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Illustration: a government records room of redacted UAP files under cold light

TUC-2026-82872026-06-16Lead dispatch

The Department of War released a third batch of UAP files under PURSUE.

The disclosure portal at war.gov/UFO has logged 1.7 billion hits since May. The third drop continues the rolling release. None of it confirms non-human craft.

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David Grusch2026-06-15
David Grusch took his claims back to Capitol Hill. The proof still isn't public.
At a June 9 press conference, the whistleblower said the US government knows of 'several' kinds of non-human intelligence. The Hill and NewsNation covered it. No new evidence came with it.
TUC-2026-07486 claims checked
Congress2026-06-10
Congress asked MITRE for every UAP record since 1930. MITRE is searching.
Rep. Eric Burlison's 10-page demand gives the FFRDC operator 45 days to produce unclassified UAP records, name what it destroyed, and brief cleared staff. The deadline lands in early July.

TUC-2026-17934 claims checked

Illustration: a reading table stacked with redacted government files under a desk lamp

PURSUE2026-06-04

The Pentagon released 162 UAP files under PURSUE. None confirm alien life.

The first batch dropped May 8, 2026: 162 declassified records of videos, photos, and decades of sightings. A second batch of 64 files followed. Nothing in them proves extraterrestrial life.

TUC-2026-36355 claims checked

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Hal Puthoff2026-06-04

A former CIA-funded researcher says the US holds four alien species. No evidence backs it.

Dr. Hal Puthoff, a physicist whose UAP work was once CIA-funded, says insiders told him the government holds remains of four distinct alien species from crashed craft. No document or agency statement supports it.

TUC-2026-44194 claims checked

Illustration: an infrared sensor view of a small oblong object above the Pacific

Nimitz2026-06-04

The 2004 Nimitz "Tic Tac" encounter: what the Navy confirmed, and what it didn't.

Navy pilots filmed a fast-moving object off California in 2004. The Pentagon later confirmed the footage is authentic and the object unidentified. It has never said the craft was alien.

TUC-2026-40745 claims checked · 1 debunked

The Department of War released a third batch of UAP files under PURSUE.

David Grusch took his claims back to Capitol Hill. The proof still isn't public.

Congress asked MITRE for every UAP record since 1930. MITRE is searching.

The Pentagon released 162 UAP files under PURSUE. None confirm alien life.

A former CIA-funded researcher says the US holds four alien species. No evidence backs it.

The 2004 Nimitz "Tic Tac" encounter: what the Navy confirmed, and what it didn't.