UFO File Release: What’s Inside the 162 Secret Pentagon UAP Files?

Summary

Sunday Guardian (Sumit Kumar) inventories the May 8, 2026 pursue Release 01 of 162 declassified UAP records published by the department-of-war at war.gov/UFO. Format breakdown given as ~120 PDFs, 28 videos, ~14 photographs, sourced from the fbi, nasa, department-of-state, and the Pentagon. Specific incidents catalogued: late-2025 western-U.S. infrared footage; a 2024 us-indo-pacific-command “football-shaped” object near Japan; an October 2023 Greece video of an object making 90-degree turns at ~80 mph; Syria footage of two orange semi-transparent formations vanishing within seconds; and apollo-12/apollo-17 lunar photos. The deepest single-case treatment is fbi-case-file-62-hq-83894, framed as covering 1947–1968 with 18 separate reports, including a 1967 Chesapeake witness encounter with “undersized creatures” wearing T-shirts. Pentagon framing remains “unexplained, not confirmed extraterrestrial.”

Key Claims

  • Release 01: 162 declassified files = ~120 PDFs + 28 videos + ~14 photographs.
  • Contributing agencies: fbi, nasa, department-of-state, Pentagon (department-of-war).
  • Many cases remain officially “unresolved” — investigators could not determine what objects were.
  • Redactions limited to witness identities and facility locations, but per Pentagon: “No redactions have been made … concerning information about the nature or existence of any encounter reported as a UAP.
  • Public access via the pursue UFO Archive Portal at war.gov/UFO without security clearance.
  • Late-2025 western-U.S. infrared imagery shows UFOs “moving at unusual speeds.”
  • 2024 sighting near Japan reported by us-indo-pacific-command personnel: “football-shaped airborne object.”
  • October 2023 Greece video: object making 90-degree turns at ~80 mph.
  • Syria footage: two orange semi-transparent aerial formations appearing then vanishing within seconds.
  • apollo-12 and apollo-17 photographs include unexplained lights/objects above the lunar surface; Pentagon offers no determination.
  • fbi-case-file-62-hq-83894 characterized as covering 1947–1968 with 18 separate reports including eyewitness testimony, technical analysis, photographs, and period media coverage.
  • 1967 Chesapeake report: a man encountered a “transparent craft” occupied by “undersized creatures” wearing “regular trouser pants and T-Shirts”; witness “spoke coherently” but under “emotional strain.”

Notable Quotes

“No redactions have been made to any files released under President Trump’s directive concerning information about the nature or existence of any encounter reported as a UAP or related phenomena.” — Pentagon statement

“Undersized creatures wearing regular trouser pants and T-Shirts.” — 1967 Chesapeake witness, on occupants of a “transparent craft” (FBI memo, 62-HQ-83894)

Notes

The Sunday Guardian’s “18 separate reports” figure for 62-HQ-83894 likely refers to the file’s internal narrative reports, distinct from the 56 digital records (48 PDFs + 8 images) that the pursue-release-01-catalog enumerates from the file. Both can be true; flag if future ingest clarifies.