DROP 03 · 2026-06-12
Drop 03 - CIA History, Apollo 16, and the FBI Orb Files
PURSUE Release 03 added 72 files to the archive - 53 documents, 9 videos, and 10 images - bringing the total to 294. It introduced the first large batch of CIA records (18 files spanning Project Blue Book analysis, Cold War sightings, and foreign UFO programs), 29 FBI files including modern orb and triangle sightings and the 2022 Colorado Springs investigation, 11 NASA crew debriefings and astronaut interviews from the Gemini and Apollo programs (including the two Apollo 16 scientific debriefings and a Gordon Cooper interview, which joined the files tied for the archive's top score of 72), 12 Pentagon files, and the first Intelligence Community analysis and U.S. Government correspondence records in the disclosure.
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Total Files
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Videos
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Documents
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Images
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Redacted
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Agencies
Headline files
NASA-UAP-D024, “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”
NASA mission record from a crewed lunar mission showing footage of a UAP encounter over Houston, Texas.
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NASA-UAP-D023, Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962
NASA mission record showing footage of a UAP encounter (November, 1962).
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FBI-UAP-PR003, “Orbs Over the Pond,” 2024
FBI investigative document from a Bureau case file showing footage of a UAP encounter (October, 2024) over Northeastern United States.
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CIA-UAP-017, Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign Posturing
Federal record documenting a UAP encounter (July, 2008) over Harare, Zimbabwe.
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FBI-UAP-D002, FD-1057, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022
FBI investigative document from a Bureau case file documenting a UAP encounter (2022) over Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S..
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All 72 files in this release
Every file in war.gov's CSV with this release date, grouped by agency. Each page has the SHA-256 hash and a mirrored copy.
FBI (29)
- FBI-UAP-D001, FD-302, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022
- FBI-UAP-D002, FD-1057, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022
- FBI-UAP-D003, Digital Rendering, Unresolved UAP Report, Colorado Springs, 2022
- FBI-UAP-D004, FD-1057-02, Northeastern United States, 2024
- FBI-UAP-D005, FD-1057-04, Northeastern United States, 2024
- FBI-UAP-D006, FD-1057-05, Northeastern United States, 2024
- FBI-UAP-D007, FD-1057-06, Northeastern United States, 2024
- FBI-UAP-D008, FD-1057-07, Northeastern United States, 2024
- FBI-UAP-D009, FD-302-67, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026
- FBI-UAP-D010, FD-302-71, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2026
- FBI-UAP-D011, D/FBI Correspondence Referral, 1949
- FBI-UAP-D012, Newark Field Office, 1952-1967
- FBI-UAP-D013, Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960
- FBI-UAP-D014, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 1-1, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-D015, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 1-2, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-D016, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-1, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-D017, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-2, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-D018, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-3, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-D019, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-4, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-D020, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-5, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-D021, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 1-3, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-D022, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-6, Western United States Event, 2026
- FBI-UAP-D023, Digital Rendering, Narrative Statement 2-7, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-PR001, “Triangle Orbs,” Northeastern United States, 2021
- FBI-UAP-PR002, “Red Orb Rotation,” Northeastern United States, 2022
- FBI-UAP-PR003, “Orbs Over the Pond,” 2024
- FBI-UAP-PR004, “Northeastern Orb Sighting,” 2025
- FBI-UAP-PR005, Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-1, Western United States Event, 2023
- FBI-UAP-PR006, Digital Recreation, Narrative Statement 3-2, Western United States Event, 2023
CIA (18)
- CIA-UAP-002, Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects, Report, 1952-1953
- CIA-UAP-003, The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 and OXCART Programs, 1954-1974
- CIA-UAP-004, CASE 17708 (CLOSED) and DR. Leon Davidson
- CIA-UAP-005, German Scientist's Article on 'Flying Discs'
- CIA-UAP-006, Sighting Of Unconventional Aircraft
- CIA-UAP-007, Current Status Of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) Project.
- CIA-UAP-008, Speculative Paper By N Kardashev and A Sakharov on Charged Mass in Space at Conference on Origins Of Life, Armenia, 6-8 September 1971/Low Scientific Level Of Other Soviet Papers
- CIA-UAP-009, Unknown Flying Objects Observed Over Budapest
- CIA-UAP-010, Report on Conversations with Soviet Scientists on Subject of Unidentified Flying Objects in the USSR
- CIA-UAP-011, The Sary Shagan Weapons Testing Range
- CIA-UAP-012, Combating Fatigue In Crewmembers
- CIA-UAP-013, Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity
- CIA-UAP-014, British activity in the Field of "Unidentified Flying Objects"
- CIA-UAP-015, Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14 (Analysis of Reports of Unidentified Aerial Objects)
- CIA-UAP-016, Sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects in Ladakh, Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan
- CIA-UAP-017, Placement on High Alert Due to Perceived Aggressive Foreign Posturing
- CIA-UAP-018, Report of Unusual Flying Object Sightings and Attendant Scientific Activity
- CIA-UAP-019, Australian Dept of Defense Scientific and Intel Aspects of the UFO Problem
Department of War (12)
- DOW-UAP-D077, AARO Unresolved Case Analysis Update: Western United States Event
- DOW-UAP-D078, Notional Map: Western United States Event
- DOW-UAP-D079, Narrative Statement 1, Western United States Event, 2023
- DOW-UAP-D080, Narrative Statement 2, Western United States Event, 2023
- DOW-UAP-D081, Narrative Statement 3, Western United States Event, 2023
- DOW-UAP-D082, Narrative Statement 4, Western United States Event, 2023
- DOW-UAP-D083, Narrative Statement 5, Western United States Event, 2023
- DOW-UAP-D084, US Army-Flying-Saucer-Study_1949
- DOW-UAP-D085_Transmission-of-CIA-Scientific-Advisory-Panel-Rept_1953
- DOW-UAP-D086, USNavy-Report-of-Flying-Discs_1948
- DOW-UAP-D087, U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 1-100
- DOW-UAP-D088, U.S. Air Force Analysis of Flying Objects in the United States, 101-172
NASA (11)
- NASA-UAP-D015, Astronaut Scientific Debriefings, 1962-1963
- NASA-UAP-D016, Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part I, 1965
- NASA-UAP-D017, Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965
- NASA-UAP-D018, Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967
- NASA-UAP-D019, Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part I, 1965
- NASA-UAP-D020, Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965
- NASA-UAP-D021, Gemini 7 Technical Debriefing, 1965
- NASA-UAP-D022, Gemini 9 Debriefing, 1966
- NASA-UAP-D023, Interview Excerpt with Astronaut Gordon Cooper, 1962
- NASA-UAP-D024, “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”
- NASA-UAP-D025, “Apollo 16 Scientific Debriefing”