Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of War released what it termed “new, never-before-seen files” on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, tagging it as a historic effort in transparency.
The Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) collection came courtesy of the Trump administration’s Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, also known as PURSUE, in catch and release short form.
Those files released on May 8 are housed on https://www.war.gov/ufo/pursue-initiative/
“On a rolling basis”
The posting involves documents, photos and videos from the files of NASA, the FBI, Defense Department, and State Department.

Infrared still image (black hot) captured of unidentified object(s) over western United States in September of 2025.
Image credit: FBI Photo B20
Additional files are forthcoming, to be issued by the Department of War “on a rolling basis.”
But the question, asks one UAPoligist is what comes next, “because this release raises more questions than it answers.”
For more details, go to my new Space.com story – “The UFO files: What did we learn from the Pentagon’s 1st big release?” – at:



Astrophysicist Avi Loeb suggests that the “lights” photographed by astronauts above the lunar surface are caused by cosmic rays hitting the film.
https://avi-loeb.medium.com/we-should-not-mistake-cosmic-rays-for-ufos-8d10b0085b9c