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BREAKING ★ Pentagon releases 162 UFO PDF files — May 8, 2026 — Download FREE at war.gov/UFO  |  120 PDFs · 28 Videos · 14 Images now public  |  FBI docs 1947–2025 declassified  |  Infrared UAP footage over Western US  |  Apollo 17 moon anomaly photo released  |  State Dept cables from 12 countries  |  New files every few weeks — Subscribe for alerts  |  ★ Pentagon releases 162 UFO PDF files — May 8, 2026 — Download FREE at war.gov/UFO  |  120 PDFs · 28 Videos · 14 Images now public  |  FBI docs 1947–2025 declassified  |  Infrared UAP footage over Western US  |  Apollo 17 moon anomaly photo released  |  State Dept cables from 12 countries  |  New files every few weeks — Subscribe for alerts  | 
JUST RELEASED — MAY 8, 2026 — PENTAGON OFFICIAL

UFO FILES PDF
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Pentagon Declassified UAP Documents 2026

// 162 FILES // 120 PDFs // 400+ INCIDENTS // 79 YEARS OF RECORDS // NO CLEARANCE REQUIRED //

The U.S. Government officially released 162 declassified UFO/UAP files — 120 PDFs, 28 videos, 14 images — covering over 400 incidents from 1947 to 2026. FBI reports, Pentagon memos, NASA mission photos, and State Department diplomatic cables. All completely free to download.

162Files Released
120PDF Documents
400+UAP Incidents
79Years of Records
12+Countries

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Official Pentagon Release — May 8, 2026

Declassified UAP Incident Images

Official unresolved UAP incident report images released by the U.S. Department of War. All images are authentic Pentagon documents from the 2026 PURSUE disclosure. Click any image to view full size.

About These Images

All images above are official declassified UAP incident report documents released by the U.S. Department of War (Pentagon) on May 8, 2026 under the PURSUE program. Each image is an authentic government record. Every case listed here is officially "unresolved" — investigated but not identified. Source: war.gov/UFO

Explained

What Are UFO Files PDF?

UFO files PDF are the officially declassified government records about Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) — now officially called Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). On May 8, 2026, the Pentagon released 162 such files as part of the largest government UFO disclosure in U.S. history.

What Is UAP?

UAP is the modern U.S. government term replacing UFO. It was adopted to remove stigma and encourage military personnel and pilots to report sightings freely. Every case in the 2026 Pentagon UFO PDF release is officially listed as "unresolved" — investigated but not identified.

What Does Declassified Mean?

Previously classified documents — marked Top Secret, Secret, or Confidential — have been reviewed and cleared for public release. Of the 162 files, 108 contain partial redactions protecting eyewitness identities and military facility locations only — not the UAP content itself.

Official Pentagon Statement — May 8, 2026

"The American people can now access the federal government's declassified UAP files instantly. The latest UAP videos, photos, and original source documents from across the entire United States government are all in one place — no clearance required."

Who Released These Files?

The release is a joint interagency effort under Trump's executive program called PURSUE — Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. It involves the White House, Pentagon, FBI, NASA, State Dept, ODNI, and DOE.

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7 Agencies Involved in PURSUE

🏛 Pentagon / Department of War
🔍 FBI — Federal Bureau of Investigation
🚀 NASA
🌐 U.S. State Department
🕵 ODNI — Director of National Intelligence
⚡ Department of Energy
🛡 AARO — All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office

FBI Director Kash Patel called it a "landmark release." NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman praised "unprecedented transparency." DNI Tulsi Gabbard confirmed her office is coordinating the full intelligence community contribution.

File Format Breakdown

120 PDFs — memos, reports, cables, transcripts
28 Videos — infrared footage, 41 minutes total
14 Images — photos, NASA stills, composite reconstructions
108 files have partial redactions (non-UAP info only)

Complete Breakdown

What's Inside the 162 UFO Files PDF?

Full breakdown of every agency's contribution to the Pentagon's May 2026 UFO PDF disclosure.

AgencyTypeTime PeriodKey ContentsStatus
FBIPDF1947–2025Eyewitness reports, Case 62-HQ-83894, Roswell Dallas memo, drone pilot interview 2023Partial Redact
Pentagon / DoDPDF+Video2013–2026Iraq 2022 UAP memo, Syria lights 2024, Mediterranean triangular object, Western US infraredNewly Declassified
NASAImage1969 / 1972Apollo 12 & Apollo 17 anomaly photos, triangular lights above lunar surfaceUnder Analysis
State DepartmentPDF1985–2025Embassy cables from 12 countries — PNG, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Tajikistan (1994 pilot at 41,000ft)Declassified
CENTCOM / AAROVideo+PDF2020–2026Greece 90° turn video, Syria semi-transparent orbs, Japan football-shaped object, Africa 2025Unresolved
Air Force / ArmyPDF1947–2026Roswell Air Force correspondence, 2026 North America report, USAF UAP mission reportsPartial Redact
Law EnforcementPDF2023Western US orb sighting — "most compelling" Pentagon case — multi-team, 2 days, orange+red orbsUnresolved

Key Fact

All 162 files are free. Hosted at war.gov/UFO. No account. No clearance. No payment. New batches released every few weeks under the PURSUE program.

