Night Ledger

Record 070 · August 2026

PURSUE Release 05: Declassified UAP Files (August 2026 tranche)

Department of Defense / Department of War · United States

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FOIA / archiveDeclassified

The release includes PDFs of film analysis from the 1950s, FBI investigative records of orb sightings (including agent observations), recent 2025–2026 sensor data, and artistic renderings of reported objects. Documents review historical and contemporary cases without endorsing extraterrestrial explanations; several reference prior official conclusions that UAP do not represent a national security threat or non-human technology. It forms part of the rolling declassification directed by executive order, consolidating materials previously held across agencies with reduced redactions.

Public file: U.S. Department of Defense (war.gov/ufo)

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