Pentagon Releases Third Batch of Declassified UFO Files
Latest disclosure is part of an ongoing effort to make historical U.S. government reports on unidentified phenomena public
The Department of War has published its third release of declassified and historical files on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, continuing a broader push to make the government's records on the subject publicly available.
The documents were posted to war.gov/UFO as part of what officials call the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, or PURSUE, according to the Department of War. The initiative has been releasing tranches of previously classified and historical material related to unidentified phenomena encountered by U.S. military personnel.
The department did not detail the specific contents of this latest batch of files. Previous releases under the program have drawn public interest as the government has moved, in stages, toward greater transparency on a topic long shrouded in secrecy within military and intelligence circles.
The rolling disclosures reflect a broader shift in how federal agencies have approached the subject in recent years, following congressional pressure and public demand for the government to account for decades of reported sightings and encounters involving military aircraft and personnel.
— Compiled from reporting by the U.S. Department of Defense.