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Declassified Documents

Browse UFO Files PDF by Agency

All 162 documents are from the official Pentagon UAP release at war.gov/UFO — May 8, 2026. Click any card to access the official source.

FBI

FBI UFO Case Files PDF — 1947 to 2025

Hundreds of pages of eyewitness reports, field agent notes, Case 62-HQ-83894. Drone pilot FaceTime interview 2023. Newly released with significantly fewer redactions. Roswell Dallas office memo included.

PDF DownloadPartial Redact1947–2025

Pentagon / DoD

Pentagon UAP Military Incident Reports PDF

Iraq 2022 small UAP memo, Syria unknown lights 2024, triangular metallic object at 25,000ft over Mediterranean, football-shaped object near Japan. 24 infrared videos totaling 41 minutes.

PDF + VideoNewly Declassified2013–2026

NASA

NASA Apollo 12 & 17 UAP Anomaly Photos PDF

Apollo 17 (1972): three lights in triangular formation above the moon. Apollo 12 (1969): anomalous objects in mission photography. Pentagon 2026 analysis: "possible physical object." No consensus reached.

Image + PDFUnder Analysis1969–1972

State Dept

State Department UFO Diplomatic Cables PDF (12 Countries)

Embassy cables from Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Mexico, Tajikistan. 1994 Tajikistan cable: commercial pilot reports object at 41,000 feet. Dates 1985 to 2025.

PDF12 Countries1985–2025

FBI / Air Force

Roswell 1947 UFO Crash File PDF — Newly Declassified Pages

Original FBI Dallas memo: "object purporting to be a flying disc recovered near Roswell, NM." The 2026 version includes newly declassified pages never before seen by the public.

PDF DownloadHistoric 1947

AARO + Law Enforcement

Western US Orange Orb Report — Pentagon's "Most Compelling" Case

September 2023, two-day event: multiple federal law enforcement teams at different locations report orange orbs launching smaller red orbs in groups of 2–4. Pentagon officially calls this among the most compelling unresolved cases it holds.

PDFUnresolvedSept 2023

CENTCOM

Greece Infrared UAP Video — Multiple 90° Turns at 80 MPH

2 min 57 sec CENTCOM infrared video, 2023. Object near Greek coastline executes multiple precise 90-degree turns at ~80 mph — aerodynamically impossible for any known aircraft. Officially unresolved.

Video + PDFImpossible Maneuver2023

DoD / AARO

Africa Airspace UAP Report PDF 2025 — Most Recent File

Filed 2025: U.S. military operator reports a UAP while in African airspace. Reference DOW-UAP-PR43. One of the most recent incidents in the entire 2026 disclosure batch. Officially unresolved.

PDFUnresolved 2025

National Archives

NARA UAP Records Collection — Record Group 615

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has established RG 615 under the 2024 NDAA for all UAP records. Files from multiple agencies continuously added. Directly downloadable from archives.gov.

PDF ArchiveNARA RG615Ongoing

Case Files

Most Significant UAP Incidents in the Declassified Files

The standout cases from 400+ incidents documented in the Pentagon UFO PDF release. All officially "unresolved."

About These Cases

Every incident below comes from officially released U.S. government UFO files. All are listed as "unresolved" — the government investigated and could not identify the object. No case has been officially attributed to extraterrestrial life.

1. Western US Orange Orbs — Pentagon's "Most Compelling" Case (2023)

Over two consecutive days in September 2023, multiple teams of federal law enforcement officers operating from separate locations and vantage points independently reported large orange orbs in the sky. One team reported seeing an orange "mother orb" launch groups of smaller red orbs in sets of two to four. Because of the sequential nature — the red orbs always followed the orange — investigators could not determine if there was a single source or multiple. The Pentagon officially labels this among the most compelling unresolved reports it holds and it is now part of the public UFO files PDF release.

2. Greece UAP Video — 90-Degree Turns at 80 MPH (2023)

A CENTCOM infrared video running 2 minutes 57 seconds captures an object near the Greek coastline executing multiple precise 90-degree turns at approximately 80 miles per hour. This is aerodynamically impossible for any known conventional aircraft — a 90-degree turn at that speed requires a radius of hundreds of feet and generates G-forces no known airframe, propulsion, or control surface can survive. The object was tracked on military sensors. The case is officially unresolved and is included in the 2026 UFO files PDF release.

