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PURSUE Release 01 — 162 Pentagon UFO Files

First batch of the PURSUE program. 162 files spanning 1947–2026 from FBI, NASA, State Department, AARO and the Department of War.

Total files

162

Photographs

14

Videos

28

Documents

120

01 · 10

Documents, transcripts, cables

FBI infrared still of unidentified object over the western United States, December 2025.

FBI-62-HQ-83894

FBI Case File 62-HQ-83894 — Flying Disc Reports 1947–1968

Apollo 17 archival imagery; yellow box marks three lights above the lunar terrain.

NASA-A17-TX-DEC1972

Apollo 17 — Triangular Lights Transcript, December 1972

Still from a U.S. military operator video featuring UAP near a Middle East observation post, May 2022.

DOW-IRQ-MEMO-2022-08

Iraq — One Possible Small UAP, August 2022

Department of War6 pp

Aqua scope lines over a gray background with cloud cover and dark contacts — illustrative of multi-glare reports.

DOW-SYR-MEMO-2024-03

Syria — Multiple Glares from Unknown Origin, March 2024

Department of War9 pp

FBI archival still associated with mid-century flying-disc reports.

DOW-RW-1947-CONS

Roswell-Era Records, June–August 1947

Department of War87 pp

Reported UAP near the United Arab Emirates, October 2023; representative of multi-sensor encounter material.

AARO-TICTAC-REF

Tic Tac Encounter — AARO Reference Documents, 2004–2026

Eight-pointed contrast feature captured via infrared sensor — illustrative of gimbal/lens-flare style imagery.

AARO-GMBL-GFST-REF

Gimbal & Go Fast — Reference Documents, 2014–2015

Reported UAP captured by U.S. Air Force in the southern United States, 2020.

STATE-UAP-CABLES-50S

State Department UAP Cables, 1952–1968

Department of State64 pp

Composite sketch reconstruction from a 2023 anomalous sighting in the southeastern United States.

NASA-AST-COMP-2026

NASA Astronaut Sightings Compilation, 1962–2018

FBI archival photograph paired with the case file 62-HQ-83894 and Hottel correspondence.

FBI-HOTTEL-1950

Hottel Memorandum, March 22, 1950

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Photographs

Reference UAP image from PURSUE Release 01 used in lieu of restricted Apollo 12 plate.

NASA-A12-PHOTO-1969

Apollo 12 UAP Photographs, November 1969