PURSUE Release 02 | Latest Developments

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Source record

U.S. Department of War. “Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, Release 02.” May 22, 2026.
Official record · Archived copy
U.S. Department of War. “Department of War Publishes Second Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFO.” May 22, 2026.
Official record · Archived copy

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Key facts

The Department released PURSUE Release 02 on May 22, 2026, two weeks after the portal opened with Release 01.
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The official total for Release 02 was 64 files, bringing the first two releases to 222 files combined. These are the latest PURSUE totals cited in the book.
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The portal lists downloadable packages of 70.1 MB for documents and 5.6 GB for video.
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The Department described the tranche as declassified and historical UAP files released through PURSUE and said additional files would be published on a rolling basis.
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The announcement reported more than 1 billion visits to WAR.GOV/UFO since its May 8 launch and said work on Release 03 was underway.
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Excerpts from the official record

“Today, the Department of War is publishing the second release of declassified and historical Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE).”
Sean Parnell, Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman; Release body, paragraph 1 [2]. Verified against the official record September 24, 2026.

“Since the site's launch on May 8, 2026, WAR.GOV/UFO has received over 1 billion hits worldwide, highlighting the unprecedented levels of interest in both this topic and the Trump administration's historic transparency effort.”
Sean Parnell, Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman; Release body, paragraph 2 [2]. Verified against the official record September 24, 2026.