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NewsNation: Pentagon Releases New Batch of UFO Files

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Summary

newsnation report on pursue Release 02 (May 22, 2026), the Pentagon’s second batch of declassified UAP files released at war.gov/UFO. The drop includes over 40 videos requested by lawmakers, plus documents, images, and NASA mission audio. Key items include a 116-page armed-forces-special-weapons-project file documenting 1948–1950 UAP sightings at sandia-new-mexico, a 1973 cia report on a Soviet sighting at sary-shagan, apollo-12 medical-debrief audio describing eyes-closed light flashes, department-of-energy incident reports, and the lake-huron-shootdown-2023 footage. Rep. anna-paulina-luna confirms over 40 lawmaker-requested videos are included, specifically the eglin-afb-diamond-formation-2023 clip she and matt-gaetz personally requested in 2023.

Key Claims

  • PURSUE Release 02 includes over 40 videos requested by lawmakers, along with files and NASA mission audio (Pentagon)
  • A 116-page AFSWP file documents UAP sightings and investigations at Sandia, NM from 1948 to 1950 — the AFSWP being the direct successor to the Manhattan Project (DoW)
  • A CIA information report describes a 1973 UAP sighting in the Soviet Union (DoW)
  • DOE submitted an unidentified-object incident report with a firsthand U.S. intelligence-official witness account (DoW)
  • The Eglin AFB video that Luna and Gaetz visited the base to request in person in 2023 is included; aaro previously assessed it as a commercial lighting balloon (Luna / AARO)
  • Lake Huron shootdown footage released — the UAP was shot down after the Chinese spy-balloon episode (DoW)
  • One video shows the U.S. tracking a foreign submarine as a UAP becomes visible in the frame — consistent with transmedium-uap reporting (DoW)
  • Two videos show a possible USO (three objects in water, fourth enters/exits frame) and a fast-mover making sudden directional changes (DoW)
  • apollo-12 audio captures Conrad and two pilots describing light flashes observed while trying to sleep, recorded Dec 31, 1969 (NASA/DoW)
  • Mercury-Atlas mission audio describes astronauts seeing unidentified “light shavings” (NASA/DoW)

Notable Quotes

“The second release includes more than 40 videos requested by lawmakers.” — attributed to Rep. Anna Paulina Luna

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