Department of War / Presidential Order 14188 / May 8, 2026
The PURSUE Release: Every Declassified UAP Case, Indexed
On May 8, 2026, the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE) made 214 U.S. government documents public for the first time. We've extracted, dated, and located 1,980 discrete UAP cases from those files — drawn from the FBI, AARO, USAAF, USAF, NASA, and the State Department — and assembled the complete index below.
Eight decades of records, one disclosure
PURSUE is the largest single declassification action in the history of U.S. UAP record-keeping. The release spans the FBI's vaulted 62-HQ-83894 file (the entire 1947 saucer wave through Project Blue Book's 1969 closure), the U.S. Army Air Forces' "Check-List - Unidentified Flying Objects" series (Box 7 of file 38_143685, covering Incidents #1 through #233), Department of War mission reports from Iraq, Syria, the Persian Gulf, and the Strait of Hormuz between 2013 and 2025, the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office's historical record reports and aluminum/metallic specimen analyses, NASA's Apollo and Skylab crew debriefs, and Department of State diplomatic cables from Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, Tbilisi, Ashgabat, and Mexico City.
Every case in our index is filed against its source document, page reference, incident date, and geographic coordinates where recoverable. Case files retain links back to the original PURSUE document on aaro.mil or the relevant agency archive. Where the source records were illegible due to OCR damage, we have marked the case as such and preserved the partial text rather than reconstructing.
Where the records came from
Cases that stand out
The Oak Ridge UFO Wave: Unidentified Objects Over America's Atomic City, 1947-1951
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
Between 1947 and 1951, FBI agents, Air Force radar operators, AEC patrolmen, and Atomic Energy Commission scientists at Oak Ridge documented dozens of unidentified objects over America's most secret nuclear weapons facility. The case files were sealed for nearly eighty years.
Kenneth Arnold UFO Sighting, Bakersfield, California (June 1, 1947)
Bakersfield, California
A first saucer wave case from Bakersfield, California. Experienced pilot Dick Rankin reported observing a formation of ten flying discs over Bakersfield, California.
GoFast (USS Roosevelt)
off Florida’s east coast
A post-cold war case from off Florida’s east coast. In January 2015, Navy aircraft recorded an object traveling at high speeds near the ocean surface.
Multi-witness cases on file
Idaho UFO Sighting (July 4) — FBI Files
Idaho · 200 witnesses
A first saucer wave case from Idaho. On Independence Day, approximately 260 people in Idaho reported seeing the flying objects.
The Oak Ridge UFO Wave: Unidentified Objects Over America's Atomic City, 1947-1951
Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA · 50 witnesses
Between 1947 and 1951, FBI agents, Air Force radar operators, AEC patrolmen, and Atomic Energy Commission scientists at Oak Ridge documented dozens of unidentified objects over America's most secret nuclear weapons facility. The case files were sealed for nearly eighty years.
FBI UAP Sensor Imagery: 32 Government-System Captures Submitted to AARO (2024)
Multiple, redacted · 32 witnesses
Between 2024 and 2025, the Federal Bureau of Investigation submitted thirty-two still images of unidentified anomalous phenomena to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office. Each was derived from a U.S. government sensor system, redacted before submission, and accompanied by a brief AARO-issued narrative description. The dates and locations of the underlying events have not been disclosed.
About the PURSUE release
What does PURSUE stand for?
Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. It is the framework established under Presidential Order 14188 for the systematic declassification of U.S. government records relating to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP).
Why was the release on May 8, 2026?
May 8 is the anniversary of the 1948 release of the Project Sign "Estimate of the Situation," the first formal U.S. military UAP assessment. The Department of War selected the date to mark the historical continuity from Sign through Grudge, Blue Book, AATIP, the UAP Task Force, and AARO.
Are these all new disclosures?
No — some of the documents (notably the FBI 62-HQ-83894 sections) had been partially released through earlier FOIA productions over the decades. PURSUE is the first time the complete file series has been released together with internal cross-references intact, alongside previously withheld AARO and Department of War material.
How can I verify a specific case?
Every case file on Spooky Valley links to the source document at aaro.mil or the relevant agency archive. Case pages cite the document number and page reference (e.g., D196/P40) so you can locate the original record.
What's still classified?
The PURSUE release covers documents the agencies have determined no longer require classification. Material relating to active intelligence sources, ongoing operations, and certain Special Access Programs remains withheld. AARO continues to receive new reports under the standing UAP reporting framework.
Ready to dig in?
The full searchable archive lets you filter by year, decade, country, city, agency, case type, and era. Every case page links back to its source document.