PURSUE — Department of War Press Releases

AARO Collection landing 2020s Official link verified

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Summary: not published in this release.

Common questions

What is this record?
It links the U.S. Department of War's official press release announcing its PURSUE UAP document releases (the program released its first tranche on May 8, 2026 and its second on May 22, 2026).
Why catalog the press release?
It is provenance/context for the PURSUE records (documents, videos, images, audio) cataloged elsewhere in this archive — the official announcement of the releases.
Where is the official source?
The U.S. Department of War, at war.gov; a Wayback snapshot is recorded for provenance.
Does this archive host it?
No. This is a link-only record; follow the link to the official war.gov press release.

Source & Classification

Record metadata

Record type
Collection landing
Decade
2020s
Review status
published
Publication status
published

Official source link

https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/

Documents are linked to their official source pages, with a local preservation copy of the public-domain U.S.-government document where available; the official source is authoritative. Videos are linked, not hosted. Copyright and license notes are recorded per source.

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Cite this record

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). "PURSUE — Department of War Press Releases". 2020s. Official source: https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/. Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive (not an official or government source): https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/pursue-uap-press-releases/.

APA

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). (2020s). PURSUE — Department of War Press Releases. https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/

MLA

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). "PURSUE — Department of War Press Releases." 2020s, https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/.

Chicago

All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO). "PURSUE — Department of War Press Releases." 2020s. https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/.

BibTeX

@misc{uaprecords_pursue-uap-press-releases,
  title  = {PURSUE — Department of War Press Releases},
  author = {All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO)},
  year   = {2020s},
  howpublished = {Official source: https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4480582/department-of-war-releases-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-files-in-historic-t/},
  note   = {Cataloged by the independent UAP Records Archive — not an official or government source},
  url    = {https://uap-archive.org/uap/records/pursue-uap-press-releases/}
}

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License note (source-level)

Content published by the U.S. Department of War (war.gov) is generally a U.S. Government work in the public domain under 17 U.S.C. §105. This archive links to the official war.gov press release only and does not reproduce it; the official source remains authoritative.

Archivist note

The Department of War’s official press announcements for its PURSUE (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters) document releases. According to war.gov, the program released its first tranche of UAP records on May 8, 2026 and its second on May 22, 2026; this record links the press release that accompanied the release announcements (provenance for the PURSUE records cataloged elsewhere in this archive).

This archive links to the official war.gov press release only and does not reproduce or self-host it. The page was confirmed via a Wayback snapshot. This entry asserts no conclusion beyond what the official source states and takes no position on the nature of any reported phenomena.

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Archive state (this release)

Record status
Official link verified
Review status
published
Publication status
published
Archive URL
Not archived in U3
Local copy
Not stored in U3
Summary
Not published
Translation
Not published
Added to archive
Last revised
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