PURSUE Release 07 (October 23, 2026)
Overview of the seventh tranche of UAP records released by the Department of War under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters
⚠ Note on validity: PURSUE files are cases the government calls unresolved: it could not reach a definitive conclusion, often because of limited data. “Unresolved” does not mean “anomalous,” and the government publishes resolved cases separately.
| PURSUE Release 07 | |
| Release date | October 23, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | U.S. Department of War |
| Files | 28 database entries, all PDFs (no videos, audio or images) |
| Incident date range | 1949 – 2026 |
| Sources | AARO; FBI; Air Force intelligence; Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies (for the DIA); LBJ Library; Executive Office of the President |
| Earlier releases | R01 May 8, R02 May 22, R03 June 12, R04 July 10, R05 Aug. 7, R06 Sept. 18, 2026 |
| Running total | 478 files across seven releases |
| Official site | war.gov/ufo |
| Official release | |
PURSUE (the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters) is the Department of War program, started after a February 2026 presidential directive, that is reviewing government records and publishing unresolved UAP cases in tranches every few weeks. Release 07, published October 23, 2026, is the smallest so far at 28 files, and the first to contain only PDFs. It pairs a brand-new 2026 report of a silent black triangle with archival material: eight records from a Defense Intelligence Agency contractor’s UAP program, a set of 1950s Air Force intelligence reports, four Catalina Island case cards, a Colonel’s personnel file and early space-age correspondence.[1][2]
Key documents in this release
Silent black triangle reports (2026). An AARO witness debrief and an FBI FD-302 describe a matte-black, delta-wing triangle that rose vertically, hovered for about 20 seconds and dove into a canyon, seen by federal law-enforcement personnel. The newest incident in the release, and one with no instrument data.
BAASS program records (2008–2010). Eight contractor documents, led by the December 2008 project plan and a 2010 self-assessment that analyzes the Nimitz “Tic Tac” case, show what Bigelow Aerospace Advanced Space Studies told the Defense Intelligence Agency it believed and had built.
Utah ranch investigation (2010). A field report on creature and orb sightings near Fort Duchesne; its hair analysis found dog and raccoon DNA, not an unknown animal. The November 2009 BAASS report, in the records page above, names Skinwalker Ranch.
Air Intelligence Information Reports (1952–1957). Ten reports led by a Guam F-86D pilot who was circled by a blinking light for about ten minutes and a Swedish airline crew that saw a metallic sphere pass below them.
Space vehicle fragments correspondence (1962–1964). A White House and Space Council file on who would receive foreign and U.S. space debris, including a 1963 memo saying the Defense Department wanted NASA as a “cover.” No UFO content.
Catalina Island reports (1949–1955). Four Air Force case cards, including a 1949 report of six objects that was sent to Kenneth Arnold.
Cases in this release
| Case page | Files | New or previously public? | Leading explanation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silent black triangle reports (2026) | 2 | New | None given (unresolved) |
| BAASS program records (2008–2010) | 8 | New as official releases | N/A (contractor records) |
| Utah ranch investigation report (2010) | 1 | New | Hair samples matched a dog and a raccoon |
| Air Intelligence Information Reports (1952–1957) | 10 | Not stated | Varies; Guam report leaves a balloon explanation conditional |
| Catalina Island UAP reports (1949–1955) | 4 | Not stated | Insufficient data; one probable meteor |
| Howard McCoy personnel record (1954) | 1 | Not stated | N/A (no UFO content) |
| Space vehicle fragments correspondence (1962–1964) | 2 | Partly public (LBJ Library) | N/A (no UFO content) |
All 28 files in this release
Documents are listed in the order the Department of War lists them. Starred rows are the ones this wiki considers most significant; open any PDF from this site or from war.gov.
