The War Department just released the UFO files

Search what is actually in the files.

On May 8, 2026, the U.S. War Department began releasing declassified UFO files to the public through war.gov/UFO. This page tracks every release, surfaces what is in the files, and lets you search and question the corpus as new batches drop each week.

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I.What is in the files

What the documents actually cover.

The released documents are grouped by subject area to make the corpus easier to navigate. Theme assignments are based on content analysis of the released materials, and a single document may appear in more than one theme.

II.80 years of sightings

From foo fighters to modern UAP reports.

The released documents span eight decades of unexplained aerial phenomena, from WWII-era military encounters to recent sensor-driven military reporting. This timeline is derived from the released documents themselves.

1944 -- 1947

The first sightings

1944--1945

German armament documents reference "foo fighter" phenomena reported by Allied forces in Europe.

1947

The FBI opens a central case file on flying discs. Field offices are directed to interview witnesses. Reports arrive from 30 states.

1948 -- 1968

The Cold War intelligence era

1948--1949

Department of War and military intelligence files begin cataloguing flying disc reports.

1963

A National Aeronautics and Space Council memo titled "Thoughts on the Alien Race Question" addresses what to do if an alien intelligence is discovered.

1965--1969

NASA mission transcripts document unexplained observations during Gemini 7, Apollo 11, and Apollo 12.

1972 -- 2004

Astronaut encounters and diplomatic cables

1972

Apollo 17 crew observations are recorded in mission transcripts and debriefings.

1985--2004

State Department cables document sightings from Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Mexico, and Turkmenistan.

2013 -- 2022

Military operations in the Middle East

2013--2016

UAP reports emerge from active military operations in the Middle East and Syria.

2020

A significant cluster of incidents in the Arabian Gulf, Persian Gulf, and Strait of Hormuz. Multiple mission reports, range fouler incidents, and unresolved cases.

2022

Unresolved UAP reports from Iraq and Syria intensify. Multiple reports filed between May and December.

2026

Public disclosure begins

May 2026

The War Department begins releasing declassified files through the PURSUE portal at war.gov/UFO. 170 documents in the first batch.

Document distribution by decade (170 total)

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

The release is not evenly distributed across time. A large share of the material clusters around recent military operations, with another major cluster in the FBI's early flying disc investigations from the late 1940s and 1950s.

III.Document index

Every released document, searchable.

Browse the full index of released PURSUE documents processed so far. Search by title, agency, document type, or theme, and open the original source where available.

No documents match your search.

IV.Ask the files

Ask a question, see the evidence.

Search across the full text of the released documents and get answers with citations back to the underlying files. If the evidence is not in the corpus, the system says so.

Try: "What sensor data has been released?" or "Which agencies appear most often?"

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The public index is free to explore. Pro unlocks full document text, AI-powered search, cross-referencing, and alerts when new files are released. Most sites repost UFO claims. This one lets you ask the documents themselves.

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✓Full document index with descriptions

✓Theme overview and document counts

✓Source links to original files

✓Release timeline and search

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