On May 8, 2026, the US Department of War launched war.gov/ufo as the public face of PURSUE — the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Release 01 contains 161 files. The agencies involved include the White House, ODNI, DOE, AARO, NASA, FBI, and “additional components of U.S. intelligence agencies.” Every single file in the initial release is designated an unresolved case. The government cannot determine what these objects are.
The Trump Directive: Exact Text
The presidential directive, posted February 19, 2026 on Truth Social, reads: “Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant Departments and Agencies, to begin the process of identifying and releasing Government files related to alien and extraterrestrial life, unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), and unidentified flying objects (UFOs), and any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters. GOD BLESS AMERICA!”
Three things about that text matter. First: the words “alien and extraterrestrial life” appear explicitly — not as a theory, as a category of government files. The government is acknowledging it holds files filed under those headings. Second: the directive covers “any and all other information connected to these … matters” — language broad enough to include programme files, research reports, and intelligence assessments well beyond raw UAP sighting reports. Third: it was posted February 19, 2026. Release 01 came May 8, 2026. Six days earlier, AARO had published its February 13 UAP workshop white paper. The sequencing is not coincidental.
The PURSUE Directive
The Department of War’s implementing directive on war.gov/ufo states: “This is an unprecedented, historic undertaking that requires coordination between dozens of agencies and the review of tens of millions of records, many existing only on paper, spanning many decades.” Tens of millions. Many existing only on paper. Spanning many decades. That is not the language of a narrow UAP video library. That is the language of a systematic archival operation across the entire national security apparatus.
The directive also states: “The Department of War welcomes the application of private-sector analysis, information and expertise.” This is the government explicitly inviting independent researchers and analysts to examine the released files. UAP Oracle is doing exactly that.
Release 01 Contents
Release 01 is dominated by FBI files from HQ case 62-HQ-83894: Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, Serial 130, and Serial 153 among others. This is a national headquarters-level FBI case. The section numbering implies a substantial original file. Sections 1 and 8 remain withheld. Serial 153 is the highest serial number publicly visible, implying at minimum 153 individual actions and communications in this single case file. Additional agency files make up the remaining 161-file total, paginated across 17 pages on the portal.
Source: war.gov/ufo. PURSUE Release 01, May 8, 2026. Presidential directive February 19, 2026. Department of War press release, Article 4480582.