| ID | Title | Incident | Agency | Type | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ★ | DOW-UAP-D155 | Air Intelligence Information Report, Saudi Arabia, 1957 | 1/18/1957, Saudi Arabia | Department of War | PDF (984 KB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| ★ | DOW-UAP-D174 | Utah Ranch Investigation Report, April 2010 | March, April 2010, Las Vegas, Nevada | Department of War | PDF (7.2 MB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| ★ | DOW-UAP-D176 | Triangular UAP AARO Memorandum for Record, 2026 | June, 2026, Western United States | Department of War | PDF (972 KB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| DOW-UAP-D177 | Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1955 | 3/15/1955, Catalina Island, California | Department of War | PDF (580 KB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D178 | Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1953 | 11/16/1953, Catalina Island, California | Department of War | PDF (779 KB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D179 | Air Intelligence Information Report, Catalina Island, 1952 | 6/25/1952, Catalina Island, California | Department of War | PDF (363 KB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| ★ | DOW-UAP-D181 | Unresolved UAP Report, Catalina Island, 1949 | 4/28/1949, Catalina Island, California | Department of War | PDF (361 KB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| ★ | FBI-UAP-D043 | FD-302, Unidentified Aerial Object Observation Report, 2026 | June, 2026, Western United States | FBI | PDF (5.7 MB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| ★ | DOW-UAP-D156 | Air Intelligence Information Report, Guam, 1956 | 12/31/1956, Guam | Department of War | PDF (6.1 MB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| DOW-UAP-D157 | Air Intelligence Information Report, Italy, 1952 | 8/27/1952, Italy | Department of War | PDF (9.1 MB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D158 | Flying Object Report, Canada, 1953 | 11/13/1953, Canada | Department of War | PDF (423 KB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D159 | Air Intelligence Information Report, Germany, 1953 | 8/10/1953, Germany | Department of War | PDF (436 KB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D160 | Air Intelligence Information Report, Morocco, 1953 | 12/16/1953, Morocco | Department of War | PDF (847 KB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D161 | Air Intelligence Information Report, Alaska, 1953 | 10/6/1953, Alaska | Department of War | PDF (901 KB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D162 | Air Intelligence Information Report, Alaska, 1953 | 12/1/1953, Alaska | Department of War | PDF (1.1 MB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| ★ | DOW-UAP-D163 | Air Intelligence Information Report, Sweden, 1953 | 12/17/1953, Sweden | Department of War | PDF (781 KB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| DOW-UAP-D164 | Flying Object Report, Indiana, 1953 | 12/1/1953 | Department of War | PDF (930 KB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D166 | MUFON Reports Prepared for BAASS, November 2008 | 11/1/2008, Las Vegas, Nevada | Department of War | PDF (9.1 MB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D167 | Project Capella, December 2008 | 12/10/2008, San Fransisco, California | Department of War | PDF (6.4 MB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| ★ | DOW-UAP-D168 | BAASS Project Management Plan, December 2008 | 12/2/2008, Las Vegas, Nevada | Department of War | PDF (6.4 MB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| DOW-UAP-D169 | BAASS Monthly Report, March 2009 | 4/10/2009, Las Vegas, Nevada | Department of War | PDF (5.3 MB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D170 | BAASS Monthly Report, April 2009 | 4/1/2009, Las Vegas, Nevada | Department of War | PDF (7.5 MB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| DOW-UAP-D171 | BAASS Monthly Report, June 2009 | 7/9/2009, Las Vegas, Nevada | Department of War | PDF (18.4 MB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| ★ | DOW-UAP-D173 | BAASS Monthly Report, November 2009 | 11/1/2009, Las Vegas, Nevada | Department of War | PDF (76.7 MB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| ★ | DOW-UAP-D175 | BAASS Self-Assessment of UAP Analysis Capabilities, November 2010 | 11/23/2010, Las Vegas, Nevada | Department of War | PDF (16.5 MB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| DOW-UAP-D180 | Final Personnel Record for McCoy, Howard M., U.S. Air Force, 1954 | 8/31/1954, N/A | Department of War | PDF (90.1 MB) · war.gov · Case page | ||
| ★ | EOP-UAP-D002 | Memorandum on Interagency Coordination for the Recovery of Foreign Materiel, May 1963 | 5/29/1963, Washington, D.C. | Executive Office of the President | PDF (143 KB) · war.gov · Case page | |
| ★ | USG-UAP-D002 | Interagency Correspondence Concerning Space Fragments, 1962-1964 | 1962-1964, Washington, D.C. | U.S. Government | PDF (36.8 MB) · war.gov · Case page |
Overall assessment
Release 07 is smaller and more archival than the first six. The newest item, the 2026 triangle report, is also the one with the least independent data: no video, radar or recording accompanies the AARO and FBI accounts, and the date and place are redacted. The BAASS records are the release’s most substantial addition to the historical record, because they show a UAP program from the contractor’s side — its aims, its budget estimates, its disputes with a subcontractor and its confidence in claims it did not demonstrate. The 1950s Air Force reports and the Catalina cards are routine files that illustrate how sightings were collected, with the Guam and Swedish cases standing out for trained-aircrew testimony. The personnel and space-debris files contain no UFO content at all, and readers should treat them as historical context.
Across seven releases, PURSUE has now published 478 records. The next release, when it comes, will appear on the key documents page.
See also
- Key disclosure documents across all tranches
- PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters)
- PURSUE Release 06 (Sept. 18, 2026)
- AAWSAP contract records and DIRDs
- AARO
- BAASS
- Project Capella
- Howard McCoy
References
- ^ U.S. Department of War (2026). PURSUE Release 07 (Oct. 23, 2026): 28 files with official descriptions. war.gov/ufo.
- ^ U.S. Department of War (2026). UAP records and uap-data.csv index, Release 07. war.gov/ufo.
Source: U.S. Department of War, PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters), war.gov/ufo. Official records are U.S. government works in the public domain; summaries and analysis on this page are by UFO UAP Wiki.