The U.S. Department of War released 41 UAP records on August 7, 2026 under the PURSUE declassification effort: 22 documents, 16 videos, 3 images.
Records in this batch come from 5 agencies: CIA, Department of State, Department of War, Executive Office of the President, FBI.
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.
Processing
5 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
- CIA2 files
- Department of State2 files
- Department of War19 files
- Executive Office of the President1 file
- FBI17 files
Documents (22)
- CIA-UAP-D022CIA-UAP-D022: Unidentified Flying Object Reported near Puerto Rico, 1965This file contains Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memoranda exchanged between the Assistant Director for Special Activities (AD/SA) and the Assistant…CIA6 pagesRedacted
- CIA-UAP-D023CIA-UAP-D023: Briefing Notes for Mr. Walter ElderThis document contains briefing material prepared for Mr. Walter N. Elder, Executive Assistant to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),…CIA2 pages
- DOS-UAP-D001DOS-UAP-D001: Diplomatic Cable, Brazil, November 14, 1963A 1963 U.S. diplomatic cable from Brazil reports on local newspaper claims of a found metal balloon with a dead crew member, which officials tentatively identified as a weather balloon.Department of State1 pages
- DOS-UAP-D002DOS-UAP-D002: Diplomatic Cable, Brazil, November 20, 1963This document is a U.S. Department of State diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Office of the Secretary of State in…Department of State2 pages
- DOW-UAP-D098DOW-UAP-D098: Film Analysis of Unidentified Objects, 1953This file contains a memorandum relating to the U.S. Naval Photographic Interpretation Center’s assessment of two films allegedly depicting unidentified…Department of War23 pages
- DOW-UAP-D099DOW-UAP-D099: Intelligence Review of “Ghost Rocket” Incidents, 1947This document is a U.S. Department of War General Staff intelligence review assessing incidents involving unidentified “Ghost Rockets” reported over Swe…Department of War8 pages
- DOW-UAP-D100DOW-UAP-D100: Air Materiel Command Report on Unidentified Flying Objects, 1947-1948This file is a collection of U.S. Government memoranda and correspondence relating to “Project Sign,” a 1948 U.S. Air Force program to investigate repor…Department of War245 pages
- DOW-UAP-D101DOW-UAP-D101: Intelligence Information Report, Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021On September 8, 2021, a U.S. Air Force AC-130 gunship observed approximately 25 unidentified aerial phenomena in the Gulf of Oman during a live fire training exercise.Department of War7 pagesRedacted
- EOP-UAP-D001EOP-UAP-D001: NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963A CIA report tracked a November 1963 radio broadcast from Brazil about a metal sphere that allegedly fell in Conde, Bahia.Executive Office of the President1 pages
- FBI-UAP-D024FBI-UAP-D024: FD-302, “Airborne Lights and Triangle,” 2002, 2023-2024This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a March 2024 interview w…FBI3 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D026FBI-UAP-D026: FD-302, “Dark Translucent Triangle,” 2023This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a January 2026 interview…FBI3 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D027FBI-UAP-D027: Digital Rendering, “Dark Translucent Triangle,” 2023An FBI document contains a digital rendering of a reported dark translucent triangle sighting near Colorado Springs, Colorado.FBIText pending
- FBI-UAP-D028FBI-UAP-D028: FD-302, “Dark Triangle with Lights,” 2011An FBI interview documents a 2011 sighting of a dark triangle-shaped object with three corner lights near a residential driveway.FBI3 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D030FBI-UAP-D030: FD-302, “Large Triangle with Red Lights,” 2023An FBI interview records a Colorado Springs witness's account of observing a large black triangle with red lights that moved at high speed in October 2023.FBI3 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D032FBI-UAP-D032: FD-302, “Slow-moving Objects,” 2026An FBI interview records a 2026 sighting of two slow-moving black objects observed through a thermal optical device.FBI2 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D033FBI-UAP-D033: FD-302, “Thermally Elevated Aerial Object,” 2026An FBI agent reported observing a thermally elevated aerial object flying southbound in 2026, roughly half the size of a Black Hawk helicopter.FBI2 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D037FBI-UAP-D037: FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026This document is an FBI FD-302, a form the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) uses to record interviews. This FD-302 records a 2026 interview with a…FBI3 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D038FBI-UAP-D038: Digital Rendering 1, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026An FBI digital rendering depicts a reported UAP incident involving multiple red lights in the western United States.FBIText pending
- FBI-UAP-D039FBI-UAP-D039: Digital Rendering 2, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026An FBI digital rendering depicts a reported UAP incident involving multiple red lights in the western United States.FBIText pending
- FBI-UAP-D040FBI-UAP-D040: FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026An FBI interview record documents a sighting of multiple red lights that appeared to move in formation over a mountain range.FBI2 pagesRedacted
