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2026-05-08
PURSUE goes live with 162 files
The Department of War launched war.gov/UFO and released 162 files in the first tranche of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. The release includes 120 PDFs, 28 videos, and 14 images sourced from FBI, DoD, NASA, and State Department archives. Apollo-era audio and stills, an IR video from Greece (CENTCOM, 2023), an Indo-Pacific still photo from Japan (2024), and historical FBI flying-disc files are among the standout items. Officials emphasize the cases are 'unresolved' and the public should 'make up their own minds.' Additional tranches are expected on a rolling basis.
2024-11-15
AARO releases its second annual report
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office published its second annual unclassified report covering UAP encounters reported through August 2024. The report describes several hundred new cases ingested through official channels, with the majority resolved as conventional aircraft, balloons, debris, and atmospheric phenomena. A small number remained genuinely anomalous and were forwarded for additional analysis. The report continues AARO's commitment to a public transparency cadence regardless of resolution status.
2023-07-26
Grusch testimony before House Oversight
Former intelligence officer David Grusch testified before the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security alongside retired Navy pilots Ryan Graves and David Fravor. Grusch's testimony described his understanding of long-running classified UAP material and reverse-engineering programs, while Graves and Fravor described firsthand encounters with anomalous objects during military operations. The hearing is the most prominent congressional UAP proceeding to date and was watched by an estimated millions of viewers globally.
2023-12-22
Schumer-Rounds UAP Disclosure Act passes (in part)
A modified version of the Schumer-Rounds Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act was included in the FY2024 National Defense Authorization Act. The final language preserved key provisions establishing federal review authority for UAP records and a controlled-disclosure mechanism, though it dropped earlier provisions for eminent-domain authority over recovered materials. The bill is widely considered the foundation for the rolling-disclosure framework that became PURSUE in 2026.
2017-12-16
New York Times: 'Glowing Auras and Black Money'
The New York Times published its now-canonical article describing the Pentagon's previously secret Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP) and released two Navy infrared videos that became known as Tic Tac and Gimbal. The article reset mainstream discourse on UAP from fringe to defense-establishment-relevant and is widely considered the inflection point that began the current era of partial official transparency. The PURSUE program traces its political lineage to this moment.