Department of War Publishes PURSUE Release 03

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Primary sources

U.S. Department of War. “Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, Release 03.” June 12, 2026.
PURSUE portal: Release 03 files Archived copy
U.S. Department of War. “Department of War Publishes Third Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFO.” June 12, 2026.
Department of War announcement Archived copy

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Key facts

The Department released PURSUE Release 03 on June 12, 2026.
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The portal lists downloadable packages of 826 MB for documents and 4.6 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 1.7 billion visits to WAR.GOV/UFO since its May 8 launch and said work on the next release was underway.
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Excerpts from the sources

“Today, the Department of War is publishing the third 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 source September 24, 2026.

“As the unprecedented levels of interest in both this topic and the Trump administration's historic transparency effort continue, WAR.GOV/UFO has received over 1.7 billion hits worldwide since the site's launch on May 8, 2026.”
Sean Parnell, Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman; Release body, paragraph 2 [2]. Verified against the source September 24, 2026.