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The Declassified Files
12 government UFO cases from the Pentagon's PURSUE releases that remain — officially — unexplained.
Since May 2026 the U.S. Department of War has been declassifying its unresolved UFO records through a program called PURSUE. Not rumors. Not leaks. Official files, on an official government site. This guide walks you through the twelve most striking cases — what the sensors caught, what the witnesses said, and, honestly, what it does and doesn't prove. Every one links to its primary source so you can read the evidence yourself.
Case 01 · Navy video
The Cold Orbs of the Gulf of Oman
Gulf of Oman · September 2021 · AC-130J gunship
A U.S. special-operations gunship on a live-fire exercise logged roughly 25 separate encounters with dark, orb-shaped objects — some estimated at four feet across — moving between 250 and 1,300 mph in formations, and appearing to react when the aircraft fired its main cannon. Six separate video clips of the same night were released.
Verdict: Unresolved. No exhaust, no wings, no propulsion signature the analysts could name — but also no confirmation it was anything exotic.
Case 02 · FBI rendering
The 500-Foot Triangle Over Bagram
Afghanistan · 2002 · military witness
An FBI FD-302 interview records a service member's account of an enormous triangular craft that blotted out the stars over Bagram Airfield — silent, unlit at the edges, and far larger than any known aircraft. The FBI commissioned a digital rendering from the witness's description.
Verdict: Unresolved. A single credible witness, two decades later — compelling testimony, no corroborating sensor data.
Case 03 · AARO case file
The Western US Event
Western United States · 2023 · seven federal witnesses
Seven U.S. government personnel independently reported "orbs launching other orbs," a large glowing sphere at close range, and a translucent, kite-like object. AARO calls it among the most compelling reports in its holdings — precisely because of who saw it and how consistently.
Verdict: Unresolved, and rated high-credibility by AARO itself.
Case 04 · CIA report
The Disc Over Harare Airport
Zimbabwe · 2008 · CIA reporting
A 2008 CIA report describes a disc-shaped object over Harare's airport that put the facility on high alert. A Cold War-era agency, still logging sightings decades after the flying-saucer era supposedly ended.
Verdict: Unresolved. Shows how far, and how recently, official interest reached.
Case 05 · Navy video
The Pacific Ocean Contacts
Pacific Ocean · 2019 · five clips
Five separate sensor clips of unidentified objects tracked by U.S. Navy assets in the Pacific in 2019 — different passes, same unresolved status. Part of the same family as the famous "Tic Tac" encounters.
Verdict: Unresolved multi-sensor maritime case.
Case 06 · State Dept cable
The Bahia Incident Reaches the White House
Bahia, Brazil · November 1963
Two 1963 State Department diplomatic cables and an Executive Office inquiry document a Brazilian sighting wave that climbed all the way to the White House's space council in a matter of days. Proof the topic reached the highest levels of government sixty years ago.
Verdict: Unresolved historical case — notable for how high it escalated.
Case 07 · Historical review
The Ghost Rockets of 1946
Scandinavia · 1946 · US intelligence review
Before Roswell, hundreds of fast-moving objects were reported over Sweden. A 1947 U.S. intelligence review — declassified now — shows how seriously Washington took a mass European sighting wave it never explained.
Verdict: Unresolved, and older than the modern UFO era itself.
Case 08 · FBI rendering
The Colorado Springs Triangles
Colorado Springs · 2011 & 2023
Multiple FBI witness interviews describe dark, translucent triangles with lights over Colorado Springs, years apart — each turned into a digital rendering from the witness's own account. A recurring shape, a recurring place.
Verdict: Unresolved pattern — the triangle keeps coming back.
Case 09 · CIA document
Puerto Rico, 1965
Caribbean Sea · February 1965 · CIA
A CIA report logs an unidentified flying object near Puerto Rico in the tense Cold War of 1965 — the agency tracking sightings partly for what they might reveal about Soviet capability.
Verdict: Unresolved. A window into how intelligence agencies actually handled these.
Case 10 · Navy video
The Middle East Clips, 2023–2025
Middle East · 2023 & 2025 · four clips
Four of the most recent videos in the entire archive — unresolved Navy encounters over the Middle East as late as 2025. This isn't history; it's still happening, and still being filed as unexplained.
Verdict: Unresolved — the leading edge of what's been disclosed.
Case 11 · Film analysis
The 1953 Naval Film Study
Montana & Utah · 1950–1952
A Naval Photographic Interpretation Center memo assessing two films of objects over Montana and Utah concluded they showed characteristics inconsistent with known aircraft or natural phenomena — and recommended a better-resourced investigation that history mostly forgot.
Verdict: Unresolved. The government's own analysts, on the record, saying "we can't rule this out."
Case 12 · Project Sign
Where It All Began: 1948
United States · 1947–1948
A 1948 Project Sign document catalogs 100 UAP reports from the first sighting wave — the U.S. Air Force's very first formal attempt to explain what people were seeing. The questions it raised are the same ones the 2026 files still can't answer.
Verdict: Unresolved — 78 years and counting.
This is 12 of 375.
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