What's new in the Pentagon's PURSUE Release 02?

“PURSUE Release 02, published on 2026-05-22, adds 64 declassified UAP records — 51 videos, 6 PDFs, and 7 NASA Apollo and Mercury audio recordings — from five agencies: the Department of War, NASA, CIA, ODNI, and Department of Energy.”

PURSUE Release 02 was published by the U.S. Department of War on 2026-05-22 at war.gov/UFO/. It adds 64 declassified files to the original 162-file Release 01 catalog, bringing the running total to 226 records. The Tranche 2 breakdown is 51 videos (all hosted on DVIDS, mostly U.S. Central Command and INDOPACOM infrared captures from 2019 to 2024), 6 PDFs (CIA, ODNI, DOE, and DOW), and 7 NASA mission-audio recordings from Apollo 12, Apollo 17, Mercury-Atlas 7/8/9, and Mercury-Redstone 4. Release 02 introduces three new participating agencies — Central Intelligence Agency, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Department of Energy — and a new media type (audio) the PURSUE catalog had not previously contained. The Department of War's official statement notes that war.gov/UFO has received over one billion hits since the May 8 launch.