How many UFO files did the Pentagon release in 2026?
“The Pentagon released 162 files on 2026-05-08: 120 PDFs, 28 videos, and 14 images covering incidents from 1947 to 2025.”
The U.S. Department of War released 162 declassified UAP files on 2026-05-08 under PURSUE Release 01. The breakdown is 120 PDFs (including FBI memos, USAF mission reports, USN mission reports, State Department diplomatic cables, and NASA Apollo-era imagery indexes), 28 videos (most hosted on DVIDS in infrared or electro-optical formats), and 14 images. UAP.WATCH has indexed 113 of the 118 unique PDFs with locally-extracted text; the remaining five are FBI image-only PDFs without extractable text. Of the 26 most-discussed incidents, 1 has been resolved (the 2017 GOFAST video), 8 are formally classified "unresolved," 12 are "anomalous," and 5 are "corroborated." Geographic coverage spans the Continental United States, the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Indo-Pacific, Central Asia, and the lunar surface.
- What is the Pentagon's PURSUE program?PURSUE stands for Presidential Unsealing & Reporting System
- Are real UFO videos available to the public?Yes — 28 declassified UAP videos from 2017–2024 are publicly
- What are the most famous UFO incidents?The most-cited modern UFO/UAP incidents on the U.S. public r