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What is in the May 8, 2026 UAP Release

Published May 8, 2026 by the U.S. Department of War

The U.S. Department of War released 159 UAP records on May 8, 2026 under the PURSUE declassification effort: 116 documents, 28 videos, 14 images, 1 audio file.

Records in this batch come from 4 agencies: Department of State, Department of War, FBI, NASA.

PURSUE is the Department of War's public release program for records on unidentified anomalous phenomena. Every file below links to the government's own copy, at war.gov or on DVIDS, and the text on this site is extracted from those files, not rewritten.

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26 documents in this batch are still being processed for full text. They are listed below and link to the official file in the meantime.

Agency breakdown

  • Department of State7 files
  • Department of War79 files
  • FBI57 files
  • NASA16 files

Documents (116)

Videos (28)

Images (14)

Audio (1)

In their own words

Passages from this batch, quoted exactly as the documents write them. Each one was found in its source file by an exact search before it was published here.

  • Department of State

    59_64634_711.5612[7-2852

    The increase in observation and in reporting and publicity on the su~ject is probably attributable in the main to vastly inproved r.iethods of observation and reportin~, including not only radar but the reporting systems used bv civilian and military pilots . It is also attributable in some measure to the publicity which is given it, which takes on certain elements of a II fad . 11

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  • Department of War

    341_110448_Records_Relating_to_the_Collection_and_Dissemination_of_Intelligence_1948-1955-TS_CONT_No.2_2-5300-2-5399

    Unidentified aircraft was sighted by three crews of the group at 14022 5 Sep 48 off west coast of Holland, 5155N/0355E. Altitude of all aircraft was 30,000 feet. When first sighted the unidentified A/C was cruiamng at a normal jet speed, heading 120 degrees. Soon after f'ir~t. seen, A/C began leaving smoke trails and condensation trails accompanied by sudden acceleration and then climb.

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  • Department of War

    DOW-UAP-D051: Email Correspondence, Pacific Time Zone, March 2023

    The reporter described the object as "hovering" stationary above or near a national security facility for approximately three minutes. They then reported observing it move to a position higher in their field of view. The reporter characterized the object's motion as "backing up" in a "jerking" or "jumping" manner inconsistent with "smooth" jet propulsion. The individual reported that they observed the object for approximately eight minutes.

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  • Department of State

    State Department UAP Cable 002, Kazakhstan, January 31, 1994

    THEY FIRST ENCOUNTERED THE OBJECT AS A BRIGHT LIGHT OF ENORMOUS INTENSITY, APPROACHING THEM FROM OVER THE HORIZON TO THE EAST AT A GREAT RATE OF SPEED AND AT A MUCH HIGHER ALTITUDE THAN THEIR OWN . THEY WATCHED THE OBJECT FOR SOME FORTY MINUTES AS IT MANEUVERED IN CIRCLES, CORKSCREWS AND MADE 90-DEGREE TURNS AT RAPID RATES OF SPEED AND UNDER VERY HIGH G'S.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is in the May 8, 2026 UAP release?

The May 8, 2026 PURSUE batch contains 159 files: 116 documents and 43 video, image and audio files. The full text of 90 documents is searchable on this page.

Which agencies released files on May 8, 2026?

This batch includes records from 4 agencies: Department of State, Department of War, FBI, NASA. Every file below names the agency that produced it.

Where can I download the May 8, 2026 UAP files?

All 159 files in this batch are published by the U.S. government: 142 at war.gov and 17 on DVIDS, the Defense Department public media service. Each entry below links straight to the official copy, and UAP Ledger does not re-host the files. The CSV manifest on this page lists every file in the batch with its official source URL, so you can fetch the originals from the source.

Text extraction via abigailhaddad/ufo-releases. Files are published by the U.S. government at war.gov and on DVIDS, the Defense Department public media service. UAP Ledger links to the official copy and does not re-host the files.