The Department of War has published a third batch of declassified UAP files, adding more documents, images, videos, and eyewitness accounts to its rolling release at WAR.GOV/UFO. This article walks through the department statement, highlights from the new files, several detailed eyewitness narratives, and how these releases differ from earlier drops.
The third release arrives after two earlier sets made public in May, and it continues the administration’s phased disclosure process. The Department of War says the collection will remain hosted at WAR.GOV/UFO and that more files will be posted on a rolling schedule. Interest in the topic has surged, with the department noting a massive number of site hits since the initiative began.
The Department of War issued an official statement to accompany the release, which the article preserves in full below. The statement frames the release as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, or PURSUE, and emphasizes continued cooperation among federal agencies. It also underscores that the releases are historical and declassified materials being published for public review.
https://x.com/DeptofWar/status/2065405578868879364
The statement reads:
Statement Attributable to Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman @SeanParnellASW:
Today, the Department of War is publishing the third release of declassified and historical Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) files as part of the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE). The collection continues to be housed on WAR.GOV/UFO, and the Department will release additional files on a rolling basis.
As the unprecedented levels of interest in both this topic and the Trump administration’s historic transparency effort continue, WAR.GOV/UFO has received over 1.7 billion hits worldwide since the site’s launch on May 8, 2026. The Department of War and our agency partners are actively working on the next release of UAP files.
The packet released this time includes dozens of documents and several multimedia items drawn from multiple agencies. Officials say the set contains materials from intelligence and federal agencies, and it reportedly includes images described as “artistic interpretations” alongside actual footage. The mix of documents, stills, audio, and video broadens what the public can examine beyond strictly military sensor feeds.
Reporting on the release highlights that four of the videos appear to be eyewitness footage collected by federal law enforcement, which marks a change from earlier drops dominated by military recordings. Witness interviews and investigative notes accompany some of these civilian-sourced clips, offering narrative context that was not always present in prior releases. That context makes the material more relatable and, in some cases, more puzzling.
The release contains accounts of an October 2023 series of sightings in the western United States that were reported by federal agents. Multiple agents described groups of lights, coordinated maneuvers, and objects that separated and rejoined. The descriptions are vivid and repeated across witnesses, which the files present as independent but congruent narratives.
The latest batch includes 53 documents and 10 images from the CIA, FBI, NASA, the Department of Defense and other unspecified agencies, along with six videos and three NASA audio recordings. The videos show orb-like objects in the sky, while a set of images and clips offer “artistic interpretations” of reported sightings.
Several of the documents detail encounters reported by federal law enforcement officers in 2023, in which five agents reported seeing strange orbs on the horizon. One agent recounted their partner asking, “Are you seeing this?” as a glowing orb lit up the sky.
Individual witness statements include descriptive analogies that stick with you, like orbs being “hatched” or expelled and moving in formation. One agent compared the motion to “grapes being expelled from a basketball,” an image that captures the sudden, repeatable nature of what they saw. Other reports note red lights that accelerated instantly and rearranged themselves into tight formations.
Five “federal law enforcement special agents” provided their accounts to the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, and each narrative is included in the files.
One agent said the sightings began with “weird lights moving along in groups miles away.” Another said red lights “accelerated instantly and maneuvered with perfect, smooth coordination into a horizontal formation.” A person identified as Witness 4 described smaller orbs “being hatched from the larger very bright orange light” multiple times, losing count “after five occurrences.” Witness 3 said the discharged orbs were like “grapes being expelled from a basketball,” and recalled their partner saying, “Are you seeing this?”
Another portion of the release centers on a July 2025 backyard sighting captured on a cellphone, shared publicly by a correspondent. The account details two small red spheres hovering near a tree line, described as roughly one meter in diameter with a white plasma-like center. Both witnesses reportedly recorded the orbs as they drifted silently and merged before disappearing from view.
That eyewitness account reads:
NEW: According to the newly released UAP files, in July 2025, an eyewitness was returning home from work and “observed an intense bright light in their backyard as they parked their car.”
“The light was hovering approximately 25 feet off the ground, below a tree line near the center of their backyard, at an estimated distance of 90 feet. The eyewitness exited their vehicle briefly before retrieving their phone to record the event.”
“The spouse of the eyewitness came outside to assess the situation. The spouse also witnessed the light, describing it as a ‘brilliant red sphere’ about one meter in diameter.”
“The center of the red sphere appeared to be a white plasma ‘sun’ about the size of a basketball. The orb slowly rose and moved to the left, and both eyewitnesses observed a second, identical orb, hovering above the other orb.”
“The eyewitness then began recording the event using an iPhone 14 Pro Max, capturing the footage depicted in this video. As the eyewitness began recording, the orbs moved westward together above a nearby tree line. The witnesses described the orbs’ motion as silent and smooth, and as moving in tandem as though they were flying in formation or tethered together.”
“As the orbs moved out of sight, both eyewitnesses saw them appear to merge. The eyewitnesses estimated that the orbs moved from their initial position before disappearing from view at an estimated distance of 75 yards.”
“This observation occurred within 25 miles of the ‘Triangle Orbs,’ ‘Red Orb Rotation,’ and ‘Orbs Over the Pond,’ sightings at a location well known to them, which is sparsely populated.”
“The description above is derived from statements provided to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by eyewitnesses to the event. The FBI assesses the individuals who reported this event as credible.”
The files are posted at WAR.GOV/UFO for public viewing, and the Department of War says it will continue to add material. As more releases arrive, the catalog will grow and the public record will become richer with additional documents, images, audio, and firsthand testimony.
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