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Newsweek: UFO Files — Trump Admin's New Release Reveals Object Shot Down (PURSUE Release 02)

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Summary

Newsweek (Amanda Castro & Matthew Robinson, May 22 2026) covers the Department of War’s second PURSUE tranche. Unlike the Washington Times wire (src-pentagon-second-batch-ufo-release-2026-05), Newsweek leads with Pentagon footage of the February 2023 Lake Huron shootdown — the clearest military-engagement clip in the archive — and adds an Apollo 12 post-mission medical-debrief audio in which Conrad, Gordon, and Bean describe “streaks of lights” with eyes closed (NASA later attributed to internal visual effects / cosmic-ray phosphenes). The piece foregrounds a “two large orbs” Form 302 — the orbs forming a “distinct triangle” before disappearing — the Sandia, NM 1948–1950 green-orb cluster (116-page file, 209 reports, residual copper powder), and Project Grudge as the historical USAF program these cases fed. Additional new specifics: a 2022 IR clip of four objects over water near Iran, a 2024 U.S. Coast Guard recording over the southeastern U.S., a 2022 video of spherical objects entering/exiting water near a submarine (“flagged for further analysis” by aaro — transmedium-uap), and CENTCOM encounters 2018–2023.

Key Claims

  • PURSUE Release 02 dropped roughly two weeks after Release 01; war.gov/UFO has had >1 billion hits since launch.
  • The release includes Pentagon footage “appearing to show the 2023 Lake Huron shootdown” of an unidentified object by a U.S. fighter jet — assembled by aaro in response to lawmaker requests; framed as “one of the clearest military engagement clips” in the archive.
  • A U.S. intelligence officer’s late-2025 Form 302 describes “two large orbs flare up” near his helicopter — oval, orange with white/yellow center, emitting light in all directions; later seen “chasing” fighter jets and forming a distinct triangle before disappearing. Likely the same encounter family as src-fox-helicopter-near-miss-orbs-2026-05, with new triangle-formation detail.
  • The Sandia, NM file is 116 pages, 209 reports of green orbs / discs / fireballs between 1948–1950, with accounts of objects “maneuvering, vanishing or exploding” and investigations into residual copper powder found at several sites — material fed into Project Grudge, the short-lived 1949 USAF UFO program.
  • Apollo 12 post-mission medical-debrief audio: astronauts Pete Conrad, Richard Gordon, and Alan Bean described “flashes appearing even with their eyes closed” during sleep periods; NASA later concluded internal visual effects (cosmic-ray phosphenes) rather than external light sources.

  • 50 videos and additional military encounter reports across multiple decades; specifically: a 2022 IR clip of four unidentified objects over water near Iran; a 2024 Coast Guard recording over the southeastern U.S.; CENTCOM-AOR encounters 2018–2023 including over the Persian Gulf.

  • A 2022 video shows several spherical objects repeatedly entering and exiting the water near a submarine — flagged by AARO for further analysis (trans-medium signature). Corroborates the Wiley 2X Zinc / submarine-vicinity USO clips previewed in src-debrief-pursue-next-batch-preview-2026-05.
  • Pentagon caveat: files “vary significantly in quality, sourcing and verification standards.”

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 (UAP).” — pete-hegseth

“I remarked to the pilots that it seemed the same orbs we had encountered were now ‘chasing’ the fighters.” — intelligence officer, Form 302

“Under this administration, we will pursue the truth and share our findings with the American people.” — Department of War statement

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