// RELEASE 05 — AUGUST 7, 2026

Pentagon UFO Files: Release 5

On August 7, 2026, the Department of War published 41 files at war.gov/UFO: 22 documents · 16 videos · 3 images. Every one is listed below; open any file for the government’s full description, the official link and our archived copy. The Pentagon calls these unresolved cases — not confirmed anomalies.

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All files in this release

DOCUMENTCIA-UAP-D022REDACTED

Unidentified Flying Object Reported near Puerto Rico, 1965

CIA · Incident: February 1, 1965 · Caribbean Sea · 639 KB

This file contains Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) memoranda exchanged between the Assistant Director for Special Activities (AD/SA) and the Assistant…

DOCUMENTCIA-UAP-D023

Briefing Notes for Mr. Walter Elder

CIA · Incident: Undated · Caribbean Sea · 205 KB

This document contains briefing material prepared for Mr. Walter N. Elder, Executive Assistant to the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)…

DOCUMENTDOS-UAP-D001

Diplomatic Cable, Brazil, November 14, 1963

Department of State · Incident: November 14, 1963 · Bahia, Brazil · 849 KB

This document is a U.S. Department of State diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Office of the Secretary of State…

DOCUMENTDOS-UAP-D002

Diplomatic Cable, Brazil, November 20, 1963

Department of State · Incident: November 20, 1963 · Bahia, Brazil · 1 MB

This document is a U.S. Department of State diplomatic cable from the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Office of the Secretary of State…

DOCUMENTDOW-UAP-D098

Film Analysis of Unidentified Objects, 1953

Department of War · Incident: 1950, 1952 · Montana, Utah · 66 MB

This file contains a memorandum relating to the U.S. Naval Photographic Interpretation Center’s assessment of two films allegedly depicting unidentified…

DOCUMENTDOW-UAP-D099

Intelligence Review of “Ghost Rocket” Incidents, 1947

Department of War · Incident: January 9, 1947 · Sweden · 1 MB

This document is a U.S. Department of War General Staff intelligence review assessing incidents involving unidentified “Ghost Rockets” reported over Sweden…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR117

Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021

Department of War · Incident: September 8, 2021 · 21 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR118

Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021

Department of War · Incident: September 8, 2021 · 24 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR119

Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021

Department of War · Incident: September 8, 2021 · 2 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR120

Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021

Department of War · Incident: September 8, 2021 · 10 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR121

Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021

Department of War · Incident: September 8, 2021 · 24 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR122

Unresolved UAP Report, Gulf of Oman, 2021

Department of War · Incident: September 8, 2021 · 17 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR123

Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019

Department of War · Incident: 2019 · Pacific Ocean · 44 MB

The video contains 1 minute and 4 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR124

Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019

Department of War · Incident: 2019 · Pacific Ocean · 64 MB

The video contains 53 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor display aboard…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR125

Unresolved UAP Report, Pacific Ocean, 2019

Department of War · Incident: 2019 · Pacific Ocean · 33 MB

The video contains 28 seconds of footage. This footage is a secondary capture, recorded via a hand-held recording device, of an infrared sensor display aboard…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR134REDACTED

Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025

Department of War · Incident: 2025 · Middle East · 53 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR136REDACTED

Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023

Department of War · Incident: 2023 · Middle East · 12 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR142REDACTED

Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2025

Department of War · Incident: 2025 · Middle East · 11 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

VIDEODOW-UAP-PR149REDACTED

Unresolved UAP Report, Middle East, 2023

Department of War · Incident: 2023 · Middle East · 55 MB

The United States Central Command submitted a report of an unidentified anomalous phenomenon to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) consisting…

DOCUMENTEOP-UAP-D001

NASC Inquiry into Bahia, Brazil Incident, November 13, 1963

Executive Office of the President · Incident: November 13, 1963 · Bahia, Brazil · 127 KB

This document is a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire report dated November 9, 1963, tracking a local…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D024REDACTED

FD-302, “Airborne Lights and Triangle,” 2002, 2023-2024

FBI · Incident: 2002, 2023-2024 · Northeastern U.S.; Afghanistan · 2 MB

This FD-302 records a March 2024 interview with a former U.S. military pilot, in which the interviewee describes several incidents potentially involving…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D026REDACTED

FD-302, “Dark Translucent Triangle,” 2023

FBI · Incident: 2023 · Colorado Springs, Colorado · 523 KB

This FD-302 records a January 2026 interview with a former employee of the Department of War, in which the interviewee describes an incident potentially…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D027

Digital Rendering, “Dark Translucent Triangle,” 2023

FBI · Incident: 2023 · Colorado Springs, Colorado · 775 KB

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident near Colorado Springs, Colorado, potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP)…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D028REDACTED

FD-302, “Dark Triangle with Lights,” 2011

FBI · Incident: 2011 · 1 MB

This FD-302 records an April 2025 interview with two former U.S. military service members, in which the interviewees describe an incident potentially…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D030REDACTED

FD-302, “Large Triangle with Red Lights,” 2023

FBI · Incident: 2023 · Colorado Springs, Colorado · 457 KB

This FD-302 records an October 2025 interview with a U.S. Person, in which the interviewee describes an incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D032REDACTED

FD-302, “Slow-moving Objects,” 2026

FBI · Incident: 2026 · Western United States · 1 MB

This FD-302 records a 2026 interview with a U.S. Government Special Agent, in which the interviewee describes an incident potentially involving unidentified…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D033REDACTED

FD-302, “Thermally Elevated Aerial Object,” 2026

FBI · Incident: 2026 · Western United States · 255 KB

This FD-302 records a 2026 interview with a U.S. Government Special Agent, in which the interviewee describes an incident potentially involving unidentified…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D037REDACTED

FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026

FBI · Incident: 2026 · Western United States · 584 KB

This FD-302 records a 2026 interview with a U.S. person, in which the interviewee describes three incidents potentially involving unidentified anomalous…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D038

Digital Rendering 1, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026

FBI · Incident: 2026 · Western United States · 120 KB

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D039

Digital Rendering 2, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026

FBI · Incident: 2026 · Western United States · 631 KB

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D040REDACTED

FD-302, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026

FBI · Incident: 2026 · Western United States · 2 MB

This FD-302 records a 2026 telephonic interview with a U.S. person, in which the interviewee describes two incidents potentially involving unidentified…

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D041

Digital Rendering 1, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026

FBI · Incident: 2026 · Western United States · 653 KB

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) prepared this digital rendering in 2026 as a visual aid in support of the PURSUE initiative.

DOCUMENTFBI-UAP-D042

Digital Rendering 2, “Multiple Red Lights,” 2026

FBI · Incident: 2026 · Western United States · 134 KB

This image is an artistic interpretation of a reported incident potentially involving unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) in the western United States…

VIDEOFBI-UAP-PR007

“Slow-moving Objects,” 2026

FBI · Incident: 2026 · Western United States · 1 MB

A U.S. Government Special Agent captured this video footage via hand-held optical thermal imaging device during a 2026 incident in the western United States…

Open any file for the government’s full description (from war.gov/UFO), the official link and our archived copy. We keep our own copy of every file on the Internet Archive, in case the originals change or disappear: documents · videos.

Last updated October 14, 2026