” The recording was found in a box labeled “flying saucer talk,” linking the current disclosure effort to the government’s earliest organized investigations.
Other batches reportedly include infrared videos, a Roswell-related affidavit and records concerning a black-triangle sighting in June 2026. None of those materials, however, establishes that the objects were extraterrestrial. The documents instead show the range of reports retained by government agencies—and the continuing difficulty of determining what many witnesses and sensors observed.
What Comes Next
The releases provide researchers with a growing body of primary-source material, but they also require caution. Video quality, sensor limitations, incomplete context and inconsistent witness reporting can make individual cases difficult to evaluate independently. The PURSUE archive’s own designation of the records as unresolved underscores that declassification is not the same as confirmation.
For now, the most significant development may be the scale and continuity of the program. With 478 records released in six months and additional files reportedly in preparation, the next batch could offer further historical evidence, new military encounters or more data on previously reported incidents.:VEVENT
