PURSUE Release 02, second tranche
Second tranche of declassified UAP records released through the PURSUE portal, dozens of new files spanning recent military encounters, historical NASA audio, and the first ODNI-contributed item. Announced by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell.
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Department of War, Release 02 announcement ↗Official description
On May 22, 2026 the Department of War published a second release of files through the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The release introduces new videos, audio, and PDFs sourced from CENTCOM, INDOPACOM, NORAD, NASA, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The announcement notes that the war.gov/UFO portal has received over one billion hits worldwide since the May 8 launch of Release 01, and that a third release will be announced in the near future.
Editor's context
Release 02 is the first sustained signal that the PURSUE pipeline is a recurring program, not a one-shot. It also broadens the contributing-agency footprint beyond DoD-internal: ODNI's first contribution (a named senior intelligence officer account, ODNI-UAP-D001) is included. Notable individual items widely cited in coverage include the Lake Huron F-16 engagement video, a submarine transmedium clip, and CENTCOM IR footage from Iran (August 2022) and Syria (2021). File counts cited in secondary coverage (64 new / 222 total catalog) have not been independently confirmed from the primary release statement and should be treated as approximate.
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- Stampp. release headerDEPARTMENT OF WAR, OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- AnnotationSpokesperson: Sean Parnell, Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman.
- Annotationwar.gov/UFO portal: over one billion hits worldwide since the May 8, 2026 launch of Release 01.
- AnnotationRelease 03 announced as forthcoming, no date confirmed at time of this release.
- AnnotationFirst ODNI contribution to PURSUE: ODNI-UAP-D001, a named senior intelligence officer account from the Western US, 2025.
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U.S. Department of Defense. "PURSUE Release 02, second tranche." Released via PURSUE program, 2026-05-22. File ID: PURSUE Release 02. https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4499305/department-of-war-publishes-second-release-of-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena/. Accessed 2026-06-17 via Social Media for Aliens archive, https://socialmediaforaliens.com/files/pursue-release-02-2026.
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