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.

What landed

The Department of War, the cabinet department the administration renamed from Defense, published its third batch of declassified Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena files in June 2026. The release runs through the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, the program the government abbreviates as PURSUE, and the files sit on war.gov/UFO alongside the first two batches.

Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman, attributed the release in an official statement. The department says it is working with agency partners on the next batch and will keep posting files on a rolling basis.

The number that matters

Since war.gov/UFO opened on May 8, 2026, the portal has logged more than 1.7 billion hits worldwide. That is the real story of PURSUE so far: not what any single file proves, but the size of the audience the government found waiting for it.

What it does not show

A batch of declassified historical records is not a confirmation of non-human craft. The first release ran to 162 files and settled nothing on its own, and the Pentagon's own historical review found no evidence of extraterrestrial activity across decades of reported sightings. PURSUE moves documents into the open. It does not decide what they describe.

What to watch

The Department of War says more files are coming. The questions worth tracking: how far back the records reach, whether any release carries sensor data rather than memos, and whether a named official ever attaches a conclusion to the paper. Until then, the files are evidence of process, not proof of contact.