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Subject Line: First Footage of a U.S. UAP Shootdown | Week of May 25

This Week's Lead Story

Pentagon's Second PURSUE Drop Includes First-Ever Footage of a U.S. Military UAP Shootdown

On May 22, the Department of War published its second release through PURSUE — the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters — adding 222 new documents to the public archive. The tranche includes roughly 51 audio recordings and more than 40 videos, many of them specifically requested by lawmakers as a condition of the ongoing disclosure effort.

The headline item is the Lake Huron F-16 engagement video, the first publicly released footage of a U.S. military aircraft firing on an unidentified object. Other notable material includes infrared footage of four objects flying in formation near Iran in 2022, submarine "transmedium" footage of spherical objects entering and exiting the water, 116 pages of Cold War "green orb" investigations out of Sandia, New Mexico (209 sightings logged between 1948 and 1950), and Apollo 12 crew audio describing "streaks of lights."

This second release builds on the first PURSUE drop on May 8, which contained more than 160 files. Together, the two batches represent the most substantial institutional document release the disclosure movement has seen — though, as we note below, not everyone agrees that volume equals transparency.

Source: Department of War — Second Release of UAP Files

Quick Hits

Brief updates on other notable developments:

• MEDIA: "Data alone is not disclosure" — the UAP research community pushed back on the first PURSUE release, arguing that dumping files without context falls short of true transparency. (DefenseScoop)
• GOVERNMENT: The new archive is searchable directly through the Department of War's PURSUE portal, including the Lake Huron engagement files. (WAR.GOV/UFO)
• CONGRESSIONAL: The FY2026 NDAA directs AARO to deliver expanded congressional briefings, including on military UAP intercepts over North America dating back to 2004. (DefenseScoop)

Legislative Watch

The administrative document releases are running ahead of the legislation meant to mandate them. Two bills remain the ones to watch:

Bills to Track: - H.R.1187 — UAP Transparency Act — Would require the President to direct every federal agency to declassify all UAP-related records and post them to a public website. Effectively the statutory backbone for what PURSUE is now doing by executive direction. (Congress.gov) - H.R.5060 — UAP Whistleblower Protection Act — Introduced by Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) in August 2025; still in committee with 2 cosponsors. Expands whistleblower protections to cover disclosures about federal spending on UAP material — increasingly relevant as more witnesses come forward. (Congress.gov)

Coming Up

What to watch for next week: - Whether a third PURSUE tranche is scheduled, and how the Department of War handles the lawmaker-requested items still outstanding. - Independent analysis and authentication of the Lake Huron and Iran-formation videos by researchers and journalists. - Any committee movement on H.R.1187 or H.R.5060 in response to the heightened public attention.

From the Archives

This week's release surfaced 116 pages on the "green orb" sightings investigated around Sandia, New Mexico — 209 reports logged between 1948 and 1950. The episode is a reminder that the government's UAP record didn't begin with the 2017 Tic Tac footage; military and intelligence agencies were chasing unexplained objects over American nuclear infrastructure within months of Roswell.

Editor's Note

It's worth holding two thoughts at once this week. The Lake Huron footage is genuinely unprecedented — we've never had official video of a U.S. fighter engaging one of these objects. At the same time, the researchers cautioning that "data alone is not disclosure" have a point: a flood of files without provenance, chain of custody, or analysis can obscure as much as it reveals.

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