- FBI-UAP-D041FBI-UAP-D041: Digital Rendering 1, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026An FBI digital rendering depicts a reported UAP incident involving multiple red lights in the western United States.FBIText pending
- FBI-UAP-D042FBI-UAP-D042: Digital Rendering 2, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026An FBI digital rendering depicts a reported UAP incident involving multiple red lights in the western United States.FBIText pending
Videos (16)
- DOW-UAP-PR117DOW-UAP-PR117: Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR118DOW-UAP-PR118: Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR119DOW-UAP-PR119: Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR120DOW-UAP-PR120: Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR121DOW-UAP-PR121: Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR122DOW-UAP-PR122: Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR123DOW-UAP-PR123: Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019The video contains 1 minute and 4 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sen…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR124DOW-UAP-PR124: Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019The video contains 53 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor display…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR125DOW-UAP-PR125: Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019The video contains 28 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor display…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR126DOW-UAP-PR126: Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019The video contains 2 minutes and 32 seconds of footage captured via hand-held recording device by a U.S. military service member in 2019. Low-light cond…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR127DOW-UAP-PR127: Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019The video contains 2 minutes and 29 seconds of footage captured via a hand-held recording device by a U.S. military service member in 2019. Low-light co…Department of War
- DOW-UAP-PR134DOW-UAP-PR134: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of WarRedacted
- DOW-UAP-PR136DOW-UAP-PR136: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of WarRedacted
- DOW-UAP-PR142DOW-UAP-PR142: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of WarRedacted
- DOW-UAP-PR149DOW-UAP-PR149: Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisti…Department of WarRedacted
- FBI-UAP-PR007FBI-UAP-PR007: “Slow-moving Objects,” 2026A U.S. Government Special Agent captured this video footage via hand-held optical thermal imaging device during a 2026 incident in the western United St…FBI
Images (3)
- FBI-UAP-D025FBI-UAP-D025: Digital Rendering, “Airborne Triangle,” 2002This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident above Bagram Air Force Base, Afghanistan, potentially involving unidentified anomalous p…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D029FBI-UAP-D029: Digital Rendering, “Dark Triangle with Lights,” 2011This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in June or July of 2011. Th…FBI
- FBI-UAP-D031FBI-UAP-D031: Digital Rendering, “Large Triangle with Red Lights,” 2023This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) near Colorado Springs, Colo…FBI
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.
- FBI
FBI-UAP-D033: FD-302, “Thermally Elevated Aerial Object,” 2026
On _ , 2026 , at approximately 2 1 00 ho urs, I, Special Agent posit i oned in the same general observation area referenced in my prior statement fr om . While conducting observat i on i n the area, I observed a therma lly e l evated aerial ob ject in the same genera l western sector and along a s i milar heading as t he ob ject obs erved t he previous night . The object appeared approxima te ly two ridge lines f arther west t h an the l oca ti on where the ob ject was observed.
- FBI
FBI-UAP-D030: FD-302, “Large Triangle with Red Lights,” 2023
he saw a constant, diffuse red light on the bottom front point of a so lid b l ack triangular shaped object corning out of the c l oud towards the south, southeast. The object behind the point became wider and l arger as it exited the c l oud until - saw the entire equilateral triangular object with a red light in each of the three corners. - estimated the triangle UAP was very l arge and coul d have been as large as the parking l ot in wh i ch he was standin g. He estimated the UAP was the equivalent of 3 - 5 stories in thickness.
- FBI
FBI-UAP-D040: FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026
During th is t i me , o ne o f the li g h ts d escended rap idl y estimated appr oximate ly 1000 feet) , then dis appeare d . The o ther l ights continued east/southeast and disappeared as we ll .
- FBI
FBI-UAP-D038: Digital Rendering 1, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026
FBI-UAP-D038: Digital Rendering 1, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026 This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United State
Frequently Asked Questions
What is in the August 7, 2026 UAP release?
The August 7, 2026 PURSUE batch contains 41 files: 22 documents and 19 video, image and audio files. The full text of 17 documents is searchable on this page.
Which agencies released files on August 7, 2026?
This batch includes records from 5 agencies: CIA, Department of State, Department of War, Executive Office of the President, FBI. Every file below names the agency that produced it.
Where can I download the August 7, 2026 UAP files?
All 41 files in this batch are published by the U.S. government: 25 at war.gov and 16 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.