PURSUE Deep-Dive Analysis
In-depth, source-quoted breakdowns of the most significant files in the Trump administration's PURSUE UAP disclosure - what each document actually says, in its own words.
Every quote on these pages is transcribed verbatim from the released document and cited to its location, so you can check it against the original on war.gov. No page publishes a "probability of aliens" number - that figure is not honestly computable from these files. New to the release? Start with What Is PURSUE? Prefer the raw list? Browse all 334 files, ranked by the Anomalousness Index.
NASA & the Space Program
13 analyses
The Borman Incident (Gemini 7, 1965)Frank Borman reports a "bogey" to Houston mission control - one of the archive's four files tied at the top score of 72.
James McDivitt and the Gemini 4 UFOWhat the classified 1965 debriefing actually says about McDivitt's orbital sighting.
Gemini 5's "Snow"Cooper and Conrad's 1965 debriefing on debris and particles around the spacecraft.
John Glenn's "Fireflies"The Mercury "fireflies," the classified NASA investigation, and how it resolved.
Gordon Cooper on UFOs (1962)What the Mercury astronaut actually said in his 1962 Cronkite interview clip.
Apollo 11 UFOWhat Buzz Aldrin and the crew actually reported in the classified technical debriefing.
Apollo 12 UFO PhotosFive lunar images NASA flagged as unidentified phenomena.
Apollo 12's "Coronal Discharges"The crew's medical debrief on the light flashes they saw with eyes closed.
Apollo 16 and UFOsThe orbital "flash" and the "alien starbase" remark, put back in context.
Apollo 17 UFO RecordsFour NASA files: the Schmitt light flashes, the triangular-formation image, the transcripts.
The Astronaut Light FlashesThe archive's top-scoring cluster (four files at 72) - and why it's explained science, not a UFO: cosmic rays through the eye, in the crews' own words.
Skylab's Three CrewsCosmic-ray flashes, tumbling debris, and one object never identified - across three 1973-74 debriefings.
The STS-80 Photos, ExplainedThree new 1996 Shuttle photos, and the famous "explained" UFO case from the same mission that most coverage is skipping.
CIA & the Cold War Record
10 analyses
CIA Harare Airport UFO (2008)A SECRET/NOFORN cable to the White House Situation Room: a disc over Zimbabwe's main airport.
The Budapest Saucer Letter (1955)One saucer report drawn from a letter between relatives in the USA and Budapest, preserved across two CIA files.
Australia's 1971 Blue Book ReviewA foreign government's independent read on the USAF's Project Blue Book and the US UFO program.
7 Sightings Across the Himalayas (1968)A field report claiming a metallic disc was found in a crater near Pokhara, Nepal.
Sary Shagan Green UAP (1973)A defector's account of a green object over the Soviet weapons range, and rumored laser research.
CIA-UAP-D001 (1973 USSR)A CIA intelligence report on a bright green airborne UAP observed in the Soviet Union.
The Robertson Panel (1953)The CIA panel that recommended an official policy of debunking UFOs.
U-2 Spy Planes and UFOsHow the CIA says its U-2 and OXCART flights accounted for half of 1950s-60s sightings.
Blue Book Special Report No. 14The Air Force's biggest statistical UFO study: 3,201 sightings, 19.7% unknown.
CIA UFO Files ExplainedThe full CIA cluster: the debunking panel, the U-2, and the Cold War UAP record.
FBI Investigations
5 analyses
FBI 302 Interviews: 2023 Test-Site UAPA bronze metallic object at a US test site, formal FD-302 interviews, and an FBI Lab composite sketch.
FBI Case File 62-HQ-83894The Bureau's 21-year central UFO investigation (1947-1968), declassified.
FBI Orbs & Modern UAP FilesThe Colorado Springs interview and the FBI-authenticated northeastern orb videos.
The Western U.S. UAP Event (2023)Seven federal agents, "orbs launching orbs," a "translucent kite" - AARO's most compelling witness case, and the FBI's digital recreations.
The Cheyenne Mountain "Backscattering" ExplanationFive Fort Carson soldiers, a patterned object over Cheyenne Mountain, and AARO's low-confidence sunlight-and-snow explanation.
Pentagon Sensor Captures
3 analyses
AARO Unresolved UAP Reports27 Pentagon files tied at score 66, including the CENTCOM infrared tracks and the Greece SWIR object.
Release 02 Pentagon UAP VideosThe 51 DOW-UAP-PR sensor captures added on May 22, 2026.
DOW-UAP-PR116, ExplainedThe viral Atlantic "structure" video from Drop 04, next to the paired debrief that describes a wind-drifting, balloon-like object.
Intelligence, Diplomatic & Nuclear
4 analyses
ODNI Helicopter UAP EncounterA senior intelligence officer's first-person helicopter account, released in Release 02.
Diplomatic UAP CablesSeven State Department UFO records spanning 1952-2004 embassy cables and policy memos.
DOE Nuclear UAP FilesThree Department of Energy documents tying the US nuclear weapons complex to UAP.
1998 White House UFO CorrespondenceReal constituent letters citing Steven Greer and MJ-12, and NASA's replies - which repeatedly cite a real 1993 vote that defunded its SETI program.