{"type":"events","slug":"2026-06-12-department-of-war-pursue-release-03","title":"Department of War PURSUE Release 03","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/2026-06-12-department-of-war-pursue-release-03","description":"Department of War published a third tranche of 72 UAP records on June 12, 2026, headlined by the Western United States \"mother orb\" event and a declassified CIA U-2/OXCART history.","date":"2026-06-12T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["Release"],"updated":"2026-06-14T00:00:00.000Z","disclosureRating":8,"status":"unresolved","connectionCount":3,"content":{"markdown":"## Directive\n\nPURSUE Release 03 is the third tranche published under the Presidential Unsealing and Reporting System for UAP Encounters, the publication system the Department of War created after President Donald J. Trump's February 19, 2026 directive to identify and release federal UAP records. As with the earlier tranches, the Department ran the release with agency partners across the federal government.[^1][^2]\n\n## Release 03\n\nThe third tranche was cleared for release on June 12, 2026. PURSUE Release 03 comprises 72 records: 53 PDFs, 10 images, 6 videos, and 3 audio files. The named agencies are the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of War, NASA, an Intelligence Community partner agency, and a U.S. Government constituent-correspondence collection.[^1]\n\nIn a statement attributed to Assistant to the Secretary of War for Public Affairs and Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell, the Department framed the publication as a continuation of the rolling release and noted that WAR.GOV/UFO had received over 1.7 billion hits worldwide since its May 8, 2026 launch.[^2]\n\n## The Western United States Event\n\nThe headline material is a multi-document case built around a 2023 \"Western United States Event.\" It pairs an AARO unresolved-case analysis update (DOW-UAP-D077) with a notional map, five first-person narrative statements, and a large set of FBI digital renderings and recreations reconstructing what the witnesses described. Across those records, observers describe an orange \"mother\" orb that released smaller red orbs, color-cycling spheres, range-finder distance estimates, and night-vision and forward-looking-infrared observations. The AARO analysis carries the headline finding from this release cycle that a substantial share of reviewed phenomena remain unresolved.[^1]\n\n## A Second Documented Case: Colorado Springs 2022\n\nA separate cluster documents a February 2022 incident near Colorado Springs and Cheyenne Mountain, combining an FBI FD-1057 report, an FD-302 interview, a digital rendering, and an Intelligence Community partner analysis (ICA-UAP-D001). Witnesses — described as U.S. Army service members near Fort Carson — reported a white, opalescent, \"potato\"-shaped object that appeared to \"cloak\" and vanish; the IC analysis records a low-confidence assessment and leaves the case unresolved.[^1]\n\n## Historical Holdings\n\nThe tranche also publishes a deep set of historical records: the declassified CIA history *The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance: The U-2 and OXCART Programs* — long cited for the admission that high-altitude reconnaissance flights accounted for a large share of Cold War UFO reports — alongside Robertson Panel scientific-advisory material, Project Blue Book Special Report No. 14, numerous mid-century CIA foreign sighting reports, NASA Gemini and Apollo crew debriefings, and FBI field-office UFO files. NASA audio includes a Gordon Cooper interview excerpt and Apollo 16 scientific debriefings.[^1]\n\n## Publication Structure\n\nThe release is hosted on WAR.GOV/UFO and links directly to source PDFs, images, and DVIDS-hosted videos at their original locations. The Western United States and Colorado Springs cases are deliberately multi-record: each pairs primary witness statements with official analyses and reconstructions, allowing readers to follow the evidentiary chain from first-person accounts through to agency findings.[^1]\n\n## References\n\n[^1]: [Department of War PURSUE page](https://www.war.gov/UFO/#release)\n\n[^2]: [Department of War publishes third release of UAP files](https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4515408/department-of-war-publishes-third-release-of-unidentified-anomalous-phenomena-f/)","readingTime":"3 min read"},"relatedRecords":[{"ref":{"type":"people","slug":"jon-kosloski","title":"Jon Kosloski","url":"https://disclosdex.com/people/jon-kosloski"},"direction":"inbound","weight":2},{"ref":{"type":"updates","slug":"2026-pursue-disclosure-release-03","title":"Department of War PURSUE disclosure — Release 03","url":"https://disclosdex.com/updates/2026-pursue-disclosure-release-03"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1},{"ref":{"type":"events","slug":"2026-06-09-grusch-capitol-uap-disclosure-press-conference","title":"Grusch and Lawmakers Capitol UAP Disclosure Press Conference","url":"https://disclosdex.com/events/2026-06-09-grusch-capitol-uap-disclosure-press-conference"},"direction":"inbound","weight":1}],"citation":{"canonicalUrl":"https://disclosdex.com/events/2026-06-12-department-of-war-pursue-release-03","title":"Department of War PURSUE Release 03","publisher":"Disclosdex","retrievedFrom":"https://disclosdex.com/api/v1/events/2026-06-12-department-of-war-pursue-release-03","license":"CC-BY-4.0"},"evidence":["Government records","Images","Videos"]}