The Sixth PURSUE Tranche Just Dropped
The Department of War has released its sixth batch of unresolved UAP records, just over four months after the first. The declassification machine is not slowing down.
What Happened
On 18 September, the Department of War posted the sixth tranche of records under PURSUE — the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. The first tranche landed on 8 May 2026. Six batches in a little over four months is a relentless pace for a government declassification programme.
The system is the machinery behind President Donald Trump's directive to hunt down, review, declassify and release decades of unresolved UAP material scattered across dozens of agencies.
The files keep coming, and none of them are closed cases.
What People Are Saying
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth framed the release as a commitment to openness: "These files, hidden behind classifications, have long fueled justified speculation — and it's time the American people see it for themselves."
The department is blunt about what these records are: unresolved cases, where the government cannot say what the observed object or phenomenon was. The Department of War is actively inviting private-sector analysis of the material.
The Context
Every tranche is a batch of unanswered questions, not conclusions. The department says tens of millions of records exist, many only on paper, and that new materials will keep rolling out every few weeks. The sixth drop is a signal that the pipeline is still very much open.