DVIDS UAP Archive — How the Pentagon Hosts UFO Video
The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) is the U.S. military's central public-affairs video archive — and the primary host for the 79 declassified UAP videos in the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog. PURSUE Release 02 added 51 new DVIDS clips to the public archive on May 22, 2026.
DVIDS — the Defense Visual Information Distribution Service — is the U.S. Department of Defense's central public-affairs video distribution platform. It hosts approximately 1.4 million unclassified video and image assets from across the U.S. military services, combatant commands, and DoD-affiliated organizations, with metadata-tagged uploads dating to 2007. DVIDS is the primary host for the 79 declassified UAP video clips in the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog: 28 clips released under Release 01 (May 8, 2026) and 51 additional clips added under Release 02 (May 22, 2026). DVIDS UAP entries use the prefix 'DOW-UAP-' (Department of War UAP) and are released by individual combatant commands — CENTCOM, INDOPACOM, NORTHCOM — with classification-redaction reviews completed before public posting. Every PURSUE video has a permanent DVIDS URL (e.g., dvidshub.net/video/1007727 for the F-16 Lake Huron clip).
“DVIDS is the primary host for the 79 declassified UAP video clips in the Pentagon's PURSUE catalog.”
What DVIDS is
The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service is operated by the Defense Media Activity (DMA), a DoD field activity headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland. DVIDS provides press, broadcasters, and the public with downloadable high-resolution video, broadcast-quality interview clips, photographs, and graphics from U.S. military operations worldwide. The platform is free, requires no login for public-affairs assets, and serves as the official public record for service-released imagery.
DVIDS in the PURSUE workflow
Every DoW UAP video declassified under PURSUE is uploaded to DVIDS first, then linked from the war.gov/UFO/ catalog page. The DVIDS upload includes a standardized metadata block: catalog ID (e.g., DOW-UAP-PR071), upload date, classification, sensor type (FLIR / EO / radar), and the AARO video description (typically a single paragraph describing what is visible in the clip). UAP.WATCH mirrors the AARO description on each video page and links to the underlying DVIDS asset for direct download.
Release 02's 51-clip expansion
PURSUE Release 02 added 51 new DVIDS UAP clips on May 22, 2026 — nearly doubling the 28-clip Release 01 set. The new uploads are concentrated in the DOW-UAP-PR050 through DOW-UAP-PR100 range and include headline entries DOW-UAP-PR050 (four-UAP formation over Iran, August 26 2022), DOW-UAP-PR051 (Syrian 'instant acceleration' clip), and DOW-UAP-PR071 (February 12 2023 F-16C Lake Huron engagement). UAP.WATCH scraped thumbnails for all 51 new entries and indexes them under the /video route prefix.
How to find specific PURSUE clips on DVIDS
DVIDS' search index supports keyword queries against title, description, and tags. A search for 'DOW-UAP' returns the full PURSUE video set in upload-date order. Individual clips can be located by their catalog ID — e.g., a DuckDuckGo or Google query for 'site:dvidshub.net DOW-UAP-PR071' returns the F-16 Lake Huron clip. UAP.WATCH's /video/[id] route also surfaces the DVIDS source link directly.