3. 195-Foot Bronze Ellipsoid That Vanished Instantly (2023)

A Pentagon-released composite image based on corroborating September 2023 eyewitness reports shows an apparent bronze metallic ellipsoid object 130 to 195 feet long that materialized from a bright light and then disappeared instantaneously. Multiple independent eyewitnesses from different locations reported the same object, leading investigators to create a composite reconstruction now part of the official UFO PDF archive.

4. Eye of Sauron Orb — Federal Employee Reports (2023)

Federal agency employees independently reported seeing an orb they described as resembling the "Eye of Sauron" — a glowing, ring-shaped luminous object — in 2023. This report, included in a Pentagon summary of federal employee UAP encounters, is among the most unusual descriptions in the entire 2026 declassified file release. No conventional explanation has been identified.

5. Iraq UAP Military Memo (2022) & Syria Attack Video (2024)

An internal DoD memo from 2022 describes "one possible small UAP" detected over Iraq during military operations. A 2024 incident in Syria during active operations records "multiple glares or light from an unknown origin." Most strikingly, a 2024 Iraq infrared video shows a mysterious craft crossing surveillance footage at high speed while the crew was targeting an unrelated ground objective — appearing from nowhere and departing instantly.

6. Tajikistan Commercial Pilot — 41,000 Feet (1994)

A 1994 State Department cable from the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan relays the account of a commercial pilot and full crew who reported an unidentified object at 41,000 feet — far above standard commercial flight altitude. The object did not match any known aircraft signature. This cable is part of the 40-year archive of State Department diplomatic UFO cables now available as PDF files.

7. Japan Football-Shaped UAP — INDOPACOM (Undated)

The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command submitted a nine-second infrared video of an object near Japan that the Pentagon formally describes as resembling a football — an oblate spheroid with tapered ends. This shape produces no aerodynamic lift under any known propulsion principle, making its flight physically inexplicable. The case is officially unresolved and is in the 2026 UAP PDF release.

8. Apollo 17 Triangular Lights Above the Moon (1972)

NASA's Apollo 17 mission captured archival photography showing three lights in a precise triangular formation above the lunar surface. The Pentagon's 2026 preliminary analysis suggests the anomaly could be a "physical object," though no consensus has been reached. The astronauts theorized ice chunks. Now officially declassified and publicly available as part of the Pentagon UFO files PDF package.

UFO Disclosure History

Complete UFO Files Timeline: 1947 to 2026

From Roswell to the largest government UFO PDF release in American history.

JULY 1947

Roswell, New Mexico — Flying Disc Recovered

Object crashes near Roswell. Air Force initially calls it a "flying disc" then retracts within days. FBI Dallas memo — now in the 2026 UFO files PDF — documents the event. Most famous UFO incident in history.

1947 – 1968

FBI Mass Sighting Collection

FBI collects hundreds of pages of eyewitness reports and public sighting data across two Cold War decades. These are included in the 2026 declassified UFO files PDF with fewer redactions than ever before.

1969 / 1972

NASA Apollo Mission UAP Photographs

Apollo 12 and Apollo 17 missions photograph anomalous objects. The 1972 photo shows triangular lights above the moon. Now part of the official 2026 Pentagon UFO PDF release.

1985 – 2025

State Department Diplomatic UAP Cables (12 Countries)

U.S. embassies in over 12 countries file diplomatic cables about UAP encounters — PNG, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Mexico, Tajikistan and more. Now publicly available as PDF files for the first time.

DECEMBER 2017

Secret Pentagon UFO Program (AATIP) Revealed

New York Times exposes the $22M Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (AATIP). Three Navy videos — Tic Tac, Gimbal, GoFast — go public. Global interest in UFO disclosure surges.

JUNE 2021

First Official UAP Report — 144 Incidents, 143 Unexplained

ODNI releases a 9-page unclassified UAP report: 144 military incidents, only 1 explained. Congress demands full transparency. The door to the 2026 UFO files PDF release begins to open.

2022

Congress Creates AARO, Orders Declassification

The 2022 NDAA creates AARO (All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office) and orders Pentagon to begin releasing historical UFO files. NARA establishes Record Group 615 for UAP records in 2024.

FEBRUARY 2026

Trump Orders Maximum Transparency — PURSUE Program Launched

Trump orders "Complete and Maximum Transparency." Launches PURSUE — Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. Defense Secretary Hegseth and DNI Tulsi Gabbard coordinate across 7 agencies.

MAY 8, 2026

🛸 Historic UFO Files PDF Release — 162 Files Go Public

Pentagon launches war.gov/UFO. Releases 162 files — 120 PDFs, 28 videos, 14 images. Covers 400+ incidents from 1947–2026, across 4 continents, 12+ countries. Largest UFO declassification in U.S. history. New files confirmed every few weeks.

