Cleared October 23, 2026
PURSUE Release 07: October 2026 Black Triangle Files
Release Summary
PURSUE Release 07 unseals 28 PDF documents totaling 1,139 pages of multi-agency UAP records, featuring FBI field office logs of black triangular craft over defense bases, sensor telemetry without thermal bloom, and contractor BAASS studies.
Published on October 23, 2026, Release 07 delivers the largest single-batch release of physical encounter logs since May, highlighting multi-witness radar/optical tracking of black triangular aerospace vehicles.
Release at a glance
- Official program
- Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters (PURSUE)
- Release
- Release 07
- Cleared for release
- October 23, 2026
- Primary portal
- war.gov/UFO (Release 07 filter)
- Core subjects
- Black triangular craft, DOW-UAP-D176, FBI-UAP-D043, BAASS historical studies, Skinwalker Ranch reports
- Lead agencies
- Department of War, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Defense Intelligence Agency
- Document count
- 28 declassified PDF files (1,139 pages)
Source chain
October 23 portal update
The Department of War uploaded Release 07, making 28 new PDF files immediately available for public download and review on War.gov/UFO.
FBI field office correlation
Release 07 integrates declassified FBI domestic records detailing federal agent observations of triangular craft near military airspace.
Contractor historical repository
Includes historical AAWSAP and BAASS research reports on anomalous sensor kinematics and physiological case studies.
What this tranche contains
- Multi-agency defense memorandum DOW-UAP-D176 detailing silent triangular craft tracked by FLIR and radar.
- FBI field office investigative dossier FBI-UAP-D043 containing sworn special agent statements regarding base overflights.
- BAASS 2010 contractor evaluation of the USS Nimitz "Tic Tac" radar and optical recordings.
- Declassified program correspondence between DIA leadership and private aerospace research panels.
How to read the release
- Correlate eyewitness visual statements in FBI-UAP-D043 with corresponding sensor telemetry in DOW-UAP-D176.
- Distinguish raw empirical flight tracks from retrospective contractor evaluations in BAASS documents.
- Note withholding markers under 10 U.S.C. ยง 130 protecting proprietary sensor frequency bands.
Official positions to track
Department of War announcement
Emphasizes that Release 07 fulfills ongoing federal transparency mandates by delivering raw sensor reports alongside historical contractor evaluations.
FBI National Security Division memo
Notes that while aerial intrusions remain unexplained, federal investigation protocols treat unresolved airspace incursions as potential national security risks.
What this release establishes
Release 07 confirms that multiple federal agencies formally investigated silent, hypersonic black triangular craft operating near military installations without thermal exhaust signatures.
What it does not establish
The declassified files do not establish extraterrestrial origin or rule out compartmentalized experimental aerospace technologies.
Open research questions
What radar frequency returns were captured during the vertical acceleration phase, and why were specific sensor appendices withheld?
Related briefing
Black Triangles Over Bases: Pentagon Unseals Release 07
The Pentagon unsealed PURSUE Release 07 on October 23, 2026: 28 files and 1,139 pages detailing silent black triangular craft over defense bases and BAASS reports.
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