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Burlison Commends President Trump's Historic Release of UAP Files

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Summary

Official press release issued May 8, 2026 by the office of Rep. eric-burlison (R-MO-07) commending donald-trump for the launch of pursue (Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters). Burlison frames Trump as “the disclosure president” and the release as a “historic first in a series.” The release confirms the official PURSUE acronym expansion and enumerates the interagency participants — White House, odni, department-of-energy, department-of-war (housing aaro), nasa, and fbi — with files hosted at war.gov/UFO and “rolling” subsequent releases. As a primary congressional-office artifact, this complements the Washington Examiner coverage in src-war-department-uap-declassification-2026-05 that quoted Burlison’s X post.

Key Claims

  • Burlison “commends” Trump for “continuing to push UAP transparency and release additional files.”
  • Burlison calls Trump “the only president willing to stand up to the deep state” and labels him “the disclosure president.”
  • Burlison cites “years of classified briefings, whistleblower interviews, and oversight work” as personal background to the moment.
  • Confirms PURSUE expansion: Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters — described as “an interagency effort.”
  • Lists official PURSUE participants: White House, ODNI, DoE, department-of-war’s aaro, NASA, FBI, “and additional components of U.S. intelligence agencies.”
  • Files housed at WAR.GOV/UFO with “additional releases expected on a rolling basis.”

Notable Quotes

“I commend President Trump for continuing to push UAP transparency and release additional files to the public. He is the only president willing to stand up to the deep state and push this information out to the American people. Trump has been the disclosure president!” — eric-burlison

“After years of classified briefings, whistleblower interviews, and oversight work, I am grateful to see this historic first in a series of releases the public deserves to see.” — eric-burlison

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