Pantex nuclear-weapons plant UAP intrusion
Department of Energy report documenting a 2015 UAP intrusion over the Pantex nuclear-weapons assembly and disassembly plant near Amarillo, Texas. Officers observed an object with no sound and no visible propulsion system. Released through PURSUE Release 04 on July 10, 2026.
Provenance metadataFields marked “not disclosed” are transparent gaps in the release, not omissions on our end.
- Coordinates
- Approximately 35.3°N 101.6°W (Pantex Plant, Amarillo)
- Altitude
- Not disclosed in this release; object observed in restricted-airspace regime typically 0-3,000 ft AGL
- Sensor detail
- Site-security officer visual observation; no radar, IR, or camera product referenced in the report
- Witness count
- Multiple DOE site-security officers (exact count redacted)
- Operational context
- Routine site-security patrol at restricted-airspace nuclear-weapons facility
- Chain of custody
- Pantex site-security → DOE Office of Secure Transportation → DOE headquarters → PURSUE Release 04
- Classification
- DECLASSIFIED PER PURSUE, July 10, 2026
- Encounter duration
- Not disclosed in this release
- Weather / visibility
- Not disclosed in this release
Official description
DOE-authored site-security report of an incident in which officers at the Pantex Plant observed an unidentified object in restricted airspace over the facility. The report characterizes the object as making no audible sound and having no visible propulsion system. The Pantex Plant assembles and disassembles US nuclear weapons; the facility maintains one of the most restrictive airspace boundaries in the continental United States.
Editor's context
This is the second Pantex-connected file in the PURSUE catalog (Release 02 included a 1948-1950 DOE Pantex image). The 2015 incident is significant because it postdates the widely cited historical DOE/AEC UAP concerns by decades: even in the modern era, sightings near the core US nuclear-weapons infrastructure continue to be logged and now released. Pantex airspace is monitored by DOE Office of Secure Transportation and by ambient FAA controllers.
In the margins
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- Stampp. coverDEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, PANTEX PLANT
- StampDECLASSIFIED PER PURSUE, July 10, 2026
- AnnotationReported behavior: no audible sound, no visible propulsion system.
- AnnotationFacility function: US nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly. Airspace status: restricted.
- AnnotationSecond Pantex-connected file in the PURSUE catalog.
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U.S. Government. "Pantex nuclear-weapons plant UAP intrusion." Released via PURSUE program, 2026-07-10. File ID: PURSUE DOE Release 04 Pantex. https://www.war.gov/UFO/release/04/. Accessed 2026-09-05 via Social Media for Aliens archive, https://socialmediaforaliens.com/files/pantex-nuclear-intrusion-2015.
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