PURSUE Release 05

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Source record

  1. U.S. Department of War. “Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, Release 05.” August 7, 2026.

  2. U.S. Department of War. “Department of War Publishes Fifth Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFO.” August 7, 2026.

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Key facts

  1. The Department released PURSUE Release 05 on August 7, 2026.

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  2. The portal lists downloadable packages of 130 MB for documents and 513 MB for video.

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  3. 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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  4. The announcement said the Department and its agency partners were working on the next release.

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PURSUE development record1
PURSUE Release 05

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Excerpts from the official record

“Today, the Department of War is publishing the fifth 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.

“The Department of War and our agency partners are actively working on the next release of UAP files.”

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.