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The Department of War published its fourth tranche of UAP records on July 10 as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, a program that has issued new materials every few weeks since its inaugural release on May 8. CBS News reported that the latest disclosure comprises 40 files in total, including 14 documents, 19 videos, four audio recordings and three images collected from the Pentagon, NASA, the CIA, the FBI and the Energy Department. One file contains an account from a Navy pilot who described a mysterious object as unlike anything observed in 28 years of service, while the batch draws on both recent incidents and historical cases that remain unresolved.
BBC News described the newly released videos as featuring boxy forms and odd lights, adding to imagery from earlier tranches that documented green orbs, discs and fireballs near military installations. The Department of War posted the materials on its dedicated site at war.gov/ufo, where officials noted that most files appear with minimal redaction to support public review. A separate report from the same release details an encounter in the Yellow Sea in 2025, according to the inventory published alongside the tranche.
President Donald Trump directed the declassification effort in a February 2026 statement that called for agencies to identify and release all government records connected to UAP, UFOs and extraterrestrial matters, describing the subject as complex yet important. The directive, which the Department of War has said requires reviewing tens of millions of documents across dozens of agencies, established a rolling schedule to make records available as they are processed. Previous releases included 222 documents and more than 40 videos in one batch alone, along with accounts dating to the 1940s that Wikipedia entries on United States UFO files catalog as part of the broader archive.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stated that the long-classified files have historically fuelled justified speculation, adding that the American people have a right to see the information for themselves. His remarks accompanied the latest release and echoed the administration’s emphasis on unprecedented transparency first outlined in the February directive. The Pentagon, operating under the Department of War designation in current records, has coordinated the effort with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to ensure systematic review of both paper and digital holdings.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman confirmed that the agency possesses unexplained UAP imagery that cannot be immediately identified, a disclosure reported by Fox News that aligns with the materials shared in the current and prior tranches. The space agency’s contributions to the fourth batch include files that complement Pentagon and intelligence community submissions, according to the official inventory. Such interagency participation underscores the scope of the PURSUE program, which officials have said spans records accumulated over multiple decades.
The Department of War indicated that additional tranches will follow on a continuing basis, with the third release on June 12 having featured six videos and three audio files focused on sightings near military facilities. Cumulative releases have now placed hundreds of documents and dozens of audiovisual items into the public domain, according to tallies maintained on the war.gov/ufo platform. Authorities have stressed that many cases stay unresolved even after declassification, a point reiterated across the rolling disclosures that began earlier this year.
