Cleared July 24, 2026
PURSUE Release 04: July 2026 UFO and UAP Files
Release Summary
PURSUE Release 04 documents federal responses to congressional oversight inquiries, including cross-service radar track logs and incident debriefs.
Release 04 emphasizes radar-visual correlations recorded by joint service patrols and formal communications delivered to congressional defense committees.
Release at a glance
- Official program
- Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)
- Release
- Release 04
- Cleared for release
- July 24, 2026
- Primary portal
- war.gov/UFO
- Key materials
- Congressional hearing response exhibits, NORAD radar correlations, aircrew audio logs
Source chain
July 24 portal update
The Department of War released documentation packages prepared for congressional defense oversight committees.
What this tranche contains
- Multi-radar track files correlated with pilot sighting debriefs.
- Unclassified summaries of classified briefings provided to congressional defense staff.
How to read the release
- Read aircrew transcripts alongside corresponding raw radar track metadata.
Official positions to track
Department of War announcement
Reiterates commitment to supporting congressional inquiries with verifiable records.
What this release establishes
Release 04 demonstrates that federal agencies maintained coordinated response protocols for military aviator encounters with anomalous contacts.
What it does not establish
Congressional disclosure transmissions do not indicate a consensus on origin or propulsion mechanisms for the observed phenomena.
Open research questions
Which joint military commands provided the underlying radar calibration data referenced in Release 04?
Official sources
- Department of War PURSUE UFO portal - Primary official portal for PURSUE UAP releases.
- Department of War July 24, 2026 Release 04 announcement - Official Department of War press release for PURSUE Release 04 covering NORAD radar telemetry.