The Trump administration has launched a sweeping UAP transparency initiative with the first official release of declassified UFO-related documents through the new PURSUE system. The initial disclosure includes FBI case files, Apollo mission imagery, astronaut transcripts, and military encounter reports involving unexplained aerial objects across multiple regions of the world. Officials say the effort involved reviewing tens of millions of archived government records spanning decades of investigations. President Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth framed the release as the beginning of a long-term public disclosure campaign aimed at giving Americans direct access to previously classified information on UAPs and extraterrestrial-related phenomena.
Trump’s administration released 162 declassified UAP/UFO files featuring Apollo mission anomalies, military sightings, FBI records, and unexplained aerial phenomena — with more disclosures promised in an ongoing transparency initiative. #UFO #UFOFiles #PURSUE #Trump pic.twitter.com/giVi5tbkX0
— Matthew Brady (@mattbrady775) May 8, 2026
- President Trump’s administration released the first tranche of declassified UAP/UFO records through the new Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE).
- The release contains 162 FBI files focused on unresolved UAP cases that investigators could not definitively explain due to limited or inconclusive data.
- Newly disclosed materials include:
- Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 imagery showing unexplained lights and formations near the Moon.
- Apollo 17 mission transcripts describing bright particles and angular fragments drifting near the spacecraft.
- FBI photographs from 1999 showing unidentified black-dot objects near U.S. aircraft.
- Military UAP encounters near the UAE, Iraq, and the Greek coastline.
- The Department of War and ODNI reportedly reviewed millions of classified and archived records for the release effort.
- President Trump described the disclosure initiative as part of a broader push for transparency involving extraterrestrial life, UFOs, and unexplained aerial phenomena.
- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth called the release “historic” and pledged additional rolling disclosures in the coming weeks.
