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CBS News: Pentagon Releases 4th Batch of UFO Files — 'Unlike Anything I Had Seen'

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CBS News: Pentagon Releases 4th Batch of UFO Files — “Unlike Anything I Had Seen”

Summary

CBS News covers PURSUE Release 04 (July 10, 2026), the fourth tranche of the department-of-war’s UAP file rollout, posted to war.gov/UFO. The batch contains 40 files — 14 documents, 19 videos, four audio files, three images — sourced from the Pentagon, nasa, cia, fbi, and the Energy Department. Headline records include a September 2015 DOE intrusion by a silent, propulsion-less object over the Pantex nuclear-weapons facility near Amarillo, Texas (triggering a facility lockdown), a heavily redacted 2020 Atlantic “maroonish” balloon-shaped object encountered by a Navy aircrew, a 2019 Eastern-U.S. debrief describing a rectangular object with anomalous flight characteristics (“unlike anything I had seen” in 28 years), and 2025 INDOPACOM sensor footage near china (a Yellow Sea “six-pointed star” contrast area and an East China Sea tracked object) — the most recent events in the tranche. Historical material includes the transcript of a 1949 Los Alamos conference of top physicists (including Manhattan Project veterans) who failed to explain the area’s “green fireballs.” sean-parnell confirmed further releases are planned.

Key Claims

  • Release 04 contains 40 files: 14 documents, 19 videos, 4 audio files, 3 images, from the Pentagon, NASA, CIA, FBI, and Energy Department.
  • About half the files date from 2010 or later, including infrared military-camera footage from the western Pacific, Atlantic, and Middle East.
  • September 2015: an unidentified, silent object with no discernible propulsion system intruded on airspace over the Pantex nuclear-weapons facility near Amarillo, TX; two officers pursued it in a vehicle, then observed it on foot with binoculars before it “continued north offsite” (Energy Department report).
  • 2020 Atlantic incident: a Navy weapons systems officer’s heavily redacted report describes a “darker, maroonish” object ~12-15 ft in height, “somewhat deformed balloon”-like in structure, encountered at the merge.
  • 2019 Eastern U.S. incident: an aviator with 28 years of Air Force/Navy service reported a small, high-speed rectangular object with flight characteristics “unlike anything I had seen,” witnessed with four other personnel.
  • Most recent tranche events (2025, INDOPACOM, near China): a military sensor tracked “an area of contrast resembling a six-pointed star” over the Yellow Sea, and a separate clip tracks an object over the East China Sea for several minutes.
  • Historical centerpiece: transcript of a 1949 Los Alamos conference of top physicists/scientists (including Manhattan Project veterans) who tried and failed to explain “green fireballs” seen over the nuclear lab; a prominent astronomer rejected the meteor hypothesis.
  • DoW spokesman Sean Parnell confirmed the Department “and our agency partners are actively working on the next release of UAP files” — Release 05 signaled.

Notable Quotes

“Although they were unable to catch up to the object, they stopped their vehicle and got out. Once outside, they noted that the object did not make any sound. Furthermore, the [officers] stated that they were unable to identify any type of propulsion system on the object while using binoculars to assess the object.” — Energy Department report, Pantex 2015 incident

“Structurally, it appeared as a large, somewhat deformed balloon, but we were unable to verify that as we passed at the merge.” — Navy weapons systems officer, 2020 Atlantic report

“I noticed an object with flight characteristics unlike anything I had seen in my 28 years of performing for the [Air Force] and Navy… Upon analysis after the flight, the object appeared to be rectangular. Others with equal or more experience were also unsure as to what this object might be.” — military aviator, 2019 Eastern U.S. debrief

“The Department of War and our agency partners are actively working on the next release of UAP files.” — Sean Parnell

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