The Pentagon released 40 UAP-related files on Friday, July 10, 2026, and posted them on its UAP website. The batch includes military footage and a report from an aviator who said one object was unlike anything he had seen in 28 years of service.
Those records add 14 documents, 19 videos, four audio files, and three images to the public file set. They came from the Pentagon, NASA, CIA, FBI, and Energy Department under an executive order President Trump signed earlier in 2026.
Pantex and the eastern route
One Energy Department document describes an unidentified object intruding into the airspace over Pantex near Amarillo, Texas, in September 2015. Two officers chased the object while the nuclear facility was placed on lockdown, and they said it made no sound and showed no identifiable propulsion system when viewed through binoculars.
The object continued north offsite after it was viewed for 1 to 2 minutes. That account sits alongside other files dated from 2010 or later, giving the release a spread from older records to more recent incidents.
Eastern U.S. and Atlantic reports
Another debrief documents an object an aviator saw in 2019 over the Eastern U.S. with four other personnel. The aviator said the object had flight characteristics unlike anything he had seen in 28 years of performing for the Air Force and Navy, and said a small object was below them and appeared to be traveling in a straight line opposite their direction at high speed.
He tracked it for about 10 to 15 seconds before turning on the recorder. After the flight, he said the object appeared to be rectangular.
Some of the videos show infrared footage captured by military cameras over the western Pacific Ocean, the Atlantic, and the Middle East. One Atlantic incident occurred in 2020 and was tied to a Navy crew member’s description of an object as darker, maroonish, and approximately 12 to 15 feet in height.
The crew member said it appeared to be a large, somewhat deformed balloon but could not verify that as the aircraft passed at the merge. The Pentagon said a range fouler debrief is a standardized reporting form the U.S. Navy uses to record an unauthorized intrusion into controlled airspace during active military operations or training.
The release leaves readers with a narrower question than before: what were the objects in these files actually identified as, if anything? The newly posted records expand the public archive, but the descriptions inside them still stop short of a final label.
