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UAP coverage
- May 8 2026 PURSUE Release 01 coverage by Pentagon editor Brian Everstine and senior aerospace journalist Guy Norris (src-aviation-week-pursue-transparency-2026-05) foregrounds MQ-9 Reaper dominance, names a CENTCOM-submitted Greece short-wave infrared (SWIR)-only diamond UAP, surfaces a 2022 Russian Su-27/Su-35 close approach to an MQ-9 over western Syria, and notes X-band radar jamming from the Turkish border during a February 2023 F-15E Syria sortie — operational details largely absent from mainstream-wire PURSUE coverage.
- Posture is neutral-to-skeptical: questions whether future tranches will disclose collection methodology, classification, or full-resolution sensor data.