PURSUE Release 06 | Latest Developments

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Source record

U.S. Department of War. “Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, Release 06.” September 18, 2026.
Official record · Archived copy
U.S. Department of War. “Department of War Publishes Sixth Release of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Files on WAR.GOV/UFO.” September 18, 2026.
Official record · Archived copy

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Key facts

The Department released PURSUE Release 06 on September 18, 2026. The first tranche had been released on May 8, 2026.
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The release listing reports a 2.23 GB document download and a 1.4 GB video download. It does not state the number of individual documents or videos in those packages.
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The portal lists six releases through September 18: May 8, May 22, June 12, July 10, August 7, and September 18, 2026.
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The Department says new materials will be released on a rolling basis as records are discovered and declassified.
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The portal characterizes the published materials as unresolved cases for which the government cannot make a definitive determination.
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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 said the Department and its agency partners were working on the next release.
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Excerpts from the official record

“The Department of War just released the sixth tranche of records under PURSUE. The first tranche was released on May 8, 2026. Scroll down to view the sixth tranche, released on Sept. 18, 2026.”
U.S. Department of War; Release 06 announcement [1]. Verified against the official record September 24, 2026.

“The materials archived here are unresolved cases, meaning the government is unable to make a definitive determination on the nature of the observed phenomena. This can occur for a variety of reasons, including a lack of sufficient data.”
U.S. Department of War; Directive, paragraph 2 [1]. Verified against the official record September 24, 2026.

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