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UFO Files Released by U.S. Department of War (Updated)

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UFO Files Released by U.S. Department of War (Leonard David column)

Summary

Same-day column from veteran U.S. space journalist leonard-david on the launch of pursue — the department-of-war’s UAP records portal at war.gov/UFO — at donald-trump’s direction. David relays on-record statements from Secretary of War pete-hegseth and nasa Administrator jared-isaacman, confirms the inaugural release of “roughly 162 documents, photos and videos” sourced from nasa, fbi, DoD and department-of-state, and surfaces specific space-history items: gemini-7 commander Frank Borman’s December 5, 1965 “bogey” call (with Jim Lovell); an apollo-12 lunar-surface image with five highlighted “Areas”; and an apollo-17 image tied to commander Gene Cernan’s account of flashing rotating objects, with Jack Schmitt attributing his own observation to a separated S-IVB stage. David also flags that data company Enigma Labs has rehosted the DoW files in a navigable form at pentagonufofiles.io. Framing is straight-ahead aerospace-trade reportage — neutral, primary-source-quoting.

Key Claims

  • pursue launched at the direction of President donald-trump; portal lives at war.gov/UFO and frames archived items as “unresolved cases.”
  • Inaugural release: ~162 documents, photos and videos drawn from nasa, fbi, DoD and department-of-state files; further tranches expected.
  • Featured FBI item is fbi-case-file-62-hq-83894 (June 1947 – July 1968) with Oak Ridge, TN photographic evidence and propulsion-related technical proposals; PURSUE copy is fuller than the redacted FBI Vault edition.
  • gemini-7 audio (Dec 5, 1965): Frank Borman reports a “bogey” to Houston, with corroborating commentary from Jim Lovell.
  • apollo-12 release: lunar-surface photo with five highlighted “Area 1”–“Area 5” regions above the horizon; DoW disclaims any analytical conclusion.
  • apollo-17 release: Gene Cernan describes flashing, rotating objects assessed as physical; Jack Schmitt attributes his sighting to the separated S-IVB stage; two distant flashes assessed by Cernan as SLA panels.
  • Enigma Labs has rehosted the DoW PURSUE files at pentagonufofiles.io for easier navigation.

Notable Quotes

“The Department of War is in lockstep with President Trump to bring unprecedented transparency regarding our government’s understanding of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena. … This release of declassified documents demonstrates the Trump Administration’s earnest commitment to unprecedented transparency.” — pete-hegseth

“I applaud President Trump’s whole-of-government effort to bring greater transparency to the American people on unidentified anomalous phenomena. … We will remain candid about what we know to be true, what we have yet to understand, and all that remains to be discovered.” — jared-isaacman

“The materials archived here are unresolved cases, meaning the government is unable to make a definitive determination on the nature of the observed phenomena.” — war.gov/UFO

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