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Step-by-Step Guide

How to Download UFO Files PDF for Free

A complete guide to accessing and downloading all officially declassified Pentagon UFO PDF files.

Step 1 — Go to the Official Pentagon UFO Site

Visit war.gov/UFO — the official U.S. Department of War website. No login, no account, no clearance required. This is the live government archive for all PURSUE declassifications.

Step 2 — Browse by Agency or Category

Files are organized by agency (FBI, DoD, NASA, State Dept) and file type (PDF, video, image). Browse the full list or look for specific incidents by date, location, or agency name.

Step 3 — Open the PDF File in Your Browser

Click any document to open it as a PDF directly in your browser. Each file is labeled with agency, date, and incident location. Compatible with any modern browser on any device.

Step 4 — Download the UFO PDF

Use your browser's built-in PDF download button (top right of viewer). All 120 PDFs and 14 image files are fully downloadable. The 28 video files stream directly in your browser.

Step 5 — Subscribe for New File Releases

New batches drop every few weeks. Use our newsletter below to get instant alerts when new declassified UFO files are published.

3 Official Sources for UFO Files PDF

📁 war.gov/UFO — Main 2026 PURSUE release
📁 vault.fbi.gov/UFO — FBI historical UFO files (Parts 1–22)
📁 archives.gov — National Archives UAP Record Group 615

Are the UFO PDF Files Safe to Download?

Yes. All files are hosted on .gov domains — war.gov, archives.gov, vault.fbi.gov — official U.S. government websites. They are 100% safe, authentic, and verified government records. No malware, no trackers.

What Devices Can Open UFO PDF Files?

Any device with a PDF viewer. All modern smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktop computers can open .pdf files. Android and iOS phones open PDFs natively. Windows, Mac, and Linux all include built-in PDF readers. No special software required.

About Redactions in UFO PDF Files

108 of the 162 files contain some redactions. The Pentagon confirmed these cover only: (1) eyewitness identities, (2) government facility locations, and (3) military site details unrelated to UAP. The actual UAP incident descriptions, locations, and evidence are NOT redacted in most cases.

How Often Are New UFO Files Released?

The Pentagon has committed to releasing new batches of declassified UAP files every few weeks as documents complete the security review process. NARA is also continuously adding records to RG 615. Subscribe to our free newsletter — link below — to be notified the moment new UFO PDF files drop.

Common Questions

UFO Files PDF — Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about the Pentagon's 2026 UFO/UAP PDF disclosure.

UFO files PDF refers to the officially declassified government documents about UFOs/UAPs released by the U.S. Pentagon on May 8, 2026. The release includes 120 PDF documents, 28 videos, and 14 images from the FBI, Department of Defense, NASA, and State Department — all publicly hosted at war.gov/UFO.

Yes. 100% free with no account, no payment, and no security clearance required. The Pentagon stated: "No clearance required." All 162 files are downloadable at war.gov/UFO. The FBI's historical UFO files are also free at vault.fbi.gov/UFO.

The first batch on May 8, 2026 contained 162 total files: 120 PDFs, 28 videos (41 minutes), and 14 images. They cover 400+ UAP incidents from 1947 to 2026. More files are being added every few weeks under the PURSUE program.

No. The Pentagon's AARO office has clearly stated none of their reviews have concluded UAPs are extraterrestrial in origin. However, 400+ incidents remain officially "unresolved" — investigated but not identified. The Pentagon says the public should "make up their own minds" with the evidence provided.

PURSUE stands for Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters. It is a Trump administration executive program directing all federal agencies — FBI, DoD, NASA, State Dept, ODNI, DOE, AARO — to identify, review, declassify, and publicly release all UAP-related documents.

UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) is the popular term. UAP (Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena) is the current official U.S. government term. "Anomalous" was chosen to include underwater and near-space events, not only aerial objects. Both terms describe the same category of unexplained observations.

Files cover incidents in Iraq, Syria, UAE, Greece, Japan, Western United States, North America, and African airspace — plus State Dept diplomatic cables from Papua New Guinea, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Mexico, and Tajikistan. The collection spans 4 continents and 12+ countries.

Yes. The Pentagon confirmed: new files will be posted "on a rolling basis as they are discovered and declassified, with tranches posted every few weeks." NARA is also continuously adding files to Record Group 615. Subscribe to our newsletter below for instant alerts on every new release.

Yes. All files are hosted on official .gov domains — war.gov, archives.gov, vault.fbi.gov. These are verified U.S. government servers. 100% safe to download and 100% authentic. UFOFilesPDF.com is an independent information site that links directly to those official government sources.

war.gov/UFO is the official U.S. Department of War (Pentagon) dedicated website for the PURSUE UAP declassification effort. Launched May 8, 2026, it hosts all 162 released files and will continue to be updated as new files are cleared. It is modeled on the DOJ's Epstein Files release portal. Accessible globally, no account needed.

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